Grand Prix 2015 Brazilian Grand Prix, Practice, Qualifying & Race Discussion

And so we trundle our way towards seasons end with our next stop, the ever popular Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, Sao Paulo, Brazil. In short, this circuit is one of the highlights of the year. Featuring, in this authors humble opinion, the finest opening complex in Grand Prix racing. The sweeping down hill left, right 'Senna S' followed by the long left handed 'Curva do sol' has caught out many a driver in the past and seen some outstanding overtakes, coming togethers and action. So where did it all begin?

The first Brazilian GP was held in Sao Paulo as a non-championship test event back in 1972. The first championship race was won by local boy Emerson Fittipaldi for Lotus in 1973. He repeated the win in 74 this time while on the way to the World Championship for McLaren and another local hero Carlos Pace took his only F1 win the following year to make it 3 for 3 to Brazil in the first three races.

As the 70's progressed and with safety an ever growing concern in F1, the drivers complaints about the condition of the track increased. After the 1977 GP the track was dropped for the following year with the race moving to Rio. The 1977 race would also mark the final appearence in his home GP of the very popular Carlos Pace. Pace lost his life in a light aircraft crash just outside Sao Paulo on the 18th March 1977. Despite some track and facility improvements, the race was again dropped from the calender in 1980 and for the whole of the 80's the race was held at the Jacarepagua circuit in Rio.

It was the rise to prominence of yet another Sao Paulo native, Ayrton Senna that saw the officials in the city, lobby hard for a return to hosting the race. Having chopped the length of the track from it's original 4.6 miles to a more reasonable 2.67 miles and spending an estimated 15 million dollers on other upgrades, the track has hosted the race ever since. It's some what ironic that with the rise of Nelson Piquet, the Rio circuit was named after the then star Brazilian driver while the less used Interlagos was renamed after Carlos Pace in 1985. Perhaps if the track remained hosting the race it would have now been known after Fittipaldi or Senna.

Either way, it's not the name of the circuit that we remember it for but some of the most iconic moments in F1. Who can forget these for example?



So, what's going to happen this year? The honest answer with Brazil is who knows? The weather plays an important factor with rain affecting many recent races. It's a tricky track with mistakes punished all around the circuit. As Murry Walker once said "Anything can happen in F1 and it usually does"

It's just a shame the championship has already been wrapped up because Brazil remains one of the best places for any driver to win a GP.
 
If Mercedes shared tactics for its pilots race would be more interesting.
But there was needing vice-champion title for Rosberg before last race
 
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So THAT' s what they they mean when they talk of tyres "falling off the cliff"..
 
I must say I'm disappointed about the lack of conspiracy theory posts related to Hamilton's long pit stop, after Rosberg was held to let a car pass.

That evened out rather well I thought.
 
I think everyone knows that Mercedes are hell bent on making everything absolutely equal regardless so there's little to go on about really.
 
Pit lane times.

Lap 13 Rosberg 25.039
Lap 14 Hamilton 24.328

Lap 33 Rosberg 23.321
Lap 34 Hamilton 23.148

Lap 48 Rosberg 23.046
Lap 49 Hamilton 22.936

Overall Rosberg 1:11.406, Hamilton 1:10.412

I do not have the stationary times but it would seem the Hamilton had the shorter time at each set of pit stops, his last was the quickest of the day. Seems to be within normal deviation to me.
 
Pit lane times.
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Overall Rosberg 1:11.406, Hamilton 1:10.412
I do not have the stationary times but it would seem the Hamilton had the shorter time at each set of pit stops, his last was the quickest of the day. Seems to be within normal deviation to me.

Problem of Hamilton was not pits itself but tactic of pits which was same as for his teammate.
On the same tactic Hamilton didn't had the chance for overtaking teammate whithot the risk for double finish of team
But for Wolff and Lauda it is right garantee vice-champion title in the Brazil.
 
I don't understand all the uproar with these stops. Merc have been doing this almost all year. There have been times where they have split their strategy but it didn't give the team the best chance of a one two finish in Brazil. They needed to cover Vettel who was flying and they weren't about to give up a sure thing one two to please Hamilton.

If the drivers were in reverse order we wouldn't be talking about this but of course with the Golden Boy getting the raw deal some run to his defense. He's a big boy and can handle it himself.

Maybe if he didn't party so much he'd have been a tenth faster in qually and he'd have had the pound seat strategy wise.

But why let all this nonsense get in the way of a quality groan at how badly Hamilton is being treated.
 
some run to his defense
I think you've taken my post out of context - it was a sarcastic comment.

There has actually only been one post about it.

I expected more simply because David Croft mentioned it when commentating on the race.
 
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