The 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix Thread

[Ed]

This is the place to discuss everything related to the final round of the 2011 season taking place in Brazil between the 25th and 27th of November.

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The event timetable for the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Friday
1st Practice 10:00 local time - 12:00 GMT
2nd Practice 14:00 local time - 16:00 GMT

Saturday
Practice 11:00 local time - 13:00 GMT
Qualifying 14:00 local time - 16:00 GMT

Sunday
Race 14:00 local time - 16:00 GMT

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[jacfan]

Red Bull have locked out the front row of the grid for Brazil.
The 2011 Champ has taken pole position again beating Nigel Mansell's 1992 record of 14 pole positions in a season.

The places and times are as follows

2011 Brazilian F1 Grand Prix - Qualifying Times
Pos Driver Nat Team Time
1 Sebastian Vettel GER Red Bull 1'11.918
2 Mark Webber AUS Red Bull 1'12.099
3 Jenson Button GBR McLaren 1'12.283
4 Lewis Hamilton GBR McLaren 1'12.480
5 Fernando Alonso ESP Ferrari 1'12.591
6 Nico Rosberg GER Mercedes 1'13.050
7 Felipe Massa BRA Ferrari 1'13.068
8 Adrian Sutil GER Force India 1'13.298
9 Bruno Senna BRA Renault 1'13.761
10 Michael Schumacher GER Mercedes No Time
11 Paul di Resta GBR Force India 1'13.584
12 Rubens Barrichello BRA Williams 1'13.801
13 Jaime Alguersuari ESP Toro Rosso 1'13.804
14 Sébastien Buemi SUI Toro Rosso 1'13.919
15 Vitaly Petrov RUS Renault 1'14.053
16 Kamui Kobayashi JAP Sauber 1'14.129
17 Sergio Perez MEX Sauber 1'14.182
18 Pastor Maldonado VEN Williams 1'14.625
19 Heikki Kovalainen FIN Lotus 1'15.068
20 Jarno Trulli ITA Lotus 1'15.358
21 Vitantonio Liuzzi ITA Hispania 1'16.631
22 Daniel Ricciardo AUS Hispania 1'16.890
23 Jerome d'Ambrosio BEL Virgin 1'17.019
24 Timo Glock GER Virgin 1'17.060

These times are courtesy of supersport.com as we did not get qualifying here in Victoria. Don't know whether other states in Australia got it.
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[Thaddeus]

Rain's a realistic possibility for the race. I hope we get some, as it should shake things up a bit.

Looking ahead to next season, I hope the title fight is closer. It'd be particularly good if Mercedes could make a car capable of winning races or at least getting podium spots.

I think Button's likely to be the most serious challenger to Vettel. If it rains, Button's tactical thinking and ability to find grip in the wet will help him, and if Webber does a trademark handbrake start he won't be in serious contention for long.

Hamilton's a bit more on song, but I was really surprised he was beaten by Button in qualifying.

[jacfan]

Unfortunately the telecast goes from 2 am to 5 am here in Oz so I don't think I will be staying up that late.
Will have to wait for the replay tomorrow night.
Hope it is a good race but with the title already decided I don't expect there will be much of any interest happening.
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[Ed]

Race results:
Mark Webber
Sebatian Vettel (+16.9)
Jenson Button (+27.6)
Fernando Alonso (+35.0)
Felipe Massa (+66.7)
Adrian Sutil (+1 lap)
Nico Rosberg (+1 lap)
Paul di Resta (+1 lap)
Kamui Kobayashi (+1 lap)
Vitaly Petrov (+1 lap)
Jaime Alguersuari (+1 lap)
Sebastien Buemi (+1 lap)
Sergio Perez (+1 lap)
Rubens Barrichello (+1 lap)
Michael Schumacher (+1 lap)
Heikki Kovalainen (+1 lap)
Bruno Senna (+1 lap)
Jarno Trulli (+1 lap)
Jerome d'Ambrosio (+1 lap)
Daniel Ricciardo (+1 lap)

Retirements: Liuzzi, Hamilton, Maldonado, Glock

[Thaddeus]

More boring than I thought it would be. No rain and Red Bull dominance (and Vettel's gearbox) made it so.

Really hard to give a driver of the day. Webber got the win on a silver platter, Vettel struggled but his car was still good enough for second, and it was hard to assess whether Button or Alonso did better to manhandle their car around. In the end I gave it to Alonso, but nobody really stood out.

Here's hoping for a more competitive 2012.

[jacfan]

I am so happy that Mark won the race but since I have not seen the race yet I am reserving my opinion on DotD until I watch the replay tonight.
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[jacfan]

Not exactly the most riveting race of the year.
Well done to Mark for his victory!!!
A great overtaking maneuvor by Jenson Button.
Seb did well to bring his car home in 2nd place despite a dodgy gearbox.

I believe that the penalty against Bruno Senna was a bit harsh.... looked like just a racing incident to me.

Now the season is over I am looking forward to firstly Christmas and then the 2012 season.

I hope everyone has a fantastic Christmas.
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[jacfan]

Oops I forgot to mention my DotD..... I gave my vote to Mark Webber... Well done Mark!!!
So happy to see you win a race this year!!!
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