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Live Update

2011 Japanese Formula 1 Grand Prix

1st Friday Practice  2nd Friday Practice  Saturday Practice  Qualifying  Race

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Race

 Japanese Formula One Grand Prix - Race(10/09/2011) 
2:44
Welcome to our coverage of the Japanese Grand Prix
Sunday October 9, 2011 2:44 
2:48
The cars are now on the starting grid
Sunday October 9, 2011 2:48 
2:50
Sebastian Vettel starts from Pole with Jenson Button alongside him
Sunday October 9, 2011 2:50 
2:56
Lewis Hamilton starts from 3rd on the grid with Felipe Massa alongside him
Sunday October 9, 2011 2:56 
2:58
Fernando Alonso starts from 5th on the grid with Mark Webber alongside him
Sunday October 9, 2011 2:58 
2:59
The weather is near perfect, sunny and warm. Air temperature is at 24 degrees while track temperature is at 35 degrees
Sunday October 9, 2011 2:59 
3:00
Sebastian Vettel needs to finish in the top 10 to clinch the Championship
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:00 
3:00
Formation lap underway
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:00 
3:01
All the cars get away cleanly
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:01 
3:03
A lot of stops are predicted for this race!
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:03 
3:03
Cars arriving back at the starting grid
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:03 
3:03
Lights
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:03 
3:04
Vettel leads from Hamilton and Button
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:04 
3:04
Massa is 4th and Alonso is 5th
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:04 
3:06
Button complaining about Vettel blocking him at the start
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:06 
3:07
Vettel and Button are under investigation
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:07 
3:08
At the start Vettel pushed Button to the side forcing him to lift and allowing Hamilton through
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:08 
3:09
Rosberg is in 20th - He did not set a time in qualifying
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:09 
3:09
Vettel leads Hamilton on lap 3 by 1.7 seconds
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:09 
3:10
Button is a further 2.5 seconds behind
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:10 
3:10
Massa, Alonso and Webber fighting for 4th now
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:10 
3:12
Alonso takes 4th from Massa
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:12 
3:13
Liuzzi goes off the track but rejoins
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:13 
3:14
Replay of Alonso taking Massa shows that Massa let him through without much resistance
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:14 
3:15
Vettel leads Hamilton by 3.9 seconds on lap 7
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:15 
3:16
Hamilton is starting to struggle. His tyres have gone off!
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:16 
3:17
Button takes Hamilton
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:17 
3:17
Hamilton pits
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:17 
3:17
Sutil pits
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:17 
3:18
Apparently a puncture for Hamilton
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:18 
3:18
Vettel pits
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:18 
3:19
Schumacher pits as well
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:19 
3:19
Button leads from Alonso who is currently the fastest on the track
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:19 
3:20
No action to be taken against Vettel for his start
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:20 
3:20
Button and Alonso pit
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:20 
3:20
Webber pits as well
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:20 
3:21
Both Button and Alonso rejoin ahead of Hamilton
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:21 
3:22
Massa leads on lap 10 but has yet to stop
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:22 
3:22
Massa pits
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:22 
3:23
Buemi is off
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:23 
3:25
Replay shows he lost his front right tyre, it seems it wan't fitted properly at his stop!
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:25 
3:28
Vettel leads Button by 2.7 seconds on lap 14
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:28 
3:28
Alonso is a further 1.9 seconds behind
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:28 
3:29
Hamilton is now being caught by Massa and Webber
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:29 
3:31
Button sets the fastest lap of the race so far, gap to Vettel at 2.4 seconds on lap 16
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:31 
3:32
Massa now right behind Hamilton
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:32 
3:33
Rosberg is up into 14th
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:33 
3:33
Hamilton clearly struggling
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:33 
3:34
Petrov and Sutil have yet to make their first stop
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:34 
3:35
Only Button and Alonso lapping in the 1:39's at this stage, the rest at the front are in the 1:40's
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:35 
3:35
Petrov pits for the first time
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:35 
3:35
Vettel losing a lot of time in the middle sector
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:35 
3:35
Vettlel pits
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:35 
3:36
Webber pits as well
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:36 
3:36
[Comment From jido jido : ] 
Who was fighting with Kobayashi? ED - Alguersuari
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:36 jido
3:37
Button leads from Alonso at this stage
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:37 
3:37
Buttton pits
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:37 
3:37
Alonso stays out
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:37 
3:38
Button takes the lead from Vettel
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:38 
3:38
Perez pits
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:38 
3:39
Vettel tries to pass Button without success
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:39 
3:39
Alonso pits
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:39 
3:39
Hamilton pits as well
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:39 
3:40
Massa was right behind Hamilton
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:40 
3:40
Replay shows Hamilton and Massa touch again! Massa lost part of his front wing
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:40 
3:41
Massa pits as Button sets the fastest time
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:41 
3:42
Vettel chasing Button, gap just 0.9 seconds
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:42 
