Nach dem weitgehend verregneten Rennwochenende des Vorjahres hatte sich das Team heute zum Ziel gesetzt, möglichst viele Informationen über die Streckencharakteristik im Trockenen zu sammeln. Entsprechend umfangreich war das Aufgabenheft von Fernando Alonso und Nelson Piquet.
Die beiden Piloten des ING Renault F1 Teams fuhren zusammen 149 Runden, um Daten zu sammeln, die Abstimmung voranzutreiben und die beiden Bridgestone-Reifenoptionen zu vergleichen.
Das Team zeigte sich dabei in guter Verfassung und will diese starke Form nun morgen im Qualifying bestätigen.
Fernando Alonso
„Ein problemfreier Trainingsauftakt. Wie geplant sind wir sehr viele Runden gefahren. So kamen wir mit unserem technischen Programm gut voran.
Die ersten Anzeichen sehen viel versprechend aus. Wir werden die Daten nun auswerten, um uns im dritten freien Training morgen eine gute Basis für das Qualifying zu schaffen."
Nelson Piquet
„Die Strecke ist interessant zu fahren und nicht besonders schwierig. Ich bin heute schnell damit zurechtgekommen. Mit unserem technischen Programm haben wir gute Fortschritte erzielt.
Auch wenn wir morgen noch einiges zu tun haben, sehe ich diesen Tag als gelungenen Start und als eine gute Basis, an diesem Wochenende erfolgreich weiterzuarbeiten."
Pat Symonds, Leitender Ingenieur
„Da wir im vergangenen Jahr hier kaum auf trockener Strecke fahren konnten, sind wir den Fuji Speedway heute wie eine ganz neue Strecke angegangen.
Unser Fokus lag dabei wie immer auf der Auswahl der richtigen Reifen. Wir sind mit dem Ergebnis sehr zufrieden: Die Balance des Wagens stimmt, und somit war das ein erfolgreicher Tag."
Denis Chevrier, Leitender Motoreningenieur
„Wir haben heute die üblichen Freitagstests durchgeführt: Reifen, Fahrzeugverhalten mit verschiedenen Treibstoffmengen, Getriebe-Einstellungen und Kühlung. Alles lief glatt, wir hatten keine größeren Probleme, und die Strecke bot größtenteils gute Testbedingungen.
Wir können nach diesen anfänglichen Sessions zwar noch keine wirkliche Aussage über die Kräfteverhältnisse machen, aber die heutigen Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass wir ein recht erfolgreiches Wochenende vor uns haben."
- Mischa Hamann -
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JAPANESE GRAND PRIX - FREE PRACTICE
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen emerged third and ninth respectively from Friday’s second free practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix.
Lewis completed 40 laps of the Fuji Intern weiter >>
2008 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX - FRIDAY 10/10/08
Sebastian Vettel (STR3-03)
"Last year we ran mainly in the wet, so it was good to have a dry day today. I think this is one of the most difficult circuits when it comes down to setting up the car.
It is tricky because of the mix of a long straight, some high speed corners and then some difficult low weiter >>
2008 Japanese Grand Prix Free Practice Report
Adrian Sutil (car 20, VJM01/06):
FP1: 11th 1:20.288 (26 laps)
FP2: 16th 1:19.287 (41 laps)
Giancarlo Fisichella (car 21, VJM01/05):
FP1: 20th 1:21.014 (28 laps)
FP2: 18th 1:19.482 (44 laps)
The Force India Formula One Team put in some productiv weiter >>
Today's Weather: Dry and bright apart from a brief shower between sessions.
Air 21-22°C, track 28-36°C
Toyota's Best Japanese GP qualifying: 1st Ralf Schumacher 2005
Toyota's Best Japanese GP race result: 6th Jarno Trulli 2006 weiter >>
Having trouble dealing with your tiny hotel room here? Then take note of these handy hints on how to survive the weekend:
- Always have a can of Red Bull in your room. Not only will it sharpen your mind for work, but if you spray a few drops on the bedroom floor, it might remove the smell of the four million cigarettes smoked since the carpet was last cleaned.
- N weiter >>
JAPANESE GRAND PRIX - PRACTICE FRIDAY 10 OCTOBER, 2008
Clear conditions in the region today allowed Mount Fuji to provide a stunning back-drop for Formula One’s practice sessions in advance of Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix.
