Lewis Hamilton won the Grand Prix of Japan – Russian Newspaper

The race in Suzuka, Japan, anticipating the Grand Prix in Sochi, held to the accompaniment of rain. First to the checkered flag saw Briton Lewis Hamilton of “Mercedes.” Finished second his teammate Nico Rosberg. Third place on the podium took the reigning world champion in the class “Formula 1″ Sebastian Vettel. Russian Daniil Kvyat of “Toro Rosso” not scored points, finishing 11th. And the ending of the race was overshadowed by a serious accident involving Jules Bianchi.

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A very important event in the life of a young Russian pilot took place the day before, when Vettel announced his departure from the” Red Bull ” for next season. And it will take its place Kwiat. This means that next year, our pilot will be able not just to fight for points, but also win the top place in the “royal race”.

In the meantime, in the peloton running the show “Mercedes”. In qualifying, the overall leader was again the fastest. Pole position went to Rosberg, followed on the grid is placed Hamilton.

However, much more and the fans and the participants were interested in not even a question of distribution of seats, and will there be a full race at all. Japan froze in anticipation of the typhoon track abundantly watered rain. Start was under the “supervision” of the safety car, but even so, water-drenched pavement turned the car Eriksson. Less than two laps there were red flags and race cars headed back to the pits. They returned again under “seyfeti karom” and just went for a long time at a low speed, waiting for the track dries out.

At some point, it seemed that this race, we have not seen, and Points have to charge as a result of training. Still, rain subsided, the visibility improved, and the peloton was thrown into the fray. However, Fernando Alonso for the race was over very quickly due to technical problems – the car just stalled. The rest went, subject to the conditions as carefully as possible.

The fate of the race decided by overtaking Hamilton, who passed Rosberg and took the lead to anyone to have to not let myself. Well, when allotted for the Grand Prix already lapsed, there have been dramatic developments. Rain again increased and strongly Sutil crashed his car, lost control. Already under yellow flags that something was wrong with Jules Bianchi, piloted vehicle of the Russian team “Maroussia”. Information comes contradictory and it is not known how serious. According to the latest Bianchi, saw no yellow flags, crashed into a crane, who worked with the car Sutil, and received a very serious injury. No official data on the subject is not. We only know that the pilot alive. But because of this situation, no tumultuous celebrations on the podium was not.

As a result, the race turned too soon and in the final classification of the riders were divided into a total of 44 laps, although initially planned their first three accounted for 53 Hamilton, Rosberg and Vettel, with Lewis for this victory was the third in a row, and he increased the gap between partner on the “Mercedes” to 10 points. Then follow Riccardo (“Red Bull”), Baton (“McLaren”), Bottas, Mass (both – “Williams”), Hulkenberg (“Force India”), Vergne (“Toro Rosso”), Perez (“Force India” ). Daniel Kwiat was really insulting, 11th place.