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TV times:
BRAZIL - Interlagos
Friday 16 October
First practice: 1400-1530, BBC Red Button/online & BBC Radio 5 Live sports extra/online
Second practice: 1800-1930, BBC Red Button/online & BBC Radio 5 Live sports extra/online
Repeated on the Red Button service from 1930
Inside F1: 1830-1845, BBC News Channel, then repeated on the Red Button
Saturday 17 October
Third practice: 1500-1600, BBC Red Button/online & BBC Radio 5 Live sports extra/online
Qualifying: 1720-1915, BBC One/BBC Red Button/Radio 5 Live/online
Qualifying highlights: 1915 onwards, BBC Red Button (times and services vary on Freeview)
Sunday 18 October
Race: 1600-1910, BBC One/BBC Red Button/Radio 5 Live/online
Race highlights: 1900 onwards, BBC Red Button (times and services vary on Freeview)
Interactive Forum: 2000-2100, BBC Red Button/online
Highlights: 2340-0040, BBC Three/BBC Red Button/online
Standings:
Track:
Track Diagram
BBC Formula 1 circuit guides - 2009
Zoom in and fly around Interlagos
Zoom in and fly around the Interlagos circuit, host of the Brazilian Grand Prix.
My Brazilian Grand Prix preview
How time flies. Just two races of the season left now, one of which will definitely decide the title. The Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos means many things: a shabby circuit, an incredible atmosphere, drivers hitting consistently high speeds, and a rich heritage. Watch my video blog for more thoughts ahead of the penultimate race of 2009...
Circuit information
Lap length: 4.309km
Race distance: 71 laps (305.909km)
Full throttle: 65%
Top speed: 314kph
Longest flat-out section: 17s (1.22km)
Right/left-hand turns: 5/10
Tyre wear: Medium
Brake wear: Medium
Downforce level: Medium/high
Gear changes per lap: 40
Source: BMW 2007
2009 tyres: medium (prime, no stripe), super soft (option, with stripe)
2008 tyres: medium (prime, no stripe), soft (option, with stripe)
2007 tyres: soft (prime, no stripe), super soft (option, with stripe)
Weather Forecast
A few splashes of rain turned last year’s Brazilian Grand Prix into a heart-stopping thriller of a championship finale.
The early weather forecast for this weekend indicates the Interlagos track will be hit by rain again this year – but most likely not during the race.
Although some weather services are forecasting rain on all three days, the consensus seems to be that Sunday will be largely dry, but with a chance of thunderstorms.
The forecast will become clearer as the race gets closer. Keep an eye on the Brazilian Meterological Office for its forecast – so far it only goes as far as Friday, when it predicts thunderstorms in southern Sao Paulo. It’s also worth noting the relatively low temperatures at the moment – struggling to reach 20C, much less than we’re used to seeing at Interlagos.
Classic Grand Prix
Classic F1 - Brazilian Grand Prix 1982
Watch highlights from the 1982 Brazilian Grand Prix as Brabham's Nelson Piquet and Williams's Keke Rosberg battle it out at Rio de Janeiro's Jacarepagua track.
Classic F1 - Brazilian Grand Prix 1989
Watch highlights from the 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix as Nigel Mansell guides his Ferrari to a remarkable victory in the first race of the season at Rio de Janeiro's Jacarepagua track.
Classic F1 - Brazilian Grand Prix 1993
Watch highlights from the 1993 Brazilian Grand Prix as local hero Ayrton Senna sends the home fans wild leading home Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher at Interlagos.
Classic F1 - Brazilian Grand Prix 1994
Watch highlights from the 1994 Brazilian Grand Prix as Michael Schumacher wins the first race of the season while home favourite Ayrton Senna spins out in the closing laps.
Classic F1 - Brazilian Grand Prix 2008
Watch highlights from the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix as Felipe Massa wins but Lewis Hamilton is crowned champion after a dramatic final lap at Interlagos.