In only the second visit to the prefecture for the sport weiter >>
2008 FORMULA 1 FUJI TELEVISION JAPANESE GRAND PRIX
1 12 Timo Glock Toyota 1:18.383 44
2 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:18.426 0.043 41
3 22 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:18.463 0.080 40
4 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:18.491 0.108 40
5 1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:18.725 0.342 39
6 10 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:18.734 0.35 weiter >>
2008 FORMULA 1 FUJI TELEVISION JAPANESE GRAND PRIX
1 22 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:18.910 23
2 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:19.063 0.153 24
3 23 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.279 0.369 20
4 1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:19.399 0.489 31
5 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:19.473 0.563 30
6 6 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1: weiter >>
Aktuelles Kurzinterview zum Rennen im japanischen Fuji
Seit dieser Woche ist es amtlich: Nick Heidfeld wird auch 2009 zusammen mit seinem polnischen Kollegen Robert Ku weiter >>
Der verantwortliche Renault F1-Motoreningenieur beim Partnerteam Red Bull Racing analysiert im Interview den Grand Prix von Singapur und blickt voraus auf das kommende Rennen in Japan.
Fabrice, was sagen Sie zum Grand Prix in Singapur?
Fabrice Lom : "Wir waren das ganze Wochenende nicht wirklich auf Top-Niveau unterwegs, aber nach dem Unfall weiter >>
Bob, seit Singapur zählt auch der Renault R28 zu den Siegerautos. Das gesamte Team muss sehr stolz sein auf das Erreichte …
Bob Bell: " Genauso ist es. Zu Beginn der Saison hinkten wir mehr als eine Sekunde pro Runde hinter den Spitzenteams her. Trotzdem haben wir angekündigt, dass wir bis zum Saisonende das Auto soweit entwickeln würden, dass wir aus weiter >>
Fernando Alonso: „Der Sieg in Singapur fühlte sich unglaublich an"
Fernando, du hast in Singapur deinen ersten Saisonsieg und den ersten Grand Prix-Triumph für das Team seit fast zwei Jahren geholt. Wie fühlte sich das an?
Fernando Alonso: " Ich war extrem glücklich. Nach unserem sehr schwierigen Saisonbeginn war es ein unglaubliches G weiter >>
Großen Preis von Japan auf dem Fuji Speedway, 16. von 18 Läufen zur FIA-Formel 1-Weltmeisterschaft 2008.
Renault beim Großen Preis von Japan
In der vergangenen Saison kehrte die Formel 1 nach exakt 30-jähriger Pause nach Fuji zurück. Der bis dahin letzte Auftritt der Königsklasse am Fuße des 3.776 Meter hohen Berges datiert von 1977, m weiter >>
The snow-capped cone of the mighty Mount Fuji volcano forms the impressive backdrop to the Japanese Grand Prix, the 16th race of the 18-round 2008 FIA Formula 1 World Championship.
The 3,776m peak towers over the state-of-the-art Fuji International Speedway, which returned to the Formula 1 calendar in 2007 after last hosting weiter >>
Adrian Sutil
How have you spent the break between Singapore and Fuji?
Between races I went over to Bali for some warm weather training as with so little time between Singapore and Japan it didn't really make any sense to come back to Europe.
Even though we were mostly working on European time in Singapore, to return to my home and th weiter >>
Japanese Grand Prix preview 10 - 12 October 2008
The FIA Formula One World Championship remains in the Far East for round 16 of the 18-round series. The next stop on the calendar will be the Japanese Grand Prix, held at the Fuji Speedway close to Japan's highest mountain, Mount Fuji.
weiter >>
Japanese Grand Prix - Preview
Panasonic Toyota Racing is on home ground this weekend for the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway. The historic track, which hosted Japan's first-ever Formula 1 Grand Prix in 1976, is truly spectacular, both for the stunning backdrop of Mount Fuji and the longest straight in Formula 1, at 1.475km. That straight not only provides an o weiter >>
Jarno TRULLI
What are your thoughts heading to Fuji Speedway?
For us it is an important event in general because it is definitely a home race for us and we want to enjoy a strong result in front of our home fans. So we are all looking forward to going to Fuji Speedway and hopefully we will be competitive, with a good performance and a good res weiter >>
Fuji Speedway makes its second appearance in as many years on the Formula One calendar on Sunday 12th October for the Japanese Grand Prix. The first leg of the Japan - China double header and the last of the three back-to-backs this season, Fuji opened for business as a racing venue in 1963 and hosted the first ever Japanese Grand Prix in 1976 only weiter >>
Panasonic Toyota Racing may be based in Cologne, Germany, but its spiritual heart is back in Japan, making the Japanese Grand Prix a very special event.
