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Street racing is obviously illegal and incredibly dangerous, but that has never stopped people from doing it. While we don't hear nearly as much about the scourge of Japanese tuner cars as when The Fast and the Furious first hit theaters over a decade ago, illegal street racing is still bubbling under the surface all over the island nation. An excellent new documentary short from Bowls Films takes a look at the Kanjozoku from Osaka, Japan; a group that claims to be partially responsible for the tuning style known as JDM. The group gets their name from their preferred route known as the Kanjo. It's a 4.77-mile long loop of connected highways running right through the city of Osaka. You might expect a hardcore group of illegal Japanese racers to show up with highly tuned Nissan GT-R and Toyota Supra coupes, but the Kanjozoku evidently eschew all of the others in favor of one particular car that they love: the Honda Civic. According to the video, that vehicle of choice came in part from the city's location. Osaka was relatively near the one-make Civic races held at Japan's legendary Suzuka racetrack. The hatchbacks thus became the default weapons for the Kanjozoku's street battles. The guys interviewed for the documentary go so far as to claim that their scene created the whole concept of JDM tuning. The whole video is a really interesting portrait of an illegal racing scene crafted out of friendly competition. Scroll down for a brief look at the Kanjozoku of Osaka – it's worth it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELJW-Bsrnmk

And so Sebastian Vettel was crowned this year's Formula 1 driver's champion after winning the Japanese Formula 1 Grand Prix in Suzuka recently. He only needed 1 point to win and came in third behind race winner Jenson Button and second place Fernando Alonso. This is his second championship in a row and it also makes him the youngest driver ever to win back to back championships. His performance was, as usual, immaculate and somehow he makes winning so very easy. Of course some people may say that it is down to the car. Red Bull's engineers really constructed a fabulous race car this season but one must note that there are two drivers per team and Vettel seems to be able to out drive and out pace his team mate Mark Webber most of the time. So you've got to hand it to him for actually being bloody talented in the first place. Now add the fact that there are former world champions racing against him this strengthens his case even more. We have two time champion Fernando Alonso (who drove a fantastic race this time around), one time champions Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button and also multiple world champion Michael Schumacher rounding up the list of champions. What Vettel is doing is quite incredible as someone so young can drive so maturely and fabulously quick in all the races to date. The 2011 F1 races will continue, but since we already know who the driver's champion is should we continue watching upcoming races? While the constructors championship is still an open book (but with Red Bull far ahead), does it warrant us to continue watching F1 or just wait till next year? The next race is something new, the Korean GP, on the 16th of October. Results 01. Button McLaren-Mercedes 1h30:53.427 02. Alonso Ferrari + 1.160 03. Vettel Red Bull-Renault + 2.006 04. Webber Red Bull-Renault + 8.071 05. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes + 24.268 06. Schumacher Mercedes + 27.120 07. Massa Ferrari + 28.240 08. Perez Sauber-Ferrari + 39.377 09. Petrov Renault + 42.607 10. Rosberg Mercedes + 44.322 11. Sutil Force India-Mercedes + 54.447 12. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 1:02.326 13. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari + 1:03.705 14. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1:04.194 15. Maldonado Williams-Cosworth + 1:06.623 16. Senna Renault + 1:12.628 17. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth + 1:14.191 18. Kovalainen Lotus-Renault + 1:27.824 19. Trulli Lotus-Renault + 1:36.140 20. Glock Virgin-Cosworth + 2 laps 21. D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth + 2 laps 22. Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth + 2 laps 23. Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth + 2 laps DNF Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 35 photo credit: planetf1

As we look towards the Suzuka race where Vettel is expected to be crowned world champion, let's take a look back at 1 of the most exciting race in the past in 2005 where the eventual winner Kimi came from 17th position to win the race. Below are 2 youtube clips where he has done overtaking in the course of the race.

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after a relatively eventful Singapore F1 GP, the circus is now in Japan, Suzuka, after a 3 years absence, for one of the final rounds of races for 2009 will Button be crowned champion here in japan or Barrichello mount a serious challenge with a very good result, ie a win. but all the focus earlier at the track before the quali and race is on Alonso to Ferrari from 2010, Kimi to 'somewhere' likely back to McLaren, and Kubica to Renault (if they are still in F1 in 2010), Rosberg to... etc basically, the drivers merry go round had began to shape up in a way that it had been building in the past months... it will even more interesting in Brazil and/or Abu Dhabi as i would say one more team may just announce its inevitable withdrawal from the sports in 2010 i hope not though back to the race action, Practice one had already started with it been declare as a wet session and predication is that it will very possible for it to be wet on Sunday afternoon as well. so we will be in for an intriguing race action. this track runs about 5.8km for 53 laps on mid downforce setup the majority of the driver line up loves this track as it offers a real challenge all round it has a combination fast / slow 10 Left, and 11 Right turns in all none of them will want to blink their eyes even for a milliseconds when the red lights go off do note the race is on local afternoon times: Sat, 3 Oct, Qualifying 13:00 Sun, 4 Oct, Race 13:00 dun miss it..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izaWlKxVo1A&feature=related Check out his steering work, the greatest driver in motor sports history.

Had a once in a life time chance to walk down the pit lane during the pre-race preparation in Suzuka Japan. Here's some shots I took. Basically there's nothing but carbon and titanium parts sitting around. TICKET ENTRANCE GRAND STAND STARTING GRID

What a race