| Race Date: | 05 Oct 2014 |
| First Grand Prix: | 1987 |
| Number of Laps: | 53 |
| Circuit Length: | 5.807 km |
| Race Distance: | 307.471 km |
| Lap Record: | 1:31.540 - K. Raikkonen (2005) |
Posted on 10/02/2014 6:47:36 PM PDT by Chode
| Race Date: | 05 Oct 2014 |
| First Grand Prix: | 1987 |
| Number of Laps: | 53 |
| Circuit Length: | 5.807 km |
| Race Distance: | 307.471 km |
| Lap Record: | 1:31.540 - K. Raikkonen (2005) |
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This gets Alonso what he wants, solves Mercedes driver war and keeps the tifosi placated.
Or hold on to your hats...... Alonso to Mercedes, Hamilton back to McLaren as current F1champion and Button to Ferrari. Since Ferrair is one to two years away from a winning car, this buys Ferrari the time to wait for Vettel's Red Bull contract to end.
I love Suzuka.
Watching 500cc 2-stroke GP bikes race on that track back in the 1980s was a life-changing experience for me.
Have You seen FIA Sidecar Racing? It was on yesterday afternoon on NBCS (NBC Racing, 220 on DirecTV) Channel, just caught the end of it. I’ve never heard of it before.
An approaching typhoon is threatening to drive the Japanese grand prix off track. Fernando Alonso’s future may be the talk of the Suzuka paddock, but every eye is on the ominous skies above the fabled circuit. "The whole of F1 is watching the weather," Lotus’ Romain Grosjean told France’s RMC from Japan. "The typhoon (Phanfone) is not far away, and if you believe the current forecast, I think a race at 3pm will be difficult," he added.
And . . . Typhoon could hit F1 preparations for Russia: forecaster
if McLaren takes that little sh!t back Dennis/Boullier et al need their collective heads examined. phuk nando now and forever...
classic track
only watched them at the Isle of Mann races, the monkey man has to have a LOT of trust in the pilot
damn
she's a big one...
For the ping. Last paragraph:
The Daily Mail added: “The wildest, but not necessarily ill-informed rumours suggest that Ecclestone could be discarded within a fortnight.”
Since the Honda project is a gamble, Fred would be wise to look elsewhere. Remember he cost McLaren 100 million dollars! So McLaren must be in a very tight spot to consider Fred.
All Ham did to McLaren was to leave for another team.
Remember he cost McLaren 100 million dollars! my point exactly... i'd rather see them get Kimi back
the Grid...
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:33.671 | 1:32.950 | 1:32.506 | 13 |
| 2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:33.611 | 1:32.982 | 1:32.703 | 13 |
| 3 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 1:34.301 | 1:33.443 | 1:33.128 | 16 |
| 4 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1:34.483 | 1:33.551 | 1:33.527 | 16 |
| 5 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:34.497 | 1:33.675 | 1:33.740 | 16 |
| 6 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:35.593 | 1:34.466 | 1:34.075 | 17 |
| 7 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:34.930 | 1:34.229 | 1:34.242 | 16 |
| 8 | 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:35.150 | 1:34.648 | 1:34.317 | 17 |
| 9 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:35.517 | 1:34.784 | 1:34.432 | 17 |
| 10 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:34.984 | 1:34.771 | 1:34.548 | 16 |
| 11 | 25 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Renault | 1:35.155 | 1:34.984 | 14 | |
| 12 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1:35.439 | 1:35.089 | 13 | |
| 13 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | STR-Renault | 1:35.210 | 1:35.092 | 13 | |
| 14 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:35.000 | 1:35.099 | 13 | |
| 15 | 99 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:35.736 | 1:35.364 | 14 | |
| 16 | 21 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:35.308 | 1:35.681 | 14 | |
| 17 | 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | 1:35.917 | 9 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:35.984 | 10 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault | 1:36.813 | 6 | ||
| 20 | 17 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Ferrari | 1:36.943 | 8 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham-Renault | 1:37.015 | 9 | ||
| 22 | 4 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 1:37.481 | 8 | ||
| Q1 107% Time | 1:40.163 |
Announced Vettel to Ferrari and Daniil Kvyat to Red Bull.
so that means fred is out?
Rumor is FA is going back to McLaren, but it has not been announced. C Horner mentioned Vettel leaving, but Ferrari has not confirmed anything.
i read this earlier today http://www.formula1.com/news/interviews/2014/10/16440.html Sebastian Vettel sent shockwaves through the Formula One paddock on Saturday morning in Suzuka when he confirmed he will leave Red Bull at the end of 2014.
While the German admits departing the team with which he won four consecutive world championship crowns with was an extremely tough decision, he says the appeal of a new challenge and a new home proved too strong to resist - even if he cannot yet reveal where he is headed for 2015...
Q: Sebastian, there have long been rumours you could leave Red Bull for Ferrari - and now your departure at least is confirmed, which sent shockwaves through the paddock. No one throws away an association of 15 years so easily, so there must be a good reason for you to move on…
Sebastian Vettel: Probably because the attraction of doing something new was bigger than [it was] to stay.
Q: Fleeing the nest after 15 years with Red Bull is a major step. What does that mean for you?
SV: It means exactly that: a major step! It was my home and in fact you only move out of home once in your life - that is big. We had a fantastic time in those 15 years but sometimes it is also time to open a new chapter.
Q: How hard was it for you to go for the ‘new'?
SV: It felt very hard, because I am not leaving due to any issues. It clearly is a decision for something new, and not against the existing. But then you have to follow your inner voice. And that is not automatically the easier decision - but I hope it is the right one, and that wherever it takes me I will be happy with it.
Q: How long has this inner voice been speaking to you?
SV: It is not the first time that the opportunity for a change has come up. Right now it felt like the right time. The time that I had with Red Bull is something very, very special - hopefully this lasts until the end of the season.
Q: Would it have made any difference if Red Bull had a more competitive car?
SV: That is probably the way people look at it - but not the way I see it. I am not leaving because I don't like the situation. I am not running away from anything. As I just said: it felt like the right time. There was that hunger to do something new.
Q: Can we expect an announcement from Ferrari? Right now there is only the Red Bull press release stating your departure and Christian Horner saying that you will join Ferrari…
SV: I am sure that very soon there will be something to say - but not right now.
Q: Have you signed a contract with Ferrari?
SV: As I just said, I have nothing to announce right now, but it will not take too long.
Q: Could anything stand in your way of moving to Ferrari then, if you haven't signed a contract?
SV: I didn't say that. I just said that I cannot announce anything right now. What I can say is that I will definitely stay in Formula One and not go skiing or mountain biking.
Q: Are you aware that staying with Red Bull would very likely give you a better chance of winning races next year - and that Ferrari are more likely to be a long-term project?
SV: At the end of the day it doesn't really matter - as I said that it was the craving for something new; a new challenge! I am leaving in peace. Of course it hurts on one hand - but on the other it feels right as it means a new challenge.
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