Japanese Grand Prix
Ο Sebastian Vettel ήταν σήμερα ο μεγάλος νικητής στο αγώνας της Ιαπωνίας στην Σουζούκα αφού ύστερα από έναν ήρεμο αγώνα κατάφερε και πήρε μια εύκολη νίκη..
Ο οδηγός της Red Bull που εκκίνησε από την Pole κατάφερε,Ο οδηγός της Red Bull που εκκίνησε από την Pole κατάφερε και μείωσε την διαφορά του από τον Fernando Alonso στο πρωτάθλημα κατά 25 ολόκληρους βαθμούς, αφού ο Ισπανός οδηγός ήταν ιδιαίτερα άτυχος αφού στην πρώτη στροφή του πρώτου γύρου είχε επαφή με τον Kimi Raikkonen με αποτέλεσμα να κλατάρει το αριστερά πίσω ελαστικό της F2012 και έτσι ο Alonso έμεινε εκτός αγώνα.
Δεύτερος τερμάτισε ο Felipe Massa που ύστερα από μια εκπληκτική εκκίνηση που από την 10η ανέβηκε στην 4η θέση κατάφερε και διαχειρίστηκε τον αγώνα έξυπνα και θύμισε κάτι από τον παλιό Massa του 2008.
Στο τρίτο σκαλί του βάθρου ανέβηκε ο Kamui Kobayashi με την Sauber, με τον Ιάπωνα να αποθεώνεται μπροστά τους χιλιάδες Ιάπωνες οπαδούς.
Εκτός βάθρου έμειναν τα δύο μονοθέσια της McLaren με τον Button να τερματίζει 4ος και τον Hamilton 5o.
Στην έκτη θέση τερμάτισε ο Kimi Raikkonen με τους Hulkenberg, Maldonado , Webber και Ricciardo να ακολουθούν. Άτυχος σήμερα ήταν και ο Mark Webber αν σκευτούμε ότι εκκινούσε από την 2η θέση και ύστερα από σύγκρουσή που είχε με τον Grosjean στον πρώτο γύρο έχασε πολύ χρόνο και δεν κατάφερε κάτι παραπάνω από την 9η θέση.
Πλέον το πρωτάθλημα έχει πάρει φωτιά αφού ύστερα από την νίκη του Vettel και την εγκατάλειψη του Alonso ο πρώτος έχει διαφορά στο πρωτάθλημα των οδηγών μόλις 4 βαθμούς από τον Alonso.
# Driver Ctry Team Time Gap Pits
1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:38.261 2
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:37.976 20.600 2
3 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1:37.447 24.500 2
4 Jenson Button McLaren 1:36.938 25.000 2
5 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:39.455 46.400 2
6 Kimi Raikkonen Lotus 1:38.377 50.400 2
7 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1:38.117 51.100 2
8 Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:38.299 52.300 2
9 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:37.588 54.600 2
10 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:38.027 66.900 2
11 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:38.523 67.700 2
12 Paul di Resta Force India 1:39.360 83.400 2
13 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:40.514 88.600 2
14 Bruno Senna Williams 1:40.299 88.700 4
15 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham 1:38.043 1 lap 2
16 Timo Glock Marussia 1:39.588 1 lap 2
17 Vitaly Petrov Caterham 1:39.806 1 lap 3
18 Pedro de la Rosa HRT 1:39.938 1 lap 2
R Romain Grosjean Lotus RETIRED 2 laps 4
R Charles Pic Marussia RETIRED 16 laps 3
R Narain Karthikeyan HRT RETIRED 21 lap 2
R Sergio Perez Sauber RETIRED 35 laps 1
R Fernando Alonso Ferrari RETIRED
R Nico Rosberg Mercedes RETIRED
πηγη
Sebastian Vettel moved to within four points of Fernando Alonso in the
fight for the world championship, after Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix saw
Red Bull dominate and Ferrari’s leader meet with another first-corner
disaster.
As Vettel sped into a lead he never relinquished,
Alonso had a brush with Lotus’s Kimi Raikkonen and spun with a punctured
left-rear tyre in the first corner. At the same time, Raikkonen’s team
mate Romain Grosjean hit Red Bull’s Mark Webber and Williams’ Bruno
Senna collided with Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg.
The safety car was
deployed for just two laps, and thereafter Vettel picked up where he
left off to score a win that brought his points tally to 190 compared to
Alonso’s 194. He was simply untouchable.
Behind him, Sauber’s
Kamui Kobayashi valiantly held on to second place ahead of McLaren’s
Jenson Button and Ferrari’s Felipe Massa, but the Brazilian leap-frogged
both rivals during the first pit stops to snatch a second place that he
kept without challenge to salvage something for Ferrari. It was his
first podium since Korea 2010, and the performance may well cement
Ferrari’s decision to retain him for 2013.
It was thus left to Kobayashi and Button to stage a duel for the final
podium slot, and though the McLaren driver pushed to within half a
second by the flag, Sauber’s local hero managed his tyres and held on to
become only the third Japanese driver to finish on the podium, 22 years
after Aguri Suzuki had done so here.
Lewis Hamilton benefited
from the early mayhem, but his McLaren’s set-up issues from qualifying
precluded a significant challenge from him and he had to be content with
fifth place, after brilliantly forcing by Raikkonen as the Finn dived
ahead momentarily into the first corner when the McLaren exited the pits
following its second stop. The Finn took sixth to maintain his third
place in the title chase with 157 points to Hamilton’s 152.
Nico
Hulkenberg had a strong race for Force India and was only seven-tenths
of a second adrift of the Lotus by the finish, while Pastor Maldonado
kept it on the island for Williams to grab four points for eighth place.
Webber recovered well from a first-lap pit stop for a new nose to take
ninth, while a brutal battle between Toro Rosso’s Daniel Ricciardo and
Mercedes’ Michael Schumacher for the final point went in the
Australian’s favour by eight-tenths.
Paul di Resta’s Force India
wasn’t quick enough for better than 12th place, after he lost out at the
start, while Jean-Eric Vergne was fast early on for Toro Rosso but was
unable to improve on 13th. Behind them, Bruno Senna survived that
first-lap collision with Rosberg and a resultant drive-through penalty,
and set some fastest laps as he closed in on the Frenchman. They crossed
the finish line side-by-side, officially separated by 0.0s.
Heikki Kovalainen ran 11th for a while after taking advantage of the
first-corner melee, but his Caterham lacked the pace to stay ahead of
the likes of Vergne and Di Resta and he finished 15th, 8.5s clear of
‘new team’ rival Timo Glock’s Marussia. Vitaly Petrov was 17th after a
drive-through penalty for ignoring blue flags, and Pedro de la Rosa was
the final classified finisher for HRT in 18th place.
Grosjean
retired late in the race while running well down after a 10-second
stop/go penalty for his collision with Webber. He joined Marussia’s
Charles Pic, HRT’s Narain Karthikeyan, Alonso and Rosberg on the
retirement list. The final non-finisher was Sauber’s Sergio Perez, who
looked racey passing a tyre-troubled Hamilton for sixth early on, but
then spun off at the hairpin while trying to do the same thing later in
the race.
In the constructor stakes, Red Bull continue to lead on 324 points to McLaren’s 283, Ferrari’s 263 and Lotus’s 239.
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