2010 Japanese Grand Prix Postponed Qualifying

Many of the grassy areas to the sides of the race track are now holding masses of standing water and forming large puddles.

Meanwhile, the teams continue to entertain themselves with ever more elaborate boats navigating the river flowing down the pitlane.

The radar shows that another intense pulse of rain is about to pass over the circuit - possibly up to 30 mm of rain per hour over the next 20 minutes.

The safety car heads out once again as intense rain pounds down on the Suzuka circuit.

The safety car headlights blaze through the gloom as Bernd Maylander continues a tour in even worse conditions than at the last inspection.

The rain is more intense than ever as the safety car rumbles back into the pitlane.

Qualifying has been postponed until Sunday

The stewards will shortly publish a decision to officially wave-off the grid deciding session until tomorrow morning.

The session is likely to take place at 10:00 local time, although that is yet to be officially confirmed.

Vettel is leading applause for the fans in the grandstands who have endured terrible conditions to see little action today.

Latest from the radar: The ridiculously intense rain will end at around 17:00 JST (90 minutes from now), then it will become lighter.

The weather has unfortunately won the Saturday qualifying battle at Suzuka. Conditions were just too wet for racing cars to be safely driven.

Like everyone else, we will be waiting for official news on what will happen to decide the grid for the Japanese Grand Prix. As soon as a new schedule is published, we will publish our own commentary time for qualifying on the AUTOSPORT Live schedule board.

Suzuka will host 'Super Sunday' and we hope you can join us for all the action tomorrow.