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  • Momentum is such a valuable thing

    Karun Chandhok on why he thinks the momentum is clearly with Sebastian Vettel to take his third consecutive drivers' championship

  • Japanese joy

    F1 photographer Mark Sutton picks his six favourite photos from last weekend's Japanese Grand Prix

  • A costly mistake

    Comment: ESPNF1 analyses the first corner retirement of Fernando Alonso and what it says about his mindset as well as what it's done for the championship battle

  • Land of the Rising Seb

    The Final Stint: ESPNF1's round-up of the good, the bad and the downright ugly from the 2012 Japanese Grand Prix

  • 'It hasn't sunk in yet'

    Read what the teams and drivers had to say after the Japanese Grand Prix saw the first back-to-back winner of 2012

  • Turning Japanese

    ESPNF1 previews this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix, with many answers in the driver market but plenty of uncertainty in the title race

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    Sebastian Vettel celebrates his second world championship in parc ferme
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    Jenson Button backs up the field for the restart
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History

The first Japanese Grand Prix was held in 1976 at the Fuji Speedway, 40 miles west of Yokohama. The race featured the title decider between James Hunt and Niki Lauda run in monsoon conditions. Lauda, who had not long returned after his near fatal accident at the German Grand Prix earlier in the year, withdrew from the race saying his life was more important than the championship. Hunt finished third to take the championship by one point.

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