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Second last Grand Prix of the Formula 1 season
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Race Prediction:
Expect a re-run of Brazil with Raikkonen, Montoya and Alonso slugging it out. Toyota will be a lot closer to the front and Giancarlo Fisichella will find it difficult to hang on to fourth in the face of charges from Button, Trulli and both Schumachers.
The Drivers' title may have been decided, but the 2005 Constructors' title will almost certainly go down to the wire in China. It's Renault versus McLaren and anything could happen. Further down the field the dye has been cast. Toyota won't catch Ferrari, Williams won't catch Toyota, BAR won't catch Williams, Red Bull won't catch BAR and Sauber won't catch Red Bull.
The Woking team will still be the ones to beat at Suzuka, but they will certainly need reliability. In terms of driver fire power, Montoya's Brazilian win proved that he is back to his best and that McLaren have two drivers capable of taking a race win. Unlike Renault who have one, while the other could win if everything was just right for him.
Even though Toyota cannot catch Ferrari, they will want to prove to the people who pay the cheques in Japan that they are major players now. Last year they were still loitering near the back of the grid despite their colossal investment. This year they would have beaten Ferrari had it not been for Indy. In recent races the Toyota has looked off the pace, but even though Mike Gascoyne will be frustrated at having to spec-up the car for a PR exercise, (when really they should be concentrating on 2006) he knows it has to be done.
Honda will spend most of the weekend explaining their plans for a new team in 2005. If the speculation in the press is true, then it's a fantastic development for F1, because not since Arrows went bust have we enjoyed anything like a full grid. Obviously it helps that the cars don't retire in anything like the numbers they used to, but even so, having 24 cars jostling for Turn 1 should be the ultimate goal of F1.
Takuma Sato will be more motivated than ever to prove to the Japanese public that he can live with Jenson Button for at least one GP. He's had inspirational races at Suzuka in the past and no-one at all would begrudge him a great result at Honda's home track.
Button will be looking to deliver at least a podium to celebrate Honda's buy-out of British American Tobacco, something that we all knew was going to happen after Jenson signed his long-term contract. Button goes well at Suzuka, but the team still don't have the race pace of Renault or Mclaren.
It will be difficult for end-of-term fever not to set in at some teams, though Ferrari have to keep one eye on Toyota, Jacques Villeneuve won't rest easy till Dr.Mario says he's hired for 2006 and Red Bull still haven't completed their mission of "putting the fun back into F1".
Team boss Christian Horner should be reminded of this at every occasion, if only to remind him what a stupid and pompous thing it was to say. Perhaps he should dress David Coulthard up as a clown (instead of making him drive like one – Eddie Irvine) for the last two races of the season.
Fancy dress F1 might even be a new way of determining the starting grid for the last race. They've had worse methods.
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Race Prediction:
Expect a re-run of Brazil with Raikkonen, Montoya and Alonso slugging it out. Toyota will be a lot closer to the front and Giancarlo Fisichella will find it difficult to hang on to fourth in the face of charges from Button, Trulli and both Schumachers.
The Drivers' title may have been decided, but the 2005 Constructors' title will almost certainly go down to the wire in China. It's Renault versus McLaren and anything could happen. Further down the field the dye has been cast. Toyota won't catch Ferrari, Williams won't catch Toyota, BAR won't catch Williams, Red Bull won't catch BAR and Sauber won't catch Red Bull.
The Woking team will still be the ones to beat at Suzuka, but they will certainly need reliability. In terms of driver fire power, Montoya's Brazilian win proved that he is back to his best and that McLaren have two drivers capable of taking a race win. Unlike Renault who have one, while the other could win if everything was just right for him.
Even though Toyota cannot catch Ferrari, they will want to prove to the people who pay the cheques in Japan that they are major players now. Last year they were still loitering near the back of the grid despite their colossal investment. This year they would have beaten Ferrari had it not been for Indy. In recent races the Toyota has looked off the pace, but even though Mike Gascoyne will be frustrated at having to spec-up the car for a PR exercise, (when really they should be concentrating on 2006) he knows it has to be done.
Honda will spend most of the weekend explaining their plans for a new team in 2005. If the speculation in the press is true, then it's a fantastic development for F1, because not since Arrows went bust have we enjoyed anything like a full grid. Obviously it helps that the cars don't retire in anything like the numbers they used to, but even so, having 24 cars jostling for Turn 1 should be the ultimate goal of F1.
Takuma Sato will be more motivated than ever to prove to the Japanese public that he can live with Jenson Button for at least one GP. He's had inspirational races at Suzuka in the past and no-one at all would begrudge him a great result at Honda's home track.
Button will be looking to deliver at least a podium to celebrate Honda's buy-out of British American Tobacco, something that we all knew was going to happen after Jenson signed his long-term contract. Button goes well at Suzuka, but the team still don't have the race pace of Renault or Mclaren.
It will be difficult for end-of-term fever not to set in at some teams, though Ferrari have to keep one eye on Toyota, Jacques Villeneuve won't rest easy till Dr.Mario says he's hired for 2006 and Red Bull still haven't completed their mission of "putting the fun back into F1".
Team boss Christian Horner should be reminded of this at every occasion, if only to remind him what a stupid and pompous thing it was to say. Perhaps he should dress David Coulthard up as a clown (instead of making him drive like one – Eddie Irvine) for the last two races of the season.
Fancy dress F1 might even be a new way of determining the starting grid for the last race. They've had worse methods.
