2009 Grand Prix of Japan, Practice Sessions 1, 2 & 3 ( plus Money Talks video)

https://i0.wp.com/img196.imageshack.us/img196/5029/krsevenstarsmall3.pngFree Practice 3 | Trulli Ends Practice on Top
Full practice report can be read here | FIA FP3 Laptimes PDF 

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time              Laps
1. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:31.709 24
2. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:31.771 + 0.062 26
3. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:32.343 + 0.634 28
4. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:32.414 + 0.705 19
5. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:32.445 + 0.736 26
6. Sutil Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:32.467 + 0.758 25
7. Barrichello Brawn GP-Mercedes (B) 1:32.488 + 0.779 24
8. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:32.546 + 0.837 22
9. Button Brawn GP-Mercedes (B) 1:32.668 + 0.959 25
10. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:32.689 + 0.980 20
11. Grosjean Renault (B) 1:32.717 + 1.008 25
12. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:32.736 + 1.027 21
13. Alonso Renault (B) 1:32.742 + 1.033 21
14. Glock Toyota (B) 1:32.749 + 1.040 26
15. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:32.752 + 1.043 23
16. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:32.789 + 1.080 19
17. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:32.848 + 1.139 20
18. Fisichella Ferrari (B) 1:32.878 + 1.169 26
19. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:32.930 + 1.221 15
20. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:33.167 + 1.458 18


https://i0.wp.com/img196.imageshack.us/img196/5029/krsevenstarsmall3.pngNews & Quotes:

Recovering Glock back to cockpit
Speed will decide title, says Barrichello
Webber out of qualifying


https://i0.wp.com/img196.imageshack.us/img196/5029/krsevenstarsmall3.pngFree Practice 2 | Sutil Leads Wet Second Session
Full practice report can be read here | FIA FP2 Laptimes PDF 


Pos  Driver       Team                       Time              Laps
1. Sutil Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:47.261 5
2. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:47.923 + 0.662 6
3. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:47.931 + 0.670 4
4. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:47.983 + 0.722 5
5. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:48.058 + 0.797 8
6. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:48.691 + 1.430 9
7. Alonso Renault (B) 1:48.693 + 1.432 5
8. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:48.737 + 1.476 6
9. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:48.802 + 1.541 11
10. Kubica BMW-Sauber (B) 1:48.861 + 1.600 6
11. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:48.886 + 1.625 4
12. Kobayashi Toyota (B) 1:49.054 + 1.793 7
13. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:49.382 + 2.121 7
14. Grosjean Renault (B) 1:49.405 + 2.144 6
15. Fisichella Ferrari (B) 1:49.553 + 2.292 5
16. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:49.872 + 2.611 7
17. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (B) 1:50.179 + 2.918 9
18. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) No time
19. Button Brawn-Mercedes (B) No time
20. Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes (B) No time


https://i0.wp.com/img196.imageshack.us/img196/5029/krsevenstarsmall3.pngNews & Quotes:
Massa: Piquet crash robbed me of title
Schumacher welcomes Alonso’s move
Hamilton hails Suzuka as best track ever
Toyota chasing Kubica, interested in Raikkonen for 2010

Ferrari Team Quotes Kimi Raikkonen – 11th: "The conditions were very
difficult today: let’s hope the situation changes for tomorrow and that
we will be able to run in the dry. This morning, the track was changing
continually, so it was difficult to understand where we were compared
to the others.

"I concentrated mainly on the car, trying to understand its handling
and I think the situation is reasonably good. We will have to try
everything to defend our third place in the constructors’
classification: it will be difficult because the McLarens are very
strong and in Singapore they got a great result, although they have not
yet got ahead of us. How was the track after three years away? It’s
impossible to compare: the tyres and cars are too different to those
from 2006."

Chris Dyer: "This morning we managed to do a good
job in the wet, first on the extremes and then on the intermediates.
Both drivers were reasonably happy with the handling of the car in
these conditions: if it was to rain for the race, we have a good basis
from which to work. In the afternoon the rain was very heavy for almost
the whole session and the track conditions were very difficult, to such
an extent that it wasn’t really worth going out and risking damaging
the car.

