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Michael Schumacher simply did what had to make to place the cherry on the sweet pie that was season 2002 for him and Ferrari, winning with impressive dominion the last GP of the year today in Japan, in which 11ª was his victory of the year, 64ª of its race.
In addition, the square of Maranello managed his 9º 1-2 of the season, and 5º consecutive to finalize the year with finishing touch, with Rubens Barrichello finishing in 2º place the competition.
In case not outside sufficient, when winning, Michael Schumacher becomes aircraft commander in finishing all the competitions of one season of F1, with a trustworthiness of the 100% in the total of returns that integrated the championship, doing it in addition, with all the competitions finalizing in podio, adding 4 points or more in each of them.
The German finishes the season with an impressive record of 144 total points.
“It is made very complicated find the words suitable to describe one season like this one, but I believe that the results speak by themselves. To finalize all the races and to do it in podio you demonstrate of a very clear form the great work done by the equipment. What we have obtained is incredible. I believe that the today race has been very pretty for the Japanese fans, since they have been able to enjoy two winners, I myself and Takuma Sato, who have obtained today his first points in the F1”, explained Michael.
In 3ª position of the competition, back of the Ferrari's, finished to the Finn of McLaren, Kimi Raikkonen, with Juan Pablo Montoya adding 3 points to its account when finishing 4º in its Williams.
Perhaps but the celebrated position more was the one of 5º place, with local pilot Takuma Sato scoring for the first time in its race within the maximum category indeed in its house, giving him in addition 2 most valuable points to Jordan in its fight to be located well in the championship of constructors. These 2 points meant to him to the set of Silverstone to indeed surpass to their British rivals of BAR and Jaguar in that category, to finish 6º.
“He has been incredible! A point already was fantastic, but in the end I have obtained two and has been a fantastic result for the equipment. The work of the equipment and especially of the mechanics has been very remarkable”, indicated Taku. “The car has responded really well and the strategy, the tires and the motor have worked perfectly today. The fans have behaved of a fantastic form, animating me in each return and whenever they saw me. He has been something very great for me. This he has been one of the great moments of my life and I am in favor very happy of both points that I have added for the equipment.”
The started one was clean, just by Ralf Schumacher winning a position when happening of 5º to 4º position, surpassing to Kimi Raikkonen, but of there, the red cars, leading, began to generate distance on their pursuers, and they never saw themselves not even threatened to lose the end, until the picture flag.
Felipe Massa was the first abandonment, when losing the car in the Degner curve, hitting against the barrier of tires, in return 4. Bitter goodbye of the Brazilian.
The French of BAR, Olivier Panis, was the second abandonment, extinguishing the motor of his car in boxes after circulating slow around the track, in return 7. In the same return, the first abandonment of the equipment of ahead, with David slow Coulthard in the track and putting its McLaren to the garage. Possibly, Panis went again to the track, but it returned to the following return and definitively it put his BAR to the garage, apparently with problems of selection of changes.
After to have trompeado for the first time in the bracket, finally Alex Yoong lost the route again and it went on the gravel trap in another point of the track, being in the fourth abandonment of the day.
After several exciting returns with Villeneuve trying to exceed to Giancar it Fisichella by 11ª position, the Honda motor of the BAR exploded under total acceleration when coming out of the baffle plate to take the straight line from boxes, with the Canadian parking its white car immediately of the right side of the track, in return 29. Disappointment for the followers of Honda, in its circuit of house.
Jarno Trulli was the following abandonment, in return 31, with apparent technical problems in its Renault, being to a side of the track.
Fisichella, in return 38 underwent the one that was the third blast of an Honda motor in afternoon, after the one of he himself had flown even before initiating the competition, reason why had to use the car muleto for the race, and after the blast of also the Honda of Villeneuve. At the moment, 1 car only driven by Honda circulated in Suzuka, the one of the house pilot, Takuma Sato, before the delight of its compatriots in the tribunes.
The following abandonment, Pedro of the Rose in the Jaguar, a return later that Fisichella.
Ralf Schumacher, circulating 3º, left with apparent problems in its BMW motor in return 48. With this, Sato happened to occupy 5ª position, and people were happy.

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