with Ralf 1st and Jensen 2nd on the grid hopefully it was a good race.. *I haven't seen it yet btw..i missed it this morning* but i thought it deserved a thread

Raikkonen wins Japanese thriller.

KIMI Raikkonen produced a stunning performance to race through the field and secure his seventh win of the year in the Japanese Grand Prix today.

Finn Raikknoen started from 17th on the grid after a rain-affected qualifying and he snatched the lead from Italian Renault driver Giancarlo Fisichella on the final lap of the race.
Fisichella had led after the first round of pit stops but Raikkonen was too hot to handle as he and the new world champion Fernando Alonso, who he has battled all year for the title, showed they are the class of the field.
Spaniard Alonso, who started just ahead of Raikkonen in 16th, produced an equally stunning drive to climb all the way into third place as he claimed his 14th podium of the year.
The race, played out in bright sunshine and temperatures of 26 degrees Celsius, was one of the best of the year thanks to a mixed up grid caused by unpredictable rain in qualifying.
But it was not all joy for McLaren as Juan Pablo Montoya made an early mistake and crashed out on the first lap, handing a boost to Renault's efforts in the constructors' championship.
Renault moved back ahead of McLaren in the race for the title and with one race to go, the Chinese Grand Prix in one week's time, they now lead by two points.
Australian Mark Webber gave his poor season a welcome boost when he made the most of a seventh-placed grid spot to race home in fourth in his Williams after an exciting battle with Briton Jenson Button.
Button lost out to Webber in the final set of stops and finished fifth, extending his run of consecutive points scoring-races to nine on his BAR-Honda team's home circuit.


Scot David Coulthard finished sixth for Red Bull Racing with German Michael Schumacher, who enjoyed some thrilling mid-race battles with Alonso and Raikkonen, faded away in the final laps to finish seventh.

Toyota's dreams of home victory faded early and although Ralf Schumacher led the field away from pole position his car was extra light and he failed to retain his lofty position and dropped to eighth by the end.
Schumacher made a clean start from pole as Fisichella passed Button for second but Japan's Takuma Sato and Brazilian Rubens Barrichello both ran wide at the first corner and almost collided as they crossed the gravel.
Michael Schumacher had a strong start as he moved up from 14th to seventh while Alonso followed him through from 16th to eighth and Raikkonen, who started 17th, climbed up to 12th.
But Colombian Montoya hit trouble before the first lap was over when he went wide at the final corner and shot into the barriers, taking off the left hand side of his McLaren car.
The safety car was brought out immediately as Montoya's stricken machine was craned away and when it came back in, on lap seven, the leaders held station with Schumacher ahead of Alonso and Button.
Brazilian Antonio Pizzonia spun out in his Williams at turn nine on lap ten to end his race and on the same lap Italian Jarno Trulli was out after BAR-Honda driver Sato tried to sneak down the inside of the Toyota at turn 16.
Alonso enjoyed a thrilling battle with Michael Schumacher during the first round of pitstops and made it past with a spectacular move around the infamous 130R corner, leaving the German to fend off Raikkonen in equally spectacular style.
But it was the other Renault of Fisichella that was leading the way after the first set of stops, with the Italian moving ahead of Ralf Schumacher to steal the lead while usual contenders Raikkonen and Alonso sat in fifth and eighth.
Ralf Schumacher made his second stop early and Raikkonen made it past Michael Schumacher, leaving the German to drop back into the clutches of Alonso, who passed the Ferrari driver again on lap 32.
Dutch driver Christijan Albers was lucky to escape unscathed during his stop on his 34th lap when the car caught fire and he was forced to jump out as his Minardi team quickly extinguished the flames.
Alonso made his second stop on lap 36, his team-mate Fisichella came in on lap 38 then Button and Webber, running first and second, pitted at the same time on lap 41 and a fast stop from Williams put Webber out ahead.
Schumacher came in on the same lap for his final stop but Raikkonen, now leading, was able to stay out and put in some flying laps in a bid to close the gap to Fisichella in preparation to chase him down after his final stop.
Raikkonen finally pitted at the end of the 45th lap and came out 5.4 seconds behind Fisichella leaving the pair with a nine-lap battle as they chased the race to the chequered flag. Behind that pair Alonso closed in on Webber and took him in a swinging move to into the first corner then Raikkonen made it past Fisichella to take the victory in the first corner of the final lap.

