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[[File: | {{Infobox Circuit | ||
|image1=Layout Tokyo Grand Prix 2 (Map).svg | |||
|caption1=Layout of the Tokyo Street Circuit | |||
|date=July 13th, 2011 | |||
|official name=Inaugural running of the World Grand Prix | |||
|location=[[Tokyo]], Kantō, [[Japan]] | |||
|course=Street circuit | |||
|surface=67% Asphalt<br>33% Dirt | |||
|distance=52 laps | |||
|turns=34 | |||
|weather=Clear | |||
|first=[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px]] [[Francesco Bernoulli]]<br>48:26:870 | |||
|second=[[File:Stany Zjednoczone.png|20px]] [[Lightning McQueen]]<br>48:26:976 | |||
|third=[[File:Flag of Brazil.png|20px]] [[Carla Veloso]]<br>48:28:126 | |||
|world grand prix races=[[Porto Corsa Circuit|Next race (Porto Corsa)]] →|title1=Tokyo Grand Prix}} | |||
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 [[Tokyo Imperial Palace|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]]. | |||
{| class="article-table" | |||
!Position | ==Starting grid== | ||
!Number | The starting grid was reversed, the fastest racers started from the end of the grid. | ||
!Name | {|class="article-table" | ||
!'''Position''' | |||
!'''Number''' | |||
!'''Name''' | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |1st | ||
| | |06 | ||
|Raoul ÇaRoule | |[[File:Francja.png|20px]] [[Raoul ÇaRoule]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |2nd | ||
|5 | |5 | ||
|Miguel Camino | |[[File:Hiszpania.png|20px]] [[Miguel Camino]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |3rd | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
|Max Schnell | |[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png|20px]] [[Max Schnell]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |4th | ||
|24 | |24 | ||
|Jeff Gorvette | |[[File:Stany Zjednoczone.png|20px]] [[Jeff Gorvette]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |5th | ||
|9 | |9 | ||
|Nigel Gearsley | |[[File:Wielka Brytania.png|20px]] [[Nigel Gearsley]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |6th | ||
|2 | |2 | ||
|Lewis Hamilton | |[[File:UK-Grenada Flag.svg|20px]] [[Lewis Hamilton]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |7th | ||
|10 | |10 | ||
|Rip Clutchgoneski | |[[File:New_Rearendia_Flag.svg|20px]] [[Rip Clutchgoneski]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |8th | ||
|7 | |7 | ||
|Shu Todoroki | |[[File:Japonia.png|20px]] [[Shu Todoroki]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |9th | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Carla Veloso | |[[File:Flag of Brazil.png|20px]] [[Carla Veloso]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |10th | ||
|95 | |95 | ||
|Lightning McQueen | |[[File:Stany Zjednoczone.png|20px]] [[Lightning McQueen]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |11th | ||
|1 | |1 | ||
|Francesco Bernoulli | |[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px]] [[Francesco Bernoulli]] | ||
|} | |} | ||
' | ==Race== | ||
{| class="article-table" | ===Race report=== | ||
!Position | [[File:Tokyo2.jpg|thumb|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),<ref group="N">Max Schnell was still in the race when Francesco managed to overtake Lightning McQueen in the last lap</ref> 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.<ref name=":0" group="N">From the time panel</ref> 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. | ||
!Number | |||
!Name | ===Race classification=== | ||
{|class="article-table" | |||
!'''Position''' | |||
!'''Number''' | |||
!'''Name''' | |||
!'''Laps''' | |||
!'''Time/Retired'''<ref name=":0" group="N" /> | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1st | |||
|1 | |1 | ||
| | |[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px]] [[Francesco Bernoulli]] | ||
