suzuka play-by-play (SPOILER)

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MS passes Massa at 51/53. FA in 4th behind the Ferraris and Ralf Schumacher.

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47/53 FA 3.5s back of MS, 1.5s back of RS.

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41/53 FA is dogging RS, Trulli into the pits from 5th

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FA passes RS in Turn 1 to take 3rd

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40/53 FM and RS pit, FA in 2nd 5s behind MS and just set fast lap.

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yeah, fun to see who goes purple. Plus no dead time during commercials

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alonso pits! MS still out. Damn this is cool...

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28 second gap right now...should be enough to stay in first. Maybe.

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MS in and out of the pits....still in 1st

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and of course there are two championships on the line. Massa in 3rd, Fisichella in 7th (with Raikonnen still to pit from 4th)

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holy crap....Albers loses a half shaft. No safety car...no local yellow with the half shaft on track just off the racing line. Egad.

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MS pitted on lap 19 of 53. So maybe lap 37?

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lap 31, they are running:

MS
FA
FM
GF

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Alonso and Massa both pit. Now Michael in. He comes out clear of Alonso. Stops are all done now.

SCHUMACHER BLOWS UP!

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Well, there ya go. The left bank lets go. Now it just depends on where FA finishes.

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At the very least he needs to hold second for constructor points. And Ferrari has to hope that Fisichella gets caught by Button.

Massa is 10s back....don't see him making that up.

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I think they said that if MS won in Brazil and FA didn't get a point that MS would win, but they didn't elaborate.

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MS, in a very class move, thanks all of his mechanics in the paddock, then hugs all the guys trackside.

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FA wins. Massa 2nd, Fisichella 3rd.

[Peterfrans]

FA wins