Round 18: Formula 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2008

Wikipedia escreveu:The Brazilian Grand Prix (Portuguese: Grande Prêmio do Brasil) is a Formula One championship race which occurs at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in Interlagos, a district in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.

A Brazilian Grand Prix was first held at Interlagos in 1972, although it was not part of the Formula One World Championship. The following year, however, the race was first included in the official calendar. In 1978 the Brazilian Grand Prix moved to Jacarepaguá in Rio de Janeiro, briefly returning to Interlagos for the next two seasons before becoming the sole host from 1981 onwards. In 1990 the Grand Prix returned to Interlagos, where it has stayed since. In 2005, for the first time, the Brazilian GP decided the World Championship, won by Fernando Alonso. On October 22, 2006, Felipe Massa became the last home winner of the Brazilian GP.

While its 68 years old facilities are subpar compared to most circuits on the calendar, the Interlagos circuit has created some of the most exciting and memorable races in recent Formula One history, and is regarded as one of the most challenging and exciting circuits on the F1 calendar. Along with Spa-Francorchamps, it is rare in that the circuit in its modern form is one of the few with a lengthy history in the sport not considered to have lost much of its mystique or challenge in its adaptation for the modern, much more safety-conscious era of 21st century Formula One.

F1.com escreveu:In 1938 a huge plot of land was bought in Sao Paulo by two local property developers who intended to build a large housing development. It soon became clear, however, that one part of the land was not suitable for housing and so they decided to build a racing circuit instead. Sao Paulo grew at an incredible speed though and soon the circuit was surrounded by houses.

When, in the 1970s, Emerson Fittipaldi began to have international success, the Brazilians started to want a Grand Prix. In 1971 and 1972 Interlagos hosted non-championship events but in 1973 the track hosted its first championship Grand Prix. The track became a lucky charm for local racers, Fittipaldi, Carlos Pace and Carlos Reutemann all taking the spoils of victory in the 1970s. Interlagos was the scene of Pace's first and only Formula One victory, and following his death in a plane crash the circuit was renamed in his honour.

In 1978 the grand prix moved to Rio, but in 1979 Interlagos got its race back. By 1981 however Rio had retaken the Grand Prix, Sao Paulo's slums being at odds with the glamorous image Formula One wanted to portray. When a $15m redevelopment programme was agreed in the heyday of Ayrton Senna, a Sao Paulo local, the race finally moved back to Interlagos.

And there it has stayed. Since Senna's death there may have been no Brazilian world champion, but the passion of the Brazilian fans keeps the sport coming back every year.

Código:

Laps                              71
Circuit length                    4.309 km (2.677 miles)
Race length                      305.909 km (190.083 miles)
Turns                            15
Direction                        Anti-clockwise

Most wins by single driver        Alain Prost (6)
Most wins by single constructor  Mclaren (11)

Lap Record Race                  1:11.473
Lap Record Driver                Juan Pablo Montoya
Lap Record Team                  BMW-Williams
Lap Record Year                  2004

Tires Prime                      Soft
Tires Optional                    Medium


Código:

Winner                      Kimi Räikkönen
Winning team                Ferrari
Winning time                1:28:15.270

Pole time                    1:11.931
Pole driver                  Felipe Massa
Pole team                    Ferrari

Fastest lap                  1:12.445
Fastest lap driver          Kimi Räikkönen
Fastest lap team            Ferrari


Finishers in points:
Pos  Driver                Team              Laps  Time          Grid  Points
1    Kimi Räikkönen        Ferrari            71    1:28:15.270      3      10
2    Felipe Massa          Ferrari            71    +1.4 secs        1        8
3    Fernando Alonso        McLaren-Mercedes  71    +57.0 secs      4        6
4    Nico Rosberg          Williams-Toyota    71    +62.8 secs      10        5
5    Robert Kubica          BMW                71    +70.9 secs      7        4
6    Nick Heidfeld          BMW                71    +71.3 secs      6        3
7    Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes  70    +1 Lap          2        2
8    Jarno Trulli          Toyota            70    +1 Lap          8        1

Código:

Fastest lap                  1:11.810
Fastest lap driver          Felipe Massa
Fastest lap team            Ferrari
Session                      Saturday Practice

Sector 1 time                18.263 seconds
Sector 1 driver              Kimi Räikkönen
Sector 1 team                Ferrari
Session                      Saturday Practice

Sector 2 time                36.398 seconds
Sector 2 driver              Felipe Massa
Sector 2 team                Ferrari
Session                      Saturday Practice

Sector 3 time                17.031 seconds
Sector 3 driver              Felipe Massa
Sector 3 team                Ferrari
Session                      Qualifying

Combined best lap            1:11.692

Código:

Local time:                                      GMT - 2 Hours
Central European Time (Spain, Andorra, etc.)    GMT + 1 (CET)
Western European Time (UK, Portugal, etc.):      GMT
Eastern European Time (Finland, Greece, etc.):  GMT + 2 Hours
Eastern Daylight Time (New York, Quebec, etc.):  GMT - 4 Hours

