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Brazil   25-27 Nov 2011
Grande Premio Petrobras do Brazil
Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos), Sao Paulo, Brazil
71 laps, 305.909 km (190.067 mi)

Autódromo José Carlos Pace, otherwise known as Interlagos, which literally means "between lakes" is the site of Brazilian GP. The track is situated on a hilly, swampy area between two lakes, resulting in a track with lots of elevation changes and notorious bumps.

Brazil in 2011 returns to its traditional position as the final race of the season.

In 2010, qualifying was the most entertaining day of the weekend as rookie driver Nico Hulkenberg put his Williams car on pole in drying conditions. In the race, Hulkenberg couldn't fend off the championship contenders as Vettel and Webber went on to make it a RedBull 1-2. Alonso took 3rd giving him an 8 point champioship lead going into the final race of 2010 in Abu Dhabi.
Vettel sets the single season qualifying record by taking his 15th pole of 2011 in Brazil. Webber sets a close 2nd place time, locking out the front row for Red Bull.

Row 2 is all McLaren with button edging out Hamilton. While Rosberg slots in between the Ferraris of Alonso and Massa in positions 5 thru 7.

The top 10 qualifiers in Brazil:
VET WEB BUT HAM ALO ROS MAS SUT SEN MSC
The predicted rain fails to fall in Brazil, as Webber capitalizes on Vettel's mechanical issues to take his only win of 2011.

Webber's race pace dominated everyone but teammate Vettel, but Vettel's gearbox issue (reminiscent of Senna's in '91) meant letting Webber to the lead, and the eventual win. Vettel nursed his car home in 2nd.

The battle for 3rd was between Button and Alonso, with Button chasing down and passing the Ferrari that wasn't quite as fast on the prime tire.

Massa rounded out the top 5 at his home race, while countryman Barrichello, in perhaps his last race, finished a disappointing 14th.
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th
WEB
(+25)
VET
(+18)
BUT
(+15)
ALO
(+12)
MAS
(+10)
SUT
(+8)
ROS
(+6)
DIR
(+4)
KOB
(+2)
PET
(+1)
ALG
 
BUE
 
PER
 
BAR
 
MSC
 
KOV
 
SEN
 
TRU
 
DAM
 
RIC
 
LIU
 
HAM
 
MAL
 
GLO
 
Pos Participant Driver Picks Round
Points
Season
Points
Champ.
Standings
1 sperry ALO MAS MSC SUT WEB 55 975 3rd  
2 curley ALO DIR MSC ROS WEB 47 901 5th ↑ 3
3 Matt DIR PET ROS SUT WEB 44 926 4th  
4 Motoring DIR MAS PET ROS SUT 29 1002 1st  
5 Double Phister DIR MAS MSC ROS SUT 28 874 8th ↑ 2
6 lisaab DIR MAS MSC PET SUT 23 872 10th ↓ 1
7 Chris BAR DIR MSC ROS SUT 18 843 11th  
= Rod R BAR DIR MSC ROS SUT 18 897 6th ↓ 1
9 Tahoe RX7 MAS MSC PET ROS SEN 17 885 7th  
10 Nick BAR MAS MSC ROS SEN 16 873 9th ↓ 3
11 owace BUE DIR KOB MSC SUT 14 985 2nd  
12 Carpenterbob -- -- -- -- -- 0 496 12th  
= S.Monkey -- -- -- -- -- 0 183 13th  
= van -- -- -- -- -- 0 143 14th  
Grande Premio Petrobras do Brazil
Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos), Sao Paulo, Brazil