F1 Badger GP 2014

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• It was all going so well for Lewis Hamilton of late, but this will certainly hamper him going into qualifying, which starts at 06:00 BST.
  
  The Briton, who was just starting his first flying lap on the medium tyres, ran wide at Turn One. That destabilised the car and sucked him towards the gravel and then the barriers, making head-on contact.
  
  
• Team radio
  
  
  
  
  Lewis Hamilton: "In the wall, front left." His engineer replies: "Copy that Lewis, we see the pictures."
  
  
• Lewis Hamilton crashes!
  
  
  
  
  Would you believe it? Lewis Hamilton has hit the barriers at Turn One.
  

 

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Summary

1. Race under way under safety car
2. Race had been suspended after heavy rain
3. 53 lap race

 

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• Lap nine
  
  
  
  
  The safety car is coming in at the end of the lap leading to a huge cheer from the main grandstand. Let's do this. At last.
  
  
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  Amy Brown: I love it when Lewis wants to go racing. C'mon, let's race.
  
  David Highkinen: It's in Rosberg's best interests to get going too. At racing speed, better chance of Lewis falling off.
  
  Sarah: All I can hear from Lewis Hamilton is Moan Moan Complain Moan Moan.
  

 

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Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

"Fernando Alonso has just come into a the paddock on the back of a scooter. He'll be glad he's leaving Ferrari. Potentially his car failed after water got into the electrical system."

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Lucas: Alonso has travelled a greater distance on the motorbike than in his car.

Adam Craig: Wow, very short race for Alonso today. I was hoping to see more from Ferrari

 

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Nick Holland: Loving your comms BBC 5 live Tom Clarkson, Allan McNish on the Red Button Multiscreen - Best way to watch

Got a big screen television? Why not switch to Red Button to watch the race via multiscreen and pretend that you are down on the F1 pitwall. Also available online by clicking the Live Coverage tab at the top of the page, but minus the pretending to be on the pitwall part.

 

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• Lap 28
  
  Lewis Hamilton is all over the back of Nico Rosberg! He's snaking one way and then the next. Hamilton is having the time of his life out there. The pass is coming.
• Lewis Hamilton leads the Japanese GP
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    Unbelievable pass. Simply sensational. Lewis Hamilton gets into the slipstream of Nico Rosberg down the start finish straight. Rosberg is to go defensive, Hamilton stays to the left of the track and then hangs on around the outside into Turn One to complete the move. That's one for the scrapbook.

 

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David Coulthard
BBC F1 co-commentator

"That is bravery off the scale, on a corner where he crashed in third practice. I almost stopped breathing there."

Ben Edwards
BBC F1 commentator

"That was one of the passes of the season."

David Coulthard
BBC F1 co-commentator

"That is a pass the drivers will always admire. Fantastic display."

Mercedes: He makes it! Round the outside at turn one! Incredible move. @LewisHamilton into the lead.

 

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• Lap 37
  
  It's raining harder at Suzuka with 16 laps or 22 minutes remaining. Lewis Hamilton leads Nico Rosberg by 7.3 seconds.
  
  1) Ham 2) Ros 3) Vet 4) But 5) Ric 6) Bot 7) Mas 8) Hul 9) Kvy 10) Per
  
  
• Those fresh tyres have done the job for Jenson Button, the McLaren driver setting the fastest lap of the race with a 1:51.721.

 

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• Video
  
  
  
  
  'Bravery off the scale': Watch Hamilton's amazing overtake
  

 

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• Lap 43
  
  
  
  
  Adrian Sutil bins it at the top of the hill at Dunlop. That's the Sauber driver's seventh retirement of the year.
  

 

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Jonathan Hutchinson: End of the race I reckon. Looks very wet, and very dark.

Janine Pingree: Quite surprised how many cars are still in this race considering the conditions.

Marc: Even a good safety car period is 5+ laps. Race is over

 

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Lap 46

The race has been red flagged. Cars have been instructed to come into the pit lane.

 

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Chequered flag
Posted at09:00

Lewis Hamilton wins the Japanese Grand Prix.

• Jennie Gow
  BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter
  
  "Medical team paying attention to area where Bianchi's car went into crash site of the Sutil accident."
  
  
• Posted at09:01
  
  The result has been called as race control say the race will not be restarted.
  
  
• 09:02
  
  BBC F1 pit-lane reporter Tom Clarkson says that Jules Bianchi is in the medical centre and Marussia are waiting for news. More on that when we have it.
  
  
• 09:04
  
  Sauber say when Adrian Sutil crashed they asked him if he was OK and he said "yes", according to BBC F1 pit-lane reporter Tom Clarkson.
  

 

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09:06

Lewis Hamilton becomes Mercedes' most successful F1 driver ever after taking his ninth victory for the team, and his first at Suzuka.

 

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Race Result


DriverTeamRace Time
1

HAMMercedes01:51:43.021
2

ROSMercedes01:51:52.201
3

VETRed Bull01:52:12.143
4

RICRed Bull01:52:21.839
5

BUTMcLaren01:52:50.571
6

BOTWilliams01:53:36.794
7

MASWilliams01:53:38.147
8

HULForce India01:53:38.969
9

VERToro Rosso01:53:50.659
10

PERForce IndiaLapped
11

KVYToro RossoLapped
12

RAIFerrariLapped
13

GUTSauberLapped
14

MAGMcLarenLapped
15

GROLotusLapped
16

MALLotusLapped
17

ERICaterhamLapped
18

CHIMarussiaLapped
19

KOBCaterhamLapped
RET

BIAMarussiaCrashed
RET

SUTSauberCrashed
RET

ALOFerrariRetired

 

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Predicted driver moves in yellow text.

 

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Adrian Sutil, who crashed his car and was by the side of the track when Jules Bianchi's incident happened at the same corner, says: "It was the same thing that happened to me.

"The rain was increasing and daylight was going down. I was following Jules. I had a spin and ended up in the wall. I stood up and they tried to rescue the car.

"He was in the same area and lost the car. I have no more information. We are all aware of the situation. Hopefully he is in good hands."

We've not had any more news on Jules Bianchi 's condition. Sauber's Adrian Sutil, who had crashed just before at the same spot, said the Marussia driver had hit one of the recovery vehicles attending to his car.

 

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"The most important thing is our thoughts are with Jules," says McLaren's Jenson Button. "You hope it is an incident that never happens in Formula 1, let's just leave it at that."

Jules Bianchi is a member of Ferrari's young driver programme and in his second season in Formula 1.

The Frenchman, 25, scored a memorable ninth place in Monaco this year, giving the back-of-the grid Marussia team their first points since their debut in 2010.

 

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View: http://youtu.be/VhS8_wENrTk

 

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Gaz up one place, me down one place and every one else looks to be consistent.

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