Tokyo Grand Prix

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</image> <group> <header>Race details</header> <label>Date</label> <label>Official name</label> <label>Location</label> <label>Course</label> <label>Surface</label> <label>Course length</label> <label>Distance</label> <label>Turns</label> <label>Weather</label> </group> <group> <header>Podium</header> <label>First</label> <label>Second</label> <label>Third</label> </group> <group> <header>Race Guide</header> <label>World Grand Prix Races</label> </group> </infobox> The Tokyo Grand Prix (officially known as the Inaugural running of the World Grand Prix) was the first race in the World Grand Prix, which took in 2011 at the Tokyo Street Circuit in Tokyo, Japan. The circuit is a spectacular street circuit located in Tokyo. The race is the only race in the World Grand Prix that takes place at night. The circuit goes through the main straight, passes in front of the Imperial Palace in the park (the rally dirt track), goes through the streets, then passes on a 360° loop and then on the Rainbow Bridge, so called because it emits colorful lights. After they head back to the main straights. The race was won by Francesco Bernoulli ahead of Lightning McQueen and Carla Veloso.

Starting grid

The starting grid was reversed, the fastest racers started from the end of the grid.

Position	Number	Name
1st	06	Raoul ÇaRoule
2nd	5	Miguel Camino
3rd	4	Max Schnell
4th	24	Jeff Gorvette
5th	9	Nigel Gearsley
6th	2	Lewis Hamilton
7th	10	Rip Clutchgoneski
8th	7	Shu Todoroki
9th	8	Carla Veloso
10th	95	Lightning McQueen
11th	1	File:Włochy.png Francesco Bernoulli

Race

Race report

Tokyo poster

The fastest racers quickly take the first places at the end of the first straight line. Francesco Bernoulli is in first position, but has some difficulties on the dirt section. At the end of lap 1, while he had just passed three cars in the straightway, Miguel Camino (5th) had his engine explode and goes back to the pits, immediately taken care of by his team. During the rest of the race, Lightning McQueen and Bernoulli swap places, McQueen catching up on the dirt and Bernoulli in the straightaways. At the end of lap 34, Rip Clutchgoneski's (3rd) engine blew up and spun out with Carla Veloso and Max Schnell barely avoiding him. In turn 26 (360° loop), Mater gives him a bad indication, and McQueen moves to the outside. Bernoulli takes advantage of this and passes first in the last 8 laps. In turn (33) on the last lap (52), Schnell (5th) blew his engine, causing him to spin out and crash into a tyre barrier. In the last straightaway, McQueen moves to the right and tries to overtake Bernoulli, to no avail. Bernoulli crosses the finish line 106 milliseconds before McQueen. Behind, Veloso finishes just before Shu Todoroki. Lewis Hamilton arrives alone with a comfortable advantage on the last peloton composed of Nigel Gearsley, Jeff Gorvette, and Raoul ÇaRoule, who arrives a few seconds later.

Race classification

Position	Number	Name	Laps	Time/Retired
1st	1	File:Włochy.png Francesco Bernoulli	52	48:26:870
2nd	95	Lightning McQueen	52	48:26:976
3rd	8	Carla Veloso	52	48:28:126
4th	7	Shu Todoroki	52	48:28:335
5th	2	Lewis Hamilton	52	?
6th	9	Nigel Gearsley	52	?
7th	24	Jeff Gorvette	52	?
8th	06	Raoul ÇaRoule	52	?
Ret	4	Max Schnell	52	Engine Failure
Ret	10	Rip Clutchgoneski	34	Engine Failure
Ret	5	Miguel Camino	2	Engine Failure

Max Schnell's engine overheated on the final lap of the race

Rip Clutchgoneski's engine overheated on the 34th lap of the race

Miguel Camino's engine overheated on the 2nd lap of the race

Post-race

On the podium, while Darrell Cartrip was interviewing the winner of the race, McQueen went back to his pit. After a discussion with Mater, he gave an interview later on to explain his mistake.

After the retire of three cars, this has led some to suggest that Allinol, could be the cause of the accidents. Miles Axlerod gave an interview saying that Allinol did not caused these car to flame out. Two of the three accidents of the race happened on racers who had just overtaken other cars (Miguel Camino and Rip Clutchgoneski), and always at the beginning of the start-finish straightway. This will be explained later when it will be discovered that the World Grand Prix was the target of a plot to sabotage the race.

Circuit

Layout

The start-finish straight is in the middle of the long straightway, measuring more than 4 km (2.5 mi) in real life. After 7 sharp turns going even at 90°, they arrive in the hairpin of the Imperial Palace, and pass on the Nijubashi Bridge, and then in the dirt section, which is in the Chiyoda district. The exit from this section is on a long straightway in a tunnel. Then a new series of technical turns, sometimes very narrow, with the chicane and then the 360° loop which leads to the Rainbow Bridge. Then comes a series of short straights separated by 90° turns. After the 33rd turn, they arrive on the long straightway.

The circuit has 34 turns, of which 8 are on the dirt section and 17 considered as technical turns. The track is 33% dirt and 67% asphalt.

Pit lane

Position	Number and Pit Logo	Racer	Crew Chief	Main Pitty
1st	×	Unassigned	×	×
2nd	2	Lewis Hamilton	Bruce Boxmann	Lewis Hamilton's Pitty
3rd	4	Max Schnell	Otto Bonn	Max Schnell's Pitty
4th	10	Rip Clutchgoneski	×	Terrell Geartry
5th	8	Carla Veloso	Cruz Besouro	Adam Parke
6th	24	Jeff Gorvette	John Lassetire	Turbo Bullock
7th	06	Raoul ÇaRoule	Bruno Motoreau	E. Manual Maniez
8th	7	Shu Todoroki	Mach Matsuo	Kik
9th	File:Franceco Bernoulli Logo.svg 1	File:Włochy.png Francesco Bernoulli	File:Włochy.png Giuseppe Motorosi	File:Włochy.png Alex Machino
10th	95	Lightning McQueen	Mater	Guido
11th	5	Miguel Camino	Petro Cartalina	Honk Cho
12th	9	Nigel Gearsley	Austin Littleton	Nick Pit-Tire

Gallery

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  The starting grid

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  The first turn

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  The Palace's hairpin

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  The Imperial Palace (concept art)

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  The bridge

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  The rally track

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  The tunnel (Francesco's onboard camera)

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  The 360° loop

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  The Rainbow Bridge

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  The main straight and the pits

Trivia

File:Layout Tokyo Grand Prix 3 (Map).jpeg

The layout of the circuit on a real map, following the routes.

• The circuit is entirely based on real Tokyo roads, but they were never used for racing.
• All the shots of the race are inverted, which means that the circuit map has to be flipped in axial symmetry.
• The racers pass first through the Imperial Palace and then through the dirt section, which is not possible according to the race route.
• The Japanese names of the World Grand Prix (ワールドグランプリ) and Allinol (アリノール) can be seen on the edges of the circuit.