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Arriving in the Formula 1 paddock at Suzuka for the Japanese Grand Prix weekend, it was clear that the dust is yet to have truly settled from the team orders’ controversy that sparked last Sunday in Russia.

Running through the performances in the Formula 1 field following Sunday’s Russian Grand Prix, Crash.net F1 Digital Editor Luke Smith brings you his post-race driver ratings. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - 9

- It was a better race than most expected in Russia - especially given the fact that there were no true overtakes whatsoever last year and the two fastest cars of the weekend were starting in the front row - but it ended with a bitter taste after the use of team orders by Mercedes.

After Mercedes stormed to a front row lock-out in Formula 1 qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix on Sochi on Saturday, it was somewhat predictable that the topic of team orders would be a major talking point after the chequered flag had fallen on Sunday afternoon.

Just when we thought things were winding down on the technical front for 2018, the two Formula 1 title protagonists unveiled a series of bold upgrades to their cars for Sochi.

- Relieved is the best word to describe Valtteri Bottas after his pole position in Sochi. The Finn didn’t try to hide the fact he needed a good result to get his confidence back. “It’s an important day”, he said after beating Lewis Hamilton by less than two-tenths of a second.

Saturday’s qualifying session for the Russian Grand Prix is unlikely to be remembered as one of the high points of the 2018 Formula 1 season.

With a recap of the news and notes from the Sochi Autodrom paddock on Friday, Julianne Cerasoli brings you her paddock notebook.

Trawling through the wider Formula 1 news sources in the build-up to this weekend’s Russian Grand Prix, the major story was about as left-field as you could get.

With a run-down of all the additional news and notes from media day ahead of the Russian Grand Prix, here's the Crash.net paddock notebook courtesy of Julianne Cerasoli.

Formula 1 ventures to the Olympic city of Sochi this weekend for the fifth world championship running of the Russian Grand Prix with the title race nearing its conclusion.

Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix may have been on the tamer side in terms of race action, but there were a number of stand-out performances through the Formula 1 field. Crash.net F1 Digital Editor Luke Smith brings you his driver ratings from Marina Bay.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but looking back on the 2017 season and Ferrari’s defeat to Mercedes in both Formula 1 championships, it is widely accepted that Singapore was the turning point.

With a final round-up from the Marina Bay Street Circuit following Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix, Crash.net F1 Digital Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook.

Formula 1 returned to Asia this weekend for the start of the final flyaways, and as the battle for the title intensifies, the challenge of maintaining good pace in the development race becomes ever-greater as the pressure increases.

Qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix proved to be one of the most exciting Saturday sessions of the season so far as, contrary to some predictions post-practice, we were treated to a three-time fight at the front of the field.

Recapping a busy Saturday following qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix, Crash.net F1 Digital Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook.

The relationship between drivers and the press is an odd one. Obviously, both depend on the other to a certain extent: drivers (via their teams and their sponsors) need publicity, and journalists need stories.

Following a number of big-name moves and shock announcements, this season has produced one of the most unpredictable and baffling Formula 1 driver markets in recent memory.

Recapping all of the news and notes from Friday in Singapore, Crash.net F1 Digital Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook.

Recapping all of the added news and notes in Singapore on Thursday, Crash.net F1 Digital Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook.

Just when all seemed to be quietening down in the driver market following a number of surprising switches and bombshell announcements, the latest piece in the unpredictable Formula 1 2019 puzzle fell into place in the build-up to the Singapore Grand Prix.

On Tuesday Ferrari confirmed 2018 would be Kimi Raikkonen's last season at the team, bringing to an end his second spell at the Scuderia.

This weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix will mark two years since Chase Carey first entered the Formula 1 paddock following Liberty Media’s takeover of the sport - and so, so much has changed in that time.