Japanese Grand Prix 2010

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Who will win the 2010 Japanese Grand Prix?

Mark Webber
14
25%
Fernando Alonso
10
18%
Lewis Hamilton
7
12%
Sebastian Vettel
15
26%
Jenson Button
4
7%
Felipe Massa
1
2%
Nico Rosberg
0
No votes
Robert Kubica
5
9%
Adrian Sutil
0
No votes
Michael Schumacher
0
No votes
Rubens Barrichello
0
No votes
Kamui Kobayashi
1
2%
Other
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 57

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Re: Japanese Grand Prix 2010 *SUPER SUNDAY*

Post by iceman1 » 10 Oct 2010, 14:13

No gearbox penalty for Hamilton in Korea
http://www.manipef1.com/news/articles/11634/ wrote:Lewis Hamilton will not be forced to take a five-place grid penalty for the forthcoming Korean Grand Prix, although his new gearbox suffered a broken third gear during today's Japanese Grand Prix.

Hamilton incurred a five-place penalty for today's race after replacing the gearbox he used in Singapore for a fresh unit. However, because he used a replacement 'box for the race, a clause in the regulations allows Hamilton to begin a new four-race gearbox cycle in Korea, meaning he will start the weekend with a brand new unit.

The clause was originally introduced to cut down on the number of gearboxes teams have to bring to races. Without it, teams would bring three gearboxes for each car (one for Friday practice, one for Saturday/Sunday and one as a replacement), but teams now use the Friday gearbox as the replacement should the race gearbox be damage.

Part of regulation 28.6 a) of the Sporting Regulations reads: “Should a driver use a replacement gearbox he will drop five places on the starting grid at that Event. ... Any replacement gearbox ... will only be required to complete the remainder of the Event in question.”

Hamilton explained after the race that he was using only fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh gears in order to avoid the damaged third gear entirely and ensure he reached the end of the race. Even with this strategy he was unsure of reaching the flag however.

“I was running normally, then downshifted into third, accelerated and lost the gear,” he explained. “After that, I had to rely on just fourth gear and above. I didn't think the car would make it – it was making a lot of strange noises, but I kept my fingers crossed, tried not to shift too much and looked after it to the flag.

“I'm thankful and so happy that I least saw the end of the race – it's my first finish for a long time.”

Hamilton heads to Korea in a fortnight's time with 192 points to his name, 28 fewer than leader Mark Webber.

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Re: Japanese Grand Prix 2010 *SUPER SUNDAY*

Post by phil1993 » 10 Oct 2010, 14:50

Lewis Hamilton just lost his record of being youngest FRenault UK champion to Tom Blomqvist :p

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Post by brendakarli » 10 Oct 2010, 14:54

Mitsuro Sano wrote:About Petrov, is it me or did he always make a superb start at each GP ( even if it ends in the barrier here ) ?
more like a superb start to a smashing finish :lol:
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Post by alex1369 » 10 Oct 2010, 16:34

if HAM doesnt win in Korea then its game over

the train is leaving slowly - so far only WEB,VET and ALO made it just...

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Post by phil1993 » 10 Oct 2010, 16:42

If Lewis retires and Webber wins, its all over
If Jenson retires and Webber wins, its all over

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Post by saif » 10 Oct 2010, 16:58

phil1993 wrote:If Lewis retires and Webber wins, its all over
If Jenson retires and Webber wins, its all over

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I think everything is over for McLaren, they wont be winning the chsips now :(
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Post by alex1369 » 10 Oct 2010, 17:19

everything is over if WEB wins any of final races

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Post by JoostLamers » 10 Oct 2010, 17:41

Hamilton will win the last 3 races, 2 fingers in his nose

No come on, all the bad luck was on Hamilton the last couple of races, now it other's turn!
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Post by Mitsuro Sano » 10 Oct 2010, 17:43

JoostLamers wrote:Hamilton will win the last 3 races, 2 fingers in his nose

No come on, all the bad luck was on Hamilton the last couple of races, now it other's turn!
It seems to be Kubica's turn :p

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Post by phil1993 » 10 Oct 2010, 17:46

Time for Webber to have bad luck :p Only 2 pieces for him this year as far as I remember (Montreal gearbox issues & Germany oil pressure - latter didnt cost any pts though)

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Post by alex1369 » 10 Oct 2010, 17:46

HAM must do a Raikkonen 07 now if he wants to have any chance
he has to win at least 2 races to recover from all those DNFs

he has nothing to loose - full attack like Kobayshi but he needs to be little careful not to make a Monza mistake again

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Post by Eric_Cartman » 10 Oct 2010, 18:02

phil1993 wrote:Time for Webber to have bad luck :p Only 2 pieces for him this year as far as I remember (Montreal gearbox issues & Germany oil pressure - latter didnt cost any pts though)
yeah he is the luckiest championship contender so far. Vettel and Hamilton were the unluckiest.

Vettel lost 13 points in Bahrain, 25 points in Melbourne and 3 points in Barcelona due to reliability = 41 points
Hamilton lost 18 points in Barcelona, 12 points in Budapest and 2 points in Suzuka = 32 points
Webber lost at the very most 10 points or so because of reliability issues...
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Post by phil1993 » 10 Oct 2010, 18:06

Lewis also lost 4 points in Melbourne where Webber hit him & 3 today.

McLaren pre-Monza had the ability to be the best at maximising their points potential as that was their main hope; now they are not doing that

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Re: Japanese Grand Prix 2010 *SUPER SUNDAY*

Post by alex1369 » 10 Oct 2010, 18:12

things would look much better 4 HAM if he had that 18pts more if his rim didnt explode in Barcelona

but thats motorsport - its the same for everyone - Alonso was 3 races fightning for p15 - now that was bad luck

but its time 4 WEB to have some bad luck to make thing interesting

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Re: Japanese Grand Prix 2010 *SUPER SUNDAY*

Post by Eric_Cartman » 10 Oct 2010, 18:16

without Hamilton's penalty it would have been a close fight for 3rd place with Alonso. With a good start he could probably even challenge Webber for 2nd place.
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