3:44
Safety car!
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:44 
3:44
The car is to remove the part of Mass's wing as a result of Hamllton and Massa touching
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:44 
3:44
[Comment From jido jido : ] 
I feel for Button ;)
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:44 jido
3:45
Schumacher pits for his second stop
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:45 
3:45
di Resta pits as well
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:45 
3:47
The incident between Hamilton and Massa is under investigation
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:47 
3:49
Safety car still on the track
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:49 
3:51
Replay shows Schumacher and Webber touching! Strange, we don't know when that happened
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:51 
3:51
Safety car in this lap
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:51 
3:52
No action to be taken between Hamilton and Massa
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:52 
3:52
Race restarts, Button leads from Vettel and Alonso
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:52 
3:54
Button leads Vettel by 1.2 seconds on lap 28
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:54 
3:55
Button pushing hard, he increases gap to Vettel to 1.7 seconds
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:55 
3:57
[Comment From deepak097aty deepak097aty : ] 
What's the order for force india cars? Ed - di Resta 9th, Sutil 11th
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:57 deepak097aty
3:58
Sutil takes 10th from Petrov
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:58 
3:58
[Comment From Rieppo Rieppo : ] 
any drivers out so far ? ED - Buemi - loose wheel
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:58 Rieppo
3:59
Top 6 only separated by 7.7 seconds.
Sunday October 9, 2011 3:59 
4:00
Alonso now catching Vettel. Only 2 seconds behind him
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:00 
4:01
Vettel is losing time in the middle sector to Alonso
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:01 
4:01
Vettel pits
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:01 
4:02
Vettel pits and puts on the medium compound
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:02 
4:03
Webber pits
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:03 
4:03
Webber takes the medium tyres
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:03 
4:05
Vettel stuck behind Sutil, loses a lot of time
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:05 
4:05
Vettel takes Sutil as Hamilton pits for a set of medium
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:05 
4:06
McLaren getting ready for Button
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:06 
4:07
Massa pits and not Alonso!
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:07 
4:07
Button stays ahead of Vettel
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:07 
4:07
Alonso has yet to stop
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:07 
4:08
Alonso pits
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:08 
4:09
Hamilton takes Massa!
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:09 
4:10
Schumacher now leads but has yet to stop
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:10 
4:10
Button in second ahead of Alonso and Vettel
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:10 
4:11
Alonso got ahead of Vettel through the pits
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:11 
4:13
Perez sets the fastest lap of the race so far!
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:13 
4:13
Button is catching Schumacher by more than a second
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:13 
4:13
Vettel trying to pass Alonso for 3rd
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:13 
4:14
Hamilton takes Rosberg for 6th
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:14 
4:14
Button right behind Schumacher
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:14 
4:15
Schumacher pits
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:15 
4:15
Rosberg pits as well
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:15 
4:16
Vettel tyring really hard to pass Alonso without success
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:16 
4:18
Button leads Alonso by 5.4 seconds. Vettel is half a second behind
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:18 
4:19
Vettel close to Alonso as they pass backmarkers
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:19 
4:23
Alonso and Vettel are catching Button!
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:23 
4:25
Button leads on lap 47 by 2.9 seconds from Alonso
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:25 
4:26
Webber told not to put pressure on Vettel
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:26 
4:27
Alonso continues to catch Button
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:27 
4:28
[Comment From Michael Michael : ] 
are all the front cars on med compound tyres and set to finish the race on them? ED - Yes and yes
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:28 Michael
4:28
Button leads Alonso by 1.6 seconds on lap 49
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:28 
4:30
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Sunday October 9, 2011 4:30 
4:30
Button just a second ahead of Alonso
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:30 
4:30
[Comment From Michael Michael : ] 
Thanks, and thanks for the coverage.
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:30 Michael
4:30
2 laps remain
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:30 
4:31
Button is responding
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:31 
4:31
Gap now up to 1.2 seconds
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:31 
4:32
[Comment From deepak097aty deepak097aty : ] 
where are force india cars? ED - Sutil 11, di Resta 12
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:32 deepak097aty
4:33
WIth Button responding, Alonso realises that he will not be able to catch. Now Alonso is 1.7 seconds behind
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:33 
4:35
Button wins the race
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:35 
4:35
Alonso in second and Vettel in third
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:35 
4:36
Sebastian Vettel is the 2011 Formula 1 World Champion
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:36 
4:37
Button stops just after he finished
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:37 
4:39
Top 10: Button, Alonso (+1.1), Vettel (+2.0), Webber (+8.0), Hamilton (+24.2), Schumacher (+27.1), Massa (+28.2), Perez (+39.3), Petrov (+42.6), Rosberg (+44.3)
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:39 
4:47
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Sunday October 9, 2011 4:47 
4:48
We hope that you enjoyed our coverage this weekend and we hope to see you again next week for the Korean Grand Prix
Sunday October 9, 2011 4:48 
4:55
 

 
 
 

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