São Paulo
Race Date: 09 Nov 2014
Circuit Name: Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace
First Grand Prix: 1973
Number of Laps: 71
Circuit Length: 4.309 km
Race Distance: 305.909 km
Lap Record: 1:11.473 - JP Montoya (2004)
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Fri 07 November 2014
Practice 1 12:00 - 13:30
Practice 2 16:00 - 17:30
Sat 08 November 2014
Practice 3 13:00 - 14:00
Qualifying 16:00
Sun 09 November 2014
Race 16:00
Previous Winners
2013 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Interlagos, Sao Paulo
2012 Jenson Button McLaren Interlagos, Sao Paulo
2011 Mark Webber Red Bull Interlagos, Sao Paulo
2010 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Interlagos, Sao Paulo
2009 Mark Webber Red Bull Interlagos, Sao Paulo
2008 Felipe Massa Ferrari Interlagos, Sao Paulo
2007 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari Interlagos, Sao Paulo
2006 Felipe Massa Ferrari Interlagos, Sao Paulo
2005 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren Interlagos, Sao Paulo
2004 Juan Pablo Montoya Williams Interlagos, Sao Paulo
2003 Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan Interlagos, Sao Paulo
2002 Michael Schumacher Ferrari Interlagos, Sao Paulo
2001 David Coulthard McLaren Interlagos, Sao Paulo
2000 Michael Schumacher Ferrari Interlagos, Sao Paulo
Button on board 2012
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Vettel’s poor start 2012
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Facts from the last race
Lewis Hamilton’s 32nd grand prix victory makes him Britain’s most successful F1 driver in terms of race wins. It moves him ahead of Nigel Mansell on the all-time winners list. Hamilton is now level with Fernando Alonso, who had already taken 15 wins when Hamilton made his grand prix debut as Alonso’s team mate in 2007.
Hamilton became only the seventh driver in F1 history to win five races in a row. The others to have done so are Sebastian Vettel, Alberto Ascari, Michael Schumacher, Jack Brabham, Jim Clark and Nigel Mansell.
It was also his tenth win this year, and Mercedes’ tenth one-two this season. That equals the record set by McLaren in 1988, though that was during a 16-race season. Mercedes have two events left in this 19-race championship to improve on that record. Their 27th victory also puts them level with Benetton.
While Hamilton has won ten times this year, Rosberg has the same number of second places. He’s leading on pole positions, however – this was his ninth this season, guaranteeing Hamilton will not end the year with more. It was the 13th of Rosberg’s career, putting him level with Graham Hill, Jack Brabham, Jacky Ickx, Jacques Villeneuve, Juan Pablo Montoya and Mark Webber.
Vettel took the fastest lap – the 24th of his career, putting him level with Niki Lauda. That ended a ten-race streak in which every fastest lap had been set by a Mercedes-engined car.
Rosberg’s 24-point deficit means he can no longer rely on just beating Hamilton to take the title. If he wins the two remaining races, second places in both will assure Hamilton of the championship.
For the first time this year the pole position time was quicker than it had been the previous year in a case where both sessions ran in dry conditions. Rosberg’s 1’36.067 was 0.271s faster than Vettel’s 2013 pole position time, and just four tenths of a second off the track record set in 2012.
Penalty points so far
Marcus Ericsson 5
Pastor Maldonado 5
Jules Bianchi 4
Kevin Magnussen 4
Jean-Eric Vergne 3
Valtteri Bottas 2
Adrian Sutil 2
Romain Grosjean 2
Sergio Perez 2
Esteban Gutierrez 1
Standings
