Japanese GP

[Bogus Dave]

At suji this year instead of suzuka, which is a bit of a bummer because suji's a bit of a boring race track, and no-where near as good as the race-track.

But aside from this, what the hell is Hamilton on about. Saying that mclaren want him to win the title. I've stuck up for him in the past, but this is bang out of order. If it was alonso saying this you'd never hear the end of it, and it's a bit unnecesary for him to come out and say it.

Fruday practise 2 times:

1. Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren-Mercedes 1:18.734
2. Fernando Alonso (Spa) McLaren-Mercedes 1:18.948
3. Felipe Massa (Brz) Ferrari 1:19.483
4. Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota 1:19.711
5. Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:19.714
6. Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) Renault 1:19.789
7. Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Renault 1:19.926
8. David Coulthard (GB) Red Bull-Renault 1:19.949
9. Ralf Schumacher (Ger) Toyota 1:19.969
10. Robert Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber 1:20.069
11. Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull-Renault 1:20.069
12. Alexander Wurz (Aut) Williams-Toyota 1:20.233
13. Nico Rosberg (Ger) Williams-Toyota 1:20.270 *
14. Jenson Button (GB) Honda 1:20.336
15. Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber 1:20.462
16. Adrian Sutil (Ger) Spyker-Ferrari 1:20.736
17. Rubens Barrichello (Brz) Honda 1:20.889
18. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Ita) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:20.985
19. Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:20.997
20. Anthony Davidson (GB) Super Aguri-Honda 1:21.007
22. Takuma Sato (Jpn) Super Aguri-Honda 1:21.352

[tans]

Fuji not Suji  

[Bogus Dave]

You spotted my deliberate mistake then   :--

[Samdy Gray]

Boo. Suzuka's my favourite track. Especially the crazy blind chicane at the top of the hill just before the start finish straight.

It took me ages to get that corner right on MotoGP  :x

[Sussex]

You spotted my deliberate mistake then   :--

Certainly did Fruday.

[axs]

Woohoo, Go Lewis. Pole position.

1. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 1 min 25.368 secs
2. Fernando Alonso (Spain) McLaren 1:25.438
3. Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:25.516
4. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 1:25.765
5. Nick Heidfeld (Germany) BMW Sauber 1:26.505
6. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Williams - Toyota 1:26.728
7. Jenson Button (Britain) Honda 1:26.913
8. Mark Webber (Australia) RedBull - Renault 1:26.914
9. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 1:26.973
10. Robert Kubica (Poland BMW Sauber 1:27.225
11. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) Renault 1:26.033
12. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) Renault 1:26.232
13. David Coulthard (Britain) RedBull - Renault 1:26.247
14. Jarno Trulli (Italy) Toyota 1:26.253
15. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Italy) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 1:26.948
16. Ralf Schumacher (Germany) Toyota
17. Rubens Barichello (Brazil) Honda 1:27.323
18. Alexander Wurz (Austria) Williams - Toyota 1:27.454
19. Anthony Davidson (Britain) Super Aguri - Honda 1:27.564
20. Adrian Sutil (Germany) Spyker - Ferrari 1:28.628
21. Takuma Sato (Japan) Super Aguri - Honda 1:28.792
22. Sakon Yamamoto (Japan) Spyker-Ferrari 1:29.688

[Luci]

Did not want Alonso next to Hamilton on the grid.  After last weeks antics it shows Alonso will do anything to jepardise Hamiltons Championship chase, ie running him off the track.

Fingers crossed for Lewis!

[Batch]

Wet quali with a possible wet race tomorrow. Sounds like fun.

Good response from Hamilton when he was twice under pressure with one run remaining (P17 session 1, P4 session 3).

Bring it on.

[Gelbfüßler]

That's more like it Jenson, look at that gap between him and Barrichello.

To anyone who thinks F1 is anything less than 95% car 5% driver:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/standings/default.stm

Look at the top 14 drivers and their teams!

[Bogus Dave]

Did not want Alonso next to Hamilton on the grid.  After last weeks antics it shows Alonso will do anything to jepardise Hamiltons Championship chase, ie running him off the track.

Fingers crossed for Lewis!

What did alonso do last week to jeapordise his championship. He held his line, nothing wrong with that.

[Matchworn Shirts]

9. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 1:26.973

fair play to Vettel, a toro rosso in 9th place :shock:

[reeves4england]

Good work from Hamilton and as mentioned, credit to Jenson and to Vettel because they've both qualified really well. Just have to see if they are on really low fule loads now!

[flammableBen]

F1 one would be much better if instead of cars they had midgets......

Oh wait, I think I've done that one.

[Matchworn Shirts]

fuck sake Vettel,what did you do that for? All falls nicely into place for Hamilton once again

[Ralphy]

Suzuka is a great track, Fuji is more for saloon car racing than F1.