Poll: Brazilian Grand Prix 2019, São Paulo - Race 20/21

Rate the 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix out of ten


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When was the track built?
Building work began on what ended up being called the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace – but what is more commonly referred to as Interlagos – all the way back in 1938. The track designers took their inspiration from three main circuits: Brooklands in the UK, Roosevelt Raceway in the USA and Montlhery in France.
When was its first Grand Prix?
Buoyed by the success of Brazil’s Emerson Fittipaldi, Formula 1 first jetted into Interlagos for a world championship race in 1973. Fans were treated to a home win in the first three Brazilian Grands Prix, with Fittipaldi victorious in 1973 and 1974, while Carlos Pace won in 1975.
What’s the circuit like?
Like many pre-World War II tracks, Interlagos features banked corners, with the drivers beginning their lap on a sort of half oval – in fact, between 1957 and the track’s return to the F1 calendar in 1990, Interlagos could be run as a giant oval. After wiggling through the Senna S and down to Turn 4, the drivers then go through a snaking in-field section with some challenging camber changes, before slinging back up the hill and through the banked final turn.
Why go?
A carnival atmosphere really does dominate in Brazil, and watching Formula 1 cars alongside the locals is something every F1 fan should experience. True, it doesn’t look like there’ll be a local driver to cheer on any time soon, but that won’t stop the party at Interlagos.
Where is the best place to watch?
Because of the bowl-like nature of the track, a place in Grandstand A on the banked entry to the start-finish straight will give you a double whammy of views, allowing you to see the cars winding through the infield section and then passing underneath you. On the other end of the straight, Grandstand M will put you on top of the first corner and the Senna S, the best spot to watch overtakes on the track.

TV Times
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Saturday - 10.50pm Qualifying Highlights
Sunday - 10.30pm Race Highlights

Track Diagram & Information
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Weather Forecast
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2018 Race Highlights
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WDC Standings
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Constructors' Championship Standings
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Perhaps when mercedes were way out front in races and subsequently had to dial there engines back so they didn't look too suspiciously fast they should also have faced accusations of cheating.
All teams find ways of getting around the rules...
 
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Perhaps when mercedes were way out front in races and subsequently had to dial there engines back so they didn't look too suspiciously fast they should also have faced accusations of cheating.
All teams find ways of getting around the rules...

Mercedes and Red Bull did have their perfectly legal suspension banned for no real reason. Other than Ferrari whined about it...

The 2 things mentioned in the recent technical directives are not legal. One involved tricking the fuel sensor and the other introduced oil into the combustion chamber. Neither of which are legal, even if Ferrari weren't doing them.
 
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Mercedes and Red Bull did have their perfectly legal suspension banned for no real reason. Other than Ferrari whined about it...

The 2 things mentioned in the recent technical directives are not legal. One involved tricking the fuel sensor and the other introduced oil into the combustion chamber. Neither of which are legal, even if Ferrari weren't doing them.

It will be interesting to see he performance this weekend. If it was all tricking the fuel sensor to gain max 1 lap performance you could see it would hit qualifying, but I don’t see how it should affect their race pace so that they are back closer to Renault than merc/RB.

Didn’t RB also have a clarification for the degree of flexing of the front wing seeming to far exceed those specified under load? All the teams work with a rule book and then push to what is legal and then in to grey.

Personally, I think it makes it a joke when a directive is released and teams go unpunished. It doesn’t get more clear than Renaults breach this year, but the punishment was too small in my opinion to give any reason for teams not to push the limits too far.
 
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Perhaps when mercedes were way out front in races and subsequently had to dial there engines back so they didn't look too suspiciously fast they should also have faced accusations of cheating.
All teams find ways of getting around the rules...
And all of them get found out. The teams spend thousands on getting spy shots of other cars, and getting people to blab about little inside tricks they have. All the other teams will have spent the last 5 years trawling through all the data they have on the Merc engines trying to find anything they can, either to improve their own designs or to incriminate anything which bends or breaks the rules. The fact Merc have had no protests is the most telling.

Ferrari can't match them without going past the line of legality.
 
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Wonder if we will get any news about Merc staying in F1 and Toto staying at Merc if they do.

The new head of Daimler wants to save $1.5 Billion by laying off 1,500 workers.
Will Ola Kallenius let Hamilton have his $50-60 mil a year from now on.

Hamilton has said he won't start any contract talks till he knows if Toto is staying.
 
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Perhaps when mercedes were way out front in races and subsequently had to dial there engines back so they didn't look too suspiciously fast they should also have faced accusations of cheating.
All teams find ways of getting around the rules...

Nothing was stopping Red Bull (or indeed any other team) doing what they did recently though and asking for a rule clarification during Mercedes early dominant years though. i.e. Dear FIA if i was to accidentally dupe your fuel flow readings by doing xyz would that be allowed? The FIA then either say yes or no. Yes = anyone doing that has to change or remove said item, No = we now have to develop our own version of this for our car.

I guess the difference is the Mercedes was fast from the start and stayed fast. The Ferrari suddenly got a lot quicker in qualifying. Maybe they should've reigned it back to make it less obvious?
 
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Wonder if we will get any news about Merc staying in F1 and Toto staying at Merc if they do.

The new head of Daimler wants to save $1.5 Billion by laying off 1,500 workers.
Will Ola Kallenius let Hamilton have his $50-60 mil a year from now on.

Hamilton has said he won't start any contract talks till he knows if Toto is staying.

If not he’ll be off to ferrari. It’s a key time for the teams, they need to develop next years car and the 2021 car before the budget restrictions come into play.
 
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