Japanese GP - Two of Six and Five
Suzuka, 7th October 2006
Tomorrow will be the sixth time that a Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 248 F1 starts one of this year's grands prix from pole position, the second for Felipe Massa. Proving that usually when one Scuderia driver has a competitive package so too does his team-mate, this will also be the fifth all-red front row of the year as Michael Schumacher posted the second fastest time of the afternoon, just over one tenth slower than the Brazilian.
After the torrential rain that dominated Friday's proceedings, strong winds which actually added to the difficult of driving this already complex track, at least blew the clouds away leaving the Suzuka circuit bathed in sunshine for most of the day. Even with the limited dry running, it was clear that without a covering of water, the track seemed to play to the strengths of those teams running the "home" tyre courtesy of Japanese company Bridgestone.
Emphasising this point, the second row belongs to the Bridgestone-shod Toyota team, with Ralf Schumacher, a former Formula Nippon champion, in third place ahead of Jarno Trulli. This pairing could play a significant role in tomorrow's 53 lap race, depending on their performance level over a long run.
Currently they are the meat in a championship contender sandwich, as we have our two cars on the front while nearest rivals Renault are on row three with Schumacher's rival, Fernando Alonso in fifth place ahead of Giancarlo Fisichella. In a country that approves of neatness and tidiness it is appropriate that even the fourth row of the grid continues the team by team theme as it is occupied by two drivers flying the colours of Suzuka Circuit owners Honda - Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello. It seems that this will be the last race here for the foreseeable future as the Japanese Grand Prix moves to the Fuji circuit in 2007. It will have a hard task replacing what is considered to be the finest venue on the calendar and a track that has proved some of the sport's most dramatic moments. With the championships so finely balanced Suzuki's Sayonara could be a memorable race on Sunday.
Tomorrow will be the sixth time that a Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 248 F1 starts one of this year's grands prix from pole position, the second for Felipe Massa. Proving that usually when one Scuderia driver has a competitive package so too does his team-mate, this will also be the fifth all-red front row of the year as Michael Schumacher posted the second fastest time of the afternoon, just over one tenth slower than the Brazilian.
After the torrential rain that dominated Friday's proceedings, strong winds which actually added to the difficult of driving this already complex track, at least blew the clouds away leaving the Suzuka circuit bathed in sunshine for most of the day. Even with the limited dry running, it was clear that without a covering of water, the track seemed to play to the strengths of those teams running the "home" tyre courtesy of Japanese company Bridgestone.
Emphasising this point, the second row belongs to the Bridgestone-shod Toyota team, with Ralf Schumacher, a former Formula Nippon champion, in third place ahead of Jarno Trulli. This pairing could play a significant role in tomorrow's 53 lap race, depending on their performance level over a long run.
Currently they are the meat in a championship contender sandwich, as we have our two cars on the front while nearest rivals Renault are on row three with Schumacher's rival, Fernando Alonso in fifth place ahead of Giancarlo Fisichella. In a country that approves of neatness and tidiness it is appropriate that even the fourth row of the grid continues the team by team theme as it is occupied by two drivers flying the colours of Suzuka Circuit owners Honda - Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello. It seems that this will be the last race here for the foreseeable future as the Japanese Grand Prix moves to the Fuji circuit in 2007. It will have a hard task replacing what is considered to be the finest venue on the calendar and a track that has proved some of the sport's most dramatic moments. With the championships so finely balanced Suzuki's Sayonara could be a memorable race on Sunday.
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