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Result of the 3rd practice session :

1. Mark Webber - Red Bull Racing - 1:32.053 -
2. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP - 1:32.187 + 0.134
3. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP - 1:32.355 + 0.302
4. Romain Grosjean - Lotus - 1:32.707 + 0.654
5. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 1:32.800 + 0.747
6. Felipe Massa - Ferrari - 1:32.815 + 0.762
7. Jenson Button - McLaren - 1:32.869 + 0.816
8. Kimi Räikkönen - Lotus - 1:32.946 + 0.893
9. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing - 1:33.036 + 0.983
10. Nico Hulkenberg - Sauber - 1:33.076 + 1.023
11. Sergio Perez - McLaren - 1:33.158 + 1.105
12. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso - 1:33.260 + 1.207
13. Daniel Ricciardo - Toro Rosso - 1:33.490 + 1.437
14. Pastor Maldonado - Williams - 1:33.638 + 1.585
15. Paul di Resta - Force India - 1:33.660 + 1.607
16. Esteban Gutierrez - Sauber - 1:33.732 + 1.679
17. Valtteri Bottas - Williams - 1:33.955 + 1.902
18. Adrian Sutil - Force India - 1:34.773 + 2.720
19. Giedo van der Garde - Caterham - 1:35.473 + 3.420
20. Charles Pic - Caterham - 1:35.518 + 3.465
21. Max Chilton - Marussia F1 Team - 1:35.844 + 3.791
22. Jules Bianchi - Marussia F1 Team - 1:39.378 + 7.325

Webber on top as Vettel hits trouble:
Mark Webber was quickest in the final practice session for Red Bull, a tenth of a second faster than Lewis Hamilton. However Sebastian Vettel was unable to complete a qualifying simulation on the softer medium tyres at the end of the session due to a KERS problem on his car. The two Mercedes drivers were next-quickest, Hamilton beating Webber’s first sector time with his final run.
Romain Grosjean was fourth despite having done his medium-tyre lap earlier in the session. Lotus pursued a different arrangement for practice with Kimi Raikkonen doing high-fuel running at the end of practice having been unable to do so yesterday. The Ferraris were fifth and sixth with Jenson Button’s McLaren almost matching their pace on the medium tyre.
Adrian Sutil was the latest driver to fall victim to the demanding Suzuka course. The Force India driver lost control of his car at the exit of Spoon Curve and knocked his front nose off on the barrier at the inside of the corner. That bend posed problems for several drivers including both the Ferrari pilots who were visibly struggling with oversteer at the exit. A change in wind direction meant drivers now had a tailwind to contend with there and on the pit straight. Lap times improved by almost two seconds compared with yesterday. Hamilton noted during the session the track was now offering “more grip”.

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Shaky-Schumi

brudgon wrote:practice2
1 : Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing-Renault - 1:33.852
2 : Mark Webber - Red Bull Racing-Renault - 1:34.020 0.168
3 : Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 1:34.114 0.262

