2012 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix

Who will win the Japanese Grand Prix?

Fernando Alonso
1
3%
Sebastian Vettel
10
27%
Kimi Raikkonen
6
16%
Lewis Hamilton
6
16%
Mark Webber
1
3%
Jenson Button
6
16%
Nico Rosberg
0
No votes
Romain Grosjean
1
3%
Sergio Perez
1
3%
Felipe Massa
1
3%
Paul Di Resta
0
No votes
Michael Schumacher
2
5%
Other
2
5%
 
Total votes: 37

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Re: 2012 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix

Post by Treacle » 07 Oct 2012, 08:41

@redbullf1spy: That's a second Grand Chelem for Seb.
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Re: 2012 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix

Post by [FIN]SpeedFreak » 07 Oct 2012, 08:43

Eric_Cartman wrote:
iceman1 wrote:I think Grosjean should start the last 5 races from the pitlane :p
that would be a good idea!
Better idea would be that put him aside for the remaining 5 races and let D'Ambrosio try his best, afterall, what we saw from him at Monza, he surelly couldn't be any worse than Grosjean? Could he? Because of those little crashes can't be affecting his self-confidence, though that shelfing would do that too...

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Re: 2012 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix

Post by donald29 » 07 Oct 2012, 08:48

No one from Lotus giving interviews.

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Post by Eric_Cartman » 07 Oct 2012, 08:48

[FIN]SpeedFreak wrote:
Eric_Cartman wrote:
iceman1 wrote:I think Grosjean should start the last 5 races from the pitlane :p
that would be a good idea!
Better idea would be that put him aside for the remaining 5 races and let D'Ambrosio try his best, afterall, what we saw from him at Monza, he surelly couldn't be any worse than Grosjean? Could he? Because of those little crashes can't be affecting his self-confidence, though that shelfing would do that too...
D'Ambrosio would be slower but not as expensive as Grosjean.
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Re: 2012 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix

Post by Mitsuro Sano » 07 Oct 2012, 08:53

Grosjean was telling on French television that, after his one-race ban, he tried not to be involved in first lap incident and was completly focused on not touching Perez.... but didn't see that Webber carried less speed in the first turn....
He has to keep his head cool because it seems that he is more "dangerous" after the ban he had in Spa that before...

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Re: 2012 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix

Post by iceman1 » 07 Oct 2012, 09:19

Is Kobayashi a saint or something? :zz:
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Post by Edi96 » 07 Oct 2012, 09:35

Will Buxton thinks Grosjean's crash was 50/50. I know they are friends but this is just stupid.

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Post by phil1993 » 07 Oct 2012, 09:38

Edi96 wrote:Will Buxton thinks Grosjean's crash was 50/50. I know they are friends but this is just stupid.
By 50/50 RE today I don't mean WEB and GRO share responsibility. WEB 100% innocent
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Post by donald29 » 07 Oct 2012, 09:43

Buxton's in the minority there, even amongst fellow pundits. I don't see how driving into Webber like that is anything but Grosjean's fault. It wasn't a racing incident.

Don't see how he can say Grosjean was not to blame in Monaco and Alonso was to blame today.

The more I think about it the more absurd it seems. He's defending the indefensible. Driving into the back of another driver like that is your fault. See Schumacher in Singapore, of course different kinds of incidents but same principle.

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Re: 2012 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix

Post by F1Fan88 » 07 Oct 2012, 09:58

I just realised that Maldonado finished in the points for the first time since his win in Spain, and he wasn't involved in any incidents. Good lad.

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Post by Eric_Cartman » 07 Oct 2012, 10:12

F1Fan88 wrote:I just realised that Maldonado finished in the points for the first time since his win in Spain, and he wasn't involved in any incidents. Good lad.
He seems to learn from his mistakes unlike Grosjean. He also had a solid race in Singapore until his retirement.
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Re: 2012 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix

Post by donald29 » 07 Oct 2012, 10:13

Where's mikhailv been this weekend? He won't be happy!

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Re: 2012 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix

Post by phil1993 » 07 Oct 2012, 10:15

He won't be, but it was Fernando's fault.

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Post by Eric_Cartman » 07 Oct 2012, 10:16

donald29 wrote:Where's mikhailv been this weekend? He won't be happy!
I guess he destroyed his computer after that race.
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Re: 2012 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix

Post by iceman1 » 07 Oct 2012, 10:23

PIT STOP SUMMARY

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Vettel: SU HN (17) HN (37)     2 
Massa: SN HN (17) HN (36)     2 
Kobayashi: SU HN (14) HN (31)     2 
Button: SU HN (13) HN (35)     2 
Hamilton: SU HN (16) HN (31)     2 
Räikkönen: SU HN (13) HN (30)     2 
Hülkenberg: SN HN (13) HN (31)     2 
Maldonado: SU SN (16) HN (33)     2 
Webber: SU HN (1) HN (26)     2 
Ricciardo: SN SU (17) HN (34)     2 
Schumacher: HN SN (17) SN (36)     2 
Di Resta: SN HN (13) HN (32)     2 
Vergne: HN SN (18) SU (35)     2 
Senna: SN HN (1) HN (16) DT (21) SN (34) 4 
Kovalainen: SN HN (18) HN (41)     2 
Glock: SN HN (20) HN (40)     2 
Petrov: SN HN (19) SU (42) DT (48)   3 
De La Rosa: SN SU (17) HN (36)     2 
Grosjean: SU HN (1) SG (7) HN (22)   3 
              
Pic: HN SN (14) HN (31)     2 NC 
Kartikeyan: SN SU (15)       1 NC 
Perez: SU HN (15)       1 NC 
Alonso: SU         0 NC 
Rosberg: SN         0 NC 


The first column denotes the tyres the driver started the race on.

S = Soft compound
H = Hard compound
N = New compound
U = Used compound

NC = Not classified

DT = Drive Through / SG = Stop&Go

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