Time of the season? Time of the decision! Vettel arrived in Brazil with an advantage of 13 points ahead of Fernando Alonso. Alonso started from p7 after having a bad qualifying and benefiting from a sentence for Maldonado. Massa started from p5. The weather conditions have been predicted to become mixed wit a good chance of rain during the race. What could the race portray better than F-Register’s tweets during the final race in Brazil:
5:00 PM (GMT+1) - 25 Nov 12
first drops
5:03 PM - 25 Nov 12
the Brazilian GP is on!
5:03 PM - 25 Nov 12
Massa p2 Alonso p5
5:04 PM - 25 Nov 12
Vettel crashed! Back into race?
5:05 PM - 25 Nov 12
Alonso p3 now
5:06 PM - 25 Nov 12
Vettel p19
5:09 PM - 25 Nov 12
Vettel p18, Alonso takes a ride out but is back on track
5:09 PM - 25 Nov 12
Vettel p18, Alonso takes a ride out but is back on track
5:10 PM - 25 Nov 12
Vettel p16, Alonso p4
5:11 PM - 25 Nov 12
Vettel p12
5:12 PM - 25 Nov 12
Button leads, Webber spun, but back on track
5:13 PM - 25 Nov 12
Hamilton p1 again, Vettel p8, slippery surface
5:19 PM - 25 Nov 12
Vettel p17 Alonso p12, both changed to intermediates
5:21 PM - 25 Nov 12
drying up, runners on option tires are making the speed, Vettel p12, Alonso p9
5:23 PM - 25 Nov 12
Alonso p6, Vettel p11
5:24 PM - 25 Nov 12
Alonso p4, Vettel p8
5:25 PM - 25 Nov 12
Alonso p4, Vettel p5, Massa in the pits
5:28 PM - 25 Nov 12
18 laps, mixed conditions, Button ahead in front of Hülckenberg, both on option tires
5:30 PM - 25 Nov 12
Alonso in pit, changes back to option tires
5:31 PM - 25 Nov 12
Vettel pits
5:32 PM - 25 Nov 12
Alonso p4, Vettel p5 (on prime)
5:35 PM - 25 Nov 12
SC, parts on track
5:41 PM - 25 Nov 12
26 laps, SC still out, slomo shows the damage on Vettel's car, still running
5:42 PM - 25 Nov 12
lapped cars may overtake SC now
5:47 PM - 25 Nov 12
SC in this lap
5:47 PM - 25 Nov 12
next shower expected at 3 pm local time
5:49 PM - 25 Nov 12
Vettel "survives" a sandwich by Kobayashi and Webber
5:50 PM - 25 Nov 12
lap 31, Vettel p6, Alonso p4
5:51 PM - 25 Nov 12
HUL, HAM, BUT, ALO
5:52 PM - 25 Nov 12
Kobayashi overtakes Alonso (p5), Vettel p6
5:52 PM - 25 Nov 12
Alonso back on p4
5:54 PM - 25 Nov 12
Massa catches Vettel
5:55 PM - 25 Nov 12
Halftime
5:57 PM - 25 Nov 12
ALO p4, VET p7
5:58 PM - 25 Nov 12
dry line, but very slippery beside the line
6:07 PM - 25 Nov 12
lap 44, ALO p4, VET p7
6:08 PM - 25 Nov 12
drops of rain again, dry line
6:09 PM - 25 Nov 12
ALO should win the race to still have a chance for the championship with VET being 7th
6:10 PM - 25 Nov 12
HUL HAM BUT ALO MAS KOB VET
6:13 PM - 25 Nov 12
HAM overtakes HUL after a spin
6:15 PM - 25 Nov 12
the few drops are expected to dry out, no further rain expected
6:16 PM - 25 Nov 12
HAM HUL BUT ALO MAS KOB VET
6:17 PM - 25 Nov 12
VET's radio fails
6:19 PM - 25 Nov 12
VET pits
6:21 PM - 25 Nov 12
VET p10, ALO p4, Kimi with some strange excursion on the old part of the Interlagos' track
6:22 PM - 25 Nov 12
HAM out, HUL crashed, ALO p3
6:23 PM - 25 Nov 12
VET pits again to get intermediates
6:25 PM - 25 Nov 12
VETs tires have not been ready, ALO pits
6:25 PM - 25 Nov 12
ALO out again
6:25 PM - 25 Nov 12
MAS p3 ALO p4
6:26 PM - 25 Nov 12
BUT HUL MAS ALO
6:27 PM - 25 Nov 12
HUL pits and receives a drive through penalty for causing a collision
6:28 PM - 25 Nov 12
VET p9 ALO p3 VET looses a part of his car
6:28 PM - 25 Nov 12
HUL makes his drive through penalty
6:33 PM - 25 Nov 12
more rain, MAS p2 ALO p3 VET p7
6:33 PM - 25 Nov 12
ALO overtakes MAS
6:34 PM - 25 Nov 12
BUT ALO MAS, VET p7
6:37 PM - 25 Nov 12
VET overtakes MSC, VET p7, ALO p2
6:42 PM - 25 Nov 12
ALO p2, VET p6, 3 laps to go
6:44 PM - 25 Nov 12
final lap
6:45 PM - 25 Nov 12
BUT ALO MAS, VET p6
6:46 PM - 25 Nov 12
SC, di Resta crashed, probably making the result fix
6:48 PM - 25 Nov 12
BUT ALO MAS, VET p6, sad result, however congrats to Vettel and Red Bull, Scuderia achieves a 2nd position in the constructors' championship
Sebastian Vettel took the title 3 pts. ahead of Fernando Alonso, what a breathtaking season, wasn’t it?
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23. – 25.11.12 – GP of Brazil, Interlagos, F. Alonso #5 First session 5th 1.14.392 +0:00.261 28 Laps Sunny 25/30 °C, track 37/43 °C. Second session 5th 1.14.592 37 Laps Sunny 34/35 °C, track 54/55 °C. Third session 8th 1:13.691 +0:00.503 15 Laps Cloudy 28-32°C track 33°C. Q1 10th 1:16.097 +0:01.022 9 Laps Q2 9th 1:13.856 +0:00.647 10 Laps Q3 8th 1:13.253 +0:00.795 6 Laps, gained one position on the grid because of a 10 position-sentence for Maldonado for his 3rd waring received in this season. Wet in Q1 after a shower before then cloudy 23-26°C, track 26-33°C.
25.11.12 – GP of Brazil, Interlagos, F. Alonso #5, 2nd 71 Laps +0:02.754 174,103 km/h Rainy, 18-19°C track 20-23°C.
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23. – 25.11.12 – GP of Brazil, Interlagos, F. Massa #6 First session 6th 1.14.716 +0:00.585 29 Laps Sunny 25/30 °C, track 37/43 °C. Second session 4th 1.14.553 +0:00.527 37 Laps Sunny 34/35 °C, track 54/55 °C. Third session 10th 1:13.712 +0:00.524 17 Laps Cloudy 28-32°C track 33°C. Q1 12th 1:16.263 +0:01.188 9 Laps Q2 10th 1:14.048 +0:00.839 10 Laps Q3 5th 1:12.987 +0:00.529 6 Laps Wet in Q1 after a shower before then cloudy 23-26°C, track 26-33°C.
25.11.12 – GP of Brazil, Interlagos, F. Massa #6, 3rd 71 Laps +0:03.615 174,079 km/h Rainy, 18-19°C track 20-23°C.