Thread: Japan'07: Fuji

Japan'07: Fuji

Race # 783: September 30, 2007 year. Grand Prix Of Japan. Fuji
Pole	Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4-22)-1. 25.368 (192.423 kph)
Best lap	Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4-22)-1. 28.368 (186.259 km/h)
The winner	Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4-22)-02:00. 34.579 (151.978 km/h)

The reconstructed route Fuji took the Formula 1 nelaskovo: on Sunday, the rain came down with such force that the pilots had broken up a forty-minute rounds for car safety. During this time it became clear that the Ferrari for some incredible coincidence did not receive the letter from the Director of the race and instead prescribed rain tyres have sent their pilots to fight in the interim.

Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa immediately took off with the asphalt, were forced to go in boxes and in the end instead of third and fourth positions were on the last two. Their main rivals McLaren is hardly the beginning while others were saddened.

When the real fight still kicked off the pole position winner Lewis Hamilton led the race, but to break away from his own team-mate Fernando Alonso, he couldn't. All the others immediately began to catch up, but in the tanks of both McLaren was not so much fuel, and after early pit stops Briton Spaniard ended up in the traffic.

There are both out of luck: the Lewis hit Robert Kubica and Fernando rammed person courage debutant Sebastian Vettel, who on that day was the most modolym racer in history, who headed the peloton of formula 1. Surprisingly, the two leaders were able to continue the fight, but if Hamilton almost lost to time, the Alonso missed after the reversal of several rivals.

This world champion played a bad joke. Trying to get even, he was unable to avoid hydroplaning, flew again and broke the car virtually the only place in the road where the concrete barrier was coming close to the asphalt.

Machine security appeared again, and at that point, Hamilton decided to test the durability your nerves Mark Webber. The season in the Red Bull Racing team was formed for the Aussie is not too great, because second place during the rain race was a major achievement. When Lewis suddenly and dramatically slow down, with no Webber managed to react and also slowed down. But it immediately at full-speed hit the pilot, who was going to third.

He was the representative of Toro Rosso's Sebastian Vettel. It was difficult to describe the anger and consternation of the young German when they were chosen from skewgee cars. As things went for the wards of Dietrich Matešica so cool ...

After so many gatherings and nobody could compete with Lewis Hamilton, who won the Japanese Grand Prix and, it seemed, until the end of the season turned out to be a tiny step away from the title of world champion. Indeed, in the two remaining races to score just nine points, a veritable bezdelica.

Japan finished second in Heikki Kovalainen of Renault, before a career has not raised on a podium, and closed the top three pierced from the third dozen Kimi Raikkonen. For the first time in the history of Formula 1 champagne on the podium, two sons of polivalis′ Suomi.

When the race is finished, the Director of broadcast drew the curious scene. In the farthest corner of the boxes Toro Rosso with wet from tears eyes sat Sebastian Vettel. The boy was afraid that the error does not know pity Dr. Marco would drive it out of the Red Bull. ...

Interesting. . .

David Coulthard competed in the Japanese race helmet painting which repeated the company colours of another Scot Colin Mcrae. Master Classic rally two weeks earlier died in a plane crash is. ...

Fuji

Trail at the foot of Mt. Fuji has hosted a total of four Grand Prix Formula 1. Each of them was memorable and was filled with bright emotions. And although in the short term, the big prizes are unlikely to return to Shizuoka Prefecture, the history of this place too is not trivial to work around its side.

It all started in the early 60 's, when recovering from the effects of the war, Japan has sought to integrate into the world community. Then in the bowels of industrial corporations Mitsubishi and the idea was born to build a race track, which could be NASCAR races.

To do this, in 1963, was established a special subsidiary company, and work has begun. First erected one of direct, which is 1.5 km away. Then to built the first grooved 180-degree arc from angle of fabric in 33% and nearly completed preliminary work for a second.

This simple, seemingly the work took two years and all the planned estimate means. In addition, the popularity of American oval racing in Japan is heavily overestimated because it was decided to not finish construction of an oval, and to transform existing sites in the classic European-style circuit.

As a result a unique ring that can be compared only with the version of Indianapolis that used Formula 1 at the beginning of the 21st century. The long and wide starting straight at the very end of the sharply dived down the banking, and from there the pilots were on a narrow and rather winding track. In this version of the Fuzdi was very quick, but even more deadly.



The first reconstruction was timed to the debut visit participants in F1. At first abandoned the dangerous profiled superelevation, replacing it with a slow coach. Then on the ring length 4.3 km left only eight nominal rotations (and in reality-nearly half).

Grand Prix of Japan, 1976, entered the history of dramatic plot: Niki Lauda, plainly not reeling from the terrible fire at the Nürburgring, in the midst of a torrential rain chose not to continue the race and went into the pits. His rival James Hunt came to the finish line third and became world champion, and victory went to the Lotus of Mario Andretti.

A year later, at the top of the podium went up for Hunt, but the race was marred by the 1977 tradediej. In the fifth round, Gilles Villeneuve had gone too far in competition with Ronnie Petersen, and his Ferrari, Tyrrell P34 rear naletev of the Swedish pilot, somersaulting, flew toward the spectator zone.

There people were not hurt, but the judge and photographer who took to a prohibited place, killing, caught on the way of the machine. And although there was a violation of safety regulations, formula 1, left the Fuji, and Japan in General.

Of course, driving range and then used for other competitions. There were like the stages of local series and competition at a higher level. In the 80 's here annually visited the participants of the world championship sports cars, not to mention all sorts of drift and drag rejserah.

Because the power of machinery grew all the time, in 1986 and 1993-m were built several èsok slowing. But still, the track remained very fast.

A fundamental change occurred in 2000, when the company bought circuit Toyota. Integrated project rekonstrukčiâ Herman Tilke clearly are modified made them modern racing complex, however, in the process of modification of the third sector was almost completely destroyed by the famous 230-degree high speed arc, which at all times has been a hallmark of Fuji. Instead, pilots now had to overcome string of slow corners.

Grand opening of the new route took place in the spring of 2005, he was soon signed a contract with FOM and in 2007-m to the foot of Mt. Fuji returned Formula 1. And once again, as in 1976-m weather turned the debut race in a stunning performance. That's just what fans demolished lerko three decades ago, now no longer cause delight.

Bad transport service (100 thousand people wanted to take buses on the only road), unbelievable prices (as a hot dog for $ 60?) and place in the stands, with which in principle could not be seen the machine, called a fair complaint. On Saturday, people stood in line for four hours in the rain to go with the circuit!

Well, and especially all outraged that Toyota bosses have banned the carrying of flags into the stands and expand transporanty supportive of all teams except one-their own.
In 2007-m race was won by Lewis Hamilton, and a year later, when four pilots bailed Ferrari and McLaren in the first turn, suddenly became the strongest of Fernando Alonso from Renault.

But everyone is so bored of old-good Suzuke, that it was decided to alternate the Japanese Grand Prix arena. But then came the crisis and Toyota acknowledged that would not want to bear the costs of the 2010 year. And that decision, it must be said, was in the Paddock full and unequivocal support.