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Result:-

1. Alonso
2. Vettel
3. Webber
4. Button
5. Rosberg
6. Barrichello
7. Kubica
8. Sutil
9. Hulkenberg
10. Massa
11. Petrov - lapped
12. Alguersuari - lapped
13. Schumacher - lapped
14. Buemi - lapped
15. di Grassi - lapped
16. Kovailainen - retired
17. Glock - retired
18. Heidfeld - retired
19. Hamilton - retired
20. Klien - retired
21. Kobayashi - crashed
22. Senna- -crashed
23. Trulli - retired
24. Liuzzi - retired
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Addendum - Although Alguersuari finished in 12th and was lapped, his car was still in the garage when the formation lap got underway. So I think he must have started from the pit lane and last. Given that, I think finishing in 12th was a very respectable result.

Williams’ Nico Hulkenberg has had 20s added to his Singapore race time for leaving the track and gaining an advantage on lap one. It follows an identical penalty for Force India’s Adrian Sutil.

Sutil was given the penalty first and was dropped from 8th to tenth. So Hulkenberg went from 9th to 8th and Massa from 10th to 9th, but then Hulkenberg was dropped to 10th, so now Massa is 8th and Sutil 9th.
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It's very wet and everyone's wearing their jackets. The cars are set up for dry conditions. There's talk of the qualifying being delayed....or even not happening at all.

If there's no qualifying then apparently the grid order will be by grid number.
So, Button and Hamilton would be P1 and P2,
Scumacher and Rosberg would be P3 and P4
Vettel and Webber would be P5 and P6

Then:-

Massa and Alonso
Barrichello and Hulkenberg
Kubica and Petrov
Sutil and Liuzzi
Buemi and Alguersuari
Trulli and Kovalainen
Klien and Senna
Hiedfeld and Kobayashi
Glock and di Grassi

There's talk of Qualifying at 6:30 BST,but everybody is realistically expecting it to be delayed to Sunday morning, local time.

Apparently the race itself will happen, no matter the conditions, but it is forecast to be dry.
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Hamilton to drop five places on Suzuka grid

Lewis Hamilton [GBR) McLaren MP4/25. Formula One World Championship, Rd 16, Japanese Grand Prix, Qualifying Day, Suzuka, Japan, Saturday, 9 October 2010 Lewis Hamilton [GBR) McLaren MP4/25. Formula One World Championship, Rd 16, Japanese Grand Prix, Qualifying Day, Suzuka, Japan, Saturday, 9 October 2010
Lewis Hamilton will drop five places on the grid for Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix after McLaren decided they needed to replace his car's gearbox. Qualifying for the Suzuka race will take place on Sunday morning, after heavy rain on Saturday forced the FIA stewards to postpone it.

McLaren noticed abnormal oil pressure in Hamilton's gearbox during Saturday’s rain-hit Practice Three. The British team believed they had solved the issue, but when they fired up the car in the afternoon, the problem had worsened and they opted to change the gearbox.

The penalty is another blow for the British driver, who has completed only a handful of laps at Suzuka this weekend after crashing out of first practice on Friday. He is currently third in the driver standings, 20 points behind leader Mark Webber.

So, his best possible starting position will be P6.
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Start seemed unremarkable , but suddenly Petrov goes off at right angles to the race line. He hits Hulkenberg on his way and he's out too. On the other side of the track Massa rumbles across the grass then shoots sideways across the track and connects with a Force India - another two cars out and they've not even made it to the second corner - Safety Car out and a few cars pit for a tyre change.

Meanwhile Kubica gets into 2nd place,but mysteriously loses a wheel and has to pull up,

Only 18 cars left and it's only lap4 or 5.

Safety Car in at the end of lap 6.
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Hamilton's actually getting closer to Button, so it looks less likely that he can avoid pitting and exiting behind Hamilton.

Button (P1) and Kobayashi (P6) pit.
Button exits P5 and Kobayashi exits P12, behind Alguersuari.
So Vettel and Webber are one and two again.

Hamilton's got another gearbox problem.

Button passes Hamilton. Only 12 seconds behind Alonso and 9 laps in which to catch hin.

Sutil's engine has just blown. He's out of the race from a points position.
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Race result:-

1. Vettel
2. Webber
3. Alonso
4. Button
5. Hamilton
6. Schumacher
7. Kobayashi
8. Heidfeld
9. Barrichello
10. Buemi
11. Alguersuari
12. Kovalainen
13. Trulli
14. Glock
15. Senne
16.Yamamoto
17. Rosberg - retired
18. Sutil - retired
19. Kubica - retired
20. Hulkenberg - retired
21. Massa - retired
22. Petrov - retired
23. Liuzzi - retired
24. di Grassi - retired
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