Grand Prix of Japan (Indianapolis)

Track Name:
Indianapolis First Race:
1987 (Fontana 1976) Lap Length: 3.6 miles
number of turns: 17
Fastest Lap: 1:31.540 - Kimi Räikkönen (2005)
2013 Podium: Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber, Romain Grosjean

Schedule

Friday 3.10.2014
Free Practice 1 - 03:00
Free Practice 2 - 07:00

Saturday 4.10.2014
Free Practice 3 - 04:00
Qualifying - 07:00

Sunday 5.10.2014
Race - 08:00

Power unit components used up to the Grand Prix of Japan:
ICE / TC / MGU-K / MGU-H / ES / CE

Red Bull Racing / Sebastian Vettel (5 5 4 5 3 4)
Red Bull Racing / Daniel Ricciardo (4 4 4 4 4 4)
Mercedes-AMG / Lewis Hamilton (4 4 4 4 3 4)
Mercedes-AMG / Nico Rosberg (4 4 4 4 3 4)
Ferrari / Fernando Alonso (5 5 4 5 4 5)
Ferrari / Kimi Räikkönen (5 4 4 5 4 5)
Lotus F1 Team / Romain Grosjean (4 5 4 4 4 4)
Lotus F1 Team / Pastor Maldonado (5 5 5 5 4 4)
McLaren / Jenson Button (4 4 4 4 3 3)
McLaren / Kevin Magnussen (4 4 4 4 4 4)
Force India / Nico Hülkenberg (4 4 4 4 3 3)
Force India / Sergio Perez (4 4 4 4 3 3)
Sauber / Adrian Sutil (5 5 5 5 4 5)
Sauber / Esteban Gutierrez (4 5 5 5 3 5)
Scuderia Toro Rosso / Jean-Éric Vergne (4 4 5 4 4 4)
Scuderia Toro Rosso / Daniil Kvyat (6 4 5 5 4 4)
Williams / Felipe Massa (4 4 4 4 3 4)
Williams / Valtteri Bottas (4 4 4 4 4 4)
Marussia / Jules Bianchi (5 5 5 5 4 5)
Marussia / Max Chilton (5 5 5 5 3 4)
Caterham / Kamui Kobayashi (4 4 5 4 3 4)
Caterham / Marcus Ericsson (4 4 4 4 3 4)

It'll be interesting to see if anyone gets hit with a penalty in Japan, or if we have to wait until Russia for a massive pile of penalties...

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/29455024

There's a chance a typhoon hits—meaning the races might just be canceled altogether...

vividlynx68 said:http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/29455024

There's a chance a typhoon hits and we end up with no race at all...

Or they might just push the whole thing to Saturday.

For me, alongside Spa-Francorchamps, this is easily my favorite race on the calendar. It’s such a stunning circuit, one that consistently delivers unexpected thrills. I'm just hoping this typhoon passes us by so we can actually get to enjoy the top eight. 🙏 🙏

Is it just me, or was that absolutely incredible? After everything we saw at Spa-Francorchamps, I find myself thinking it might actually be the finest circuit out there. And honestly, isn't it also the most rewarding for a driver to truly master? 🎉

We spend all this time praying for a little rain to spice things up, and then—of course—a literal typhoon rolls in. 😁

This guy is making his big debut tomorrow.

He’ll probably be smart enough to keep his head on straight tonight 😬

Does anyone happen to know what those "M" and "L" markings on the track layout actually stand for?

Are they just indicators for light positions and track marshal stations?

Does anyone happen to know if there's a way to stream Free Practice 1?

jadeseal7 said:Does anyone know where I can catch the FP1 stream?

Yeah, you're in luck,

http://cricfree.tv/sky-sports-f1-live-stream.php
http://www.gofirstrow.eu/watch/11296...sports-f1.html

It's a total scorcher out there today🤣

That’s a pretty sharp-looking helmet for Sebastian Vettel 😁

JEV is basically getting screwed in every possible way...
Either his junior driver is snatching his seat for next year, or he’s actually driving well only to have the engine die on him like a total joke... honestly, expecting him to waste practically the entire FP2 was just being optimistic.

Seriously, the FIA is losing its mind with how much they're coddling Ferrari 😵 🤦 🤣




That’s the sixth electronics issue this season and still zero penalties 😍
The FIA basically says... some things just can't be bought, and if you want everything else, just look at the red car 😍 🤣

Vettel is almost definitely looking at a penalty. If his turbo or MGU-H gives out, that’s six penalties right there, so he might as well just count them now...
Maybe it would actually be smarter if they just scrapped qualifying entirely, slapped in a brand-new 6 PU with all the fresh parts, and started from the pit lane. 😳

Another breakdown, here we go again 🍿

Did anyone catch a shot of Lauda’s fan? 😁

Just the usual routine...
Daniel Ricciardo totally played that fraud
The maestro just schooled that mercenary

What on earth happened to Kimi Räikkönen? From what I could gather, it looked like he didn't even make it out towards the very end of Q3, did he?

rowdyrider12 said:What on earth happened to Lewis Hamilton? From what I could gather, he didn't even make it out toward the very end of Q3, right?

It was a P3 issue involving the power unit. They had to swap it out, apparently because they were trying to manage the engine life and play it safe.