"Giancarlo felt particularly comfortable in these conditions, which
confirms his skill level. Now, we have to take into account that the
number of sets of rain tyres available to us for the whole weekend is
very limited and we have to manage them carefully, to avoid finding
ourselves in trouble at the crucial moment. We only did a handful of
laps at the end on used tyres and we took the opportunity to do a
practice start on the grid."



https://i0.wp.com/img196.imageshack.us/img196/5029/krsevenstarsmall3.pngFree Practice 1 | Kovalainen Quickest
Full practice report can be read here | FIA FP1 Laptimes PDF 

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time              Laps
1. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:40.356 24
2. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:40.648 + 0.292 18
3. Sutil Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:40.806 + 0.450 14
4. Fisichella Ferrari (B) 1:40.985 + 0.629 27
5. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:41.421 + 1.065 26
6. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:41.443 + 1.087 15
7. Alonso Renault (B) 1:41.532 + 1.176 22
8. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:41.577 + 1.221 25
9. Barrichello Brawn GP-Mercedes (B) 1:41.821 + 1.465 18
10. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:42.188 + 1.832 20
11. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:42.332 + 1.976 10
12. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:42.475 + 2.119 15
13. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:42.657 + 2.301 13
14. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:42.667 + 2.311 27
15. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:42.833 + 2.477 16
16. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:42.977 + 2.621 14
17. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:43.218 + 2.862 11
18. Button Brawn GP-Mercedes (B) 1:43.318 + 2.962 17
19. Kobayashi Toyota (B) 1:43.407 + 3.051 16
20. Grosjean Renault (B) 1:43.572 + 3.216 22


https://i0.wp.com/img27.imageshack.us/img27/5543/evenstarsays.png This is a must-see video which describes in some detail just what may have happened at Ferrari with Kimi. Listen to the story and draw your own conclusions. Many thanks go to Isopienijalkasieni who made this video. Spread the word around my fellow Raikkos!


     

23 thoughts on “2009 Grand Prix of Japan, Practice Sessions 1, 2 & 3 ( plus Money Talks video)

  1. Unknown's avatar

    hahaha, I KNEW IT! though it has been shocking to me about kimi’s contract termination at ferrari, deep down in my heart i believed that the main reason of it was the MONEY!!!wooo, now i wish EVERYBODY would know about this!i’m going to show this to my fellow kimi fans and friends!

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  2. Unknown's avatar

    so, IF it’s really true, do you guys think kimi knew about this? imo, he doesn’t..

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  3. Unknown's avatar

    Of course he knows about it. He said there was one big reason why they terminated his contract, and it had nothing to do with his driving.

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  4. Unknown's avatar

    I´m a spanish kimi fan and do you know how hard is listening to stupid people saying stupid thing about things they don´t know?Every day.Most of them are F1 fans from…5,6 years ago?this is spain.things usually go like this here.they only believe what spanish press say.It doesn´t matter if true or not.and if you are spanish and you don´t support alonso you´r a bad spanish.sorry,I don´t like stupid people.

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  5. Unknown's avatar

    MONEY,MONEY,MONEY! It’s all abuot the money! Stupid Ferrari!!!!!!You know what? I don’t know, but way Alonso think that he is the king of formula. Only king is our Kimi:))))))))))

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  6. Unknown's avatar

    i don’t care about Ferrari anymore i will keep support Kimimoney is sure main reason and beside that i guess Luca di Montezemolo listen to Italian media and people who want emotional driver like massa to drive for Ferrari

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  7. Unknown's avatar

    Great video – "No wins without Finns!!!" :)I’d really like to see the ESPN one that Kracer was talking about though. Nice pic of Kimi above too – he looks happy and relaxed, and there’s definitely a mischievous twinkle in his eye! Personally I think he’s got his future all wrapped up already. 🙂 I’ve put a McLaren 2006 wallpaper on my blackberry as a talisman – I’m not sure which circuit it is, but it has him climbing a green, sort of hilly track with a plume of spray behind. Even if it doesn’t come true, it’s still a great photo!

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  8. Unknown's avatar

    ı dont like this expression ’emotional’. ofcourse kimi has emotions. but he doesnt have to show to anybody. ı dont want him to act like Rubens in a ridicılıous way when he win a race. he is acting in a mature way and ı can see in his eyes that he is happy when he achıeved somethng. these comments are just execuses of DM because he has nothıng to say about kımı.

