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rage2
10-08-2004, 02:13 PM
Moved to Sunday. They're about to get hit with a Typhoon (or a hurricane on our side of the world).

Windspeeds of 200km/h with tons of water makes things a little dangerous.

Anyone watch practice last night in the super wet conditions? Pretty crazy stuff!
Dave P
10-08-2004, 02:19 PM
Practice was entertaining. sunday will be sweet. qualifying and the race in one day
rage2
10-08-2004, 02:23 PM
Man, just did a search on that storm to see how bad it is... it's a category 5! Florida had it easy! :eek:
fast95pony
10-08-2004, 03:48 PM
So who makes the best "monsoon" tires ??
BigMass
10-08-2004, 03:55 PM
Saturday night F1 marathon! 8pm to 1am. Stock up on the snacks! Talk about an exciting race day!
hyperwhite
10-08-2004, 06:54 PM
so they're doing practice and race in one night? :D crazy. practice was awsome. that one turn caught everyone out, i think it was the first "S". i don't get why they can't race in 200 kmh winds, its just more downforce :rofl:
civic_stylez
10-08-2004, 07:05 PM
it was funny watching the camera men try to keep up wit the practice last night...all you could see was fog. they did most of the laps using the on board cameras.... i hope the race goes well though..i know takuma is really going for this one.. a japanese driver in a japanese car would go really well over there!!!:drama:
rage2
10-08-2004, 07:38 PM
Originally posted by civic_stylez
a japanese driver in a japanese car would go really well over there!!!:drama:
It's a british car. Only the engine is Japanese.
BigMass
10-08-2004, 07:42 PM
Sato is pretty much British as well :tongue:
bol
10-08-2004, 07:44 PM
and he doesn't have much experience on suzuka!
hyperwhite
10-08-2004, 08:00 PM
he did well last year though. 6th in last years BAR is pretty impressive
BigMass
10-09-2004, 09:43 PM
awesome qualifying session :thumbsup: Race is going to kick ass in a couple hours. It was exciting to see Jax qualify so well and beat Alonso's time. Im glad he's giving value to Renault after his so-so performance in China. Everyone was drifting on their dry tires around the damp track. Its going to be a great race for sure!
Team_Mclaren
10-09-2004, 09:51 PM
is it just me, or like one day qualify + race is pretty awesome, i mean, who the hell cares about qualifying a day before the race, but now that its on the same day, i like it imo!!

damn kimi! not even top 10:banghead: :banghead:
BigMass
10-09-2004, 10:23 PM
i like it because it makes it more of an "event". Its a whole night of F1 instead of staggered over a few days. I end up missing most of the qualifying anyways. This way i can make a point of watching it back to back. But Japan is good because its late on Saturday night so its kind of like prime time for me. Sunday morning at 5am for most races in Europe i just brutal. No way im waking up early on a weekend. I'll catch the replay on Speed later in the evening.
rage2
10-09-2004, 10:52 PM
Sato's drift into the chicane and into provisional pole... PRICELESS!

Too bad it kept getting dryer and dryer, the times are pretty much meaningless hehe. Interesting race that's for sure!
Singel
10-09-2004, 11:15 PM
Suzuka's sweet cuz it's very similar to Midfield from GT3.

Haven't followed F1 much this year, has Shumacher won it all yet?:drama:
Team_Mclaren
10-09-2004, 11:31 PM
and let the race begin!!!

u know your a die-hard F1 fan when u sit in front of the TV on a sat night!!!:D
hyperwhite
10-09-2004, 11:35 PM
:werd: time to go to f1.com and get the live timing too :D
blinkme_210
10-09-2004, 11:45 PM
Originally posted by Team_Mclaren
and let the race begin!!!

u know your a die-hard F1 fan when u sit in front of the TV on a sat night!!!:D

And Friday night too!!!
hyperwhite
10-09-2004, 11:51 PM
WTF! jacques is going soooo slow! :cry:
Team_Mclaren
10-10-2004, 12:04 AM
Originally posted by hyperwhite
WTF! jacques is going soooo slow! :cry:


man he was holding up 4 of the fastest cars there!!!!!:thumbsdow more importantly, kimi!!!
Team_Mclaren
10-10-2004, 12:39 AM
fuck, DC is out while i was out taking a "break"... wtf happened? he just retired.....?
calgarys13
10-10-2004, 01:18 AM
my man kimi did awesome!!!...although i hate MS gotta give him some props for going on friday and be 7 seconds ahead of everyone in practice..pretty crazy...also very good show by BAR, jensen especially...his driving skill can now finally be recognized now that hondas stepped up there f1 program this year..overall a really eventful and great f1 weekend:thumbsup:
boi-alien
10-10-2004, 01:32 AM
i was mildly annoyed... the stupid director kept filming sato when there was so many other things going on. Prime example is the barrichello, coulthard incident.
CKY
10-10-2004, 02:56 AM
and suprise suprise schumacher takes first AND second!

i also wanted satos to be on the pole and i'm sure he feels like he let the country down too even with a 4th place finish, no 3rd place is no podium after all
blinkme_210
10-10-2004, 11:10 AM
The home crowd went all out for him. The whole pit crew were wearing the Japanese rising sun bandanas, the crowds made up these 2 HUGEEEE banners that said his said with the BAR colors as the background.
Dave P
10-10-2004, 11:24 AM
Man o Man

I wish they would have qualifying and the race one after another every race weekend.


I wish JV had a better performance, did pretty strong in qualifying.



Ass rage said, Sato's drift into the chicane and into provisional pole... PRICELESS!
rage2
10-10-2004, 12:23 PM
It was a good race overall. The lower end battles were damn exciting, lots of cool wheel to wheel action.

Too bad we didn't get to see DC and RB's crash until after the race was over. Stupid Sato favored coverage and replays! :banghead:
iceburns288
10-10-2004, 09:00 PM
Originally posted by Dave P
Ass rage

BAHAHA! How fitting...:D