Japanese Grand Prix 2010

[iceman1]

Heavy shower rain at Saturday :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/5007

[iceman1]

Hopefully that waiting time goes hand in hand of the quality execution.

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Official Singapore highlights clip - http://www.mediafire.com/?4vmp0sttgc6mq5l

[sleenster]

Propably Senna and Yamamoto.

Unless one of them suddenly develops "food poisoning"

[iceman1]

This is really cool

[apple]

Heikki got a new helmet, gifted by Helsinki fire department..

[cformula1]

Heikki got a new helmet, gifted by Helsinki fire department..

Nice!

[iceman1]

Simulation lap with Webber

[Denorth]

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso has dubbed himself title favourite as Red Bull's leader Mark Webber refuses to take the tag ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix.

Alonso has won the last two races to move to within 11 points of Webber with five drivers still in the hunt for top honours with four races to go.

Asked if he was favourite, Alonso said: "If you see the last two races, then yes. We need to keep the momentum."

Webber said: "I'm not the favourite. I'm not even thinking about the title." ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 070125.stm

[swca92]

Not thinking about the title??? Who does he think he's kidding, its probably the first thing he thinks of when he wakes up, and the last thing he thinks about before going to sleep.

[JoostLamers]

Not thinking about the title??? Who does he think he's kidding, its probably the first thing he thinks of when he wakes up, and the last thing he thinks about before going to sleep.

He just doesn't want to be the favourite, he's what? 33? And still unexperienced!

[phil1993]

Good news for Degner fans!

Its not all tarmac

[phil1993]

The bands of rain that are on course to lash Suzuka on Saturday have become something of a moving goalpost over the last few days, thanks to the gradual northerly element associated with this system, as it moves across Japan from west to east.

However, it isn't quite time to rebuild Noah's Ark just yet. Friday will dawn dry in the Mie Prefecture, although conditions will quickly become overcast during the early stages of the morning session. Things should remain the same for the second practice in the afternoon and we should get away with a dry first day of track activity, with temperatures reaching 22 Celsius.

Time for raincoats

The change to wet weather will begin on Friday evening, as the first showers make their way in from the south west. Any showers on Friday night will be light at first, but by the early hours of Saturday morning heavier rain will have arrived, to ensure a wet start to Saturday's proceedings.

As has been the case for the past 48 hours, the final practice and qualifying sessions are most at risk of significant rainfall. The rain will not be continuous - there will be lighter interludes from time to time - but it will be a very gloomy day at Suzuka, while temperatures will peak at just 18 degrees during qualifying. Any squally periods of rain may be accompanied by a strengthening wind at times but, generally, the winds will be light, with just a slight breeze from the east.

Intense and potentially damaging rainfall is currently forecast on Saturday night and into the early hours of Sunday morning, as the most severe part of the system passes through the region. Torrential downpours over a six-hour period are predicted, and there is potential for a lot of water collecting around the circuit - particularly at the bottom of the hill in Turns 1 and 2.

Drying out

From dawn on Sunday morning, the transition from heavy rain to drier weather will be reasonably quick. Conditions will steadily improve throughout the morning, as the intense rainfall slides away to the north-east. Breaks in the cloud base will appear and sunny periods are likely to develop as we approach the start time. During the race, the clouds will continue to break above Suzuka, allowing more sunshine through, as temperatures recover to a healthy 23 degrees Celsius.

[dacer]

I am not a agree with BBC title:
"Alonso says he is title favourite, Webber more guarded"

As you can see in other sources:
http://www.setanta.com/ie/Articles/2010 ... nid-78514/

"If you see the last two races, then yes. We need to keep the momentum," said Alonso when asked if he was the favourite.

"It seems that you need to keep the momentum now for more races, but we saw this year that people that win two races, or have two or three podiums in a row, then they have some bad results and then they come back good.

"No-one had consistently six or seven races in a good level for different reasons, so we expect there will be difficult moments for us.

"What we need to do is be prepared for those moments, not panicking, and score as many points as possible at every race. We know sometimes it will be a podium, sometimes maybe a fifth position – it is in those moments when we need to be united and not panic."

He didn't said he is going to win the championship. He said no one had consistently this year, and they need it to win, and score as many point as possible.

Sl2

[phil1993]

"If you see the last two races, then yes." said Alonso when asked if he was the favourite.

Seems pretty accurate to me

[Fergie1]

My only thoughts on this weekend are as follows.

DEGNER!

Thank you.