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.
 
That can happen if you get bitten by a wandering spider. Permanent boner, which is actually very dangerous.

Not totally off-topic since wandering spiders are endemic in Brazil's banana plantations (hence its informal name "Banana Spider").

This post was this thread's natural science inerlude.
 
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Could be useful for Mr Hamilton.

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Back on topic, I hope it does rain otherwise we are in for a very dull race.
 
One does have to hope that the Lewis has 'small accident' is not in any way similar to that involving a certain Mr T. Woods and a baseball-bat wielding female which was initially recorded as a minor incident sign-posted as a 'Nothing to See Here' story?
After all, F1 does not need any news headlines - good, bad or hilarious. :snigger:
BTW, this story's made for humourous comment and does not require self-righteous ****-wits getting on high horses to reply. :thankyou:
 
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Apparently it was a fever and a car crash.
Hamilton suffered Monaco car crash
Oh the drama of it all.

How do journalists like scandals.They want definitely hotter.
Where is even one picture of a "crash"?
It has been three days since the accident. But before that there was not even a hint in the messages or video.
It looks like if Hamilton not told about the incident, then no one would have recognized about it.
 
Poor alonso,Well there we go its not an f1 weekend if mclaren dont have Honda related grid drop. But looks like Alonso gog away with it as they think will not have to take a grid penalty in Sunday's race, with McLaren planning to put in 1 of his new units taken in Mexico

Although I did see a graphic that showed some light for mclaren as they may have used double figure mgu-k mgu -h ice & turbos but they have kept to the limit with using only 4 energy stores. So at least honda has done something reliable to store whatever energy the get
 
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Ideal Lap (sum best sectors) in the Qual:
Qual – No – Driver – Qual Result – Ideal Lap – Flaw
2 – 44 – L.HAMILTON – 01:11,360 – 01:11,223 – 00,137
1 – 6 – N.ROSBERG – 01:11,282 – 01:11,282 – 00,000
3 – 5 – S.VETTEL – 01:11,804 – 01:11,675 – 00,129
5 – 7 – K.RAIKKONEN – 01:12,144 – 01:11,932 – 00,212
4 – 77 – V.BOTTAS – 01:12,085 – 01:12,085 – 00,000
6 – 27 – N.HULKENBERG – 01:12,265 – 01:12,170 – 00,095
7 – 26 – D.KVYAT – 01:12,322 – 01:12,322 – 00,000
8 – 19 – F.MASSA – 01:12,415 – 01:12,415 – 00,000
9 – 3 – D.RICCIARDO – 01:12,417 – 01:12,417 – 00,000
10 – 33 – M.VERSTAPPEN – 01:12,739 – 01:12,632 – 00,107
 
Once again, too little, too late for Rosberg or has Hamilton taken his foot off the.gas a little no he's the champ.
 
just thought i had, lets transport to a hypothetical 2016 Spanish GP & Honda have made a reliability step forward from 2015 so not going through engines like no tomorrow but performance is still not good enough & in the opening 4 races. mclaren has had 8th 14th dnf 11th. Still fighting for minor points not looking like a podium. will 1 of alonso or button finally get fed up with honda & not see the season out
 
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