Lewis Hamilton Gives The Inside Track On Japan

02 October 2009

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Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton talks about winning in Singapore and his pre-race thoughts ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix.

Friday Practice - Heavy rain disrupted Friday practice at the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka, with championship leader Jenson Button sitting out the final session.

Button and team mate Rubens Barrichello, stayed in the garage as second practice was reduced to 13 minutes of action.

Force India's Adrian Sutil put in the fastest time of the second session.

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, who needs a podium finish at Suzuka to keep his drivers' championship chances alive, had the second quickest, with Force India's Vitantonio Liuzzi third fastest.

Brawn abandoned the second session completely, along with Kovalainen, as they opted to save their wet weather tyres for the weekend ahead rather than involve themselves in the frantic finale to the second session.

Button apologised to the fans saying "I feel sorry for the fans at Suzuka today but unfortunately we can't get any useful information in these conditions with so much water on the track."

Button is aiming to wrap the title up this weekend if he scores five more points than Barrichello in Japan he will be crowned champion.

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton was fourth fastest in the afternoon and the defending world champion savoured the challenge of his first race at the famous figure-of-eight-shaped circuit.

Teams usually use Friday's two 90-minute run-outs to experiment with fuel loads and assess any changes and developments they have made to their cars, but it will be difficult to gauge much from Friday's rain-affected sessions.

Over at Toyota Japanese test driver Kamui Kobayashi appeared in the cockpit replacing the unwell Timo Glock, and the 23-year-old put in a solid display as he finished 19th and 12th in front of his home fans.

Glock, who is suffering from a heavy cold and fever, reportedly has a temperature of over 39C but he is expected to be fit for Saturday's final practice and qualifying sessions.

Lewis Hamilton Gives The Inside Track On Japan - get behind the wheel with Lewis as he gives the 'Inside Track' ahead of Sunday’s race in Japan.

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