2010 japanese grand prix articles archive

Mercedes may have missed an opportunity to prevent Michael Schumacher getting stuck behind Nico Rosberg during the Japanese Grand Prix. Schumacher spent 23 laps stuck behind his team mate. Without the delay he might have been able to capitalise on Lewis Hamilton’s later problems to take fifth place.

You need to upgrade your Flash Player View interactive chart full screen Tick/untick drivers’ names to show their laps, click and drag to zoom Rank Driver Car Fastest lap Deficit to fastest lap 1 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1’33.474 2 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1’33.529 0.055 3 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1’33.653 0.179 4 Fernando Alonso … Continue reading Japanese Grand Prix fastest laps

Pos Num Driver Car Laps Gap Difference Grid 1 5 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 53 1 2 6 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 53 0.905 0.905 2 3 8 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 53 2.721 1.816 4 4 1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 53 13.522 10.801 5 5 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 53 39.595 26.073 8 6 3 … Continue reading 2010 Japanese Grand Prix result

Jenson Button is hoping a different choice of strategy will help his cause in the Japanese Grand Prix. He is the only driver in the top ten starting on the hard compounds tyres. But it’s not likely to trouble Red Bull, who have locked out the front row and appear to have a healthy performance … Continue reading Button gambles on strategy in Suzuka (Japanese Grand Prix pre-race analysis)

Sebastian Vettel said that Suzuka was “made for” his Red Bull car after taking pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix. Speaking in the post-race press conference he said: The last two races were a little bit difficult for us but all in all I think we could improve the performance of the car so … Continue reading Vettel: Suzuka is “made for our car”

Row 1 1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 2. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault Row 2 3. Robert Kubica Renault 4. Fernando Alonso Ferrari Row 3 5. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 6. Nico Rosberg Mercedes Row 4 7. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 8. Lewis Hamilton* McLaren-Mercedes Row 5 9. Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 10. Michael Schumacher Mercedes Row 6 11. … Continue reading 2010 Japanese Grand Prix grid

The Ferrari team will pay tribute to four Italian soldiers killed in Afghanistan by wearing black armbands on Sunday at the Japanese Grand Prix. Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa’s cars will be “decorated in similar fashion”, the team said on Saturday. Stefano Domenicali said: The death of four of our fellow countrymen working as part … Continue reading Ferrari alter livery to mark war deaths

Lewis Hamilton will take a five-place gird penalty at Suzuka, once the starting order for the race has been decided. Hamilton will have to change his gearbox before tomorrow’s delayed qualifying session, resulting in the penalty, meaning he will definitely start no higher than sixth.

Jaime Alguersuari was fastest in final practice at Suzuka – but he was one of only two drivers to set a time in a very wet session. The only other car to post a lap time was Timo Glock’s Virgin. There are concerns that if this level of rain persists it might not be possible … Continue reading Little running in rain-hit final practice puts qualifying session in doubt

Red Bull cars filled the top two places in both of today’s practice sessions at Japan, confirming pre-race expectations that the RB6 would be the car to beat around sinuous Suzuka. Rain has already begun to fall at the track and much more is expected tomorrow. Will Red Bull retain their advantage in more challenging … Continue reading Red Bull fastest in the dry but rain expected tomorrow (FP2 analysis)

Sebastian Vettel headed practice at Suzuka for the second time today as Red Bull extended their margin over their rivals. Mark Webber ended the second session fastest ahead of Robert Kubica, who survived a high-speed spin in his Renault. The two Ferrari drivers were fourth and fifth, but almost a full second slower than the … Continue reading Vettel stays on top in second practice

Red Bull are pulling out an advantage of half a second over their rivals in the first two sectors of the lap at Suzuka. But while Lewis Hamilton showed promising pace before his crash, Ferrari’s performance around Suzuka is surely better than 11th and 13th in first practice suggested. Meanwhile Suzuka specialist Sutil flattered his … Continue reading Red Bull dominate first two sectors but Ferrari’s pace is unknown (FP1 analysis)

Sebastian Vettel picked up where he left off after winning last year’s Japanese Grand Prix, setting the fastest time in first practice. But title rival Lewis Hamilton hit trouble when he crashed at Degner halfway through the session. He damaged the front-left corner of his McLaren and took no further part in the session.

The Japanese Grand Prix takes place this weekend at one of the most exciting circuits on the F1 calendar. Have all the important information for this weekend’s race at your fingertips with the F1 Fanatic unofficial race programme including a video lap of the track:

Renault has added a new Russian sponsor to its roster for the second race in a row. Flagman vodka branding will appear on the tip of the R30’s nose and on the side pod vanes, as well as on Vitaly Petrov’s overalls. Vyborg Shipyard started sponsoring the team at the Singapore Grand Prix. Sauber also … Continue reading Another Russian sponsor joins Renault