Vitaly Petrov will move five places down the inaugural Korean GP grid in two weeks. FIA stewards decided to penalise the Russian rookie for crashing into Williams’ Nico Hulkenberg before ...
Read More »Tag Archives: Suzuka
No team boss role for Schumacher in 2011 – Haug
Mercedes has categorically ruled out suggestions a move into team management could be an elegant way for Michael Schumacher to return to racing retirement at the end of 2010. Before ...
Read More »Di Grassi crashes Virgin before race
F1 rookie Lucas di Grassi has had a huge crash on the grid formation lap, 20 minutes before the start of the Japanese grand prix. The Brazilian’s Virgin car speared ...
Read More »‘Bubble car’ embarrasses Hamilton in drivers parade
Lewis Hamilton’s bad weekend at Suzuka went from pain to plain embarrassment an hour before the Japanese grand prix. Surrounded by his Red Bull rivals perched in stately Rolls Royces, ...
Read More »Hamilton struggling with ear infection at Suzuka
Lewis Hamilton’s Suzuka struggle became even more obvious on Sunday, when it emerged the 2008 world champion is suffering an ear infection. The McLaren driver had crashed in Friday practice ...
Read More »Warm and sunny but Suzuka damp for qualifying
After Saturday’s horrible weather, the Suzuka skies are blue and sunny ahead of the postponed qualifying session on Sunday morning. There are, however, still some damp areas around the 5.8 ...
Read More »Five-place gearbox penalty for Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton’s bad weekend at Suzuka and fading championship chances got even worse on Saturday night. The 2008 world champion learned he will have to move five places down the ...
Read More »FIA confirms Sunday qualifying for Suzuka
After an 80 minute delay, race control has finally confirmed that qualifying will not take place at Suzuka on Saturday. FIA race director Charlie Whiting confirmed that the session will ...
Read More »