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Last season info Sao Paolo Brazil
Vettel took his fourth victory of the season and moved up ahead of Hamilton in the driver's standings after winning Brazilian F1 Grand Prix at circuit Interlagos. With Mark Webber finishing behind him it was also Red Bull's fourth one-two podium finish this season. The Brazilian Grand Prix promised to be an interesting race after Nico Hülkenberg took his career's first ever pole position after a dramatic qualification round on circuit Interlagos. It was Williams' first pole since the 2005 European Grand Prix. Unfortunately, the driver could not enjoy it for long as he was already overtaken in the first turn by Vettel. Webber followed soon after, but Alonso and Hamilton were not able to pass without a fight. Jenson Button was the first one to pit, which turned out to be a good decision as he had won some places to ultimately finish fifth. After the pit stops, the race was running quite smoothly until Vitantonio Liuzzi crashed his Force India into the tire barriers in the Senna S turn. He came out uninjured, but his crash did require a Safety Car. After the Safety Car period a number of cars including Hamilton, who was struggling for grip almost the entire race, pitted. The top 5 remained in the same order, with Vettel having everything under control. He achieved another victory in the exciting 2010 season and gave his team Red Bull Racing the 2010 Constructors' Championship. Fernando Alonso is still leading the drivers' Championship after finishing third. He is now only 8 points ahead of Webber. Lewis Hamilton is statistically out of the running as he stands 24 points behind. His teammate Jenson Button is officially out of the running after finishing fifth.
Winner + pole + fastest lap Sao Paolo Brazil
2010 Winner: Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
Pole Position: Nico Hulkenberg (Williams-Cosworth)
Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes)
Historic info Sao Paolo Brazil
Sao Paulo hosts the Brazilian Formula 1 Grand Prix, and is the Brazilian F1 circuit in Latin America. In 1938 a huge plot of land was bought in Sao Paulo by two local property developers who intended to build a large housing development. It soon became clear, however, that one part of the land was not suitable for housing and so they decided to build a racing circuit instead. Sao Paulo grew at an incredible speed though and soon the circuit was surrounded by houses. When, in the 1970s, Emerson Fittipaldi began to have international success, the Brazilians started to want a Brazlian F1 Grand Prix. In 1973 the track hosted its first championship Grand Prix. The track became a lucky charm for local racers, Fittipaldi, Carlos Pace and Carlos Reutemann all taking the spoils of victory in the 1970s. Interlagos was the scene of Pace's first and only Formula 1 victory, and following his death in a plane crash the circuit was renamed in his honor. In 1978 the grand prix moved to Rio, but in 1979 Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace got its Brazilian F1 race back. By 1981 however Rio had retaken the Interlagos F1 Grand Prix, Sao Paulo's slums being at odds with the glamorous image Formula 1 wanted to portray. When a $15m redevelopment programme was agreed in the heyday of Ayrton Senna, a Sao Paulo local, the race finally moved back to Interlagos.
Listings of past winners (last 10 years)
2010 Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
2009 Mark Webber (Red Bull)
2008 Felipe Massa (Ferrari)
2007 Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari)
2006 Felipe Massa (Ferrari)
2005 Juan Pablo Montoya (McLaren-Mercedes)
2004 Juan Pablo Montoya (Williams-BMW)
2003 Giancarlo Fisichella (Jordan-Ford)
2002 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
2001 David Coulthard (McLaren-Mercedes)
2000 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
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