2012 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix

[Treacle]

@redbullf1spy: That's a second Grand Chelem for Seb.

[[FIN]SpeedFreak]

I think Grosjean should start the last 5 races from the pitlane

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...

[donald29]

No one from Lotus giving interviews.

[Eric_Cartman]

I think Grosjean should start the last 5 races from the pitlane

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.

[Mitsuro Sano]

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...

[iceman1]

Is Kobayashi a saint or something?

[Edi96]

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

[phil1993]

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

[donald29]

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.

[F1Fan88]

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.

[Eric_Cartman]

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.

[donald29]

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

[phil1993]

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

[Eric_Cartman]

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

I guess he destroyed his computer after that race.

[iceman1]

PIT STOP SUMMARY

Code: Select all

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