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1.Button
2.Alonso
3.Vettel

Congratulations Sebastian Vettel for 2nd World Champion title.

I have to very quick now ,so here is the result of the qualification :

1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing 1:30.466
2. Jenson Button McLaren 1:30.475 + 0.009
3. Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:30.617 + 0.151
4. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:30.804 + 0.338
5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:30.886 + 0.420
6. Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 1:31.156 + 0.690
7. Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP geen tijd -
8. Bruno Senna Lotus Renault GP no time -
9. Vitaly Petrov Lotus Renault GP no time-
10. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber no time -

Q2
11. Adrian Sutil Force India 1:32.463 -
12. Paul di Resta Force India 1:32.746 + 2.280
13. Rubens Barrichello Williams 1:33.079 + 2.613
14. Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:33.224 + 2.758
15. Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso 1:33.227 + 2.761
16. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso 1:33.427 + 2.961
17. Sergio Perez Sauber no time-

Q1
18. Heikki Kovalainen Team Lotus 1:35.454 -
19. Jarno Trulli Team Lotus 1:35.514 + 5.048
20. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin Racing 1:36.439 + 5.973
21. Timo Glock Virgin Racing 1:36.507 + 6.041
22. Daniel Ricciardo HRT F1 Team 1:37.846 + 7.380
23. Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP no time-
24. Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT F1 Team no time -

Source : F1Today

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

( buy guys/girsl - good luck for tomorrow ! )

Here are the results of the 3rd practice session :

1. Jenson Button : 01:31.255
2. Lewis Hamilton : 01:31.762
3. Sebastian Vettel : 01:32.122
4. Fernando Alonso : 01:32.279
5. Mark Webber : 01:32.401
6. Felipe Massa : 01:32.429
7. Michael Schumacher : 01:32.725
8. Nico Rosberg : 01:32.878
9. Vitaly Petrov : 01:33.058
10. Adrian Sutil : 01:33.424
11. Sebastien Buemi : 01:33.469
12. Jaime Alguersuari : 01:33.545
13. Kamui Kobayashi : 01:33.818
14. Sergio Perez : 01:33.836
15. Paul di Resta : 01:33.990
16. Pastor Maldonado : 01:34.321
17. Bruno Senna : 01:35.389
18. Rubens Barrichello : 01:35.651
19. Jarno Trulli : 01:36.327
20. Heikki Kovalainen : 01:36.912
21. Jerome D'Ambrosio 01:37.938
22. Timo Glock : 01:38.011
23. Daniel Ricciardo : 01:38.355
24. Vitantonio Liuzzi : 01:41.097


Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi


27 minutes to go ,and than it's time for the qualification

08/08/2000
- Michael Schumacher of Ferrari won the Grand Prix of Japan and the iris back in Maranello, Formula 1 drivers 21 years after the last successful weblog Jody Scheckter

And after the 1st list comes the 2nd list of results , but this time from the 2nd practice session :

1. Jenson Button : 1:31.901
2. Fernando Alonso : 1:32.075 + 0.174
3. Sebastian Vettel : 1:32.095 + 0.194
4. Mark Webber : 1:32.147 + 0.246
5. Felipe Massa : 1:32.448 + 0.547
6. Michael Schumacher : 1:32.710 + 0.809
7. Nico Rosberg : 1:32.982 + 1.081
8. Lewis Hamilton : 1:33.245 + 1.344
9. Vitaly Petrov : 1:33.446 + 1.545
10. Sébastien Buemi : 1:33.681 + 1.780
11. Jaime Alguersuari : 1:33.705 + 1.804
12. Adrian Sutil : 1:33.790 + 1.889
13. Sergio Perez : 1:34.393 + 2.492
14. Bruno Senna : 1:34.557 + 2.656
15. Paul di Resta : 1:34.601 + 2.700
16. Kamui Kobayashi : 1:36.038 + 4.137
17. Heikki Kovalainen : 1:36.225 + 4.324
18. Rubens Barrichello : 1:37.123 + 5.222
19. Timo Glock : 1:37.440 + 5.539
20. Jerome D'Ambrosio : 1:38.093 + 6.192
21. Pastor Maldonado : 1:38.387 + 6.486
22. Daniel Ricciardo HRT : 1:38.763 + 6.862
23. Jarno Trulli : 1:39.800 + 7.899
24. Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT : 1:42.480 + 10.579

Tonight at 04.00u will be the 3rd practice session !
Followed at 07.00u the qualification !!!!!

