Tag: Suzuka Circuit

D1GP Rd2 Suzuka Qualifying

Since 2006 D1GP has been celebrated at Suzuka Circuit. (except 2009 & 2010)


2012 D1 GRAN TURISMO ROUND 2 SUZUKA

Until now the drivers started from the home straight and ran in the reverse direction and competed in the S-shaped curve, but this year for the first time they run toward the first curve and the secound curve.

The home straight is very long, so the drivers enter the first curve at more than 200km/h and the first courner is quite narrow, so the control of the speed must be very important

There are 16 drivers as Seed drivers. They compete only in the final match.
There are 25 participants for the qualifying match and among them 8 drivers can run in the final match.

The seed 16 drivers are following:

1. D. Saito
2. Y. Koguchi
3. M. Suenaga
4. K. Matsukawa
5. T. Sakuma
6. N. Kumakubo
7. T. Ueno
8. S. Tanaka
9. Y. Matsui
10. K. Takahashi
11. Y. Imamura
12. T. Tezuka
13. N. Taniguchi
14. T. Iwai
15. K. Nomura
16. K. Takayama

The result of the Qualifying match:

1. K. Bai
2. T. Hibino
3. Y. Tadokoro
4. T. Kataoka
5. M. Fujinaka
6. D. Hasegawa
7. T. Murayama
8. M. Orido
9. Hirota
10. Sagisaka
11. Tokita
12. Fujikawa
13. Kitashiba
14. Minowa
15. Kawabata
16. Utsumi
17. Suenaga
18. Ukita
19. Murata
20. Itakura
21. Kawakami
22. Inaoka
23. Tanaka
24. Ota
25. Imamura

Tomorrow first of all there is solo run among the 24 drivers. The 16 drivers can go to the twin run. Among the lower 8 drivers they compete the twin run, which is called Miner twin run. And afterwords among the 16 drivers they compete for the champion.

I know if we were there, we’ll be able to enjoy seeing the severe and exciting drift there all day long. As we’re not there unfortunately, we’ll see how it is by the video and the pictures later on.. ^^

I’ll show you severl pictures from these days.

by Mike Neko

Go for a walk at Suzuka Circuit

I just discovered this yesterday while surfing the internet. I use to spend time at google maps because in some way is like traveling without spending a penny. And then I realized how will it be driving at Suzuka with any NISSAN available for rent (hahaha). What was my surprised I when I noticed the Street View was available for the whole circuit, just amazing! Go for a walk!!

by José M. López

Ebisu Drift Matsuri & Drift Heaven ♥

Three times a year many drift mates abroad come to Ebisu Circuit in Japan to drift toghether.

These periods are called “Drift Heaven”.  And during these periods Team Orange and Powervehicles hold “Drift Matsuri (festival)” which contains a drift race called “Gaikokujin Grand Prix (G1GP)”, and a 36 hour drift festival and a BBQs party.

This video is from last year.  You’ll find several good videos in the ”Team Orange News Letter” page on facebook.


The schedule of this year is following.. (I’ll show you the schedule of D1GP as well.)

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by Mike Neko

VETTEL WINS 2011 F1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AT SUZUKA

Infiniti Global Brand Ambassador Sebastian Vettel underlined his reputation as a true master of Inspired Performance today, by winning the 2011 Formula One World Championship at the Japanese Grand Prix.

Going into the race needing to finish tenth or better to secure the title, the Red Bull Racing driver maintained his composure under huge pressure to finish in third place. This podium finish gave him enough points to seal the championship and at 24, makes him the youngest double World Champion in Formula One history with four races still to go this season.

The German star and Infiniti driver has been the class of the 2011 season so far, winning nine races and, along with team mate Mark Webber, ensuring Infiniti and Red Bull Racing have not only wrapped up the Driver’s championship but lead the Constructor’s World Championship by 130 points.

With the weekend’s brilliant result, Infiniti congratulates Sebastian Vettel on his inspired World Championship victory.

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by José M. López