2012 F1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX: RACE *** SPOILERS ***

my prediction

1. Vettle
2. Webber
3. Alonso

 

Third cup of tea, the race is on at 3 am here. Drowsy greetings to the usual suspects and thanks to the Speedster for the links....

 

Greetings! Jet lagging here in LA. Waiting for the race. Drinking my Monster Rehab to fight the 9 hour time difference from home! Great track and race to come!!

 

At least one of the Cliffords will be on the podium, maybe Massa will be a man-possessed and we'll get both red cars there.

 

Not watching as I have a big day tomorrow. DVR is my friend. FORZA Ferrari!

 

Good evening everyone! Going to bed at 6am lately has me fresh for this one.

 

good to see kobi kept his grid position

http://www.crash.net/f1/news/184763/1/kobayashi_sets_sights_on_podium_after_avoiding_penalty.html

 

My prediction:
Vettel's car malfunctions.
Webber crashes out with Kobe.

Perez takes his first win.
Alo 2nd.
Button 3rd.

 

Yeah I think I need to chug some coffee, 2 massive cups of tea haven't been quite enough.

 

Good afternoon. I think Malaysia is 1 hour difference with Japan. Hot Sunday here. Bout 1 hour to go. How's the weather looking like?

 

should be a great race!

 

first lap predictions?

 

Hi Everyone!

I forgot to take a nap! Time to make a pot of espresso!

I am hoping for a great race, should be fun to watch.

 

Everyone ahead of Alonso wrecks.

 

Wow, I can't even begin to imagine what could happen with this grid:

01 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing
02 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing
03 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber
04 Romain Grosjean Lotus
05 Sergio Perez Sauber
06 Fernando Alonso Ferrari
07 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus
08 Jenson Button McLaren
09 Lewis Hamilton McLaren
10 Felipe Massa Ferrari

I am going to be watching Kamui. Bonzia! Hope he goes for it and gets in front of Red Bull. Hope they are afraid and back-off It is vary narrow there in the run down to T1.

 

Lets see what Romain does. He might clear the field for Nando and Schumi

 

lol, it will be exciting. Romain and Kamui side by side into T1.

 

I need Romain to jump Webber and Kobi and knock Vettel out.

Actually, Seb is looking like the "three peat" is in reach. Fernando's car seems to have slipped backwards as some of the other teams have made effective modifications. Fernando needs to do what he's done all season and take an inferior car to a podium finish.

 

Webbers car falling apart already lol

 

What happened?

 

It was just debris that finally came loose off the car, as martin's walk has revealed just now

 

Listening to Lewis' comments about the change, I wonder if he's actually second-guessing his move. He didn't sound very confident about going to a strong Mercedes team.

 

Looked like some 5-6" size carbon bit worked its way loose.