Round 16 , 10 October, 2010. Suzuka, Japan
Lap : 5.807km/3.608 miles | Offset : 0.300km | Race : 53 Laps - 307.471km/191.062 miles
Official Website
CHANGES TO THE CIRCUIT SINCE 2009
• A new 25mm negative kerb has replaced the existing kerb and the green concrete section on the exit of turns 8 and 14 has also been extended by 20 meters.
• The two sections of artificial grass around the outside of turn 14 have been joined by a further section of artificial grass.
• Additional artificial grass has been installed behind the kerb on the exit of turn 17 which extends twenty meters further than the existing section of green concrete.
• Conveyor belt has been fitted to all tyre barriers which did not have any before.
Lap record: 1:31.540 (Kimi Raikkonen, 2005, McLaren)
09 October 2010
Red Bull RB6 - revised brake caliper positioning
 
After several reliability issues, Red Bull's chief technical officer Adrian Newey has changed the positioning of the RB6's front brake calipers. Instead of the horizontal position, which lowered the suspension's centre of gravity, he's moved the front calipers back to the more standard vertical position. The previous positioning had led to occasional mechanical failure due to greater movement of the brake pistons, pads and discs. This was a change planned for 2011, but the team took the decision to run with it for qualifying and the race in Japan.
09 October 2010
Ferrari F10 - modified diffuser
 
In Japan Ferrari are using a slightly modified version of the diffuser they introduced at August's Belgian Grand Prix. A small omega-shaped wing (black arrow) has been added on top of the deformable structure to boost downforce slightly. The front and rear wings being used at Suzuka are virtually the same as those run by Ferrari at the last round in Singapore, but with some small changes to the front wing's second flap.
10 October 2010
Red Bull RB6 - revised rear wing
In Japan the two Red Bull drivers ran two different front wings, two different diffusers and the same new rear wing the team introduced at the last round in Singapore. This featured an F-duct directed on to the main plane (red arrow), in a similar way to the one featured on the Renault. A new feature was the beam wing, with a delta shape in the middle.
10 October 2010
McLaren MP4-25 - revised rear wing
The new aero package introduced by McLaren in Japan included a revised version of the Singapore front wing, new longer exhausts, a new engine cover and a new rear wing. The team also changed the way their F-duct worked, as the new version blows on to the main plane (blue arrow, main picture) rather than the flap (blue arrow, inset). The team only had two sets of this new rear wing, so when Lewis Hamilton crashed during Friday practice and damaged it there was no spare and he reverted to the standard rear wing in the afternoon. On Saturday, after a plane and helicopter ride, a new rear wing arrived at Suzuka, but after not completing any running in the rain-hit third practice the team opted to use the standard version (inset) in qualifying and the race. The new wing also had angled gills like the Red Bull, rather than horizontal gills.
|
2010 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix