Japanese GP, retirement for Alonso
The Ferrari driver touched by Raikkonen at the start
di Staff7 October 2012
Fernando Alonso immediately out at the Japanese F1 GP. At the start the Ferrari Spaniard was touched at the first corner by Kimi Raikkonen's Lotus. Having ended up spinning after suffering a puncture, Alonso was forced to retire.
Problems also for Mark Webber, who ended up at the rear after a contact with the other Lotus, that of Romain Grosjean. At the moment Sebastian Vettel, second in the drivers' standings, leads the race ahead of Kobayashi, Button and Massa.
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