In the round-up: Kevin Magnussen enjoyed having qualifying and the race on the same day in Japan.

What they say Although Magnussen had a poor result at Suzuka, he enjoyed the changes to the weekends prompted by Super Typhoon Hagibis. Absolutely, it’s been a really fun day. I think a very interesting and very intense. I’d love to see this be the way forward in the future.

Quotes: Dieter Rencken

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Formula E began testing for its 2019-20 season at Valencia yesterday, with new teams Mercedes and Porsche joining the 24-strong field.

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