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

Ps: it could be that i will not have time to post the result of the quali right after it is done at 08.00u ,because right after i must hurry myself to my work for a big meating conserning the company ,so i will post it later on the day ...sorry ...i will do my best to put it right after but i can't promiss .

Here are the results of the 1st practice session :

1. Jenson Button : McLaren : 1:33.634
2. Lewis Hamilton : McLaren : 1:33.725 + 0.091
3. Sebastian Vettel : Red Bull Racing : 1:34.090 + 0.456
4. Fernando Alonso : Ferrari : 1:34.372 + 0.738
5. Mark Webber : Red Bull Racing : 1:34.426 + 0.792
6. Jaime Alguersuari : Toro Rosso : 1:34.937 + 1.303
7. Felipe Massa : Ferrari : 1:35.585 + 1.951
8. Sébastien Buemi : Toro Rosso : 1:35.590 + 1.956
9. Michael Schumacher : Mercedes GP : 1:36.033 + 2.399
10. Vitaly Petrov : Lotus Renault : 1:36.370 + 2.736
11. Bruno Senna : Lotus Renault : 1:36.487 + 2.853
12. Nico Hulkenberg : Force India : 1:36.700 + 3.066
13. Kamui Kobayashi : Sauber : 1:36.948 + 3.314
14. Paul di Resta : Force India : 1:36.949 + 3.315
15. Sergio Perez : Sauber : 1:37.103 + 3.469
16. Nico Rosberg : Mercedes GP : 1:38.197 + 4.563
17. Rubens Barrichello : Williams : 1:38.331 + 4.697
18. Pastor Maldonado : Williams : 1:38.446 + 4.812
19. Jarno Trulli : Team Lotus : 1:39.168 + 5.534
20. Karun Chandhok : Team Lotus : 1:39.946 + 6.312
21. Timo Glock : Virgin Racing : 1:40.872 + 7.238
22. Jerome D'Ambrosio : Virgin Racing : 1:41.019 + 7.385
23. Daniel Ricciardo : HRT : 1:41.106 + 7.472
24. Narain Karthikeyan : HRT : 1:41.775 + 8.141

In this 1st session there was a crash of Vettel !

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

the podium of the last three Japan GP

2010 – Suzuka
1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull- Renault
2 Mark Webber Red Bull- Renault
3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari
fastest lap on race: Mark Webber Red Bull- Renault

2009 – Suzuka
1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull- Renault
2 Jarno Trulli Toyota
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
fastest lap on race: Mark Webber Red Bull- Renault

2008 – Fuji
1 Fernando Alonso Renault
2. Robert Kubica BMW-Sauber
3. Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
fastest lap on race: Felipe Massa Ferrari

