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2011 Japanese Formula 1 Grand Prix

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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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