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2017 Brazil Thoughts

THE BIG PICTURE: Unless there are retirements, this race proved that no matter what happens, the top three teams will occupy the top six spots. Nobody else has a chance. That's what Liberty is trying to fix. Not to make everything equal. Just give everyone a fighting chance every now and then. And we're okay with that.

TRACK: Short. Old fashioned. Fun to drive.

EVENT: It's time to call out Brazil. No matter how much they love and support F1, they do not deserve a Grand Prix until they get their security act together. Seemingly nonstop gunpoint robberies every year has got to stop. If not, no Grand Prix. It's as simple as that.

QUALIFYING: Hamilton surprises everyone ... by crashing out on the first lap and Bottas surprises everyone ... by grabbing pole on the last lap.

START: Vettel takes advantage of starting from the inside, Ricciardo pays for his grid penalties, Magnussen is the cause of it, and Grosjean ruins Ocon's perfect record.

RACE: Many of the drivers seemed to have fun, but outside of a few battles not so much for the fans.

VETTEL: No pressure. Easy win. Hmm....

RAIKKONEN: No pressure. No pushing. Once Hamilton pressured, miraculously, Kimi upped his game to where it should have been all race.

FERRARI: Hey Sergio Marchionne, you want to quit F1? Go ahead. Sure Formula 1 would miss you and suffer a bit, but Ferrari would pay a much larger price.

BOTTAS: This race did not bode well for Valtteri's reputation. But it did enhance Nico Rosberg's reputation...

HAMILTON: The Safety Car helped. Nonetheless, it was a dominating drive for a driver who didn't win.

MERCEDES: The chassis doesn't seem to like being in dirty air more so than other chassis. That won't bode well if next year is even more competitive.

VERSTAPPEN: A bland race after all that excitement the last two events.

RICCIARDO: Another back of the grid to the front march. But more worrying is being outqualified by Max once again.

RED BULL: Is there any wonder why manufacturers don't like working with Red Bull? Their treatment of the engine makers is atrocious.

TORO ROSSO: As their junior team's totally out of line public accusations of Renault demonstrates so well.

RENAULT: Making their public dressing down of Dr Helmut Marko all the more understandable.

HONDA: Good luck working with those clowns at Toro Rosso. If you thought McLaren was difficult to work with when things weren't going well, just imagine how Toro Rosso is going to behave.

MASSA: A remarkable run in his (no really, this time it really is his) last Brazilian GP. A much better way of going out than the his last, last Brazilian GP.

STROLL: Lost all weekend.

WILLIAMS: Apparently Wehrlein is out of consideration. We really don't know how serious of a candidate Kubica is. Di Resta by default? Or maybe they just bring back Massa again...

ALONSO: Another great drive. Just counting down the days he can jettison that Honda lump in the back of his car.

PEREZ: Got the better of his teammate in qualifying and then didn't have to worry about him in the race.

HULKENBERG: First true head-to-head, and Nico topped Carlos.

SAINZ: But Carlos will still be a much better barometer for Nico than Jolyon Palmer ever was.

GROSJEAN: What's wrong with Romain lately? Just drive the f------ car!

HAAS: Continues to throw away opportunities and points. And they may end up in eighth place because of that.

GASLY: Not wowing anybody, but holding steady.

HARTLEY: Not guaranteed yet for 2018. Brendon may need to have a strong effort at the finale to secure the ride.

WEHRLEIN: May be left without a seat when the music stops.

WORD OF THE WEEKEND: Massa.

STAT OF THE WEEKEND: 27 -- The number of consecutive finishes for Estaban Ocon, which was his entire F1 career, snapped. In fact, Ocon hasn't not finished an open wheel race since back in his F3 days in 2014.

HISTORICAL STAT OF THE WEEKEND: Five Brazilians won their home grand prix, with four of them winning two each, as local drivers took the first three incarnations of the race. Emerson Fittipaldi won in 1973 and 1974 followed by Carlos Pace, whom the Interlagos circuit is now named after, in 1975. The others were Nelson Piquet (1983, 1986), Ayrton Senna (1991, 1993), and Felipe Massa (2006, 2008). Next year, there will most likely not be any Brazilians in the race.

QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND: Fernando Alonso with one (almost) final dig at Honda as McLaren "passes" the torch to Toro Rosso, "The lack of power today was amazing. The lack of power is quite worrying for Toro Rosso next year."

QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND RUNNERUP: Sao Paulo mayor Joao Doria has the gall to play down the violence exiting the circuit, "I've seen worse cases at other race tracks. It was the first time we had a case of such seriousness." Hey mayor, wake up and smell the gunpowder. Name one track where armed robbers point guns at F1 and team personnel's heads? Just one! And it happens every single year. These aren't pick pocketers. Bahrain during the height of their political unrest was safer than your crime ridden city.