will be the 27° edition of Japan GP
Until now 22 editions at Suzuka(this year will be 23) and 4 editions at Fuji (1976 –1977 – 2007 – 2008)
Suzuka circuit is one of the most complete of the season. It is very technical fast and requires a clean driving. it presents huge challenges and a wide variety of corners, most notably the mytical 130R (very challenging) but also the first corner, and then the Esses, four curves in succession to deal with high-speed. Another famous corner is the Spoon Curve a long, double-apex left-hand. There is also a slow hairpin. and at last, just before the finish line, there is the chicane of Casio Triangle(the place of the crash between Senna and Prost in 1989) In fact this track is known especially for the challenges between Senna and Prost. In 1989, Senna, first under the checkered flag was disqualified, in my opinion wrongly. The following year at the first corner after the start there was another crash, always between them. Both retired immediately, but this time was Senna to win the championship. Suzuka is one of the toughest races on the calendar for tyres. The abrasive surface and combination of mid to high speed corners can mean high tyre wear rates. The king of Suzuka is Schumacher(6 wins) the most important in 2000 when finally after 21 years a Ferrari driver became world champion. Always on the Suzuka track, Schumacher had a big disappointment in 2006 when he broke the engine of his Ferrari and was forced to retire. Alonso won the race and became world champion 2 weeks later. The Spanish also won in 2008 but on Fuji. In the last two editions GP of Japan at the Suzaka, has always won Vettel, and Webber has been the fastest lap in race. The medium(white) and the soft(yellow) tyre will be used as “prime” and “option” respectively, as with Monza and Spa. The layout of the circuit to 'eight' is unique and requires an effort equal to the tires on both sides of the car. The DRS detection zone in Suzuka will be just after the ultra-fast 130R corner, with the activation zone on the start/finish straight. In the last two years the safety car is always took to the track.

cooper-climax t51

The Cooper T51 was a Formula One and Formula Two racing car designed and built by the Cooper Car Company for the 1959 Formula One season. The T51 earned a significant place in motor racing history when Jack Brabham drove the car to become the first driver to win the championship with a rear-engined car, in 1959. The T51 was raced in several configurations by various entrants until 1963 and in all no less than 38 drivers were entered to drive T51s in Grand Prix races.
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maserati 250f

The Maserati 250F was a Formula 1 car, used between 1954 and 1960 .
Debuted at the 1954 Grand Prix of Argentina won the match with Juan Manuel Fangio , who had also his Belgian Grand Prix at the end of June, before moving on to the team Mercedes . The points obtained with the two teams allowed the Argentine driver to win the World Championship title. In the same year Stirling Moss drove a Maserati 250F for the whole of the season.
The following season, despite the passage of Moss and the Mercedes designers Bellentani Victor and Alberto Massimino at Ferrari , the 250F was important new developments with the gearbox 5-speed gearbox and a new system of injection .
In 1956 Stirling Moss won the Grand Prix of Monaco and ' Italy driving a private 250F. During the season we experienced a version of "fairing" inspired by the Mercedes-Benz W196 "Type Monza" and began to develop versions of the car category for the Formula 2 . The following year, Fangio took four wins including the epic Grand Prix of Germany and World Champion for the fifth time.
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ferrari d50 constructors world champion 1956
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In the throes of a serious financial difficulties, in 1955 the Lancia transfers its racing division of Ferrari. For the Commander is a nice revenge against the company in Turin, who had "dared" to steal glory and pilots. The car of that period is the "D50", derived from a project launched dated 1954 and signed by Eng. Vittorio Jano, an old acquaintance from the days of Ferrari Alfa. The stables of the "prancing horse" operates on the model, perfecting and adapting it to the whole philosophy of the house, with changes maintained by internal technical staff (led by Bellentani and Fraschetti), well supported by a valuable adviser, the same Jano, under to Maranello for the occasion.

ferrari news

The Ferrari seems to be seriously considering Sergio Perez in 2013, alongside Alonso as they would like a "young man with the potential to become great."
The Spanish team-mate is now Felipe Massa , who seems unable to return to previous levels of performance to the terrible accident in Hungary in 2009.
The Brazilian has 84 points against the 184 Spanish and this leads one to suppose that next season will be the latest in Ferrari's Massa. Then you're taking into account a possible substitute, the Mexican Sergio Perez, a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy . Stefano Domenicali suggests that it might have a future in red: "The Ferrari piuò have two young drivers, given the pressure that is in this team. With overtime and a young rider with the potential to be great, things complement each other, "he told Marca.
"Perez now has a contract with Sauber , will grow and will have a good 2012, "he concluded.

