Brazilian Grand Prix - Sao Paulo - 7 November 2010

[Guest]

Two races left. Two weekends running. So who will take the big cup?
Always a good race and no doubt they'll squabble for it. Turn 1 is often a bundle and will be dangerous for the title chasers.
My guess is Red Bull will surely do enough for the constructors, but they need to back Webber to secure the drivers. For Mark he needs to keep it on the track ahead of Alonso. Hamilton needs a win and a bit of luck.
We'll see.....

[MadBoB]

Two races left. Two weekends running. So who will take the big cup?
Always a good race and no doubt they'll squabble for it. Turn 1 is often a bundle and will be dangerous for the title chasers.
My guess is Red Bull will surely do enough for the constructors, but they need to back Webber to secure the drivers. For Mark he needs to keep it on the track ahead of Alonso. Hamilton needs a win and a bit of luck.
We'll see.....

[fullpint]

Looking forward to this one.. Forecast on Sunday (not sure how they know that tho) is thunderstorms..
I reckon Button will GO FOR IT.. He's nothing to lose but every thing to gain.. Mind you same applies to the other 4 guys who could take this..
Gonna be tears on the first corner. Gut feeling is telling me that 3 of them will be out!!!!
Also don't forget ( ) the final round of the Moto GP this weekend.. Yippee lots of racing to watch..

[MadBoB]

  Even more off topic, its the Firecracker at Arena Essex tomorrow. Loads of big bangers and support from Reliant Robins. If you've never seen banger racing, it doesnt get any better than this........bit like the first corner at Interlagos tomorrow too I think.....agree theres a possibility there will be a pile of carbon fibre to clear up, together with the tears and tantrums.

[halfpint]

after the qualifying today tomorrow is gonna be brill, also motogp is gonna be a stonker too. great qualifying with the 125's, moto 2, moto gp and F1. What a great end to the race season, i can't wait.

[MadBoB]

On DS again so excuse the punctuation. I'll post the times later, but qualifying was started on a wet track, inters - but as it started to dry, it was gonna be a good one. Wow, Williams bagged a pole with Hulkenburg - no fluke. the guy had it sussed. The team timed the run on slicks to perfection giving Nico two chances. Boy did he deliver, taking pole and then rubbed it in 1.1 seconds faster than Vettel.
Great stuff.

1  HULKENBERG    Williams      1m14.470s
2  VETTEL        Red Bull      1m15.519s
3  WEBBER        Red Bull      1m15.637s
4  HAMILTON      McLaren       1m15.747s
5  ALONSO        Ferrari       1m15.989s
6  BARRICHELLO   Williams      1m16.203s
7  KUBICA        Renault       1m16.552s
8  SCHUMACHER    Mercedes      1m16.925s
9  MASSA         Ferrari       1m17.101s
10 PETROV        Renault       1m17.656s
    
11 BUTTON        McLaren      
12 KOBAYASHI     Sauber        
13 ROSBERG       Mercedes      
14 ALGUERSUARI   Toro Rosso    
15 HEIDFELD      Sauber        
16 LIUZZI        Force India  
17 GLOCK         Virgin        
18 TRULLI        Lotus  
19 BUEMI*        Toro Rosso      
20 KOVALAINEN    Lotus        
21 DI GRASSI     Virgin
22 KLIEN         HRT
23 SUTIL*        Force India          
24 SENNA         HRT  

* five-place grid penalty for dangerous driving in Korea        

[halfpint]

all the motorsport was awesome today especially the bike racing. edge of your seat stuff all the way thru. looks like next F1 race is the decider.

[MadBoB]

The result.
Dry track. Suns out. Not ideal for Hulkenburg then, and sadly he was out dragged into the first corner by Vettel. Webber soon followed and away went the Red Bulls.
Hamilton went wide in turn one and Alonso slipped by for the second time in two races, never to be challenged.
Gradually Hulkenburg slipped back, holding a train of cars behind. Button, back in 11th on the grid, was in the middle of it. lap 12 and he pitted for tyres. a gamble, sure, but why not - at least he could then run at his pace. It worked. Others followed, but he jumped Massa in two laps and eventually emerged 5th behind Hamilton.
So, job done, not much to add - run to the line for 50 laps..........
Then Liuzzi forgot to turn right in turn two and magically turned his Force India into a 3 wheeler.........
Safety car....eek.
15 or so laps to go.
Un-noticed by the commentators, the McLarens could stop for tyres and rejoin without losing places putting them on fresh tyres, however behind about 10 lapped cars. Mercedes did the same, being the only others on the same lap.
So, the last 12 laps would have a chase for Hamilton to Alonso - and Alonso after the Red Bulls.
No drama on the restart. but also no real excitement, Rosberg got back ahead of Schuey. Top 5 stayed as they were to the finish.
So, Red Bull took the Constructors. Alonso still leads by 8 points. Webber needs a win in Abu Dhabi with Alonso 3rd. Should Red Bull have asked Vettel to let Mark through here to narrow the gap to 1 point? Clearly they didn't think so.

7 days until we know.



Brazilian Grand Prix result (71 laps)

1  VETTEL       Red Bull     1h33m11.8s
2  WEBBER       Red Bull     +4.2s
3  ALONSO       Ferrari      +6.8s
4  HAMILTON     McLaren      +14.6s
5  BUTTON       McLaren      +15.6s
6  ROSBERG      Mercedes     +35.3s
7  SCHUMACHER   Mercedes     +43.5s
8  HULKENBERG   Williams     +1 lap
9  KUBICA       Renault      +1 lap
10 KOBAYASHI    Sauber       +1 lap
11 ALGUERSUARI  Toro Rosso   +1 lap
12 SUTIL        Force India  +1 lap
13 BUEMI        Toro Rosso   +1 lap
14 MASSA        Ferrari      +1 lap
15 PETROV       Renault      +1 lap
16 BARRICHELLO  Williams     +1 lap
17 HEIDFELD     Sauber       +1 lap
18 KOVALAINEN   Lotus        +2 laps
19 TRULLI       Lotus        +2 laps
20 GLOCK        Virgin       +2 laps
21 SENNA        HRT          +2 laps
22 KLIEN        HRT          +6 laps
R  DI GRASSI    Virgin       +9 laps
R  LIUZZI       Force India  +22 laps


Fastest lap: HAMILTON  1m13.851s (lap 66)

[MadBoB]

Moto GP comment:

Well done Lorenzo.
Stoner couldnt stay in front.
And Rossi is off to Ducati after his long stint at Yamaha.
Great stuff.