Session                                    GMT            CET              EDT            Stream / Channel
Friday 31th October
Formula BMW Americas Practice Session  10:50-11:15    11:50-12:15      06:50-07:15    Unknown
Formula One Friday Practice 1          12:00-13:30    13:00-14:30      08:00-09:30    Several Available (See Streams)
Formula One Friday Practice 2          16:00-17:30    17:00-18:30      12:00-13:30    Several Available (See Streams)
Porsche Cup Practice Session          17:40-18:15    18:40-19:15      13:40-14:15    Unknown
Trofeo Maserati                        18:30-19:00    19:30-20:00      14:30-15:00    Unknown
Formula BMW Americas                  19:25-19:55    20:25-20:55      15:25-15:55    Unknown

Saturday 1st November
Formula One Saturday Practice          13:00-14:00    14:00-15:00      09:00-10:00    Several Available (See Streams)
Formula One Qualifying                16:00          17:00            12:00          Several Available (See Streams)
Porsche Cup Qualifying Session        17:10-17:45    18:10-18:45      13:10-13:45    Unknown
Trofeo Maserati Qualifying Session    17:55-18:25    18:55-19:25      13:55-14:25    Unknown
Formula BMW Americas First Race (25m.) 18:50-19:20    19:50-20:20      14:50-15:20    Unknown

Sunday 2nd November
Formula BMW Americas Second Race (25m.)12:00-12:30    13:00-13:30      08:00-08:30    Unknown
Trofeo Maserati Race (30m.)            12:50-13:20    13:50-14:20      08:50-09:20    Unknown
Porsche Cup Race (30m.)                13:40-14:15    14:40-15:15      09:40-10:15    Unknown
Formula One Race (71 laps)            17:00          18:00            13:00          Several Available (See Streams)

Note: This timetable is subject to changes without prior notice.


Código:

DRIVERS:
Pos  Driver                Team              Points    Finishes in Pts  Wins  Podiums
1    Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      94                13    5        10
2    Felipe Massa          Ferrari              87                12    5        9
3    Robert Kubica          BMW Sauber            75                14    1        7
4    Kimi Räikkönen        Ferrari              69                11    2        8
5    Nick Heidfeld          BMW Sauber            60                11    0        4
6    Fernando Alonso        Renault              53                11    2        2
7    Heikki Kovalainen      McLaren-Mercedes      51                10    1        3
8    Sebastian Vettel      STR-Ferrari          30                  8    1        1
9    Jarno Trulli          Toyota                30                  9    0        1
10    Timo Glock            Toyota                22                  5    0        1
11    Mark Webber            Red Bull-Renault      21                  9    0        0
12    Nelsinho Piquet        Renault              19                  5    0        1
13    Nico Rosberg          Williams-Toyota      17                  5    0        2
14    Rubens Barrichello    Honda                11                  3    0        1
15    Kazuki Nakajima        Williams-Toyota        9                  5    0        0
16    David Coulthard        Red Bull-Renault      8                  2    0        1
17    Sébastien Bourdais    STR-Ferrari            4                  2    0        0
18    Jenson Button          Honda                  3                  1    0        0
19    Giancarlo Fisichella  Force India-Ferrari    0                  0    0        0
20    Adrian Sutil          Force India-Ferrari    0                  0    0        0
21    Takuma Sato            Super Aguri-Honda      0                  0    0        0
22    Anthony Davidson      Super Aguri-Honda      0                  0    0        0

TEAMS:
Pos  Team              Points      Finishes in Pts  Wins    Podiums
1    Ferrari              156                    23      7        17
2    McLaren-Mercedes      145                    23      6        13
3    BMW Sauber            135                    25      1        11
4    Renault              72                    16      2          3
5    Toyota                52                    14      0          2
6    STR-Ferrari          34                    10      1          1
7    Red Bull-Renault      29                    11      0          1
8    Williams-Toyota      26                    10      0          1
8    Honda                14                      4      0          1
10    Force India-Ferrari  0                      0      0          0
11    Super Aguri-Honda    0                      0      0          0

Note: Super Aguri withdrew from the championship after round four


Código:

CHANNEL            STREAM          STREAM ID  TYPE                FP1  FP2  FP3  Qualifying  Race 
ITV                ITV Web        N/A        Flash - Web based    X    X                X    X
SpeedTV            Wheels          N/A        TVU Player                X                X     
Star Sports        Star Sports    10005      TVU Player                                  X    X
                  Star Sports    N/A        PPMate                                      X    X
CCTV5              CCTV5          10007      TVUPlayer                                        X
                  CCTV5          6002      SopCast                                          X 
RTL                RTL Web        N/A        MMS - Web based                            X    X
Eurosport France  Eurosport (?)  N/A        TVAnts                X    X    X                   


• For future use of the ITV stream you can save the .swf file to your hard drive and play it from there. You may lose the player controls though. It is possible that you may need a UK proxy for the ITV stream at some point.
• There should be a SopCast stream for FP3, but it is very unstable due to it's high load and will suffer from a lot of buffering. Avoid it if you can.