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Brazil Grand Prix 2008:facts and Figures


STATS
Race Date: 02 Nov 2008
Number of Laps: 71
Circuit Length: 4.309 km
Race Distance: 305.909 km
Lap Record: 1:11.473 - JP Montoya (2004)

INDIAN TIME

Fri 31 October 2008:
Friday Practice 1 17:30 - 19:00
Friday Practice 2 21:30 - 23:00

Sat 01 November 2008
Saturday Practice 18:30 - 19:30
Qualifying 21:30

Sun 02 November 2008
Race 22:30

All timings are as per IST(indian standard time).please check your respective country's timings.

2007 BRASIL RESULTS

1 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 71 1:28:15.270 3 10
2 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 71 +1.4 secs 1 8
3 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 71 +57.0 secs 4 6
4 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 71 +62.8 secs 10 5
5 10 Robert Kubica BMW 71 +70.9 secs 7 4
6 9 Nick Heidfeld BMW 71 +71.3 secs 6 3
7 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 70 +1 Lap 2 2
8 12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 70 +1 Lap 8 1
9 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 70 +1 Lap 9
10 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 70 +1 Lap 19
11 11 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 70 +1 Lap 15
12 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 69 +2 Laps 18
13 18 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Ferrari 69 +2 Laps 14
14 23 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 68 +3 Laps 20
Ret 20 Adrian Sutil Spyker-Ferrari 43 Brakes 22
Ret 8 Rubens Barrichello Honda 40 Engine 11
Ret 4 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 35 Accident 17
Ret 19 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 34 Hydraulics 13
Ret 7 Jenson Button Honda 20 Engine 16
Ret 15 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 14 Transmission 5
Ret 21 Sakon Yamamoto Spyker-Ferrari 2 Collision 21
Ret 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 2 Collision 12


Hamilton versus Massa

Either McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton or Ferrari’s Felipe Massa will be crowned 2008 drivers’ champion at this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix. With a seven-point lead, Hamilton is very much the favourite, but as we saw at Interlagos last year - when outsider Kimi Raikkonen came from behind to win - anything is possible. Here is what each man needs in order to take the title…

Hamilton will be champion if:
- He finishes fifth or higher
- He finishes sixth and Massa is second or lower
- He finishes seventh and Massa is second or lower
- He finishes eighth and Massa is third or lower
- He fails to score and Massa is third or lower

Massa will be champion if:
- He wins and Hamilton finishes sixth or lower
- He finishes second and Hamilton is eighth or lower

If the pair are tied on points at the end of Sunday afternoon (which would happen is Massa wins with Hamilton sixth, or if Massa finishes second with Hamilton eighth), Massa would win the title by virtue of more victories (six to Hamilton’s five) or more second-place finishes (three to Hamilton’s two).

In the constructors’ championship, Ferrari’s 11-point advantage over McLaren heading to Brazil puts them in a powerful position, while BMW Sauber’s 10-point deficit to McLaren means they still have an outside chance of stealing second place.

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