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Japanese GP: Practice notes - Pirelli

If a typhoon hits the Japanese Grand Prix, it wouldn't be the first time that this has happened. In 2004, a typhoon close to Suzuka wiped out Saturday's action, forcing qualifying to be postponed to Sunday morning. One solution to avoid this risk could be to hold the grand prix earlier than scheduled, but this has hardly ever happened in Formula One history. No grand prix has been held on a Saturday since South Africa in 1985. In 1976, the first Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji was hit by a typhoon that delayed the start and eventually resulted in James Hunt being crowned world champion after a chaotic race - as anybody who has watched the film Rush recently will know.
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