The Land of the Rising Red Bull :
While the Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg were quickest in Free Practice 1, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber rose to the challenge and topped the times in Free Practice 2. Vettel turned a lap time of 1:33.852 to beat Webber's time of 1:34.020. The ambient air temperature at the start of the 90-minute session was 84 degrees Fahrenheit (29 degrees Celsius), and the track temperature was 106 degrees Fahrenheit (41 degrees Celsius.) Pastor Maldonado got things underway as he did a practice start at pit exit in his Williams. The team was still investigating why his left rear wheel came off during FP1. Jules Bianchi had crashed his Marussia in FP1 and the crew could not repair it in time for FP2 so he watched from the pits. As in FP1, Maldonado set the first time in FP2: 1:36.722. Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber) sliced ahead with a 1:36.625, but then Daniel Ricciardo beat that with a 1:35.920 in his Toro Rosso. Also as in FP1, everybody was running Pirelli's hard compound slick. 8 minutes into the session, Sebastian Vettel topped the times with a 1:34.746 in his Red Bull. 10 minutes into the session, Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, beat that with a 1:34.690. Moments later his teammates Lewis Hamilton moved into second with a 1:34.726. 11 minutes into the session, Maldonado planted his Williams gently into the barriers at Turn 9. And then Vettel retook first with a 1:34.487. 16 minutes into the session, Mark Webber posted his first time – a 1:34.693 – which put the Red Bull driver third. 17 minutes into the session, Sergio Perez slid wide and crashed his McLaren backwards into the barriers at Turn 13. The car then flicked and slammed sideways into the tire-walls. He radioed in that he was okay. 20 minutes into the session, everybody was in the pits except the unlucky Perez and Maldonado. The action resumed and Hulkenberg slid off the track. He said that the car was very floaty, very light. 30 minutes into the session, the top six were: Vettel, Rosberg, Webber, Hamilton, Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso . Valtteri Bottas (Williams) was the first driver to start out on the medium compound Pirelli. Webber and Rosberg then went for a run on the mediums. So did Fernando Alonso, who clipped a curb and spun at Turn 9. Webber topped the times with a 1:34.020 and Rosberg clocked a 1:34.114.
35 minutes into the session, now Vettel was on the mediums and he stopped the clocks at 1:33.852. Hamilton, on mediums, could not do better than a 1:34.442 which put him fourth. 40 minutes into the session, the runs on the medium tires continued.
At the halfway point the top six were: Vettel, Webber, Rosberg, Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus), Romain Grosjean (Lotus) and Hamilton.
Having set their quick times, the teams and drivers now concentrated on long runs with both the medium and hard compound Pirellis to see how the tires degraded over a number of laps and with heavy fuel loads. 54 minutes into the session, Raikkonen spun his Lotus into the sand trap at Turn 7. He got stuck and the car had to be hoisted out. At the one hour mark the top six remained: Vettel, Webber, Rosberg, Raikkonen, Grosjean and Hamilton. With 28 minutes remaining in the session, everybody who still had a car running except for Charles Pic was out on the track. Pic had slid off the track earlier in his Marussia. The race pace runs continued.
With 23 minutes remaining in the session, Rosberg complained about tire vibrations and his engineer told him to pit and the team would fit the other tires on his car. He was soon back on the track and again Pic remained the only driver not to venture out.
The race prep work ground on as the session wound down. It was busy out there. Paul di Resta had a quick spin in his Force India at the chicane. Webber got upset at di Resta a couple of laps later when they ended up needing the same bit of road. With 12 minutes remaining in the session, Adrian Sutil (Force India) was the only one not running. With 3 minutes remaining in the session, Sutil was the only one not running. With 2 minutes remaining in the session, Ricciardo was the only one not running. The top 10 in FP2 were: Vettel, Webber, Rosberg, Raikkonen, Grosjean, Hamilton, Ricciardo, Felipe Massa , Button and Alonso.

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Shaky-Schumi

brudgon wrote:practice1
1 :Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes - 1:34.157
2 : Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 1:34.487 0.330
3 : Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing-Renault -1:34.768 0.611

