Skip to main content

Sign up for free

  • Get quick access to your favorite articles

  • Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers

  • Make your voice heard with article commenting.

Autosport Plus

Discover premium content
Subscribe
Brazilian GP

2010 Formula 1 Brazilian GP

Brazil
Live text
Formula 1 Brazilian GP

2010 Brazilian Grand Prix Race day at Interlagos

Live Text

Sort by
Lap 63: Vettel leads by almost five seconds as Alonso sets the fastest lap at a 1m14.229s.
Lap 62: Hamilton is now seven seconds behind Alonso as the McLaren man fights to get past Alguersuari.
Lap 62: Barrichello is crawling over the back of Petrov's Renault in a battle for 16th place at the Senna S but the Russian defends the inside heavily and keeps the place.
Lap 61: Massa is able to rejoin but that trip across the run-off but has slipped down to 15th position.
Lap 61: Vettel sets the fastest lap at 1m14.396s as he strides off to 4.4 seconds in the lead.
Lap 61: Massa tries to pass Buemi but they make contact at the end of the back straight and Massa takes to the extra asphalt run-off area.
Lap 60: Kobayashi is 11th ahead of Buemi 12th, Massa 13th, Sutil 14th, Heidfeld 15th, Petrov 16th and Barrichello in 17th place.
Lap 60: Hamilton clears the lapped Massa as Vettel leads by a comfortable 3.6 seconds from team-mate Webber.
Lap 59: Hulkenberg is keeping hold of eighth but he and everyone behind him is one lap down. Kubica is ninth with Alguersuari 10th.
Lap 59: Hamilton is now closing rapidly on Alonso but still has a few lapped cars to clear.
Lap 58: Behind the five championship contenders Rosberg runs in sixth with Schumacher right behind him in seventh. Hulkenberg is eighth.
Lap 58: Alonso is boxed up behind Alguersuari's Toro Rosso and the championship leader only just gets through after a tight scrap up the hill.
Lap 57: Vettel sets the fastest lap as he holds nearly a three second lead after the first lap of resumed racing.
Lap 57: Massa makes a move on Heidfeld and slices up the inside into the Senna S to take over 14th position.
Lap 56: Alonso is third on old tyres as Hamilton storms through the traffic to try and chase down the Ferrari.
Lap 56: Kobayashi and Buemi make light contact in Turn 1 as they fight for 11th but both seemed to continue without problem.
Lap 56: Vettel storms off into the lead as Webber tries to battle through lapped traffic.
Lap 56: The safety car comes into the pitlane and we are racing once again.
Lap 55: Rosberg is the last man on the lead lap in seventh and is again in for a fresh set of tyres.
Lap 55: Despite the late stop, Button still managed to come out in fifth place with the Mercedes pair spaced out in the queue when he stopped.
Lap 55: Replays show that Rosberg's pitstop did not run at all smoothly, as Liuzzi's car is now craned away with massive damage to the left hand side.
Lap 55: A tractor unit is now lifting the wreckage of Liuzzi's car away from the inside strip of grass at the Curva Do Sol.
Lap 55: Hamilton will have a number of lapped cars to clear but must fancy his chances of challenging Alonso after the restart.
Lap 54: Button has also now stopped but he will fall to the tail of the lead lap pack.
Lap 54: The medical car has arrived at the crash scene to ensure that Liuzzi is okay.
Lap 54: Vettel leads from Webber, Alonso and Hamilton - who has taken fresh tyres without losing track position.
Lap 54: Replays show that Liuzzi simply ran wide coming through the second part of the Senna S and smashed into the tyre barrier entering Turn 3.
Lap 53: Liuzzi is okay and climbs out of the wreckage. Meantime, Sutil, Heidfeld, Massa and Petrov all come into the pits.
Lap 52: Liuzzi has crashed at Turn 2 at the bottom of the hill and his car is badly damaged.
Lap 52: That leaves Sutil as the only driver left to pit. He's holding onto eighth and the others aren't able to pass him.
Lap 51: Hamilton tells his team that his tyres "are not in good shape". It could be a difficult final 20 laps for the McLaren man.
Lap 51: Kobayashi pits and rejoins at the back of that huge scrap.
Lap 50: Red Bull are on course to take the constructors' title if they secure the one-two finish.
Lap 50: Massa isn't able to profit and Buemi keeps hold of 14th position.
Lap 50: Webber is now through on Buemi after a near-misunderstanding with the Toro Rosso man.
Lap 50: Di Grassi rejoins the race in the Virgin after spending several laps in the pits.
Lap 49: Vettel has now cleared Buemi, with Webber finally lapping Massa's Ferrari.

By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton

Published: