Japanese GP 2008:Fuji Speedway

Fuji Speedway is a race track standing in the foothills of Mount Fuji, in Oyama, Suntō District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The circuit hosted the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix in 2007, after an absence of 30 years, replacing the Suzuka Circuit.[1] It is owned by Toyota Motor Corporation.

Fuji Speedway Corporation was established in 1963, as Japan NASCAR Corporation. At first, the circuit was planned to hold the race of the NASCAR form in Japan. Therefore, the track was originally designed to be as a 4 km (2.5 mile) high-banked superspeedway, but there was not enough money to complete the project and only one of the bankings was ever designed. Mitsubishi Estate Co. invested in the circuit, and took the management right on October 1965.

Converted to a road course, the circuit opened in December 1965 and proved to be somewhat dangerous with the banked turn regularly resulting in major accidents. A new part of track was built to counteract the problem, and the resultant 4.359 km (2.7 mile) course proved more successful. The speedway brought the first Formula One race to Japan at the end of the 1976 season. The race had a dramatic World Championship battle between James Hunt and Niki Lauda, and in awful rainy conditions, Hunt earned enough points to win the title. Mario Andretti won the race, with Lauda withdrawing due to the dangerous conditions.

There was less celebration after the second race in 1977 as Gilles Villeneuve was involved in a crash that killed two spectators on the side of the track, leading to Formula One leaving the speedway. When Japan earned another race on the F1 schedule ten years later, it went to Suzuka instead. F1 didn't return to Fuji until 2007.

Alternative to the Safety car commotion:My Take on it

(top)safetycar at Singapore Marina Bay Circuit leading Felipe Massa during the Singapore GP
Let the following be done -

• if there is an accident,

• yellow flag let be waved ,

Give all the cars two options-

1.Let all the cars get Align on the starting grid on their respective slots(the positions they were at wen the yellow flag was waved)
2.if u want to take an pit stop take one and Que up on the exit of pitlane after their respective pitstops(red light will be on...)
3.After the crashed/stalled car is taken out of the track..let the 5lights illuminate and go-off and let the race start again... for the people in pits they could come out once the train of cars aligned on the starting grid go off...maybe after 3sec after the 5lights go off.. 4.And safety car would only be implemented if the incident took place on the start finish straight itself...

Hence By the above rule,The usual commotion of the safety car trying to pick-up the race leader and also the commotion in the pits would end,there would be more transparency and things would be smooth!

Why/How does the wheel cover on f1 cars dont spin??

,wheels,

So you guys been wondering why doesnt the wheel caps in those ferraris,BMW's and Mclaren's donot spin,i too was wondering for sometime,but then you know i dont like to wonder for a long time....and you too don like either so i wrote this post

The above image shows the total description of the stud or the bolt(slang) which keeps the axel and the wheel of an formula 1 car together,the part marked with yellow colour marker is the whole set which keeps the wheel attached with the axel,its also the same thing which is screwed out by the 'power spanner' used in the pits by the mechanics while changing tyres.

According to technical regulations in F-1 there must be no moving Aerodynamic parts in the car,keeping up with the regulations the wheel covers are attached to the 'Stud',since the stud doesnt rotate anything attached to it may too not rotate,hence the wheel cover/cap attached to stud is never found to be roating!!

Stud is not only found in f-1 cars but is almost in every road vehicle,but the difference is that in road vehicles the stud doest keep the wheel attached to the axel but there are (usually) 4-bolts which attach it,below is an image showing the stud in an normal road car and in f-1 cars-
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