Iliana Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 Only 2 Grand Prix (in Japan and in China) are left to decide which team will win the Constructors' Championship! from f1racing.net Japanese Grand Prix fact file Last year's Japanese Grand Prix will remain firmly imprinted on everyone's memory. On Saturday, the circuit was completely closed due to an approaching typhoon which, in the end, hit land elsewhere. Qualifying was subsequently moved to Sunday morning. 2004 was not the first time Formula One experienced nature's might. Aftershocks were felt during free practice of the 2000 race following an earlier earthquake. Suzuka is the only F1 track designed as a figure of eight. The track offers a wide range of corners, from the tight Spoon curve to the ultra fast 130R. The circuit is located in the middle of Suzuka Land, a leisure park created for the families of Honda employees. This year's event will be the 19th Japanese Grand Prix to be held at Suzuka. Before Formula One's debut in Suzuka in 1987, two Japanese Grands Prix were hosted on the race track at the foot of Mount Fuji (1976 and 1977). In 1994 and 1995 the Pacific GP was hosted by Japan's Aida circuit. The city of Suzuka lies on the south east coast of the main Japanese island of Honshu and has a population of almost 200,000. Past Winners:2004: Michael Schumacher, Ferrari 2003: Rubens Barrichello, Ferrari 2002: Michael Schumacher, Ferrari 2001: Michael Schumacher, Ferrari 2000: Michael Schumacher, Ferrari 1999: Mika Hakkinen, McLaren-Mercedes 1998: Mika Hakkinen, McLaren-Mercedes 1997: Michael Schumacher, Ferrari 1996: Damon Hill, Williams-Renault Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iliana Posted October 8, 2005 Author Share Posted October 8, 2005 Saturday Qualifying Session It started to rain after mid-session, that's why you'll see the weird grid! Pos. Driver Team Time 1 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:46.106 2 J. Button BAR 1:46.141 3 G. Fisichella Renault 1:46.276 4 C. Klien Red Bull 1:46.464 5 T. Sato BAR 1:46.841 6 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:46.892 7 M. Webber Williams 1:47.233 8 J. Villeneuve Sauber 1:47.440 9 R. Barrichello Ferrari 1:48.248 10 F. Massa Sauber 1:48.278 11 N. Karthikeyan Jordan 1:48.718 12 A. Pizzonia Williams 1:48.898 13 C. Albers Minardi 1:50.843 14 M. Schumacher Ferrari 1:52.676 15 R. Doornbos Minardi 1:52.894 16 F. Alonso Renault 1:54.667 17 K. Raikkonen McLaren 2:02.309 * 18 T. Monteiro Jordan no time 19 J. Trulli Toyota no time 20 JP. Montoya McLaren no time *Kimi Raikkonen gets a 10 place back penalty after changing his engine. Michael Schumacher Ralf Schumacher scoring his first pole for Toyota in its home grand prix that is! lots of rain.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panathinaikos_Trifilli Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 should be a good race, it will show which constructor is better. GO ON MCLAREN!!! it will also show how leathal montoya is with the back markers. SOMEONE TELL PIZZONIA TO GET OUT THE F#CKING WAY!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iliana Posted October 10, 2005 Author Share Posted October 10, 2005 it will also show how leathal montoya is with the back markers. SOMEONE TELL PIZZONIA TO GET OUT THE F#CKING WAY!!!!so whose fault was it now?? :P :P :P Race Review from F1 Racing Net Kimi Raikkonen stormed to victory in a thrilling Japanese Grand Prix after starting from 17th on the grid. The Finn blasted past Giancarlo Fisichella around the outside of turn one, on the last lap of the race to snatch victory. Fernando Alonso claimed the final podium position in an action-packed race. It was an exciting start. As the cars lined up on the grid all eyes were on Jenson Button whose BAR Honda was smoking - but there was no terminal problem. Ralf kept the lead into the first corner ahead of Fisichella while Button fell to third. David Coulthard made a lightning start to climb to fourth while Takuma Sato and Rubens Barrichello ran wide and had an off-track moment at the first corner. At the back Alonso had already climbed up to tenth and the McLarens were making progress too until disaster struck for Montoya who was pushed wide by Jacques Villeneuve, ran onto the grass and into the tyre barriers at the final corner. With wheels ripped from the left side of his McLaren the safety car was deployed until lap eight. As the safety car came in, Ralf Schumacher got away beautifully with Fisichella second, Button third, Coulthard fourth and Webber fifth. Michael Schumacher passed Klien for sixth while Alonso was up to eighth. Alonso then lined up Klien and after cutting the chicane let the Austrian back past but overtook him into turn one. A lap later the champion let Klien back past, apparently after Renault received instruction from the FIA to do so and then on lap 12 overtook the Red Bull again for sixth. Ralf Schumacher pitted from the lead on lap 13 - very early especially considering there were several fuel-saving laps under the safety car. The German rejoined in ninth place, releasing Fisichella into the lead. After following