Technical Changes - Singapore Grand Prix
Brazilian Team Previews
Brazilian Grand Prix - team and driver preview quotes
Boasting one of the longest straights on the calendar, the famous Senna S, a bumpy track surface and an anti-clockwise layout, Interlagos is a true test of driver skill and strength. Combine that with passionate local fans, unpredictable weather and some very real overtaking opportunities, and it’s clear why the Sao Paulo circuit is a favourite amongst teams and drivers. Here they reveal the appeal of racing in Brazil…
News
Kamui Kobayashi
Glock forced to sit out Brazilian GP
Timo Glock's 2009 season could be over after the German was found to have cracked a vertebrae when he crashed in qualifying at Suzuka.
Kobayashi not worried about F1 debut
Kamui Kobayashi is confident that he can acquit himself well in his grand prix debut at Interlagos this weekend.
How the titles can be won in Brazil
For the second year the Interlagos crowd will watch a home driver try to stop a British rival from winning the championship.
Last year it was Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton – this time it’s between Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button.
Sebastian Vettel could also have a say, but his chances of stopping Button are even slimmer than Barrichello’s. Here’s how the drivers’ and constructors’ championships could be decided on Sunday.
Drivers’ championship
However well Barrichello and Vettel do this weekend, they need Button to have a bad race if they’re going to keep the championship alive until the last round.
Here’s the drivers’ championship situation ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix:
Jenson Button 85
Rubens Barrichello 71
Sebastian Vettel 69
Points remaining: 20
In the event of a tie, Jenson Button is the champion
Full championship points before Brazil
Whatever happens, Button will end the season with more race wins than anyone else – so he is guaranteed the title if he is tied for the championship lead with one of his rivals at the end of the year (which has never happened before).
Here’s how the championship can be decided this weekend at Interlagos:
* Button is champion if he finishes third or higher, regardless of where his rivals finish
* Button is champion if he finishes fourth or fifth and Barrichello doesn’t win
* Button is champion if he finishes sixth or seventh and Barrichello finishes third or lower and Vettel doesn’t win
* Button is champion if he finishes eighth and Barrichello finishes fourth or lower and Vettel finishes third or lower
* Button is champion if he doesn’t score and Barrichello finishes fifth or lower and Vettel finishes third or lower
It’s worth remembering that Button is automatically champion if both his title rivals retire.
Constructors’ championship
Brawn 156
Red Bull 120.5
Points remaining: 36
This championship cannot end in a tie
Full championship points before Brazil
Brawn are going to have to work very hard to lose this one.
The only way Red Bull can stay in the championship at Abu Dhabi is if they finish one-two at Interlagos, with neither Brawn finishing.
Red Bull have had one-twos this year, but Brawn’s reliability has been second to none.
That said, reliability streaks have an irritating habit of ending when it’s most inconvenient – which is what Red Bull will be hoping happens to their rivals in Brazil.
The track and TV coverage starts
Technical changes Brazil
Practice 1
Webber top as Barrichello shines
Red Bull's Mark Webber was quickest in a disjointed first practice session for the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos.
Report - Brazilian GP first practice
Red Bull's Mark Webber sets the fastest time during a rainy first practices session for Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos. BBC Sport's Sally Nugent reports.
Practice 2
Practice 3
Qualifying
Fuel Loads
Race
Replay - Chaotic start to Brazilian GP
Watch the first lap of the Brazilian GP, in which Jarno Trulli and Adrian Sutil's race ended early, and Kimi Raikkonen was caught up in a fireball caused by Heikki Kovalainen leaving the pits with the fuel hose still attached.
Highlights - Brazilian Grand Prix
Watch highlights of the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos, where Brawn GP's Jenson Button clinches the driver's championship title in a race won by Red Bull's Mark Webber.
Brazilian GP - top three drivers
Reaction from the top three drivers at the Brazilian Grand Prix as Mark Webber clinches victory.