Suzuka Silver :
Mercedes Silver Arrows teammates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg topped the times in Free Practice 1 for the Japanese Grand Prix. The clocked times of 1:34.157 and 1:34.487 respectively. Red Bull teammates Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber went third and fourth quickest with laps of 1:34.768 and 1:34.787. They were the only four drivers to get below the one minute 35 second barrier. The ambient air temperature at the start of the 90-minute session was 82 degrees Fahrenheit (28 degrees Celsius), and the track temperature was 97 degrees Fahrenheit (36 degrees Celsius.) Mark Webber was the first out on the 18-turn 3.608-mile (5.807-km) Suzuka circuit. The Red Bull team had replaced his chassis that had been burned and damaged in the collision with Adrian Sutil in Korea. The engine and gearbox, however, were the same ones as he'd raced with in Korea. Daniel Ricciardo, who will replace Webber at Red Bull in 2014, was the first driver to complete 2 laps. But they were only installation laps and he did not set a lap time.
Pirelli's dry weather tire options this weekend are the hard compound with the orange sidewalls and the mediums with the white sidewalls. Everybody was out on the hards in the early laps of the session. 10 minutes into the session, everybody had completed their installation laps and Lewis Hamilton was the only driver on the circuit, but he soon steered his Mercedes down into the pits.
Everybody stayed in the pits until 16 minutes into the session when Pastor Maldonado's Williams shattered the peace and quiet that had been hanging over the circuit. As Maldonado came steaming down the pit straight to start a flying lap, Jules Bianchi (Marussia) joined him on the circuit. 20 minutes into the session, Maldonado clocked the first lap time: 1:36.969. Bianchi clocked the second time of the session: 1:39.268. And now Sergio Perez (McLaren) also joined the on-track activity. The crew asked him for 3 consistent laps to gather data and then one fast lap after that. His first lap was a 1:37.483. Maldonado was still circulating but had not improved his time until 25 minutes into the session when he set a 1:36.178. All of the big names relaxed in the pits. There were only four drivers on the track. 30 minutes into the session, Bianchi crashed his Marussia into the tire barriers at Turn 9 and tore the left front wheel and suspension off. Perez, meanwhile, had set a new fast lap mark of 1:35.450. 36 minutes into the session, Webber posted the second fastest time – 1:35.586. His teammate Sebastian Vettel remained in the pits along with the Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa. 39 minutes into the session, Webber went fastest with a 1:35.208. 41 minutes into the session, Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus) moved into second with a 1:35.364. Vettel, meanwhile, was finally out on the track again as was Massa. At the midpoint of FP1 the top six were: Webber, Vettel (who had just set a 1:35.217) Raikkonen, Perez, Massa and Jenson Button (McLaren.) Less than a minute later Massa shot to the top of the screens with a time of 1:35.126. Rosberg was on track now, and his first flying lap was a 1:34.864. Vettel moved into second with a 1:35.049. Hamilton and Alonso were now out there as well. 50 minutes into the session, Rosberg went even quicker with a 1:34.495 as Vettel improved to a 1:34.768 and Hamilton moved into third with a 1:34.994. They were the only three below the 1:35 level. Alonso was struggling with the Ferrari and down in eighth place. 55 minutes into the session, Hamilton topped the charts with a 1:34.251. Rosberg improved marginally to a 1:34.487. At the one hour mark the top six were: Hamilton, Rosberg, Vettel, Webber, Massa, and Alonso. Romain Grosjean, who said he was really struggling with the rear end of his Lotus, ran wide at Turn 14, but he bounced back with the seventh fastest time. With 24 minutes remaining in the session, Hamilton had now improved to 1:34.157, which was 0.33 of a second quicker than teammate Rosberg. Slowest on the charts was Max Chilton who set a 1:38.763 in his Marussia. With 22 minutes remaining in the session, Maldonado lost the left rear wheel on his Williams and parked it at Turn 14. A couple of marshals corralled the loose wheel and took it away. In a separate incident Guido van der Garde locked the wheels on his Caterham and just missed nudging the barriers at Turn 9. His car was craned off the track and parked next to Bianchi's. With 15 minutes remaining in the session, the drivers were concentrating on long runs rather than ultimate lap times. With 10 minutes remaining in the session, it was all very orderly and team by team in the time sheets with Mercedes' Hamilton and Rosberg first and second, Red Bull's Vettel and Webber third and fourth, Ferrari's Massa and Alonso fifth and sixth, Lotus's Grosjean and Raikkonen seventh and eighth, and McLaren's Perez and Button ninth and 10th. Nico Hulkenberg (11th in his Sauber) broke the chain, and then Toro Rosso's Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne resumed it by being 12th and 13th. With four minutes to go, Ricciardo moved up to 10th . With 2 minutes remaining in the session, everybody was on track except Valtteri Bottas (Williams) and the guys who had stopped out on the circuit. With 1 minute remaining in the session, Chilton had a graceful spin in his Marussia in Turn 1. The top 10 at the end of FP1 were: Hamilton, Rosberg, Vettel, Webber, Massa, Alonso, Grosjean, Raikkonen, Perez and Ricciardo.

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

Marussia test driver Maria de Villota was found dead this morning by her assistant in her bed in a Sevilla hotel, where she was to take part in a
conference: she was only 33 yo
On July 3rd 2012 she was involved in a dramatic crash during a test in the Duxford Aerodrome, in which she lost her right eye, but
she escaped severe neurological damages.
The causes of her death are unknown, but since there are no signs of violence on her body, it could only be a natural death.
So said Fernando Alonso : "We all have to prey for her and her family, we all loved her very much".
R.I.P. Maria