Michael Schumacher around for several laps, Fernando Alonso forced his way around the outside of the high-speed 130R corner to take fifth place but pitted on the next lap. Michael Schumacher and Kimi Raikkonen both pitted on lap 26 managing to emerge in fifth and sixth, ahead of Coulthard and Alonso. Fisichella resumed the lead after the second round of pit stops. It took Raikkonen just two laps to find a way past Schumacher and then the Finn pulled away easily. Alonso eventually found his way past Schumacher but dropped back again when he made his second stop. Kimi Raikkonen went very late into the race and in the final stages found himself in second place and closing on race leader Giancarlo Fisichella. As Raikkonen went about closing in, Fernando Alonso set about blasting past Mark Webber for third place - the Spaniard even taking to the grass down the pit straight but stealing the final podium slot. Raikkonen caught right up with Fisichella and when the chips were down the Finn blasted around the outside of turn one to snatch victory on the final lap of a thrilling Grand Prix. A jubilant Raikkonen claimed his ninth career win and his seventh of the season. Renault takes the lead in the constructors championship by two points over McLaren, but Raikkonen's victory minimised the damage. Mark Webber drove a strong race to finish fourth while Jenson Button faded during the race to finish fifth. David Coulthard claimed another three points for Red Bull Racing ahead of the two Schumacher brothers - Michael in seventh and Ralf eighth. Formula One now heads to China next weekend with the constructors' championship still wide open. Drivers' Standings Pos. Driver Team Points 1 F. Alonso Renault 123 2 K. Raikkonen McLaren 104 3 M. Schumacher Ferrari 62 4 JP. Montoya McLaren 60 5 G. Fisichella Renault 53 6 J. Trulli Toyota 43 7 R. Schumacher Toyota 39 8 R. Barrichello Ferrari 38 9 J. Button BAR 36 10 M. Webber Williams 34 11 N. Heidfeld Williams 28 12 D. Coulthard Red Bull 24 13 J. Villeneuve Sauber 9 14 F. Massa Sauber 8 15 T. Monteiro Jordan 7 16 A. Wurz McLaren 6 17 C. Klien Red Bull 5 = N. Karthikeyan Jordan 5 19 P. de la Rosa McLaren 4 = C. Albers Minardi 4 21 P. Friesacher Minardi 3 22 A. Pizzonia Williams 2 23 T. Sato BAR 1 = V. Liuzzi Red Bull 1 - R. Doornbos Minardi 0 Constructors' Standings Pos. Team Points 1 Renault 176 2 McLaren 174 3 Ferrari 100 4 Toyota 82 5 Williams 64 6 BAR 37 7 Red Bull 30 8 Sauber 17 9 Jordan 12 10 Minardi 7 the Winner a very happy Ron Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panathinaikos_Trifilli Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 breathtakingly amazing race, unbeilievable, cant wait for nxt season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iliana Posted October 11, 2005 Author Share Posted October 11, 2005 I'm waiting for your comments about Montoya's retirement! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panathinaikos_Trifilli Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 I'm waiting for your comments about Montoya's retirement! :P nope nothing, seriously, for the first time all season the performances of Kimi and fernando were amazing, even when the fia messed up and made alonso pass pizzonia (i think) 3 times he still kept calm and did it to the best of his ability, they were amazing, maybe, just maybe, just just maybe, alonso isnt as boring as i first thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iliana Posted October 12, 2005 Author Share Posted October 12, 2005 I still didn't get my answer! :rolleyes: :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panathinaikos_Trifilli Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 I still didn't get my answer! :rolleyes: :P well, sorry, u really arent gonna get one, alright? haso iliana, now schumi needs a wlking stick to get to the track, who will you be supporting? i know you want montoya but hes taken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iliana Posted October 14, 2005 Author Share Posted October 14, 2005 well, sorry, u really arent gonna get one, alright? ha :P :P :P Schumacher has won more championships than Montoya's wins! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panathinaikos_Trifilli Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 yeah, whats ur point, atleast the columbian revived in formula 1 what schumi killed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iliana Posted October 16, 2005 Author Share Posted October 16, 2005 watch your language ok? when you don't have something to back up what you're saying then don't say anything rather that cursing. :nono: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panathinaikos_Trifilli Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 watch your language ok? when you don't have something to back up what you're saying then don't say anything rather that cursing. :nono: was i cursing? just saying my view, wassup???, it wernet that bad what i said, where was the cursing? do u even know what cursing means? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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