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Brazil   22-24 Nov 2013
Grande Premio do Brazil
Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos), Sao Paulo, Brazil
71 laps, 305.909 km (190.067 mi)

The final race of the season is traditionally held at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, otherwise known as Interlagos, which literally means "between lakes". The track is situated on a hilly, swampy area between two lakes near Sao Paulo, Brazil, resulting in a track with lots of elevation changes and notorious bumps.

The final race of the season in 2012 was an exciting one. Championship leader Vettel was hit in turn 1, forcing him to nurse a damaged car the rest of the way. Alonso clawed up to finish 2nd, doing nearly all he could to win the championship, but Vettel was able to make it up to 6th to secure the a 3rd championship in a row. Button won the race, Massa was 3rd.
Mixed wet/dry conditions force the teams to run every minute of qualifying, catching out those that delayed to get on-track, and forcing teams to make tough decisions about saving limited wet weather tires for the expected wet race.

Vettel nabs one more pole for 2013, with Rosberg lining up next to him on the front row. Alonso leads row 2 over Webber who is making his final F1 start.

The top 10 in Brazil:
VET ROS ALO WEB HAM GRO RIC VER MAS HUL
Vettel does it. 13 wins in a single season (ties Schumacher) and 9 in a row (ties Ascari). After losing the lead into turn 1 to Rosberg, Vettel comes back to pass on the start/finish straight on lap 1 to retake the lead, a lead he would hold to the end, even with a bad pit-stop along the way.

Teammate Webber makes it a Red Bull 1-2, getting a 2nd place podium result in his final race. Alonso brings the embattled Ferrari team back to the podium to end the season.

Button surprises with a 4th place finish. Rosberg in 5th and Hamilton in 9th earn enough points to secure 2nd in the Manufacturer's Championship over Ferrari.
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd
VET
(+25)
WEB
(+18)
ALO
(+15)
BUT
(+12)
ROS
(+10)
PER
(+8)
MAS
(+6)
HUL
(+4)
HAM
(+2)
RIC
(+1)
DIR
 
GUT
 
SUT
 
KOV
 
VER
 
MAL
 
BIA
 
VDG
 
CHI
 
PIC
 
BOT
 
GRO
 
Pos Participant Driver Picks Round
Points
Season
Points
Champ.
Standings
1 soldmyboxster BUT HUL MAS ROS WEB 50 949 3rd  
2 Rock_Strongo ALO GRO MAS ROS WEB 49 811 12th ↑ 1
3 delongedoug ALO BUT HUL MAS PER 45 994 1st  
4 Nick DIR GRO PER ROS WEB 36 823 11th  
5 sperry GRO HAM MAS ROS WEB 36 830 10th  
6 curley ALO HUL MAS RIC ROS 36 846 8th ↑ 1
7 Lisa ALO BUT HAM MAS RAI 35 805 13th ↓ 1
8 Van BUT GUT HUL KOV PER 24 951 2nd  
9 MattR BUT GRO HUL KOV MAS 22 873 5th  
= RapidfireAZ BUT GRO HUL KOV MAS 22 852 7th ↑ 1
11 motoring GRO HAM KOV MAS ROS 18 870 6th  
12 Reno Stack GUT HUL KOV MAS VER 10 906 4th  
13 dtbrunner -- -- -- -- -- 0 114 16th  
= Globerunner513 -- -- -- -- -- 0 500 14th  
= owace -- -- -- -- -- 0 837 9th ↓ 2
= Tahoe RX7 -- -- -- -- -- 0 483 15th  
Grande Premio do Brazil
Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos), Sao Paulo, Brazil