****Japanese GP 2014****

[Galileo]

Park'O said:

Red Bull will do well here. It will be the closest they've been to Merc so far.

Rosberg will struggle at this circuit

I expect a close duel between Hamilton and Vettel for race win.

I agree, although I think Ricciardo will be in with a shout as well.

[Daz68]

Latest weather forecast is very worrying for any kind of race to take place.

[Jasandjules]

Daz68 said:

Latest weather forecast is very worrying for any kind of race to take place.

[Seek]

Jasandjules said:

Daz68 said:

Latest weather forecast is very worrying for any kind of race to take place.

90% chance of rain on Sunday:
http://www.weather.com/weather/weekend/JAXX0112

Sorry if I've spoiled the weather forecast for anyone.

Edited by Seek on Wednesday 1st October 22:41

[RichB]

Bugger, I was going to wait until Sunday to find out the weather during the race and now you've gone and told me. Why don't people put spoiler alerts on these threads...

[anonymous-user]

Some idiot posted up how bad the rain was back at the 1976 Japanese Grand Prix the other day, that's ruined the evening I had planned to watch Rush.

[Seek]

ash73 said:

Dammit why did you have to tell everyone the race is on Sunday?

As a small consolation, at least we've avoided mentioning the sport concerned until now.

[Ahonen]

Seek said:

As a small consolation, at least we've avoided mentioning the sport concerned until now.

Sport? No one told me it was a sport.

[Seek]

Ahonen said:

Sport? No one told me it was a sport.

I'm sorry for giving away the whole show.
It won't be worth watching now.

[007 VXR]

Cars are also take part in this

[Henry Fiddleton]

I will be surprised to see Caterham run the race this weekend given what has happened. Announcing Kobi is probs a PR exercise of some sort?

Vet for the win this weekend.

[KJR]

Jasandjules said:

"Details" on the BBC site:

Japanese Grand Prix: Typhoon a threat to race - Sergio Perez

[rufusruffcutt]

Never a good sign when a weather event is given a name: Typhoon Phanfone expected to be a category 2-3 storm by Sunday.

"Typhoon Phanfone is gathering strength in the western Pacific Ocean, with projections showing that it may intensify significantly — likely to super typhoon status — before veering toward mainland Japan by Oct. 5.

Computer-model simulations on Wednesday show that the storm will likely intensify over the next few days, while moving northwest, toward extreme southwest Japan or the open East China Sea. However, winds in the upper atmosphere should turn the storm north and then northeast, potentially making a direct hit on several Japanese islands, and scoring a direct hit on Tokyo as a Category One storm."

[Vaud]

Typhoon Phanfone - should be Typhoon Maldonado...

[Munter]

ash73 said:

Give them all jet skis, that will be fun to watch!

They might not get quite that much water. So I think:

1)Detach hospitality truck tractor unit
2)Apply stickers and a rudimentary roll cage
3)Install driver
4)Stand well back

[zac510]

KJR said:

"Details" on the BBC site:

Japanese Grand Prix: Typhoon a threat to race - Sergio Perez

World renowned meteorologist Sergio Perez says it's a threat to the race! Sometimes think the drivers could just say any gibberish and it'd get printed.

[suffolk009]

zac510 said:

World renowned meteorologist Sergio Perez says it's a threat to the race! Sometimes think the drivers could just say any gibberish and it'd get printed.

For sure.

[Lincsblokey]

Caterham acting fast to replace the seized Leafield equipment...

[Crafty_]

Rumours circulating that we might see the race on Saturday afternoon due to the weather.

Its not only this race that could be affected, teams need to get packed up and go to Russia for next weeks race - if they can't get packed up it could cause problems for that race too.

[PhillipM]

Give them all a set of mud and snow tyres, tell 'em to man up and get out there.