Maria de Villota RIP

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2013 FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX
practice2
1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:33.852 35
2 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:34.020 0.168 35
3 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:34.114 0.262 36
4 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:34.202 0.350 17
5 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:34.411 0.559 30
6 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:34.442 0.590 36
7 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:34.473 0.621 30
8 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:34.698 0.846 35
9 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:34.912 1.060 34
10 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:35.087 1.235 32
11 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:35.089 1.237 36
12 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:35.109 1.257 34
13 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:35.182 1.330 34
14 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:35.275 1.423 35
15 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:35.341 1.489 25
16 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.709 1.857 8
17 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:36.136 2.284 41
18 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:36.722 2.870 6
19 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:37.630 3.778 31
20 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:37.905 4.053 36
21 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:38.121 4.269 33
22 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth

2013 FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX
practice1
1 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:34.157 19
2 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:34.487 0.330 19
3 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:34.768 0.611 24
4 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:34.787 0.630 20
5 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:35.126 0.969 14
6 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:35.154 0.997 16
7 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:35.179 1.022 15
8 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:35.364 1.207 17
9 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.450 1.293 27
10 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:35.635 1.478 19
11 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.868 1.711 22
12 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:35.900 1.743 18
13 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:36.066 1.909 20
14 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:36.165 2.008 19
15 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:36.178 2.021 12
16 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:36.340 2.183 23
17 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:36.399 2.242 18
18 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:36.760 2.603 22
19 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1:37.595 3.438 22
20 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:37.629 3.472 8
21 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:38.025 3.868 15
22 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:38.763 4.606 18

a Little impression of the Japanese Grand Prix of 2012

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A reminder for this weekend :

brudgon wrote:Fri 11 October 2013
Practice 1 : 03:00 - 04:30
Practice 2 : 07:00 - 08:30

Sat 12 October 2013
Practice 3 : 04:00 - 05:00
Qualifying : 07:00

Sun 13 October 2013
Race : 08:00

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Shaky-Schumi

The Japanese Grand Prix(15th round of the 2013 Formula 1 World Championship)
Suzuka circuit (11-12 and 13 October)
Just seven days after the Grand Prix of Korea, the F1 season continues this week end in Japan. Suzuka is one of the most interesting tracks of the Formula One World Championship and has a long history of races. It is also the only circuit that runs both clockwise and anti-clockwise due to its unique layout: an unusual figure of eight, that requires an overpass and an underpass. This is one of the best circuit in calendar, fast and technical. In my opinion only Spa Franchorchamps is better than Suzuka. How many memories on this track: Senna and Prost with their endless challenge (1988-89-90). Michael Schumacher, in 2000 (after 21 years the world championship returns to Maranello). At Suzuka circuit you can find two large radius turns, known as the Spoon curve and the legendary 130R, both very demanding for tyres. Very difficult are also the Esses, a consecutive series of curves with rapid change of direction(from Turn 3 to curve 6). Then in uphill through a long left hander known as Dunlop Curve, before going in two tricky right-handed corners, called Degner curves. The circuit is a true challenge for drivers and cars. Tyre allocation for Suzuka Grand Prix: Pirelli will bring medium compound(white stripe) and of course hard compound(orange stripe). The most conservative choice as at Spa and Monza. Only one DRS zone: on the start/finish straight. In 2007 and 2008, the GP of Japan took place at Fuji circuit.
Winners, Podium and pole position (last 4 editions at Suzuka).
2009: 1° Vettel – Red Bull (2° Trulli and 3° Hamilton) – fastest lap: Webber – pole: Vettel, time 1m 32.160
2010: 1° Vettel – Red Bull (2° Webber and 3° Alonso) – fastest lap: Webber – pole: Vettel, time 1m 30.785
2011: 1° Button – McLaren (2° Alonso and 3° Vettel) – fastest lap: Button – pole: Vettel, time 1m 30.466
2012: 1° Vettel – Red Bull (2° Massa and 3° Kobayashi) – fastest lap: Vettel – pole: Vettel, time 1m 30.839
Vettel always in pole position in the last four years and three victories plus a third place on Sunday.
Maybe he's the favorite?
The stats of this season(2013) after 14 races.
Winners: Vettel(8 times) Alonso and Rosberg(2); Raikkonen and Hamilton (1)
Second place: Raikkonen(6) Alonso(5); Webber(2); Vettel(1). Never a Mercedes driver in second place until now.
Third place: Hamilton(4); Grosjean(3) Vettel and Webber(2); Raikkonen Alonso and Massa(1)
Total Podium: Vettel(11); Alonso and Raikkonen(8); Hamilton(5); Webber(4); Grosjean(3); Rosberg (2); Massa(1).
Pole position: Vettel (6 times); Hamilton (5 times) – Rosberg (3)

Latest news from the F1 site

Pic, Van der Garde, Bianchi and Chilton given reprimands


Caterham’s Charles Pic and Giedo van der Garde and Marussia’s Jules Bianchi and Max Chilton have all been reprimanded by race stewards in Korea.

