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@bradley13
Ooops, I forgot about the update.
I did not talk with @plutoniumhunter, but I think dry pace is better choice than a random propetry. So if he does not get back in time, please make it drypace upgrade.

Finally, a good chance for victory at Caterham!

@bradley13 Are those practice results coming? Don’t worry, I completely understand if you’re busy.

Chan Storms to Top of FP1 in Improved Sauber
Jackie Chan (@plutoniumhunter – I do wonder whether this is actually your real name… and if it isn’t, I’d love if you would tell us your real name because it would fit in so much nicer (this goes for you too @bullfrog), however, in both cases, if it is your real name, AWESOME! haha) set the fastest time in the first practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix by 4 tenths from Singapore race-winner Bradley Downton. A further two tenths behind were Mathershaw’s Ferrari, Franklin’s Lotus and d’Hazorme’s Caterham, with little less than a tenth between the three of them. Sunderland made it a great session for Caterham in seventh with Graham’s Red Bull splitting them. Robson’s Mercedes was 8th and Bomeny and Widger rounded off the top ten, with the latter just giving McLaren a top ten slot. Kirkham shone in the HRT in 15th place, ahead of the second Red Bull of Kingshark who struggled with tyre warming. Varga couldn’t match his teammate as he struggled to 18th fastest although Sauber did report gearbox problems as he spent over half the session in the garage.

Full Results from FP1
1. Chan (Sauber)
2. Downton (Lotus)
3. Mathershaw (Ferrari)
4. Franklin (Lotus)
5. d’Hazorme (Caterham)
6. Graham (Red Bull)
7. Sunderland (Caterham)
8. Robson (Mercedes)
9. Bomeny (Ferrari)
10. Widger (McLaren)
11. Butler (Mercedes)
12. Ingram (McLaren)
13. Morley (Williams)
14. Needham (Toro Rosso)
15. Kirkham (HRT)
16. Kingshark (Red Bull)
17. Haddleton (Force India)
18. Varga (Sauber)
19. Armos (Force India)
20. Cucamest (Toro Rosso)
21. Peacock (Marussia)
22. Coolidge (Williams)
23. Frog (Marussia)
24. Hofman (HRT)

Caterham has officially supplanted RBR in the dry O_o

Ingram Displaces Chan in FP2
Williams Ingram improved dramatically on his FP1 performance, by going quickest in FP2 by three tenths from the morning’s fastest man, Jackie Chan. Peter Varga backed up Sauber’s strong pace once the gearbox issues were fixed by going third fastest ahead of Championship leader Franklin. Both Caterham’s once again made the top 10 in 7th and 9th, sandwiching Downton’s Lotus. Graham struggled in the Red Bull however as he could only manage 16th, just ahead of another strong performance from HRT’s Kirkham. Red Bull declined to comment if there were any issues on Graham’s car.

Full Results from FP2
1. Ingram (McLaren)
2. Chan (Sauber)
3. Varga (Sauber)
4. Franklin (Lotus)
5. Kingshark (Red Bull)
6. Widger (McLaren)
7. d’Hazorme (Caterham)
8. Downton (Lotus)
9. Sunderland (Caterham)
10. Bomeny (Ferrari)
11. Mathershaw (Ferrari)
12. Butler (Mercedes)
13. Morley (Williams)
14. Armos (Force India)
15. Needham (Toro Rosso)
16. Graham (Red Bull)
17. Kirkham (HRT)
18. Haddleton (Force India)
19. Robson (Mercees)
20. Frog (Marussia)
21. Coolidge (Williams)
22. Hofman (HRT)
23. Cucamest (Toro Rosso)
24. Peacock (Marussia)

Nice, 7th and 9th!

‘Butch Coolidge’ sounds really cool, could be the name of a Bond-villain :)