Standings
Brilliant Button clinches title
Jenson Button sealed the drivers' championship with a sublime recovery drive at a dramatic Brazilian Grand Prix won by Red Bull's Mark Webber.
Brawn win title in debut F1 year
Brawn GP have become the first team to win the constructors' championship in their debut season.
Watch the moment Button won the title
Watch the closing stages of the Brazilian Grand Prix, in which Jenson Button finished fifth to claim the driver's championship with one race to spare.
Button crowns Brawn GP's fairytale
How Brawn GP rose from Honda's ashes to win the 2009 Formula constructors title.
BBC team mobbed by jubilant Brawn
The BBC Formula 1 presenting team are joined by the world's media as they try to interview newly crowned world champion Jenson Button and later they join in with the Brawn GP team's celebrations.
How the 2009 F1 season unfolded
A look back at Jenson Button's and Brawn GP's championship winning season.
Button joins British F1 greats
Jenson Button wins the Formula 1 world title in Brazil, becoming the 10th British driver to clinch the crown.
Jenson Button is F1 world champion
Jenson Button has won the 2009 F1 drivers’ championship.
He climbed from 14th to fifth in the Brazilian Grand Prix thanks to a combination of a crash at the start of the race and several bold passes by the Brawn driver.
Brawn win 2009 F1 constructors’ title
Brawn have won the 2009 F1 constructors’ championship.
Heading into the penultimate race it was a virtual certainty they would beat Red Bull to the crown, as their rivals needed a pair of one-twos from the final race with Brawn not scoring.
Jenson Button
Backed by father (and former rallycross racer) John Button, Jenson charted a rapid rise through the ranks of karting, beginning with a flawless performance in the 1991 British Cadet Karting Championship in which he won all 34 races.
Countries’ champions
Button takes the world championship title from fellow Briton Lewis Hamilton. It’s the first consecutive championship win for a British driver or drivers in four decades: Graham Hill winning in 1968 and Jackie Stewart in 1969.
By a strange coincidence Button won the championship by finishing fifth – just as Hamilton did last year.
Britain now has ten different world champions, who have won 14 titles between them, more than any other country:
1. Britain 14 (Mike Hawthorn, Graham Hill (2), Jim Clark (2), John Surtees, Jackie Stewart (3), James Hunt, Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill, Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button )
2. Brazil 8 (Emerson Fittipaldi (2), Nelson Piquet (3), Ayrton Senna (3))
3. Germany 7 (Michael Schumacher)
4. Argentina 5 (Juan Manuel Fangio)
=5. Australia 4 (Jack Brabham (3), Alan Jones)
=5. Austria 4 (Jochen Rindt, Niki Lauda (3))
=5. France 4 (Alain Prost)
=5. Finland 4 (Keke Rosberg, Mika Hakkinen (2), Kimi Raikkonen)
9. Italy 3 (Giuseppi Farina, Alberto Ascari (2))
=10. United States 2 (Phil Hill, Mario Andretti)
=10. Spain 2 (Fernando Alonso)
=12. New Zealand 1 (Denny Hulme)
=12. South Africa 1 (Jody Scheckter)
=12. Canada 1 (Jacques Villeneuve)
TV times:
BRAZIL - Interlagos
Friday 16 October
First practice: 1400-1530, BBC Red Button/online & BBC Radio 5 Live sports extra/online
Second practice: 1800-1930, BBC Red Button/online & BBC Radio 5 Live sports extra/online
Repeated on the Red Button service from 1930
Inside F1: 1830-1845, BBC News Channel, then repeated on the Red Button
Saturday 17 October
Third practice: 1500-1600, BBC Red Button/online & BBC Radio 5 Live sports extra/online
Qualifying: 1720-1915, BBC One/BBC Red Button/Radio 5 Live/online
Qualifying highlights: 1915 onwards, BBC Red Button (times and services vary on Freeview)
Sunday 18 October
Race: 1600-1910, BBC One/BBC Red Button/Radio 5 Live/online
Race highlights: 1900 onwards, BBC Red Button (times and services vary on Freeview)
Interactive Forum: 2000-2100, BBC Red Button/online
Highlights: 2340-0040, BBC Three/BBC Red Button/online
Standings:
Track:
Track Diagram
BBC Formula 1 circuit guides - 2009
Zoom in and fly around Interlagos
Zoom in and fly around the Interlagos circuit, host of the Brazilian Grand Prix.