Bianchi and Pic received their reprimands for failing to respond to yellow flags, whilst Van der Garde and Chilton were punished for lapping too quickly during the safety-car period.

Bianchi and Pic now face automatic 10-place grid penalties at the next round in Japan, as both have accrued three reprimands this season.

Meanwhile, the stewards opted to take no further action against either McLaren’s Sergio Perez or Force India’s Adrian Sutil, who were also the subject of post-race investigations.

Perez had been placed under investigation on suspicion of forcing Force India’s Paul di Resta off track and for a separate tangle with Ferrari’s Felipe Massa, whilst Sutil was investigated over his collision with Mark Webber which led to the Red Bull driver retiring from the race.

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Result of the South-Korea GP F1 race 2013 :

1. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull-Renault
2. Kimi Raikkonen - Lotus-Renault
3. Romain Grosjean - Lotus-Renault
4. Nico Hulkenberg - Sauber-Ferrari
5. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP
6. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari
7. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP
8. Jenson Button - McLaren-Mercedes
9. Felipe Massa - Ferrari
10. Sergio Perez - McLaren-Mercedes
11. Esteban Gutierrez - Sauber-Ferrari
12. Valtteri Bottas - Williams-Renault
13. Pastor Maldonado - Williams-Renault
14. Charles Pic -Caterham-Renault
15. Giedo van der Garde - Caterham-Renault
16. Jules Bianchi - Marussia-Cosworth
17. Max Chilton - Marussia-Cosworth
Did Not Finish :
18. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso-Ferrari
19. Daniel Ricciardo - Toro Rosso-Ferrari
20. Adrian Sutil - Force India-Mercedes
21. Mark Webber - Red Bull-Renault
22. Paul di Resta - Force India-Mercedes


Fastest Lap : Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull-Renault 1:41.380
Pitstop Sebastian Vettel : 2
Bat. 2 Teams : Both Drivers Did Not Finish
Grid Pos. Roamin Grosjean : 3rd place

