Brazilian Grand Prix

[UltimateDanGTR]

Rubens Barrichello, French GP 1999?

EDIT: OH EXCUSE ME, THAT WAS A FORD!

yes, the Ford/Cosworth situation over the years has always seemed to confuse matters. whether that Ford unit in the back of the Stewart in 1999 was actually a cosworth, I forget.

[truefan72]

Great stuff from the Hulk. Excellent drive by Hamilton, too. It just didn't come together for Ferrari, but the race will be different if it's dry. Good qualy by Schumacher, too - properly ahead of Rosberg for a change.

agree with the entire post

[truefan72]

I actually stood up and applauded Nico. That was pretty awesome

[wattoroos]

this pole from hulkenburg reminds me of fisichellas pole in spa last year. what a lap, it wasnt a fluke either he kept putting in good consistent laps after that and hopefully he gets a podium

[fandango]

So what can we expect? I reckon Vettel will be P1 by the first corner, so Webber is under a bit of pressure. If he's held up by Hulkenberg he'll have a lot of chopping at his heels from Hamilton and others. I expect Alonso will try to get away cleanly above all, but he'll be wary of Schumacher, who may try a sutil challenge (sutil/subtle irony, geddit...?)

[steveaki13]

Webber and Alonso can't afford to take crazy risks early on to pass Hulky. So if Webber comes up on him any (Legal) squeeze he puts Webber under, will mean Webber will have to be carefull and yield surely.

[UltimateDanGTR]

good race with some good battles in the midfield.

Roll on Abu Dhabi in a week.

[steveaki13]

The race was good.

The first 20 odd laps were full of incident. Then from 25-45 was a little lacklustre and if on que Liuzzi put it in the wall and left the last 20 laps as a nose to tail scrap with lapped cars battling the Mercedes.

Great Fun. :

[Daika]

I just don't get how Schumacher fighting for place between 4-6 before pitstop always ends up around 8/9/10th place after pitstop. Rosberg is in the same position but after pistop remains or even gain places. Mind you Schumacher was faster then Rosberg before the pitstop. Can't Schumacher handle the new tyres after the pitstop? or is his engineer just stupid?

[steveaki13]

I just don't get how Schumacher fighting for place between 4-6 before pitstop always ends up around 8/9/10th place after pitstop. Rosberg is in the same position but after pistop remains or even gain places. Mind you Schumacher was faster then Rosberg before the pitstop. Can't Schumacher handle the new tyres after the pitstop? or is his engineer just stupid?

I think today Schumi pitted 3 laps earlier and was stuck behind erm... Petrov and Sutil, while Rosberg exit the pits just ahead of both of them after putting in a few quick laps while Schumi was held up. Then pulled away as Schumi was unable to get past Sutil. So a bit of poor strategy in the timing of Michaels stop I think.