Brazilian Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 15th November 2015 12:00am Local
Sun 15th November 2015 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
2015

Round
Round 18

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Location

Interlagos Circuit
(60,000 Attendance)

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The Brazilian Grand Prix (Portuguese: Grande Prêmio do Brasil) is a Formula One championship race which is currently held at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in Interlagos neighborhood, Socorro district, São Paulo.

Motor racing had started in Brazil before World War II, and races on the 7.9 mile Gavea circuit in Rio de Janeiro had started in 1934. In 1936 construction began on Brazil's first permanent autodrome in the São Paulo neighborhood of Interlagos and was finished in 1940.

Brazil held Grands Prix during the early parts of WWII at Interlagos and Gavea; and stock car type-touring car racing continued in Brazil where it became very popular. Interlagos quickly gained a reputation as being a very tough and demanding circuit with many challenging corners, elevation changes, a rough surface and little room for error.

Grand Prix racing was rare in Brazil only until the emergence of São Paulo native Emerson Fittipaldi in Formula One. In 1970, he won his first championship Grand Prix at Watkins Glen in the United States; and São Paulo city officials saw in Fittipaldi a sporting hero equivalent to soccer star Pelé. They then set about refurbushing Interlagos to modern standards.

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Result List

01	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team	31:09.1
02	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team	+0:07.756
03	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:14.244
04	Kimi Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:47.543
05	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Racing	+1 Lap
06	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	+1 Lap
07	Daniil Kvyat	Oracle Red Bull Racing	+1 Lap
08	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	+1 Lap
09	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	+1 Lap
10	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1	+1 Lap
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Oracle Red Bull Racing	+1 Lap
12	Sergio Perez	Force India	+1 Lap
13	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	+1 Lap
14	Jenson Button	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+1 Lap
15	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+1 Lap
16	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	+2 Laps
17	Enda Stevens	Caterham	+4 Laps
18	Alexander Rossi	Marussia	+4 Laps
19	Carlos Sainz Jr	Toro Rosso	DNF
20	Felipe Massa	Williams Racing	DNF