2012 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix

[Ferrari92]

2012 FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX
Round 15 of 20


Circuit map:



Circuit info:
Race Date: 07 Oct 2012
Number of Laps: 53
Circuit Length: 5.807 km
Race Distance: 307.471 km
Lap Record: 1:31.540 - K. Raikkonen (2005)

Past Winners:
2011 Jenson Button (McLaren Mercedes)
2010 Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
2009 Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
2006 Fernando Alonso (Renault)
2005 Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren Mercedes)

Past Pole Sitters:
2011 Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
2010 Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
2009 Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
2006 Felipe Massa (Ferrari)
2005 Ralf Schumacher (Toyota)

Timetable (GMT):
Fri 05 October 2012
Practice 1 01:00 - 02:30
Practice 2 05:00 - 06:30

Sat 06 October 2012
Practice 3 02:00 - 03:00
Qualifying 05:00

Sun 07 October 2012
Race 06:00

Championship standings


Tyres:
Soft and Hard


2011 Race Highlights


Onboard lap - Fernando Alonso (2011)


Onboard lap - Michael Schumacher (2010)

[tderias]

Oooh Yes. SUZUKA!

[phil1993]

Sauber should be mighty here so if Kamui's going to save his F1 career, now is the time.

Might not be a strong Ferrari track, and judging by past results this could be a Vettel walkover.

One thing I like about this race is how the TV feed always looks different - something to do with the formatting.

[Eric_Cartman]

I expect Button to win this Grand Prix. He is pretty strong here and the Mclaren is still the fastest car (if the car doesn't conk out)

[f1freak]

It's gonna be a race between 2 Teams McLaren & RedBull. Would love to see how to delayed Double DRS system for Lotus works here & how much can they improve.

[alex1369]

Its time for a Hamilton win and in Korea again a DNF

[mikhailv]

Sauber should be mighty here so if Kamui's going to save his F1 career, now is the time.

Might not be a strong Ferrari track, and judging by past results this could be a Vettel walkover.

One thing I like about this race is how the TV feed always looks different - something to do with the formatting.

Soft and Hard tyres are good for Ferrari though,and surely, power deficit and Spa set up would show RB to be behind Mclaren/Ferrari?

[Eric_Cartman]

one of Seb's best qualifying laps:

[François]

Räikkönen showed in 2005 that he absolutely owns this track. Could be Lotus's best victory chance if their new rear wing is finally operational.

[tderias]

If Kimi will win a race, it has to be this one.

[mikhailv]

Nah lotus had its chances and they didnt have that 1% extra. Cant see kimi winning over Mclarens, RB and alonso.

[François]

It'd be great for the show, though. I want to believe...

[mikhailv]

It'd be great for the show, though. I want to believe...

I want kimi to win this year. i wanted him to win Spa, I wanted him to win Bahrain, I wanted him to win Hungary,id LOVE him to win Suzuka.

Only problem is, Kimi hesitated in Bahrain and was too hesitant to overtake Alonso in Hungary. The team screwed him in China and especially spain. Its so annoying that The team cant supply kimi with the right strategy and a great behaving car, but then when it did twice, kimi was too hesitant.

Still have hope though, but im afraid it would be mostly down to kimi, the lotus has dropped massively. Though not gonna lie, im not surprised; the teams ran by that ar****le anyway and he has no clue.

[JoostLamers]

It's pretty simple for Hamilton if he wants to win the title, he needs to finish every race in front of Alonso and Vettel and he needs at least 1 DNF from Alonso.

[Olek101]

Hey guys I'm new to the forum. My money's on Kimi if he has a car that can let him pull off the epic passes we've seen him do this year. But if Vettel wins he's gonna take the championship