|Francesco Bernoulli | |52 | ||
|48:26:870 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |2nd | ||
|95 | |95 | ||
|Lightning McQueen | |[[File:Stany Zjednoczone.png|20px]] [[Lightning McQueen]] | ||
|52 | |||
|48:26:976 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |3rd | ||
|8 | |8 | ||
|Carla Veloso | |[[File:Flag of Brazil.png|20px]] [[Carla Veloso]] | ||
|52 | |||
|48:28:126 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |4th | ||
|7 | |7 | ||
|Shu Todoroki | |[[File:Japonia.png|20px]] [[Shu Todoroki]] | ||
|52 | |||
|48:28:335 | |||
|- | |||
|5th | |||
|2 | |||
|[[File:UK-Grenada Flag.svg|20px]] [[Lewis Hamilton]] | |||
|52 | |||
|? | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |6th | ||
|9 | |9 | ||
|Nigel Gearsley | |[[File:Wielka Brytania.png|20px]] [[Nigel Gearsley]] | ||
|52 | |||
|? | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |7th | ||
|24 | |24 | ||
|Jeff Gorvette | |[[File:Stany Zjednoczone.png|20px]] [[Jeff Gorvette]] | ||
|52 | |||
|? | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |8th | ||
| | |06 | ||
|Raoul ÇaRoule | |[[File:Francja.png|20px]] [[Raoul ÇaRoule]] | ||
|52 | |||
|? | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |Ret | ||
|4 | |4 | ||
|Max Schnell | |[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png|20px]] [[Max Schnell]] | ||
|52 | |||
|Engine Failure | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |Ret | ||
|10 | |10 | ||
|Rip Clutchgoneski | |[[File:New_Rearendia_Flag.svg|20px]] [[Rip Clutchgoneski]] | ||
|34 | |||
|Engine Failure | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |Ret | ||
|5 | |5 | ||
|Miguel Camino | |[[File:Hiszpania.png|20px]] [[Miguel Camino]] | ||
|2 | |||
|Engine Failure | |||
|} | |} | ||
''Max Schnell's engine | ''[[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== | |||
[[File:Layout Tokyo Grand Prix.svg|thumb|300x300px]] | |||
===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 [[Tokyo Imperial Palace|Imperial Palace]], and pass on the Nijubashi Bridge, and then in the dirt section, which is in the Chiyoda district.<ref group="N">In Japanese: 千代田区.</ref> 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=== | |||
{|class="article-table" | |||
!'''Position''' | |||
!'''Number and Pit Logo''' | |||
!'''Racer''' | |||
!'''Crew Chief''' | |||
!'''Main Pitty''' | |||
|- | |||
|1st | |||
|× | |||
|Unassigned | |||
|× | |||
|× | |||
|- | |||
|2nd | |||
|[[File:Lewis Hamilton Logo.svg|20px]] 2 | |||
|[[File:UK-Grenada Flag.svg|20px]] [[Lewis Hamilton]] | |||
|[[File:UK-Grenada Flag.svg|20px]] [[Bruce Boxmann]] | |||
|[[File:UK-Grenada Flag.svg|20px]] [[Lewis Hamilton's Pitty]] | |||
|- | |||
|3rd | |||
|[[File:Max Schnell Logo.svg|20px]] 4 | |||
|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png|20px]] [[Max Schnell]] | |||
|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png|20px]] [[Otto Bonn]] | |||
|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png|20px]] [[Max Schnell's Pitty]] | |||
|- | |||
|4th | |||
|[[File:Rip Clutchgoneski Logo.svg|20px]] 10 | |||
|[[File:New_Rearendia_Flag.svg|20px]] [[Rip Clutchgoneski]] | |||
|× | |||
|[[File:New_Rearendia_Flag.svg|20px]] [[Terrell Geartry]] | |||
|- | |||
|5th | |||
|[[File:Carla Veloso Logo.svg|20px]] 8 | |||
|[[File:Flag of Brazil.png|20px]] [[Carla Veloso]] | |||
|[[File:Flag of Brazil.png|20px]] [[Cruz Besouro]] | |||
|[[File:Flag of Brazil.png|20px]] [[Adam Parke]] | |||
|- | |||
|6th | |||
|[[File:Jeff Gorvette Logo.svg|20px]] 24 | |||
|[[File:Stany Zjednoczone.png|20px]] [[Jeff Gorvette]] | |||
|[[File:Stany Zjednoczone.png|20px]] [[John Lassetire]] | |||
|[[File:Stany Zjednoczone.png|20px]] [[Turbo Bullock]] | |||
|- | |||
|7th | |||
|[[File:Raoul Caroule Logo.svg|20px]] 06 | |||
