Hamilton wins in the rain as it is to throw the championship
L of rain has made the Grand Prix Japan in a chaotic race where Lewis Hamilton was finally imposed after leading the race from the pole. The 67 laps of the Fuji track had a bit of everything, but more important was the fourth win of the season for Hamilton in a day when his teammate and closest rival Fernando Alonso was unable to finish. Hamilton
thus extends his lead in the World Cup to 12 points with two races, while Kimi Raikkonen comes in third place with Alonso, which now has five points apart after completing the race third behind Renault's Heikki Kovalainen.
In a truly hellish conditions, the first 20 laps have completed the race with the safety car on track, and even during that period there have been incidents. For many, the Japanese Grand Prix has become a lottery that could have graced with a podium result, but most have fled are your options for one reason or another.
the relaunch of the race once the safety car left the track, Hamilton was moving away in three seconds behind Alonso. The first and only pit stop to change both tires and refuel was decisive, as the Briton, who stopped one lap later the English, back on track after his pit stop in third place while Alonso was eighth.
Hamilton soon regained the lead despite having a scare when he played and Robert Kubica took him out of the track briefly. Alonso, meanwhile, also was hit by Vettel and few laps later, with his car badly damaged, went off the runway and went into the wall while trying to regain lost ground. Hamilton
gradually gained a comfortable difference in head and crossed the finish line in first position with great authority and eight seconds ahead of Kovalainen. Exceptional result for Renault rookie, he did not commit a single error in a really difficult race.
To Ferrari, Raikkonen's third place has been really lucky after having committed grave error to start the race on intermediate tires despite career guidance recommended the extreme wet. With the safety car on track, both Raikkonen and Massa were soon forced into the pits to put the right tires after having left the two on the track. But coming from behind, the Finn has been recovering positions until finishing third, a position he has earned when Massa came in to refuel for the last time a few minutes from the end of the race. Massa concluded
sixth after fighting a great battle with Kubica on the last lap, but the Brazilian is already mathematically ruled out of the fight for the world title.
David Coulthard finished fourth, but there were few smiles in the garage of Red Bull Renault. Mark Webber was running second just two seconds behind Hamilton as Alonso went off track and the safety car appeared. With Sebastian Vettel in an impressive third place in his Toro Rosso, it seemed a dream result for Red Bull organization. The dream became a nightmare when Vettel Webber hit from behind while still trailed behind the safety car and both were out of the test. It was an unfortunate situation and, although Webber is angry, Vettel certainly have felt mortified by his rookie mistake.
Giancarlo Fisichella finished fifth in the second Renault, while Massa and Kubica have swapped places in the final round of competition with a display that is rarely seen in modern Formula One. Kubica, who has received a penalty "drive through" for his collision with Hamilton before, has reached the checkered flag 0.2 seconds behind Massa, who has had a very busy career, including yet another penalty drive through ". Tonio Liuzzi
started the race from the pit lane in his Toro Rosso and offered a great performance getting the last point eighth place, ahead of Adrian Sutil has also made a very good race aboard his Spyker Ferrari.
It is worthwhile to clarify this last point is under discussion as the commissioners of the Japanese Grand Prix, following the completion of the race, Liuzzi sanctioned with 25-second penalty for overtaking Adrian Sutil yellow flags on the track, which mean that this last point would be in the hands of Sutil, to wait the answer to the appeal by Toro Rosso to clarify this issue .
Honda might win a handful of points, as Jenson Button was running fifth before an incident with Nick Heidfeld forced him to go to change the front wing. Rubens Barrichello was seventh in the final laps, but had to pit and fell to tenth place, just ahead of Button.
Sakon Yamamoto finished 12th in the second Spyker ahead of Jarno Trulli, who has failed to keep pace with Toyota. Has again become a bad weekend for the Japanese team, as Ralf Schumacher also rolled among the last before suffering a mechanical problem.
Nick Heidfeld has done a solid performance throughout the race and was in sixth position until the engine began to fail in the penultimate back. The German had to stop her BMW and has been ranked in 14 th place, ahead of Takuma Sato. Anthony Davidson retired with his SA07 towards the end of the test, with Super Aguri also had a very productive weekend. Nico Rosberg
rolled out of the top ten after receiving the engine change penalty and retired due to an electrical problem, while Alex Wurz spun his Williams at the start of the race and crashed with Massa, forcing him to retire.
A career with a bit of everything, but Hamilton has been a dream result. The F1 circus now heads to Shanghai for the China Grand Prix this weekend.
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