Photos from Japanese GP

 

Toyota endured a home race to forget with Jarno Trulli classified 13th while Ralf Schumacher did not finish. The team now heads to the Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai International Circuit for the penultimate race of the season. 

Ralf Schumacher commented, "We've had a tough time all weekend and today that continued. Unfortunately my radio stopped working midway through the race but then with all the rain, water got into our electrics and that forced me to pit again. My crew fixed the problem but we had a puncture so that was that. It wasn't a very enjoyable race because of the rain, which made the track really slippery and meant there was pretty much zero visibility when we were running under safety car at the start. It was a real challenge to drive with all the spray but the conditions improved a bit as the race went on. There's not much more to say about this weekend - I just hope we can get a better result next week in China."

Team principal Tadashi Yamashina added, "Today it was very difficult for us. Towards the end of the race, on Ralf's car, the main electronics box failed because of water in the cockpit but the team did well to fix the problem so Ralf could continue and race in front of our Japanese fans. Then we found the new set of tyres had a slow puncture, we think this was because of debris. For Jarno, we still have to analyse what happened because obviously the car wasn't competitive. We need to focus our energy on improving mechanical grip and aerodynamics. We must push very hard to make improvements. Our car was not competitive in these conditions but now we will do our best for the Chinese Grand Prix. I would like to say congratulations to Fuji Speedway for hosting this race for the first time in 30 years. The facilities here are excellent and the race was well organised. It is a shame we could not get the result we wanted in this race."

Race

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time
1	L. Hamilton	McLaren	2:00:34.579
2	H. Kovalainen	Renault	+ 8.377
3	K. Räikkönen	Ferrari	+ 9.478
4	D. Coulthard	Red Bull	+ 20.297
5	G. Fisichella	Renault	+ 38.864
6	F. Massa	Ferrari	+ 49.042
7	R. Kubica	BMW	+ 49.200
8	V. Liuzzi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	+ 55.600
9	A. Sutil	Spyker F1	+ 1:01.100
10	R. Barrichello	Honda	+ 1:28.300
11	J. Button	Honda	+ 1 laps
12	S. Yamamoto	Spyker F1	+ 1 laps
13	J. Trulli	Toyota	+ 1 laps
14	N. Heidfeld	BMW	+ 2 laps
15	T. Sato	Super Aguri	+ 2 laps
Did not Finish
16	R. Schumacher	Toyota	+ 12 laps
17	A. Davidson	Super Aguri	+ 13 laps
18	N. Rosberg	Williams	+ 18 laps
19	S. Vettel	Scuderia Toro Rosso	+ 21 laps
20	M. Webber	Red Bull	+ 22 laps
21	F. Alonso	McLaren	+ 26 laps
22	A. Wurz	Williams	+ 48 laps

 

Photos from Japanese GP