Oct.5 (GMM) Just days after the washout at Fuji Speedway, formula one is bracing for yet another dreadful bout of Asian weather ahead of the Chinese grand prix.
Shanghai stayed dry albeit humid for the opening day of action on Friday, but most weather predictions agree that the skies are likely to turn black just in time for qualifying on Saturday afternoon.
That, however, may not be the worst of it. Drivers up and down pitlane called last Sunday's Japanese grand prix the most treacherous in their entire careers, but a potentially enormous storm is brewing on the Shanghai horizon.
One top team's forecast, we have learned, is that a strong category-four typhoon currently ravaging Taiwan could have moved on to Shanghai by race-day.
Indeed, local reports verified that typhoon Krosa is expected to hit the Chinese coastal city of Wenzhou, south of Shanghai, on Sunday morning.
In 2004, qualifying at Suzuka for the Japanese grand prix was called off when a powerful typhoon struck nearby.
Written: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:10:07
[ Print View ][ E-Mail Article ]
- November 14, 2008China may drop GP after 2010 - official
- October 17, 2008Hamilton dominates Friday
- October 16, 2008Chinese GP coverage
- October 07, 2007Rain in Shanghai
- October 05, 2007Typhoon threatens Chinese GP
- October 04, 2007Nakajima back on Friday
- October 01, 2006Race: Schumacher wins from sixth
- October 01, 2006Sunday in China: Trackside update
- September 30, 2006Prac 3: Michael on top
- September 29, 2006Chinese rush for glimpse of Schu
- (October 05, 2007)View all headlines from this date