The team has been based in Germany since 1979 but throughout that time there have been strong links to Japan; and that is as true as ever in 2008. The bond between Japan and the team has been strengthened in recent years weiter >>
The snow-capped cone of the mighty Mount Fuji volcano forms the impressive backdrop to the Japanese Grand Prix, the 16th race of the 18-round 2008 FIA Formula 1 World Championship.
The 3,776m peak towers over the state-of-the-art Fuji International Speedway, which returned to the Formula 1 calendar in 2007 after last hosting weiter >>
Formula One stewards in Shanghai are examining new evidence concerning Lewis Hamilton’s driving behind the safety car in last weekend’s rain-swept Japanese Grand Prix.
The McLaren star was leading the pack awaiting a restart when the two cars immediately behind him - Mark Webber’s Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel’s Toro Rosso - collided, putting both out of the race.
weiter >>
Whoever came up with the expression, "things can only get better" definitely did not have Scuderia Toro Rosso in mind, in the hours following Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix.
After Sebastian Vettel crashed out of the race when he looked set to finish on the podium, the team thought it could take some consolation from the fact that Tonio Liuzzi had finished eighth, thus scori weiter >>
Japanese Grand Prix
ETIHAD ALDAR SPYKER FORMULA ONE TEAM AWARDED FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINT
The Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team has been awarded its first-ever World Championship point after the FIA Stewards of the Meeting decided that Toro Rosso's Vitanto weiter >>
In a lottery of a race that took place in challenging wet conditions, with two safety car periods, the ATT Williams team had a disappointing race, losing both cars as two of ten retirements in a race that decimated the field.
Alex Wurz was the team's first casualty when he was hit from behind in low visibility conditions on lap 19 immediately after the first safety car p weiter >>
Congratulations, Alex Wurz! The ATT Williams star became a father for the third time last night when wife Julia gave birth to a boy, Oscar, in Monaco. Mum and babe are doing well.
Shhh… don't tell this to Frank. Hospitality costs have gone through the roof at Fuji Speedway, making this far and away the most expensive race of the year to feed the team. A two-course m weiter >>
DAVID COULTHARD, (Finish Position 4th, Start Position: 12th)
"That was very, very difficult. It's a crazy thing to be a racing driver - on the one hand you're scared, but on the other, you're having the time of your life because every moment you're right on the edge, even on the straights.
I'm happy to score points, but obviously I'm sorry for the team to weiter >>
2007 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX - SUNDAY 30/09/07FIRST POINT: FIRST POINTSECOND POINT: SHIT HAPPENS!
Tonio Liuzzi
(STR2-03)
Pos. 8th
"It was a great race with 67 laps of pure tension because we were aquaplaning all race long. I drove well,especially given that I had qualified badly, after choosing a set-up with weiter >>
Adrian Sutil (car 20, F8-VII/03):
9th 2:01:34.708
Fastest lap: 1:31.891
Sakon Yamamoto (car 21, F8-VII/04):
12th : 2:00:54.187 (+1 lap)
Fastest lap: 1:32.130
The Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team was just 4.5secs away from scoring its first weiter >>
Panasonic Toyota Racing endured a home race to forget with Jarno Trulli classified 13th while Ralf Schumacher did not finish. It was a case of déjà vu at Fuji Speedway with rain making for extremely difficult conditions, just like the first World Championship Japanese Grand Prix at the track in weiter >>
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2007 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the Japanese Grand Prix at the Fuji Speedway claiming his fourth Formula 1 career victory and the eighth win for the team in 15 rac weiter >>
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren Mercedes) has won the Japanese Grand Prix using Bridgestone’s extreme wet tyres after a race which started behind the safety car and saw persistent rain and fog at the Fuji Speedway.