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  9. Unknown's avatar

    I’m cried again..thnks for the video mate..so touching

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  10. Unknown's avatar

    Heikki Kulta said Kimi cool attitude has affected the Italian media so they want Alonso to replace Kimi of course i don’t want Kimi became like Barrichello or Felipe Baby, i like Kimi how he is

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  11. Unknown's avatar

    yes ı love his attitude in this way. he is handling greatly wıth thıs sport . lookıng his busıness,not talking unnecessaryl and not blaming anyone. ı just want hım to go maclaren and take his second champıonshıp. that’s gonna be the anwer to everybody without talking, with action:)

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  12. Unknown's avatar

    i was a ferrari fans when im 10 years old(10 years ago).. i din criticise the team b4.. but this time their decision was damn stupid~ i wish kimi go back mclaren and gun down the MONEY FACE FERRARI~~~~

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  13. Unknown's avatar

    Is the awful truth. A crying spaniard helped with money from a spaniard bank bought a red seat. It was the only way. KIMI IS THE BEST AND WILL KICK THEIR ASSES

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  14. Unknown's avatar

    hey guys guess who said that a few days earlier < sponsors are not the ones to choose our drivers…….> nothing else to commentreally… at the end of the day it is all about money, ferrari knows that well……..KEEP FLYING KIMI AND ALL RAIKKOS

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  15. Unknown's avatar

    That is the truth, it is all about money. Ferrari should be ashamed of themselves, and Domenicalli aswell. Everything about the 2008 season fit the story.

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  16. Unknown's avatar

    OMG that video is to funny! And so true! Ferrari are so stupid! Kimi will beat them all next year! (If he drive…)I have one thing to say: Good luck Alonso, people are all against you.And I also tink that forumula1 is not a sport at all, as Kimi said: It’s egos and money fighting…

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  17. Unknown's avatar

    They say that money is the root of all evil !Ferrari have shown bad judgement, bad morals and no love or respect for their Champion, supposedly one of the "Family".If this is how Ferrari treat one of their own for the sake of $$$, they can take their money and cars, and stick it where the sun don’t shine, I will never support Ferrari again.After reading this and seeing what has happened to our dear Kimi I think its best Kimi gets as far away from them as possible ! I hope that Kimi does drive with Maclaren, and a halo of light surround him instead of the darkness and lies of Ferrari.Keep flying Kimi…you have more love, support and fans than ever !!

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  18. Unknown's avatar

    hope kimi goes to mclaren and beat the ferraris.. lewis-kimi will be the best pairing on the grid although i really hate lewis.. kimi surely gonna gives the ferraris a lesson.. goodbye ferrari!! i’m going to support kimi where ever he goes..

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  19. Unknown's avatar

    The tifosi in the Ferrari forum have already been talking about the Santander deal for quite some time (even more than a month ago) and everyone believes that what the "Money Talks" video says is true. There was even one spanish fan who said he knew the reputation of the president of Santander and he is a person who always gets what he wants. Well, they can have Alonso for all I care!!!It was so funny coz there is even one tifosi who says it’s not Santander – it’s SATANDER!C’mon Kimi – BEAT THEM ALL!!!

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  20. Unknown's avatar

    No Wins without Finns.No whinners but winners !!!!!!!!!!

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  21. Unknown's avatar

    As I never was a Ferrari fan, I am glad to see Kimi leave that team. I do not like the way they got rid of him and they will get what they deserve with their new driver. Alonso is not a team player, not the best driver, and I AM NOT A FAN. I will be very happy to see Kimi back at McLaren, as I support McLaren and Kimi. But, wherever Kimi goes, I will support him. He is the best.

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  22. Unknown's avatar

    MONEY TALKS INDEED….kimi all the way….

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  23. Unknown's avatar

    I Dont like this video. It should have proof…news paper articles,press interviews etc. Then you have something to throw at the The Alonso fans and Ferrari. It must have taken time to have made this but it could have been something better.cool motto" No Wins without Finns"If Kimi join’s Mclaren and Upstages Hamilton in 2010 then he is the best and That will leave Ferrari with salt in there wounds.Come on Finn get your "drive" back and be driven to the next level

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