|[[File:Francja.png|20px]] [[Raoul ÇaRoule]] | |||
|[[File:Francja.png|20px]] [[Bruno Motoreau]] | |||
|[[File:Francja.png|20px]] [[E. Manual Maniez]] | |||
|- | |||
|8th | |||
|[[File:Shu Todoroki Logo.svg|20px]] 7 | |||
|[[File:Japonia.png|20px]] [[Shu Todoroki]]<ref group="N">In the international version of the movie, his pit box has the surname ''"Todokori"'' instead of ''"Todoroki"''.</ref> | |||
|[[File:Japonia.png|20px]] [[Mach Matsuo]] | |||
|[[File:Japonia.png|20px]] [[Kik]] | |||
|- | |||
|9th | |||
|[[File:Franceco Bernoulli Logo.svg|20px|link=Special:FilePath/Francesco_Bernoulli_Logo.svg]] 1 | |||
|[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px]] [[Francesco Bernoulli]]<ref group="N">In the international version of the movie, his pit box has his first name ''"Francesco"'' instead of his surname like the rest of the racers.</ref> | |||
|[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px]] [[Giuseppe Motorosi]] | |||
|[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px]] [[Alex Machino]] | |||
|- | |||
|10th | |||
|[[File:Lightning McQueen Logo.svg|20px]] 95 | |||
|[[File:Stany Zjednoczone.png|20px]] [[Lightning McQueen]] | |||
|[[File:Stany Zjednoczone.png|20px]] [[Mater]] | |||
|[[File:Stany Zjednoczone.png|20px]] [[Guido]] | |||
|- | |||
|11th | |||
|[[File:Miguel Camino Logo.svg|20px]] 5 | |||
|[[File:Hiszpania.png|20px]] [[Miguel Camino]] | |||
|[[File:Hiszpania.png|20px]] [[Petro Cartalina]] | |||
|[[File:Hiszpania.png|20px]] [[Honk Cho]] | |||
|- | |||
|12th | |||
|[[File:Nigel Gearsley Logo.svg|20px]] 9 | |||
|[[File:Wielka Brytania.png|20px]] [[Nigel Gearsley]] | |||
|[[File:Wielka Brytania.png|20px]] [[Austin Littleton]] | |||
|[[File:Wielka Brytania.png|20px]] [[Nick Pit-Tire]] | |||
|} | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery | <gallery> | ||
Tokyocircuit2.jpg|The starting grid | |||
Tokyocircuit3.jpg|The first turn | |||
Tokyocircuit4.jpg|The Palace's hairpin | |||
830px-Palace 2.jpg|The Imperial Palace (concept art) | 830px-Palace 2.jpg|The Imperial Palace (concept art) | ||
Tokyocircuit5.jpg|The bridge | |||
Tokyocircuit6.jpg|The rally track | |||
Tokyocircuit7.jpg|The tunnel (Francesco's onboard camera) | |||
Tokyocircuit8.jpg|The 360° loop | |||
Tokyo1.jpg|The [[Rainbow Bridge]] | Tokyo1.jpg|The [[Rainbow Bridge]] | ||
Tokyocircuit9.jpg|The main straight and the pits | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
[[ | |||
==Trivia== | |||
[[File:Layout Tokyo Grand Prix 3 (Map).jpg|thumb|200x200px|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. | |||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist}} | |||
[[Category:Speedways]] | [[Category:Speedways]] | ||
[[Category:Japan]] |
Latest revision as of 17:14, 22 August 2024
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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 | Francesco Bernoulli |
Race
Race report
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),[N 1] 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.[N 2] 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[N 2] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 1 | 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.[N 3] 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[N 4] | Mach Matsuo | Kik |
9th | 1 | Francesco Bernoulli[N 5] | Giuseppe Motorosi | 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
-
The starting grid
-
The first turn
-
The Palace's hairpin
-
The Imperial Palace (concept art)
-
The bridge
-
The rally track
-
The tunnel (Francesco's onboard camera)
-
The 360° loop
-
The Rainbow Bridge
-
The main straight and the pits
Trivia
- 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.
References
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