Link: http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,16863742-39019,00.html

Final Placings:

1. Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) McLaren 1:29:02.212
2. Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Renault +00:01.633
3. Fernando Alonso (Esp) Renault 00:17.456
4. Mark Webber (Aus) Williams 00:22.274
5. Jenson Button (Gbr) BAR 00:29.507
6. David Coulthard (Gbr) Red Bull 00:31.601
7. Michael Schumacher (Ger) Ferrari 00:33.879
8. Ralf Schumacher (Ger) Toyota 00:49.548
9. Christian Klien (Aut) Red Bull 00:51.925
10. Felipe Massa (Bra) Sauber 00:57.509
11. Jacques Villeneuve (Can) Sauber 00:58.221
12. Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Ferrari 01:00.633
13. Takuma Sato (Jpn) BAR 1 lap
14. Tiago Monteiro (Por) Jordan 1 lap
15. Robert Doornbos (Ned) Minardi 2 laps
16. Narain Karthikeyan (Ind) Joran 2 laps
17. Christijan Albers (Ned) Minardi 4 laps
r. Antonio Pizzonia (Bra) Williams 44 laps
r. Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota 44 laps
r. Juan Pablo Montoya (Col) McLaren 53 laps

I didn't have a chance to watch it becasue they didn't show it here because of the time. So after the race i check on eurosport.com what happend and... "The Japanese Grand Prix was quite simply one of the best Formula One races in recent memory ..." DAMN :mad:

oh what why do i have to miss the good ones :@

Yeah they should bring Suzuka track to Europe and race at some proper hour :D

Yeah they should bring Suzuka track to Europe and race at some proper hour :D
No.
The race was shown at dinner time for me, so i was happy. I think they should bring the rest of the racetracks to australia..

It was a fantastic race, good work by mark webber to finish 4th.

It was an awsome race, but dissapointing to some drivers. Suzuka and China GP are the only races when I can watch in the afternoon, so don't complain.

well alonso did exceptionally well, when he overtakook schumacher..how is that not good driving?

as if mark webber did not crash again. he would be happy with fourth.

Jesus Christ wtf was up with sato!

poor guy he's had a really bad season
and he got disqualified and villneuve has 20 seconds added to his time

That was so wrong they should have not given any time penalty to Villenuve, he did nothing wrong...who passes someone on the outside of a tight turn????that was all Montoya's fault for being a morron..good good race anways.

it was one of the most exciting races of the season!

I didn't watch, I even didn't know what time it was on

good that Kimi won, he probably deserved it

with räikkönen winning this race, doesnt he set a new record for winning a GP from the farthest position away from pole?

starting 17th and ending in 1st . . . thats a major accomplishment!

^^ Nope, I know out of my head that Barrichello won the German GP in 2000 starting 18th

One of the best races of the season imo:) a great race!

IMO the best race ever in F1 history.Man...the way Kimi won it is just superb.Absolutely marvelous.And I thought San Marino F1 was good enough.This was wayyyy better.Exciting race from start to finish.

Really exciting race thanks to Kimi. The kid showed everybody what he was made of with a last lap breathtaking pass on Fisico. You need top end speed to be able to do that and Mclaren has got it too.

You guys got the wrong newscast. Here it is corrected.

Slowfiveoh wins Japanese thriller.

Slowfiveoh produced a stunning performance to race through the field and secure his thirty-fifth win of the year in the Japanese Grand Poop today.

Slowfiveoh started from 200th on the grid after a rain-affected qualifying and he *****-slapped the lead from Italian Renault driver Giancarlo Fisichella on the first lap of the race.

Fisichella had led after the first,..ok we lied he never led. Slowfiveoh was too hot to handle as he flipped every one off on the field as he consecutively passed them.

Spaniard Alonso, who started just ahead of a Del Taco Macho Combo Burrito in 16th, produced an equally stunning drive to climb all the way into fifteenth as he claimed his 1000th loss of the year.

The race, played out in bright sunshine and temperatures of 26 degrees Celsius, was one of the best of the year thanks to a mixed up grid caused by unpredictable poodles in qualifying.

But it was not all joy for McLaren as Juan Pablo Montoya made an early mistake and crashed out on the first lap, cause he sucks.

