Japanese GP- Race Thread

[FFFerrari]

Good to see a nice podium with nice people - and not a Lewis in sight

[EL NANO]

Both drove very well would be hard to say who was better, just depends where your heart lies I guess

In my opinion ALO is the driver today from 5th to 2nd and 1.6 sec behind the winner..

[EL NANO]

FERRARI team of the day we should say.. great work guys

[Greig]

In my opinion ALO is the driver today from 5th to 2nd and 1.6 sec behind the winner..

Mine too, and I am sure Spanish and Italian TV thought the same

[EL NANO]

Mine too, and I am sure Spanish and Italian TV thought the same

Of course

[EL NANO]

For once I am not saying goodnight but good afternoon all ...

[Hornet]

Fantastic drive by Alonso today, a P2 finish. Another podium, and a better spot too. Certainly driver of the day, how he managed to take advantage of staying out a little longer than Vettel and jump Vettel.

Best result yet since we won at Silverstone, but results aside, I think its worth mentioning that:
We beat the red bulls on a straight fight, no any mechanical issue, pit mistake or accidents for them.
We are not that far behind McLaren
We managed to stay competitive even on the harder silver tires.

On to 2012.

BTW, about Massa's incident, I certainly think Lewis defended too hard (surprise surprise). Massa was just holding his spot at the edge of the track, and Lewis moved in on Massa, with Massa no where to go, they touched again. I don't know what he expected Massa to do, just disappear or stop to make way for him?

[Red is Best]

Fernando truly is a fantastic driver. What a shame we couldn't give him a race wining car this year.

[burak karakutuk]

Words are not enough for describe Alonso.He is the "driver" real driver imagine that he has the fastest car

[RockyRaccoon]

Brundle always gives Alonso plenty of credit but EJ, DC and Jake can never bring themselves to say a good word about him or Ferrari. They love Red Bull and their spontaneous parties too much, and off course when a Mclaren wins it's never because they had the best car. It was quite obvious all weekend that the Mclaren was the car to beat.

[Alonsomaniac]

Great race, Alonso drove superb as did Button.
Still disappointed Felipe wasn't up there at the end. Wonder why he just can't seem to do that.
Seb did what he had to do so congrats, but he was really beaten today by Button and Fernando. That was a great feeling.
Hamilton....what to say about him? I just sigh when I see him doing again what he always does...
Webber was invisible although he was there - but he never was a threat to anyone today.
But I enjoyed it all, simply because Ferrari showed the speed was there.

[Alonsomaniac]

Fernando truly is a fantastic driver. What a shame we couldn't give him a race wining car this year.

He always was a fantastic driver, but Ferrari still seems to take him to a higher level - both as a driver and as a sportsman.
It's just the ideal combination even without a winning car.

[F2008]

Brundle always gives Alonso plenty of credit but EJ, DC and Jake can never bring themselves to say a good word about him or Ferrari.

Brundle was also defending Massa on twitter earlier this week:

Ferrari engineer Smedley's comment to Massa was to wreck Hamilton's strategy, not his car. Why would Massa damage his own car intentionally?

Felipe's a super nice man,one of the best. I don't see malice but did see him hugging Anthony Hamilton later +Anthony loves his boy for sure

@R7COO That's rubbish. Massa has dominated some races in which his team mates were the likes of Schumacher,Raikkonen and Alonso.

[F1NAC]

Magic Alonso !!!!!!!!! Nice driving , and he kept pretty good fingerboy behind .Amazing job, massa also good but shame for not getting past michael. Good job boys !!! Proud to be fan of Scuderia Ferrari !!

[Greig]

Eddie trolling Red Bull on the forum lol

Nope Red Bull fight back and the music returns

[Greig]

Love how the grandstand at the pits is still packed, just watching them pack away lol

[M.K]

I am ashamed that till this day I didn't know Jessica is actually Japanese

[FFFerrari]

What bothers me is why the medium tyres start working for us now when the WDC and WCC are already done deals?

[Katu]

I am ashamed that till this day I didn't know Jessica is actually Japanese

what? seriously?

[M.K]

What bothers me is why the medium tyres start working for us now when the WDC and WCC are already done deals?

Yeah, they worked in track where everybody is cooking them up.

[F1NAC]

We managed to stay competitive even on the harder silver tires.

Today they ran on Softs (yellow) and Mediums (White) . Harder tires will be in India

[Greig]

Good stuff with Jenson on the forum

[prancing horse]

Good race from FA again but Massa disappointing

[Greig]

Massa was doing fine till Lewis removed half his aero I thought

[scuderiafan]

if only there was one more lap in the race

but what a brilliant drive, and the top 3 drivers in the sport on the podiums was pretty good.

Congrats to both Sebastian and Jenson.

[steelstallions]

Fantastic drive by Alonso today, a P2 finish. Brilliant drive, IMO if there had been a couple of more laps I think he would have even WON!!!

[prancing horse]

Yea, but for the last 15 or so laps he was stuck less than 1 sec behind schumi and couldn't get passed him

[Greig]

grandstand still packed lol, nice of Seb to go over to them

[M.K]

I though it was hammer, but it's just RBR music

[red power]

Give Fernando a Fast Car and watch out. Come on Ferrari.