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Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer at Suzuka

There are some lovely stories coming out about how F1 coped with the typhoon on Saturday. Some Ferrari people had tried to set up their espresso machine - very important to the Italians - in their hotel dining room but found that it didn’t work, because the hotel had 110V electrics and the machine needed a European 230V.

So, in the height of the storm, with rain pelting down, they wheeled it down the road to a nearby Italian restaurant and plugged it in there - and took over the restaurant for the rest of the day. At Williams, the catering team supplied lunch bags with pots of instant noodles to the entire team.

Most remarkable, though, is the story of the F1 broadcast centre. This is housed in a framed tent, which was set up on a hill above the paddock. But the structure was not strong enough to withstand the predicted winds, so the whole thing was dismantled and all the technical aspects of it - cables, screens, edit desks and so on - re-erected in six hours in four empty garages at the top of the pit lane. A remarkable example of the sort of unseen ingenuity that makes F1 turn every day of the week.

Right, prediction time. A very rare F1 double-header of qualifying and then the race.

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Lando Norris then got a bit bored and decided to pop down to the local bowling alley.

He cleared hasn't played this game before. But a strike, well, sort of.

I don't suggest this approach down your local alley.

Watch and enjoy...

Meanwhile, in Max's room, as promised, an epic Fifa session on the Playstation saw Verstappen, Sainz, Norris, Hulkenberg and Perez among the competitors.

Yes, you did read that last bit correctly. Romain Grosjean spent his Saturday building a model Tyrrell six-wheeler, like the one used in the 1976 and 1977 season.

Something a bit lonely about the idea of Grosjean sitting in his hotel room building a model car, while loads of others are sitting playing Fifa in Max Verstappen's room.

But Romain kept his word...

...looks better than the real thing...

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So after the second session all the drivers were asked what they would be doing on a rare Saturday off. This is what they said...

Playing Fifa on Playstation: Verstappen, Sainz, Hulkenberg, Gasly, Norris

Watching Netflix: Stroll, Perez.

Bowling: Russell, Albon, Ricciardo

Back to Tokyo: Hamilton

Checking the data: Bottas, Vettel, Kubica, Leclerc

Sleeping: Giovinazzi

Off to the sauna: Kvyat

Eating: Hulkenberg

Building a Tyrrell six wheeler: Grosjean.

We have had some action in Suzuka this weekend, but it all seems a long time ago now.

This is what happened on Friday before the storm hit.

A Mercedes one-two in both sessions, with Valtteri Bottas leading the way twice.

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Morning! Welcome along to BBC Sport's coverage of the Japanese Grand Prix.

I'm Michael Emons and it is my pleasure to be with you all today. Get comfortable because this is going to be a long night / day.

First up we have qualifying at 02:00 BST and then the race itself four hours later in a very rare double Sunday.

As always we've got commentary with our excellent 5 Live team so we've got you covered.

First came the storm as Typhoon Hagibis set its sights on Japan...

Image source, Jennie Gow

...then came the waiting as all race activity on Saturday was cancelled...

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...and now comes the relative calm.

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Let's race!