My Brazilian Grand Prix preview
How time flies. Just two races of the season left now, one of which will definitely decide the title. The Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos means many things: a shabby circuit, an incredible atmosphere, drivers hitting consistently high speeds, and a rich heritage. Watch my video blog for more thoughts ahead of the penultimate race of 2009...
Circuit information
Lap length: 4.309km
Race distance: 71 laps (305.909km)
Full throttle: 65%
Top speed: 314kph
Longest flat-out section: 17s (1.22km)
Right/left-hand turns: 5/10
Tyre wear: Medium
Brake wear: Medium
Downforce level: Medium/high
Gear changes per lap: 40
Source: BMW 2007
2009 tyres: medium (prime, no stripe), super soft (option, with stripe)
2008 tyres: medium (prime, no stripe), soft (option, with stripe)
2007 tyres: soft (prime, no stripe), super soft (option, with stripe)
Weather Forecast
A few splashes of rain turned last year’s Brazilian Grand Prix into a heart-stopping thriller of a championship finale.
The early weather forecast for this weekend indicates the Interlagos track will be hit by rain again this year – but most likely not during the race.
Although some weather services are forecasting rain on all three days, the consensus seems to be that Sunday will be largely dry, but with a chance of thunderstorms.
The forecast will become clearer as the race gets closer. Keep an eye on the Brazilian Meterological Office for its forecast – so far it only goes as far as Friday, when it predicts thunderstorms in southern Sao Paulo. It’s also worth noting the relatively low temperatures at the moment – struggling to reach 20C, much less than we’re used to seeing at Interlagos.
Classic Grand Prix
Classic F1 - Brazilian Grand Prix 1982
Watch highlights from the 1982 Brazilian Grand Prix as Brabham's Nelson Piquet and Williams's Keke Rosberg battle it out at Rio de Janeiro's Jacarepagua track.
Classic F1 - Brazilian Grand Prix 1989
Watch highlights from the 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix as Nigel Mansell guides his Ferrari to a remarkable victory in the first race of the season at Rio de Janeiro's Jacarepagua track.
Classic F1 - Brazilian Grand Prix 1993
Watch highlights from the 1993 Brazilian Grand Prix as local hero Ayrton Senna sends the home fans wild leading home Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher at Interlagos.
Classic F1 - Brazilian Grand Prix 1994
Watch highlights from the 1994 Brazilian Grand Prix as Michael Schumacher wins the first race of the season while home favourite Ayrton Senna spins out in the closing laps.
Classic F1 - Brazilian Grand Prix 2008
Watch highlights from the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix as Felipe Massa wins but Lewis Hamilton is crowned champion after a dramatic final lap at Interlagos.
