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  1. ricksb

    ricksb F1 Veteran

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    #1 ricksb, Sep 27, 2007
    Ferrari/Felipe Massa leads the McLaren duo halfway through Practice 1 by .45 secs.
     
  2. Jimi900

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    #2 Jimi900, Sep 27, 2007
    Anybody have pictures of the new areo package yet?
     
  3. joker57676

    joker57676 Two Time F1 World Champ

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    #3 joker57676, Sep 27, 2007
    Massa still up by .448 seconds on Hamilton with 12 minutes left. I haven't seen any pics yet but I'm sure they'll be all over the internet tomorrow.

    Mark
     
  4. ricksb

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    #4 ricksb, Sep 27, 2007
    Raikkonen just stretched it to .64 over Hamilton. The Ferraris seem to be dominant thus far, but there is a lot of weekend left. However, with this being a new track for everyone, you can't just throw out the trend from the first practice.

    Edit: Hamilton back to within .47 of Raikkonen.
     
  5. ricksb

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    #5 ricksb, Sep 27, 2007
    Practice 1 results:

    Kimi Raikkonen- 1:19.119
    Felipe Massa- 1:19.498
    Fernando Alonso- 1:19.667
    Lewis Hamilton- 1:19.807
    Everyone else: Does it really matter?
     
  6. nopassn

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    #6 nopassn, Sep 27, 2007
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  7. Tobias

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    #7 Tobias, Sep 27, 2007
    How many hours ahead is Japan?
     
  8. ricksb

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    #8 ricksb, Sep 27, 2007
    Full results:

    2007 FORMULA 1™ Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
    Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
    1 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:19.119
    2 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:19.498 0.379
    3 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.667 0.548
    4 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.807 0.688
    5 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:20.058 0.939
    6 10 Robert Kubica BMW 1:20.297 1.178
    7 17 Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota 1:20.411 1.292
    8 12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:20.483 1.364
    9 20 Adrian Sutil Spyker-Ferrari 1:20.516 1.397
    10 23 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 1:20.601 1.482
    11 8 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:20.686 1.567
    12 4 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 1:20.718 1.599
    13 9 Nick Heidfeld BMW 1:20.728 1.609
    14 18 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Ferrari 1:20.808 1.689
    15 11 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:20.828 1.709
    16 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:20.851 1.732
    17 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:21.186 2.067
    18 15 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:21.437 2.318
    19 7 Jenson Button Honda 1:21.541 2.422
    20 19 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:21.854 2.735
    21 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:22.436 3.317
    22 21 Sakon Yamamoto Spyker-Ferrari 1:22.902 3.783
     
  9. wetpet

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    #9 wetpet, Sep 27, 2007
    Toyota and spyker baby!
     
  10. Brakefade

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    #10 Brakefade, Sep 27, 2007
    Kimi is a fast learner. I hope they keep this gap up on the Macs all weekend long. Also notice how Alonso is .2 up on Hamilton, another good thing.
     
  11. joker57676

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    #11 joker57676, Sep 27, 2007
    Sutil has been very impressive lately, he may be someone to watch in the future.

    Mark
     
  12. Isobel

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    #12 Isobel, Sep 27, 2007
    Speed on at 2 am here...getting sleepy......like what I'm hearing though , hope this remains static....true about Sutil recently, the Squadron is flying
     
  13. Brakefade

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    #13 Brakefade, Sep 27, 2007
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    Here's a couple of pics from the Macs. It looks to me like Ferrari is running smaller wings than them, usually it's the other way around. Looking good...
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  14. classic308

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    #14 classic308, Sep 27, 2007
    These F1 cars almost have as many wings as ricers....any coffee can exhausts???;)
     
  15. BBL

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    #15 BBL, Sep 27, 2007
    Japan time is UTC/GMT +9.
    New York is normally UTC/GMT -5, but with DST, it is currently -4.
    So they are 13 hours ahead of New York time (EDT).
    As I am typing this, it is just after 12:30 in the afternoon in Japan.
     
  16. Isobel

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    #16 Isobel, Sep 28, 2007
    0200 AM Atlantic Canada Practice 2 begins yawn . Long straight as seen from the layout but surprising elevations. The boys will need P1 P2 and top end speed...... not many spots to pass cept the straight....imo
     
  17. Remy Zero

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    #17 Remy Zero, Sep 28, 2007
    Japan is ahead by 2 hours compared to Malaysia.

    i think Ferrari will do well this weekend :)

    not much difference the aero stuff on the Ferrari. notice the front camera nose 'mountings' and the side frisbee plate has a slot in the centre of the sidepods.
     
  18. lucky_13_2002

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    #18 lucky_13_2002, Sep 28, 2007
    They ran those changes in SPA already
     
  19. lucky_13_2002

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    #19 lucky_13_2002, Sep 28, 2007
    Funny I never noticed this before. On the left mirror (our right) on the Ferrari there is this little bump on the side. Is this housing for a camera incorporated in the mirror? It is not there on the other mirror.
     
  20. tifosi12

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    #20 tifosi12, Sep 28, 2007
    So much for those Kimi haters who were bashing him for not using a simulator to learn the track.
     
  21. fstlane88

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    #21 fstlane88, Sep 28, 2007
    I think it is, I would guess that is the camera used to get the driver shots we always see.

    I like that they have attempted to make the front wheel covers look somewhat decent with the stickered BBS wheel, and logos.
     
  22. Ambassiatore

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    #22 Ambassiatore, Sep 28, 2007
    ...now is not looking good...

    HAM 1:18.734
    ALO +0.02
    MASSA...close by
    KIMMI...1 sec adrift...5th.-admiting he went the wrong way with afternoon set up-

    ...Can we put this race together?...or shall we just lay back and think the WDC is gone to McLiaren...along with the number "1" for the McLiaren car next year...
     
  23. jknight

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    #23 jknight, Sep 28, 2007
    Glad to see Hamilton over Alonso in P2.

    Carol
     
  24. tonyc

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    #24 tonyc, Sep 28, 2007
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    On SpeedTV they showed the following two bits, outlined in the white circle, as being new. They said it was to prevent the air from stalling in the intake ducts when the Ferrari goes down the straight. The F-cars where not the fastest cars in the straight. The announcers said it was their worst sector. I wonder if they have a real stalling problem, where the air stops flowing into ducts, or they need a lot of wing for stability in the curves which slows them down in the straight.
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  25. kraftwerk

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    #25 kraftwerk, Sep 28, 2007
    +1


    Me too


     
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