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    2012 Brazilian Grand Prix (Nov 23 - 25)

    The final race of the season will decide the championship, and Michael Schumacher will bid the sport farewell for a second time.
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    The remaining race seats are quickly filling up with Esteban Gutierrez announced at Sauber and Charles Pic at Caterham. That means that this could very well also be the final Grand Prix for Kamui Kobayashi, Vitaly Petrov and/or Heiki Kovalainen...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wouter Melissen View Post
    The final race of the season will decide the championship, and Michael Schumacher will bid the sport farewell for a second time.
    Yay!

    Quote Originally Posted by Wouter Melissen View Post
    final Grand Prix for Kamui Kobayashi
    Boo!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kitdy View Post
    Yay!



    Boo!

    Agreed

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    Kobayashi with no seat is a nonsense really.

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    Hamilton will start his final race on pole, while Vettel and Alonso are 4th and 7th on the grid after Maldonado received a penalty:

    Quote Originally Posted by Qualifying
    Pos Driver Team Time Gap
    1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m12.458s
    2. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m12.513s + 0.055
    3. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m12.581s + 0.123
    4. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m12.760s + 0.302
    5. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m12.987s + 0.529
    6. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m13.174s + 0.716
    7. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m13.206s + 0.748
    8. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m13.253s + 0.795
    9. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m13.298s + 0.840
    10. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m13.489s + 1.031
    Q2 cut-off time: 1m14.048s Gap **
    11. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m14.121s + 0.912
    12. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m14.219s + 1.010
    13. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m14.234s + 1.025
    14. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m14.334s + 1.125
    15. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m14.380s + 1.171
    16. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m14.574s + 1.365
    17. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m14.619s + 1.410
    Q1 cut-off time: 1m16.744s Gap *
    18. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m16.967s + 1.892
    19. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m17.073s + 1.998
    20. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m17.086s + 2.011
    21. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m17.508s + 2.433
    22. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m18.104s + 3.029
    23. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m19.576s + 4.501
    24. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m19.699s + 4.624

    Brazilian GP: Hamilton leads all-McLaren front row - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com
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    Congratulations Mr. Vettel.
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    Visca Catalunya!

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    F1 is so boring.

    Exceptional race. Congratulations to the back to back to back champion Sebastian Vettel! The best driver (in Alonso) did not win, which is not too surprising. Hamilton was robbed of the championship by his team unfortunately.

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    I was hoping Hulkenburg would grab the win. It wasnt to be unfortunately. F1 needs more rain. I know Vettel has his detractors but who can deny he is a great driver?
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    He is great. Alonso and Hamilton are greater.

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    I think I would give Vettel the edge on Hamilton, though I agree that Alonso is probably the most talented driver on the grid.

    Maybe if Hamilton wasn't a two-year-old he would have racecraft comparable to Vettel's... oh wait, Vettel's younger.
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    Hated seeing finger prick win the c'ship again.

    The race was a lottery beginning to end.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magnum9987 View Post
    I was hoping Hulkenburg would grab the win. It wasnt to be unfortunately. F1 needs more rain. I know Vettel has his detractors but who can deny he is a great driver?
    I was hoping for the 9th(IIRC?) winner of the season....but Hulkenburg basically ruined his own race....the same corner that people seems to bang wheel(or not) properly, he managed to take Hamilton out....meh...

    The race was pretty exciting, was kinda rooting for Alonso and he got pretty damn close to taking it. But ultimately Red Bull is a fast enough car to recover with yet again, help of safety car and the variable condition....

    Surprised nothing was even being investigated in that Vettel/Senna incident...much like Senna said in the interview, he cut across the track when its probably assumed that there are A BUNCH OF CARS around him....

    Massa was a pretty awesome #2....
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    So what about Vettel passing under yellows? I knew it would be brushed under the rug, but I want to hear what became of it.

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    Apparently they were red/yellow flags, so it was not an issue.
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