Technical Changes - Singapore Grand Prix
Brazilian Team Previews
Brazilian Grand Prix - team and driver preview quotes
Boasting one of the longest straights on the calendar, the famous Senna S, a bumpy track surface and an anti-clockwise layout, Interlagos is a true test of driver skill and strength. Combine that with passionate local fans, unpredictable weather and some very real overtaking opportunities, and it’s clear why the Sao Paulo circuit is a favourite amongst teams and drivers. Here they reveal the appeal of racing in Brazil…
News
- Massa delighted with F1 test return
Felipe Massa says his return to the cockpit of a Formula 1 car on Monday has banished the lingering doubts he had about whether he will be able to race again. - Ferrari rule out 2009 comeback for Massa
Although he is scheduled to get back behind the wheel of a 2007-spec Formula One car at Fiorano on Monday morning, Ferrari have confirmed that driver Felipe Massa will not return to competition this season. - Kamui Kobayashi to substitute for injured Timo Glock at Toyota in Brazil
Kamui Kobayashi will make his F1 debut in the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos next week for Toyota. - Todt and Vatanen battle
A bitter battle for control of F1's governing body is entering its last days, with candidates Jean Todt and Ari Vatanen trading blows ahead of next Friday's election. - Mallya eyes late-season points bonanza
Vijay Mallya believes Force India can go to Brazil aiming for its third points finish of the season and has set his team the ambitions target of making a late assault on BMW in the constructors’ championship. - Webber: RBR will be quick at final races
Mark Webber believes Red Bull can maintain its strong Suzuka form in both Brazil and Abu Dhabi, the Australian confident the team’s late-summer blip is now firmly behind it. - Schumi: Vettel can still win title
Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher is rooting for Sebastian Vettel to win this year’s title, and insists his German countryman still has a genuine chance despite his 16-point deficit to Jenson Button. - Renault pledges ‘aggressive’ approach
Renault boss Bob Bell says the team will take an aggressive approach to the season’s final two races in a bid to secure sixth place in the constructors’ championship. - Kovy says KERS will be big Brazil help
Heikki Kovalainen is confident that KERS will play a big part in helping McLaren improve on its middling recent Interlagos record next weekend.
Kamui Kobayashi
Glock forced to sit out Brazilian GP
Timo Glock's 2009 season could be over after the German was found to have cracked a vertebrae when he crashed in qualifying at Suzuka.
Kobayashi not worried about F1 debut
Kamui Kobayashi is confident that he can acquit himself well in his grand prix debut at Interlagos this weekend.
How the titles can be won in Brazil
For the second year the Interlagos crowd will watch a home driver try to stop a British rival from winning the championship.
Last year it was Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton – this time it’s between Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button.
Sebastian Vettel could also have a say, but his chances of stopping Button are even slimmer than Barrichello’s. Here’s how the drivers’ and constructors’ championships could be decided on Sunday.
Drivers’ championship
However well Barrichello and Vettel do this weekend, they need Button to have a bad race if they’re going to keep the championship alive until the last round.
Here’s the drivers’ championship situation ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix:
Jenson Button 85
Rubens Barrichello 71
Sebastian Vettel 69
Points remaining: 20
In the event of a tie, Jenson Button is the champion
Full championship points before Brazil
Whatever happens, Button will end the season with more race wins than anyone else – so he is guaranteed the title if he is tied for the championship lead with one of his rivals at the end of the year (which has never happened before).
Here’s how the championship can be decided this weekend at Interlagos:
* Button is champion if he finishes third or higher, regardless of where his rivals finish
* Button is champion if he finishes fourth or fifth and Barrichello doesn’t win
* Button is champion if he finishes sixth or seventh and Barrichello finishes third or lower and Vettel doesn’t win
* Button is champion if he finishes eighth and Barrichello finishes fourth or lower and Vettel finishes third or lower
* Button is champion if he doesn’t score and Barrichello finishes fifth or lower and Vettel finishes third or lower
It’s worth remembering that Button is automatically champion if both his title rivals retire.
Constructors’ championship
Brawn 156
Red Bull 120.5
Points remaining: 36
This championship cannot end in a tie
Full championship points before Brazil
Brawn are going to have to work very hard to lose this one.
The only way Red Bull can stay in the championship at Abu Dhabi is if they finish one-two at Interlagos, with neither Brawn finishing.
Red Bull have had one-twos this year, but Brawn’s reliability has been second to none.
That said, reliability streaks have an irritating habit of ending when it’s most inconvenient – which is what Red Bull will be hoping happens to their rivals in Brazil.
The track and TV coverage starts
Technical changes Brazil
Practice 1
Webber top as Barrichello shines
Red Bull's Mark Webber was quickest in a disjointed first practice session for the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos.
