The 2007 Japanese Grand Prix

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Driver of the Day ?

Lewis Hamilton
3
25%
Heikki Kovalainen
3
25%
Kimi Raikkonen
3
25%
David Coulthard
0
No votes
Felipe Massa
1
8%
Robert Kubica
1
8%
Vitantonio Liuzzi
1
8%
 
Total votes: 12
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Post by Ed » Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:45 am

Alonso improves but remains in 4th with a 1:20.422
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Post by Ed » Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:47 am

Alonso improving his time fractionally!
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Post by Ed » Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:50 am

Alonso pits while he set personal best 1st and 2nd sectors!

Hamilton on track and hasn't improved but is on a quick one now!

Quick stop for Alonso and he is back on track
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Post by Ed » Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:51 am

And Alonso pits again!

Hamilton pushing hard and goes a bit wide!
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Post by Ed » Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:55 am

Just under 40 minutes remaining and the top 8 are: Massa, Raikkonen, Hamilton, Alonso, Kovalainen, Kubica, Fisichella and Heidfeld
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Post by Ed » Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:58 am

Yamamoto has a problem and stops on the track.

Raikkonen and Alonso are back on the track
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Post by Ed » Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:00 pm

Ralf Schumacher locks up and spins. He recovers

Takuma Sato has not set a lap time yet! He has only completed 2 installation laps.

Massa on track
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Post by Ed » Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:02 pm

Raikkonen sets fastest 1st sector!
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Post by Ed » Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:03 pm

And Massa responds immediately!

Raikkonen improves with a 1:19.599 just 0.071 slower than Massa
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Post by Ed » Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:04 pm

Massa doesn't improve!

Alonso isn't setting very quick times on this run
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Post by Ed » Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:06 pm

Now Alonso improves but just slightly. Still in 4th and 0.468 behind Massa!

Hamilton back on the track
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Post by Ed » Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:09 pm

Hamilton isn't improving on this run so far!

Raikkonen pits
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Post by Ed » Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:12 pm

Sato finally makes it out on the track!
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Post by Ed » Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:14 pm

Sato up in 15th!

They've managed to get Vettel's car back to the garage, they've sorted out the problem and Vettel is now back on the track
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Post by Ed » Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:18 pm

Not many cars on the track at the moment!

But wow! Adrian Sutil is 5th with a 1:20.698!!
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