Brazilian GP at the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, formerly known as Interlagos launched off with a decent start without any drama at T1 or T2 Nico Rosberg took the lead from Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton thrust passed Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber was shinning for Mercedes AMG, but not for too long, Sebastian Vettel took the lead in Lap 2, Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber overtook Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa also had a brilliant start from P9 Fernando Alonso passed Nico Rosberg in Lap 4 and Romain Grosjean had an engine failure in the starting grid straight with lots of smoke, he then ran beside the fences where there was no escape road beside, Mark Webber passed Fernando Alonso in DRS1 after trying couple of times in DRS zones in Lap 13, during his pit stop Mark Webber lost his place to Fernando Alonso and he retake it on Lap 26 Felipe Massa was doing good all the time in front of Lewis Hamilton but on Lap 33 he was penalize a Drive-Thru for cutting the pit lane entry marker, he was surprised and served the penalty in Lap 35 which threw him back to P8 from P5, during the light rain coming and going Lewis Hamilton collided with Valtteri Bottas in Lap 47 at end of the DRS2 which gave him a right-rear wheel puncture and Valtteri Bottas lost his entire left-rear wheel SC Period was expected by Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel so all of them went for their final pit stop but Red Bull Racing crew were expecting Mark Webber but surprisingly they fond Sebastian Vettel on the box, creating some confusion Sebastian Vettel did get his tire change but lost some time and Mark Webber also lost some time waiting behind his team mate, Fernando Alonso were also not that fast to grab P1 though made back to back fastest lap in Lap 49 and Lap 50, Jenson Button and Sergio Perez finished the race on points made McLaren a bit happy at the end of the season Lewis Hamilton managed to get back to the pit box after the puncture and damaged floor, but he was penalize for causing a collision and served a Drive-Thru in Lap 52, Charles Pic got his right-rear suspension broken travelling on the kerbs in Lap 60, Giedo van der Garde was also penalize a Drive-Thru for ignoring a Blue Flag, Jean-Eric Vergne had a contact with Pastor Maldonado which spun him at T1 in Lap 65 Sebastian Vettel made the record of 9 Consecutive Victory in a Season and 13 Victory in a Season jointly with Michael Schumacher(2004), he performed his 4th Consecutive Donut on the starting grid and sure made to the parc ferme Long 12 year career came to an end for him, it was Mark Webbers last race in F1, he was a good and precise driver, cared for the sport all the time, could not be a champion but being a champion is not what gives people respect, a true Aussie Grit, will miss behind the steering wheel doing wheelie with a F1 car, was one of the four current drivers whom drove in both V10 and V8 era of F1, good luck to you for your DTM career with Porsche, farewell to you Sir Felipe Massas 8 year long relationship came to an end with Scuderia Ferrari, served everything as far as he could to make the team happy, missed his championship in 2008 by 1 point, but yet not finished his career, Williams F1 is his new team with new challenge, good luck Brazilian GP also was the last Race of The 2.4L V8 Era in Formula 1, will miss the sound of it every time like missed the sound of the 3.0L V10, looking forward to see how the New 1.6L Turbocharged V6 works, Good Bye 2013 Formula 1
Posted on: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 00:46:23 +0000
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