2015 Brazilian Grand Prix Review

2015 Brazilian Grand Prix review of round eighteen of the F1 season at of the F1 season at Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Interlagos on the outskirts of São Paulo, and thoughts on the race as well.

Just like last years Brazilian Grand Prix, a dominating race weekend from Nico Rosberg in the Mercedes, fastest in practice, pole postion on Saturday, dominate the race on Sunday, lead most of the laps, to conclude with Nico Rosberg taking a race win at this seasons Brazilian Grand Prix for his fifth race win of the season.



While, Rosberg's team-mate and current current F1 Champion Lewis Hamilton finished second place in the Mercedes to give the team its eleventh one-two finish of the season, Hamilton was eight seconds behind Rosberg at the end.

Meanwhile, Sebastian Vettel finished in third place in the Ferrari to complete the podium, Vettel was fourteen seconds behind Rosberg at the end of the seventy-one lap race.

Rate the Teams and Drivers

Mercedes - 8
Lewis Hamilton - 8 (finished second and fastest lap)
Nico Rosberg - 9 (pole and race win)

Red Bull Racing - 6
Daniel Ricciardo - 6 (finished eleventh, lap down)
Daniil Kvyat - 7 (finished seventh, lap down)

Williams - 6
Valtteri Bottas - 7 (finished fifth, lap down)
Felipe Massa - 5 (originally finished in eighth, but later excluded from the race after his right-rear tyre did not comply with the maximum tread temperature when it was tested on the grid prior to the race)

Ferrari - 7
Sebastian Vettel - 8 (finished third)
Kimi Räikkönen - 7 (finished fourth)

McLaren - 6
Jenson Button - 6 (finished fourteenth, lap down)
Fernando Alonso - 6 (finished fifteenth, lap down)

Force India - 7
Nico Hülkenberg - 9 (finished sixth, lap down)
Sergio Pérez - 5 (finished twelfth, lap down)

Toro Rosso - 6
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 5 (DNF, Electronics Failure)
Max Verstappen - 8 (finished ninth, lap down)

Lotus - 6
Romain Grosjean - 7 (finished eighth, lap down)
Pastor Maldonado - 6 (finished tenth, lap down)

Manor - 6
Will Stevens - 7 (finished seventeenth, four laps down)
Alexander Rossi - 6 (finished eighteenth, four laps down)

Sauber - 5
Marcus Ericsson - 5 (finished sixteenth, two laps down)
Felipe Nasr - 6 (finished thirteenth, lap down)

Next stop Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi in two weeks time for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for the last round of the 2015 Formula 1 zeason.

End of blog for now, new post soon. Bye.