Renault moved back ahead of McLaren in the race for the title and with one race to go, the Chinese Grand Prix in one week's time, they now throw their french noses up, and surely fart in their general direction.
Australian Mark Webber gave his poor season a welcome boost when he made the most of a seventh-placed grid spot to race home in fourth in his Williams after an exciting battle with Briton Jenson Button. Unfortunately he spotted a Kangaroo on the track and swerved to hit it, ending his race.

Button lost out to Chris Webber in the final set of steps at the baseline and finished 12th, extending his run of consecutive points scoring-races to 0 instead of -1 on his BAR-Honda team's home circuit.


Scot David Coulthard finished sixteenth for Red Bull Racing with German Michael Schumacher (Sieg Heil!), who enjoyed some thrilling mid-race battles with the French, Polish, Russian, and English Armies faded away in the final laps to kill himself.

. Slowfiveoh(USA) Ford 1:00:02.212
. Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Renault +00:52.633
. Fernando Alonso (Esp) Renault +00:17.456
. Mark Webber (Aus) Williams +00:22.274
. Jenson Button (Gbr) BAR +00:29.507
. David Coulthard (Gbr) Red Bull +00:31.601
. Michael Schumacher (Ger) Ferrari +00:33.879
. Ralf Schumacher (Ger) Toyota +00:49.548
. Christian Klien (Aut) Red Bull +00:51.925
. Felipe Massa (Bra) Sauber +00:57.509
. Jacques Villeneuve (Can) +Sauber 00:58.221
. Rubens Barrichello (Bra) +Ferrari 01:00.633
. Takuma Sato (Jpn) BAR +41 laps
. Tiago Monteiro (Por) Jordan 42 lap
. Robert Doornbos (Ned) Minardi 52 laps
. Narain Karthikeyan (Ind) Joran 62 laps
. Christijan Albers (Ned) Minardi 9768544 laps (he drove in reverse the entire time)
. Antonio Pizzonia (Bra) Williams 44 laps
. Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota 44 laps
.Juan Pablo Montoya (Col) McLaren 53 laps

um well done^^ :P
what happened to kimi after all that?

um well done^^ :P
what happened to kimi after all that?

Him and I went dirt bike riding in switzerland.

i meant in the gp.......

i meant in the gp.......

Oh during the race? He saw the golden arches and had to stop for a happy meal.

why ain't he on the list :p

why ain't he on the list :p

Because once he left the grid he went to mcdonalds. He wanted the toy at the bottom of the happy meal.

riggghhhttt

IMO the best race ever in F1 history

Your F1 history must be very short

Kimi rocks, that race was soo good. And yes cheeky Girl Alonso was really good too, i still think Kimi should have got the world championship but McLaren let him down, he has now won more GPs but you have to be in it at the end to win, so good on you Fernando. Maybe next year :) I hope Mark webber does some good, coz he has had some bad luck too. He could have been driving for Renault this year!!! bet he regrets that decision!!! Ah well, and by the way, having GPs in the Eastern hemisphere rocks, when they are in Europe in Australia we get them from like 11:30pm to like 2am, and when they are in America they start at 3am. Move them all over here!!!!!

I am amazingly pissed. I said to my dad "if Renault wins the constructors, I'm going to break down and cry". Seriously.

awwww but why cry:(

I am amazingly pissed. I said to my dad "if Renault wins the constructors, I'm going to break down and cry". Seriously.

If nobody crashes into Montoya next race, then McLaren will win the constructors championship. 100% sure

montoya crashed into villeneuve.

montoya crashed into villeneuve.He tried an impossible move at an impossible place....But since he's ahead of Villeneuve in the championship Villeneuve got the penalty...:eek:

Great race! I just love inverted starting fields. I believe Speed Channel said it had been 25 years since a race was won from the back in F1.

^^ It happened before: Barrichello in 2000(18>1), Schumacher did it at Spa once(16>1)

You;re rite CarRocker.My F1 history is rather short.Wat in your opinion is the best race ever

Well, I never seen them, but I can imagine that the races at Monza were mindblowing, with slipstreaming all the time. In 1971 the first 5 drivers finished within 0.6 of a second.

NOW THAT'S FREAKIN COOL.I really wish history will repeat itself soon.

That was an amazing race with some amazing driving by Räikkönen and Alonso. I just hope that Renault doesn't win the constructor's.