news

New problems for the former wunderkind of Formula One . According to the latest news coming directly from the F1 Circus seems that all drivers have joined forces against Lewis Hamilton and his conduct of the race.After recent events, and after all, accidents involving English McLaren's drivers have asked the FIA to discuss all together on the conduct of the race by Lewis Hamilton
Several drivers have asked the FIA and Charlie Whiting a briefing during the weekend of the Japanese GP and discuss the accidents caused by Lewis Hamilton in F1 this season.

ecclestone statements
Bernie Ecclestone , in one way or another, always talk about themselves. His latest provocation, while talking about Vettel , is aimed at Ferrari : "Sebastian is currently the best driver on the grid. A passage in a Ferrari? would be the best way to slow ...", ironically the owner of the Circus . He is echoed by the team principal of Red Bull , Christian Horner : "I suggested to go to Ferrari at the end of my career."

In an interview with the official site of Formula One , Ecclestone has turned to the team of Maranello , which will close the season below expectations: "Seeing the situation as it is now, would be a way to make it go slow," says UK. His words are added those of Horner : "My guess is that at this time on the car he likes most in 'the bull that the prancing horse. If I say, then, to suggest to go to Ferrari at the end of career: We are proud to have him on our team, and we hope to have with him many years of success.
....and after the Silverstone's gp understands why he has again changed the rules

Felipe Massa has announced the first names for his annual kart racing, the Desafio Internacional das Estrelas. This year, including Rubens Barrichello, Bruno Senna, Pastor Maldonado, Jaime Alguersuari and Adrian Sutil at the start .
Vitantonio Liuzzi also, Lucas di Grassi, who had won last year's race, Jorge Lorenzo, Ricardo Zonta and Antonio Pizzonia have already pledged to the first weekend of December to travel to Florianopolis. Sebastien Buemi and Sergio Perez are probably also present, but have not officially confirmed their participation. The provisional list of participants is as follows:

1. Felipe Massa
2. Rubens Barrichello
3. Bruno Senna
4. Lucas di Grassi
5. Vitantonio Liuzzi
6. Jaime Alguersuari
7. Pastor Maldonado
8. Adrian Sutil
9. Jules Bianchi
10. Jorge Lorenzo
11. Tony Kanaan
12. Hélio Castroneves
13. Ana Beatriz
14. Vítor Meira
15. Pietro Fittipaldi
16. João Paulo de Oliveira
17. Cacá Bueno
18. Popó Bueno
19. Christian Fittipaldi
20. Marcos Gomes
21. Leonardo Nienkötter
22. Antonio Pizzonia
23. Ricardo Zonta
24. Xandinho Negrão
25. Max Wilson
26. Luciano Burti
27. Allam Khodair


Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

suzuka circuit

Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka Circuit for short, is a motorsport race track located in Ino, Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture, Japan and operated by Mobilityland Corporation, the subsidiary of Honda Motor Co., Ltd..
Designed as a Honda test track in 1962 by John Hugenholtz, Suzuka is one of few circuits in the world to have a "figure 8" layout, with the back straight passing over the front section by means of an overpass.
The circuit was modified three times, once in 1983, when a chicane was put at the last curve to slow the cars into the pit straight and the Degner curve was made into two corners instead of one long curve; the circuit was also made considerably safer in 1983 by adding more Armco, more run-off areas and removing straw bales leading into vegetation; and again in 2002, when the chicane was slightly modified, 130R was also modified and some of the Snake curves were made a bit straighter and faster, and in 2003, when the chicane was made slightly faster and closer to the 130R.
The circuit can be used in three configurations; the full circuit, the "Suzuka East" and "Suzuka West" configuration. The "East" portion of the course consists of the pit straight to the first half of the Dunlop curve (turn 7), before leading back to the pit straight via a tight right-hander. The "West" course is made up of the other part of the full circuit, including the crossover bridge.
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schedule

Friday 'October 7, 2011
Free Practice 1 03:00 to 04:30
Free Practice 2 07:00 to 08:30
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Free Practice 3 04:00 to 05:00
Qualifications 07:00
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Race 08:00