Vettel wins in Korea, taking four in a row :
Sebastian Vettel has taken his fourth consecutive victory in his Red Bull-Renault winning the Korean Grand Prix today over the Lotus-Renaults of Kimi Raikkonen, by 4.2 seconds, and Romain Grosjean 4.9 seconds behind the winner. Vettel has now won the Korean Grand Prix for three straight years. Nico Hulkenberg (24.1s) completed a strong drive under pressure for most of the race in his Sauber-Ferrari to finish fourth, followed by Lewis Hamilton (25.2s) in the Mercedes GP in fifth, Fernando Alonso (26.1s) in the Ferrari in sixth, Nico Rosberg (26.6s) in the second Mercedes in seventh, Jenson Button (32.2s) in McLaren-Mercedes was eighth, Felipe Massa (34.3s) in the second Ferrari was ninth and Sergio Perez (35.1) in the second McLaren finished in the final points position.
Before the start, Mark Webber, who qualified third, moves back to 13th on the grid due to his penalty for getting a ride back to the pits in Singapore. Drivers have the choice of white sidewalled medium, and red sidewalled super soft compound tyres, with two-stops being expected. Daniel Ricciardo in 12th is the only driver starting on medium tyres. At the start polesitter Vettel rockets into the lead, Hamilton and Grosjean follow. At turn 3 Grosjean dives down the inside of Hamilton and takes second place. The Ferraris make contact and Massa spins. At the end of the first lap Vettel has a 2.1 second lead over Grosjean, Hamilton, Rosberg, Hulkenberg, Alonso, Ricciardo, Raikkonen, and Pastor Maldonado. On lap 2 Vettel sets fast lap at 1m46.3s. Adrian Sutil complains of a lack of downforce with front wing damage. On lap 3 Webber passes Perez for 11th place. Button radios that he has front wing damage.
On lap 4 Raikkonen goes wheel-to-wheel with Ricciardo and takes seventh place. On lap 5 Button pits for a new front wing as his brake temperatures were rising. He switches to medium compound tyres. Vettel holds a 2.7 second lead over Grosjean.
On lap 6 Webber passes Maldonado to take ninth. Button sets fast lap at 1m46.2s. On lap 7 Sutil pits for a new front wing. Massa pits as well. Both switching to medium tyres. On lap 8 Maldonado, Paul di Resta and Esteban Gutierrez all pit for medium tyres. Webber passes Ricciardo for eighth place. Guido van der Garde and Jules Bianchi are under investigation by the stewards. Vettel sets fast lap at 1m45.9s. On lap 9 Raikkonen passes Alonso for sixth place. On lap 10 Hamilton and Alonso both pit, switching to medium tyres. Van der Garde is given a drive-through penalty for forcing Bianchi off the track. On lap 11 Grosjean pits from second place to switch to medium tyres, along with Rosberg and Hulkenberg. Grosjean comes back out just ahead of Hamilton. On lap 12 Vettel pits from the lead and switches to medium compound tyres, he rejoins behind. Webber. Raikkonen pits as well.
Hamilton sets fast lap at 1m45.1s. On lap 13 Perez and Di Resta touch as they go side-by-side, but continue. Webber pits. Ricciardo, who started on medium tyres, is the over driver not to have pitted yet. Alonso is pressuring Hulkenberg in sixth place. Vettel sets fast lap at 1m44.5s. At lap 15, Vettel leads Grosjean by 3.5 seconds, followed by Hamilton (6.3s), Ricciardo (13.5s), Rosberg (15.2s), Hulkenberg (19.3s), Alonso (19.8s), Raikkonen (20.6s) Webber (21.6s) and Button (30.9s) in tenth place. On lap 16 Perez passes Maldonado for 11th place at the first corner. On lap 18 Rosberg closes on Ricciardo and passes him for fourth place. Red Bull tells Vettel to watch his tyre wear, as drivers are suffering right-front tyre graining. On lap 19 Ricciardo makes his first pit stop, getting another set of medium tyres. The stewards announce that the incident between Perez and Di Resta will be investigated after the race.
Alonso is pushing Hulkenberg harder, as his right-front tyre graining has cleared. On lap 21 Vettel sets fast lap at 1m44.4s. Ricciardo passes Di Resta for 12th place. Hulkenberg complains that his tyres are going off. At lap 23 Button pits from 10th place, staying on medium tyres. Massa passes Gutierrez for 12th place. Hamilton complains about his tyres, and Mercedes tells him to wait out the graining phase and his tyres should come back. Hamilton replies "it's been through the graining phase and it's dead." On lap 25 Vettel sets fast lap at 1m43.9s. On lap 26 Raikkonen makes his second pit stop. Hamilton's lap times are suffering. Di Resta spins and touches the barriers - his day is done. On lap 26 Webber passes Alonso for sixth place. Hulkenberg pits from fifth. On lap 28, Rosberg passes Hamilton. Rosberg front wing is sparking on the track, as it appears that the front wing has become detached. Rosberg pits at the end of the lap for repairs. Hamilton complains that he needs to pit. Alonso pits. Raikkonen sets fast lap at 1m42.8s. On lap 30 Hamilton pits and gets another set of medium tyres. At lap 30 Vettel leads Grossjean by 5.4 seconds, followed by Webber (34.7s), Perez (51.2s), Raikkonen (51.8s), Hamilton (54.1s), Hulkenberg (57.9s), Alonso (59.2s), Ricciardo (61.8s) and Button (68.1s) in tenth. On lap 31 Webber pits from third place for another set of medium tyres. Perez tyre comes apart and there is debris on the track. The safety car is deployed. Vettel and Grosjean dive into the pits for new tyres. Ricciardo, Webber, Gutierrez and Perez all pit. Webber was right behind Perez and pitted again as a precaution, and switches to super soft compound tyres, as he has run out of more medium tyres. On lap 32, Vettel leads behind the safety car, followed by Grosjean, Raikkonen , Hamilton, Hulkenberg, Alonso, Button, Rosberg, Maldonado and Ricciardo in tenth. Webber runs 11th. At the end of lap 36 the safety car comes in and the race resumes. At the first corner Sutil spins and collects Webber. Sutil continues and Webber is out. The Red Bull catches fire. Webber gets out of the car and the fire continues to increase. Raikkonen passes Grosjean for second place, and Hulkenberg passes Hamilton for fourth at turn 3. As the field comes back around the safety car deploys, but I local track car is out on track heading for Webber car, which continues to burn. Sutil pits for a long stop with damage to the rear of his Force India. On lap 40, behind the safety car Vettel leads Raikkonen, Grosjean, Hulkenberg, Hamilton, Alonso, Button, Rosberg, Maldonado and Ricciardo in tenth. At the end of lap 40 the safety car comes in and the race resumes again. Hamilton and Alonso battle over fifth place. Alonso passes Hamilton, but the British driver comes back and repasses. Vettel sets fast lap at 1m42.1s. On lap 41 Sutil is given a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pits. On lap 42 Vettel goes quicker at 1m41.9s, and leads Raikkonen by 2.0 seconds. Hamilton closes on Hulkenberg in fourth place. On lap 43 Vettel again goes faster at 1m41.7s, and then 1m41.6s the next lap. On lap 45 Maldonado passes Gutierrez for tenth. Gutierrez repasses, while Massa passes the both, Maldonado losing four places. On lap 46 Perez passes Gutierrez for 11th. On lap 47 Hamilton attacks Hulkenberg in fourth, with Alonso lurking just behind. On lap 48 Hamilton passes Hulkenberg, but is passed right back. Alonso then attacks Hamilton, but it unable to find a way by - Button joins the fight right behind Alonso. Hulkenberg continues to hold the followers off. At lap 50 Vettel continues to lead Raikkonen by 4.2 seconds, followed by Grosjean (5.5s), Hulkenberg (20.4s), Hamilton (20.8s), Alonso (21.5s), Button (22.4s), Rosberg (23.0s), Ricciardo (27.9s) and Massa (29.0s) in tenth place. On lap 51 Vettel sets fast lap once again at 1m41.6s. Hamilton tells the team that Hulkenberg's traction is "unreal". On lap 52 Sutil pits once again. On lap 53 Red Bull radios Vettel with a message "fail 22", the German continues and sets another fast lap at 1m41.3s. Rosberg passes Button for seventh. On lap 54 Ricciardo is stranded at the side of the track with a mechanical problem, his team mate Jean-Eric Vergne pits. Vettel wins his fourth consecutive Grand Prix over Raikkonen and Grosjean.

