Jos in Japan

Published on 11 October 2001 by Thorsten Hendriks

Yesterday Jos and Raymond arrived in Japan. They had to forward their watches 7 hours. Last Tuesday Jos and Michael Schumacher had a good day driving karts. Tuesday afternoon Michael took a heli to Frankfurt, Jos and Raymond flew from Amsterdam to Tokyo.

Clear blue skies in Suzuka

Arrived in Tokyo they had to wait 4 hours for their connection to Nagoya,. Wednesday evening they arrived at their destination. They went straight to bed, with two sleeping pills each they manipulated the biological clock slightly. This morning 8.00 o'clock (local time) they woke up well rested. "No jetlag" a yawning Raymond told us on the phone.



Jos is guest in the Dutch RTL5 programme ‘Pitspost’. “We are not going to Jordan, Olav. Just have a look at our newspage of October 4th.”

A Thursday before the race in Japan is not different than before any other Thursday in preparation for a Grand Prix. They did their walking lap over the circuit and went to various briefings. Tonight Jos and Raymond are going to Jean Alesi's party who is celebrating his 200th Grand Prix in Indianapolis together with the other drivers.




Speeds and gears at Suzuka