F1 2008 Japan Fuji Speedway Pole Lap Onboard by Lewis Hamilton

[daniel987878]

this track is much easier than it looks trust me

[terkmadugga]

I swear ducking down doesn't do anything in a Formula One car. You do that in karting, but it has no effect in a Formula One car.

[MrW4RN1NG]

Fuji for 2013!!

[SPECTRE9200]

I think for the the Japanese gp they should alternate with Suzuka and fuji each year like how they do with the German gp and hockenheim and the nurburgring.

[ShizuokaDolphin]

Just ran this course today on a fun run. I wasn't quite as fast as this, but I wasn't far off. ;) Fascinating to see it from the car's point of view.

[luger666666]

they should keep Suzuka as the Japanese GP and make Fuji Speedway the Pacific GP like in the old times. I really like that track

[AlumarsX]

@luger666666 Agreed. They should take out Valencia and replace it with Fuji for some excitement.

[Maarttiin]

Fuji and Suzuka should be in the F1 calender.

[pulpfictionost]

incredible lap, this track is immensley difficult

[ssj5devilhunter666]

so they raced at fuji and suzuka in the same year O.o?

[finch9899]

@ssj5devilhunter666 No, Fuji hosted the Japanese GP in 2007 and 2008, it returned to Suzuka in 2009.

[udipta21]

Love this track and its high speed nature

[AzrulMotorsports2]

I hope next year , Japan Grand Prix at here !

[Marcus666Sund]

the old cars looked so much better!!!!

[IncognitoFloyd]

Thumbs up if you known this track before F1 thanks to Gran Turismo 4 XD

However, Hamilton is fucking amazing!!!! ;)

[superFrontrunner]

@IncognitoFloyd Gran Turismo 4 wasn't out before F1 ;)

[CyberSoulBrother]

Wow, love this track, they should bring it back.

[XR4turbo]

@CyberSoulBrother Really? This track is awful.

[nickforthetitle]

i liked this track. much better than valencia and korea and barcelona. they should bring it back

[rosun82]

0:40 big error.....several tire lock....still pole.....

[veyronzondaf]

@rosun82 That's his driving style!

As everyone can see. it's still fast and consistent over the race distance.

Awesome

[ImFasterThanTheStig]

Most beautiful Mclaren EVER.

[PontoonWorldChampion]

I miss Fuji

[reptongeek]

@PontoonWorldChampion I liked it too. The only problem with Fuji is the weather can be absolutely terrible!! They race on the track in Formula Nippon three times a year and regularly have to cancel races because of the conditions

[tjbayliss]

F1 cars should be electric, they are faster anyway.

[toxicgolfer1994]

@tjbayliss eletric f1 cars would be crap heavy bigger less power slower mor boring racing thats a shit idea go and cry in the corner lol

[tjbayliss]

@toxicgolfer1994 It would be faster.

Electric cars can accelerate much faster than Petrol Engines.

They could just whip a battery out at the Pit Stop and shove in a new battery... and go :P

They are definately faster at accelerating - but I don't know about Top Speed really...

Nobody has ever tried it with a proper race :D

[toxicgolfer1994]

@tjbayliss to get 500 hourse power do you realise how many batteries would be needed the weight would be much heavier than peterol and they would have to pit like every 15 laps

[tjbayliss]

@toxicgolfer1994 Having to pit every 15 laps wouldn't be a bad thing.

On the current Soft compound that's barely all they can do anyway!

[Bobobidodo]

@tjbayliss I know its a very old comment, but electric cars would be THE DEATH of F1. A big part of f1 is the engines, the sound they make, the smell of the fuel...

[tjbayliss]

@Bobobidodo That's completely true and I understand that problem.

I believe now they are just going to introduce Formula Zero with electric engines.

F1 will continue with combustion engines, but for who knows how long.

[FEGTTTSDH]

the best Mclaren

[gcrfcone]

even the dries had grooves in 08, theyre the softer option

[btight96]

Anybody knows why the dry tires were grooved green that weekend?

[EsPpY]

It was the week that F1 had that "green environment" thingy campaign going on. Thus, the greenness, leding on to 2009 soft tires having a green ring.

[btight96]

Thanks ;-)

I think its good that they are driving on Slicks now

[EsPpY]

True. More grip but the cars look uglier.

[JackDavis16]

@EsPpY you think the cars are uglier with slicks? how?

[SPECS1992]

@EsPpY it was also to show that they had the soft compound tyres

[EsPpY]

@SPECS1992 No. Both compounds had the four green stripes.

Only the softer option is three green with ONE WHITE stripe. Which made tires very very hard to distinguish.

[tjbayliss]

@EsPpY Yeah, apparently there is something green about a sport that burns 250 Litres of fuel per car, per race.

Then add qualifying and practice fuel consumption.

Apparently putting a green stripe on the tyres makes up for the pollution.

[F1Guru1992]

@tjbayliss The cars use the same fuel across an 18-race season as one Boeing 747 jet flight from London to Tokyo. Factor in the various manufacturing, material, design, engineering techniques and ideas that have then been transferred to the wider world, and frankly one sees that F1 has more of a place in modern society than practically any other sport. Furthermore, compared to other equally environmentally guilty sports, e.g - football & golf, at least it adapts when new technology is developed.

[jkamwal2]

@tjbayliss Who cares