BRAZIL GP – RACE RESULTS

Final Results:

Pos	Driver	Car	Gap
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1h30m02.555s
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1.457s
3	Felipe Massa	Williams/Mercedes	41.031s
4	Jenson Button	McLaren/Mercedes	48.658s
5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull/Renault	51.420s
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1m01.906s
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1m03.730s
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India/Mercedes	1m03.934s
9	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren/Mercedes	1m10.085s
10	Valtteri Bottas	Williams/Mercedes	1 Lap
11	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso/Renault	1 Lap
12	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus/Renault	1 Lap
13	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso/Renault	1 Lap
14	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber/Ferrari	1 Lap
15	Sergio Perez	Force India/Mercedes	1 Lap
16	Adrian Sutil	Sauber/Ferrari	1 Lap
17	Romain Grosjean	Lotus/Renault	8 Laps
–	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull/Renault	Retirement

DRIVERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP:

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	334
2	Nico Rosberg	317
3	Daniel Ricciardo	214
4	Sebastian Vettel	159
5	Fernando Alonso	157
6	Valtteri Bottas	156
7	Jenson Button	106
8	Felipe Massa	98
9	Nico Hulkenberg	80
10	Kevin Magnussen	55
11	Kimi Raikkonen	53
12	Sergio Perez	47
13	Jean-Eric Vergne	22
14	Romain Grosjean	8
15	Daniil Kvyat	8
16	Pastor Maldonado	2
17	Jules Bianchi	2
18	Adrian Sutil	0
19	Marcus Ericsson	0
20	Esteban Gutierrez	0
21	Max Chilton	0
22	Kamui Kobayashi	0

CONSTRUCTORS’ CHAMPIONSHIP:

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Mercedes	651
2	Red Bull/Renault	373
3	Williams/Mercedes	254
4	Ferrari	210
5	McLaren/Mercedes	161
6	Force India/Mercedes	127
7	Toro Rosso/Renault	30
8	Lotus/Renault	10
9	Marussia/Ferrari	2
10	Sauber/Ferrari	0
11	Caterham/Renault	0

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QUOTES

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Kimi Raikkonen: “Overall, this has been a positive weekend and even today in the race, I felt very good in the car. During the second stint, we realised that if we went for a two stop strategy, we could make up ground, but then, at my second pit stop, I lost valuable time and that cost me some places. In the final part of the race, I had to fight off Button for a few laps and when Fernando caught me, tyre degradation meant I couldn’t fend him off. We leave Interlagos with a good feeling and even if we still have a lot of work ahead of us, this continued progress makes me confident for the future.”

Marco Mattiacci: “I believe this weekend ended on a positive note for the team, with both our drivers finishing higher than their grid positions to bring home important points. With Kimi we decided to risk putting him to a two stop strategy and he was able to show that, if he feels comfortable with his car, he can get the most out of himself in terms of managing the tyres. We are disappointed to have lost a few seconds at his pit stop and we take away the lesson that we must improve in every area that can affect performance. As for Fernando, he produced an equally perfect race and in the late duel with his team-mate he was clear headed and precise in his driving. Clearly, fighting for the places we secured today is not our aim, but the team continues to improve day by day as we work on getting back to fighting at the front of the field.”

Pat Fry: “Like the majority of the grid, today we were planning to run a three stop strategy, as we knew that the increase in temperatures, the nature of the circuit and the abrasive track surface would impact heavily on tyre behaviour. Managing the two compounds was extremely complicated, with an early first stop to get rid of the Softs, because of graining, to take on the Mediums which degraded rapidly but in a more linear fashion. The decision to switch Kimi to a two stop paid off as, surprisingly, he was able to run consistently for no less than 36 laps. Fernando found himself fighting with Vettel in the Red Bull, who probably had a bit more pace today, but taking sixth place along with Kimi’s seventh, gives us a reasonable margin in the Constructors’ classification over McLaren. Overall, it was a positive weekend and, in future we must ensure we get on top of any reliability problems, like the ones we’ve had over the past few days.”

Alonso – Zero frustration over Raikkonen battle:When asked post-race if Raikkonen’s defending prevented him from finishing higher than sixth, Alonso said: “No, I’m very very happy – zero frustration.”The most important thing was not the battle with him, it was the battle with the other teams and we got some good points for Ferrari today.

“Even if I could have overtaken Kimi a little quicker I had to save a lot of fuel in the last couple of laps so a battle with Sebastian was never a possibility.”

Alonso said that he was pleased to come out on top in the battle with Raikkonen.

“Finishing in front of him always gives satisfaction,” he added.

“This weekend I managed to finish in front in qualifying and in the race after a weekend where I struggled a bit with some mechanical issues.

“It was definitely a good experience – I had one more stop so I had to recover 21 seconds.

“I had fresh tyres so I had the advantage in the last battle.”

Raikkonen described the dice as “normal racing” and said that he did not feel the battle had cost Ferrari anything overall.

“It’s the same points for the team, and at the end of this kind of season it makes no really big difference for myself or the team as we get the same points [whichever driver finishes ahead].”

 

Vettel on passing Raikkonen: I have good memories of T6. Passing is only possible if the other cooperates. With Kimi, I know what he’s doing

— Sebastian Vettel (@FansOfSebVettel) November 9, 2014

Jenson Button “My great fight with Kimi – you always push to the limit with him, but you never go over it – so I enjoyed that very much” #F1

— Connor (@cmckinleyF1) November 9, 2014

Button and his engineer full of praise for Raikkonen’s efforts in making the 2 stop strategy work #F1

— Connor (@cmckinleyF1) November 9, 2014