2011 Formula One Grande Premio Do Brasil
About Brazil
There has been no Brazilian world champion since Ayrton Senna died in 1994, but the passion of the Brazilian fans continues regardless. The atmosphere is always electric at Interlagos and AT&T Williams driver Rubens Barrichello can expect a big following when he races in front of his home crowd.
Interlagos is physically tough for the drivers. The anti-clockwise direction pulls on the neck muscles and its notorious bumps jolt every muscle in their backs. But the drivers still love it.
“It’s not a particularly long circuit,” says Barrichello, “but it’s an interesting one. Some of the track is very twisty, but you have a very long straight, so you need straight-line speed if you don’t want to go backwards in the race.”
At 800 metres above sea level, the track is the highest in F1 and that poses a few problems for the engines. The reduced atmospheric pressure causes a 10 percent reduction in power, which equates to 80bhp.
Brazil
27 November 2011
Autodromo Carlos Pace
- Number of laps 71
- Circuit Length 4.309 km/2.677 miles
- Race Length 305.939 km/190.067 miles
- Race Start 5:00pm
- WF1 Race Wins 6
- WF1 Poles 9
- WF1 Fastest Laps 10
- WF1 Entries 32
- 2010 Fastest Lap L Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes
- 2010 Pole Sitter N Hülkenberg, Williams-Cosworth
- 2010 Race Winner S Vettel, RBR-Renault
- 2010 Williams Result RB Q6 / R14, NH Q1 / R8