Hamilton made one pit stop during his race, changing one set of extreme wet tyres for another, a weiter >>
2007 FORMULA 1™ Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
1 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 67 2:00:34.579 1 10
2 4 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 67 +8.3 secs 11 8
3 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 67 +9.4 secs 3 6
4 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 67 +20.2 secs 12 5
5 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 67 +38.8 secs 10 4
weiter >>
Fuji, Saturday 29th September 2007
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Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix at the Fuji Speedway from his fifth Formula 1 caree weiter >>
(For those of you not in Japan, this morning's practice was severely interrupted due to bad weather conditions, so we gave out the sudoku puzzle to journalists early, in order to give them something to do in the meantime….)
DAVID COULTHARD, Position 13th
"The conditions were very inconsistent through the first session - but, of course, it was weiter >>
Adrian Sutil (car 20, F8-VII/03):
FP3 abandoned after completion of one lap - no time set
Q1: 20th 1:28.628 (10 laps)
Sakon Yamamoto (car 21, F8-VII/04):
FP3 abandoned after completion of one lap - no time set
Q1: 22nd 1:29.668 (10 laps)
29 September 2007 - The Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team driver weiter >>
In low visibility, wet conditions, Nico Rosberg recorded the sixth fastest lap time in the Qualifying session for tomorrow's Japanese Grand Prix at the Fuji Speedway.
With poor morning weather conditions all but terminating third practice, the qualifying session required on-track speed as well as a well organised team plan and a carefully executed tyre selection for the weiter >>
2007 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX - SATURDAY 29/09/07
Seba-san (STR2-04)
"Definitely a good day and a great experience for the team to get to Q3 for the first time. Fantastic! It was difficult not having any free practice this morning and it was the first time for me driving this car in the rain this afternoon.
It feels good and weiter >>
BLAST FROM THE PAST
Panasonic Toyota Racing suffered an extremely frustrating qualifying session for the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway, with Jarno Trulli and Ralf Schumacher earning 13th and 15th spots respectively on the grid. The team arrived at the circuit with rain pouring and low cloud, in scenes reminiscent of the very first World Championship Japanese weiter >>
2007 FORMULA 1™ Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
1 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:25.489 1:24.753 1:25.368 30
2 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 1:25.379 1:24.806 1:25.438 27
3 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:25.390 1:24.988 1:25.516 29
4 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:25.359 1:25.049 1:25.765 29
5 9 Nick Heidfeld B weiter >>
2007 FORMULA 1™ Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
1 17 Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota 1:32.746 3
2 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:34.758 2.012 3
3 12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:36.150 3.404 3
4 19 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari No time 1
5 20 Adrian Sutil Spyker-Ferrari No time 1
6 21 Sakon Yamamoto Spyker-F weiter >>
Wetter: trocken und sonnig, 25-26°C Luft, 41-47°C Asphalt.
Das malerische Umland der japanischen Alpen und die Rennstrecke am Fuße des Mount Fuji begeistern die Formel 1 bei ihrer Rückkehr nach 30 Jahren. Weniger spektakulär verliefen die ersten beiden freien Trainings weiter >>
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Vodafone McLaren Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso emerged fastest from today’s second practice session at the Fuji International Speedway.
Lewis set a time of 1m18.734 and completed 37 weiter >>
Panasonic Toyota Racing got a positive first proper taste of the revamped Fuji Speedway when practice for the Japanese Grand Prix began today. The circuit, in the shadow of the imposing Mount Fuji, held its first Formula 1 session since 1977 on a bright day, with the air temperature at 25°C. weiter >>
As a largely new venue for Formula One, the ATT Williams team spent much of Friday at the Fuji Speedway validating work done by simulation prior to arriving in Japan against the reality of running on this heavily revised circuit for the first time in over thirty years.
Progress was positive, with both drivers comfortably running in the top ten in the morning before the t weiter >>
Friday, 28 September 2007
Avoid shuttle bus boredom with a game of Sudoku
DAVID COULTHARD, 1st Practice P21, 2nd Practice P8
"There are tricky elements to the circuit and the last section is particularly difficult with very low grip, so the car was sliding around there. It's pretty challenging. Other than
that, t weiter >>
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren Mercedes) used Bridgestone’s soft compound Potenza F1 tyre to set the fastest lap time on the first day of running at Mount Fuji for the Japanese Grand Prix.
Hamilton completed his fastest lap, a 1min 18.734secs, early in the afternoon’s 90 minute practice weiter >>
2007 FORMULA 1™ Fuji Speedway
1 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:18.734 38
2 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 1:18.948 0.214 34
3 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:19.483 0.749 36
4 12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:19.711 0.977 35
5 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari weiter >>
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