Report - Brazilian GP first practice
Red Bull's Mark Webber sets the fastest time during a rainy first practices session for Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos. BBC Sport's Sally Nugent reports.
Practice 2
Practice 3
Qualifying
Fuel Loads
Race
Replay - Chaotic start to Brazilian GP
Watch the first lap of the Brazilian GP, in which Jarno Trulli and Adrian Sutil's race ended early, and Kimi Raikkonen was caught up in a fireball caused by Heikki Kovalainen leaving the pits with the fuel hose still attached.
Highlights - Brazilian Grand Prix
Watch highlights of the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos, where Brawn GP's Jenson Button clinches the driver's championship title in a race won by Red Bull's Mark Webber.
Brazilian GP - top three drivers
Reaction from the top three drivers at the Brazilian Grand Prix as Mark Webber clinches victory.
Standings
Brilliant Button clinches title
Jenson Button sealed the drivers' championship with a sublime recovery drive at a dramatic Brazilian Grand Prix won by Red Bull's Mark Webber.
Brawn win title in debut F1 year
Brawn GP have become the first team to win the constructors' championship in their debut season.
Watch the moment Button won the title
Watch the closing stages of the Brazilian Grand Prix, in which Jenson Button finished fifth to claim the driver's championship with one race to spare.
Button crowns Brawn GP's fairytale
How Brawn GP rose from Honda's ashes to win the 2009 Formula constructors title.
BBC team mobbed by jubilant Brawn
The BBC Formula 1 presenting team are joined by the world's media as they try to interview newly crowned world champion Jenson Button and later they join in with the Brawn GP team's celebrations.
How the 2009 F1 season unfolded
A look back at Jenson Button's and Brawn GP's championship winning season.
Button joins British F1 greats
Jenson Button wins the Formula 1 world title in Brazil, becoming the 10th British driver to clinch the crown.
Jenson Button is F1 world champion
Jenson Button has won the 2009 F1 drivers’ championship.
He climbed from 14th to fifth in the Brazilian Grand Prix thanks to a combination of a crash at the start of the race and several bold passes by the Brawn driver.
Brawn win 2009 F1 constructors’ title
Brawn have won the 2009 F1 constructors’ championship.
Heading into the penultimate race it was a virtual certainty they would beat Red Bull to the crown, as their rivals needed a pair of one-twos from the final race with Brawn not scoring.
Jenson Button
Backed by father (and former rallycross racer) John Button, Jenson charted a rapid rise through the ranks of karting, beginning with a flawless performance in the 1991 British Cadet Karting Championship in which he won all 34 races.
Countries’ champions
Button takes the world championship title from fellow Briton Lewis Hamilton. It’s the first consecutive championship win for a British driver or drivers in four decades: Graham Hill winning in 1968 and Jackie Stewart in 1969.
By a strange coincidence Button won the championship by finishing fifth – just as Hamilton did last year.
Britain now has ten different world champions, who have won 14 titles between them, more than any other country:
1. Britain 14 (Mike Hawthorn, Graham Hill (2), Jim Clark (2), John Surtees, Jackie Stewart (3), James Hunt, Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill, Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button )
2. Brazil 8 (Emerson Fittipaldi (2), Nelson Piquet (3), Ayrton Senna (3))
3. Germany 7 (Michael Schumacher)
4. Argentina 5 (Juan Manuel Fangio)
=5. Australia 4 (Jack Brabham (3), Alan Jones)
=5. Austria 4 (Jochen Rindt, Niki Lauda (3))
=5. France 4 (Alain Prost)
=5. Finland 4 (Keke Rosberg, Mika Hakkinen (2), Kimi Raikkonen)
9. Italy 3 (Giuseppi Farina, Alberto Ascari (2))
=10. United States 2 (Phil Hill, Mario Andretti)
=10. Spain 2 (Fernando Alonso)
=12. New Zealand 1 (Denny Hulme)
=12. South Africa 1 (Jody Scheckter)
=12. Canada 1 (Jacques Villeneuve)
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