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Shaky-Schumi

2013 FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX

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Fri 11 October 2013
Practice 1 03:00 - 04:30
Practice 2 07:00 - 08:30
Sat 12 October 2013
Practice 3 04:00 - 05:00
Qualifying 07:00
Sun 13 October 2013
Race 08:00

drivers standings
1 Sebastian Vettel German Red Bull Racing-Renault 272
2 Fernando Alonso Spanish Ferrari 195
3 Kimi Räikkönen Finnish Lotus-Renault 167
4 Lewis Hamilton British Mercedes 161
5 Mark Webber Australian Red Bull Racing-Renault 130
6 Nico Rosberg German Mercedes 122
7 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 89
8 Romain Grosjean French Lotus-Renault 72
9 Jenson Button British McLaren-Mercedes 58
10 Paul di Resta British Force India-Mercedes 36
11 Nico Hulkenberg German Sauber-Ferrari 31
12 Adrian Sutil German Force India-Mercedes 26
13 Sergio Perez Mexican McLaren-Mercedes 23
14 Daniel Ricciardo Australian STR-Ferrari 18
15 Jean-Eric Vergne French STR-Ferrari 13
16 Pastor Maldonado Venezuelan Williams-Renault 1
17 Esteban Gutierrez Mexican Sauber-Ferrari 0
18 Valtteri Bottas Finnish Williams-Renault 0
19 Jules Bianchi French Marussia-Cosworth 0
20 Charles Pic French Caterham-Renault 0
21 Giedo van der Garde Dutch Caterham-Renault 0
22 Max Chilton British Marussia-Cosworth 0