SCHEDULE: The political wrangling may take center stage in the season's final race.

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RACE RESULTS
  Driver Laps
1. Vettel 71
2. Bottas 71
3. Raikkonen 71
4. Hamilton 71
5. Verstappen 71
6. Ricciardo 71
7. Massa 71
8. Alonso 71
9. Perez 71
10. Hulkenberg 70
11. Sainz 70
12. Gasly(R) 70
13. Ericsson 70
14. Wehrlein 70
15. Grosjean 69
16. Stroll(R) 69
NC Hartley(R) 40
NC Ocon 0
NC Vandoorne(R) 0
NC Magnussen 0

Time of Race
1:31:26.262

Margin of Victory
2.762 sec.

Safety Car
1 for 3 laps

Lead Changes
4 among 3 drivers

Lap Leaders
Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen

Fastest Race Lap
Max Verstappen

Pole Position
Valtteri Bottas

CURRENT STANDINGS
  Driver Pts.
1. Hamilton 345
2. Vettel 302
3. Bottas 280
4. Ricciardo 200
5. Raikkonen 193
6. Verstappen 158
7. Perez 94
8. Ocon 83
9. Sainz 54
10. Massa 42
11. Stroll(R) 40
12. Hulkenberg 35
13. Grosjean 28
14. Magnussen 19
15. Alonso 15
16. Vandoorne(R) 13
17. Palmer 8
18. Wehrlein 5
  Kvyat 5

  Team Pts.
1. Mercedes 625
2. Ferrari 495
3. Red Bull 358
4. Force India 177
5. Williams 82
6. Toro Rosso 53
7. Renault 49
8. Haas 47
9. McLaren 28
10. Sauber 5
 
 

2024 Thoughts
Bahrain Saudi Arabia Australia Japan
China Miami Emilia Romagna Monaco
Canada Spain Austria Great Britain
Hungary Belgium Holland Italy
Azerbaijan Singapore United States Mexico City
Sao Paulo Las Vegas Qatar Abu Dhabi

2023 Thoughts
Bahrain Saudi Arabia Australia Azerbaijan
Miami Emilia Romagna Monaco Spain
Canada Austria Great Britain Hungary
Belgium Holland Italy Singapore
Japan Qatar United States Mexico City
Sao Paulo Las Vegas Abu Dhabi

2022 Thoughts
Bahrain Saudi Arabia Australia Emilia Romagna
Miami Spain Monaco Azerbaijan
Canada Great Britain Austria France
Hungary Belgium Holland Italy
Singapore Japan United States
Mexico City Sao Paulo Abu Dhabi

2021 Thoughts
Bahrain Emilia Romagna Portugal Spain Monaco
Azerbaijan France Steiermark Austria Great Britain
Hungary Belgium Holland Italy
Russia Turkey United States Mexico City
Sao Paulo Qatar Saudi Arabia Abu Dhabi

2020 Thoughts
Austria Steiermark Hungary Great Britain Anniversary
Spain Belgium Italy Tuscany
Russia Eifel Portugal Emilia Romagna
Turkey Bahrain Sakhir Abu Dhabi

2019 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Azerbaijan Spain
Monaco Canada France Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Russia Japan
Mexico United States Brazil Abu Dhabi

2018 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Azerbaijan Spain
Monaco Canada France Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Russia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2017 Thoughts
Australia China Bahrain Russia
Spain Monaco Canada Azerbaijan
Austria Great Britain Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Malaysia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2016 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Russia Spain
Monaco Canada Europe Austria
Great Britain Hungary Germany Belgium
Italy Singapore Malaysia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2015 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Austria
Great Britain Hungary Belgium Italy
Singapore Japan Russia United States
Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2014 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia Bahrain China
Spain Monaco Canada Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan Russia
United States Brazil Abu Dhabi

2013 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Great Britain
Germany Hungary Belgium Italy
Singapore South Korea Japan India
Abu Dhabi United States Brazil

2012 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Europe
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan South Korea
India Abu Dhabi United States Brazil

2011 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Turkey
Spain Monaco Canada Europe
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan South Korea
India Abu Dhabi Brazil

2010 Thoughts
Bahrain Australia Malaysia China
Spain Monaco Turkey Canada
Europe Great Britain Germany Hungary
Belgium Italy Singapore Japan
South Korea Brazil Abu Dhabi

2009 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Turkey Great Britain
Germany Hungary Europe
Belgium Italy Singapore
Japan Brazil Abu Dhabi


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