If today’s first practice at the Brazilian GP is anything to go by, then this weekend’s race could prove to be nearly as manic as last year’s.
Rain, crashes, red flags, and multiple telly shots of Felipe Massa returning to F1’s inner sanctum for the first time since his accident in Hungary, it was the most hectic first session of the year so far.
On track, Red Bull’s Mark Webber showed that the RB5 has good speed at Interlagos, which is rather ominous for Jenson Button’s title chances, although teammate Rubens Barrichello made his Brawn shine for the second quickest time.
Third place title challenger Sebastian Vettel posted third fastest, just ahead of Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton, respectively, in the McLarens.
But as we know, you can never gauge what’s going to happen in the race from the practice sheet, so you’ll just have to make predictions.
However, if the wags from a Brazilian telly show were successful in jinxing Button – when they placed a ladder over the doorway of a restaurant he was due to walk through – then Barrichello may be in luck.
Although if Jenson finishes on the podium this weekend, then the title’s his. Either way, it’s going to be an exciting race.
Check the full practice placings on BBC Sport.
unlucky for jenson but lets hop he can pull it out in the race
Lewis for the win, not just cuz he has KERS but cuz he’s lewis hamilton!
no way lewis for 9th and buemi for the win
BUEMI???!!! (To #3)
Buemi seems to be a bit far fetched , but Alguersori at the other hand… :p
lewis 3rd jenson 4th redbul win. keep it real
In the dry, Trulli would be the dark horse and I’d have to say him. In the wet, Vettel for sure. Practice Two sees Buemi provisionally leading though (Good news for The stigs owner)
It was so cool we were filming top gear over here in brazil and it was hectic
is that really the hamster
obviously not
I predict a very nice crash at the start…Specially if the kers guys are not in the front rows.
11 cars in 1 second, I’m liking this F1.
ye i hope jensons one of them to keep it going 2 the last race but belive me he will come 4th
next year will b better with the new teams
Vettel for the win!
Top 10:
Vettel
Buemi
Webber
Alonso
Trulli
Alguersauri
Hamilton
Kovalinen
Barrichello
Button
I do soooooooo hope that Vettel takes the Championship! GO VETTEL!!!!!!!!!!!
Kimi could beat Webber to fourth in the championship though, that’ll be good for Ferrari
wrong wrong wrong do u really watch f1
svettel that is
Vettel wins the championschip !!!
Vettel for Pole !
Nice – but lets stay realistic
No matter what – Jenson has just to gain 6 more points then he will be through.
So its not the question whether he will win it, but whether he will be able to loose it.
Its a great cocktail for sunday eve – so lets enjoy it
Seriously, I reckon Rubiniho will clinch it, just
I think Chelsea are gonna win the series.
I hope Rubens wins the race and Jenson finishes 2nd or 3rd. Jenson has work through so much it will be nice to see him win the WDC.
Order for Practice Two at Interlagos:
Alonso (1:12.314), Buemi (1:12.357), Barrichello (1:12.459), Webber (1:12.517) and Button (1:12.503) the top 5, followed by Trulli (1:12.605), Vettel (1:12.611), Rosberg (1:12.633), Sutil (1:12.720), and Hamilton (1:12.749). Grosjean was 11th with a 1:12.806, which at least made up slightly for crashing into the polystyrene hoarding in first Practice. He was followed by Kubica (1:12.862), Kobayashi (1:12.869) – who I think has done a brilliant job considering the weather and his track experience – Nakajima (1:12.929), Heidfeld (1:12.948), Liuzzi (1:12.950), Kovalainen (1:12.992), Raikkonen (1:13.026), Alguersuari (1:13.041) and last is Fisichella (1:13.275) who stopped at Turn 1 with mechanical problems.
Heidfeld was fastest down the Speed Trap, surprisingly, doing 310.1km/h. Not surprisingly, though, the 4 Toyota-engined cars were the 4 slowest, around 10km/h slower than Heidfeld. Trulli made up for that – to an extent at least – by being fastest through Sector 2 by at least a tenth of a second.
Sorry if you were going to do an article about Practice Two, Mr Hibbard
If Button loses the champion ship that will be the funniest thing ever.
Buemi ftlw
Guys, is this Buemi thing some joke? I know he was 2nd in Practice, ok, but it’s practice!
Other side of me says: if you’re kidding; then Buemi won’t win he’ll be 2nd to Kobayashi!
@ 4chan: of course it’ll be the funniest thing ever; he doesn’t have a “champion ship”!
Top 8 Finishers:
1. Barrichello
2. Vettel
3. Webber
4. Hamilton
5. Buemi
6. Kovalainen
7. Rosberg
8. Button
Then the Championship should look like this:
1. Jenson Button – 86
2. Rubens Barrichello – 81
3. Sebastien Vettel – 78
Barrichello need Button to crash in Brazil so he can take lots of points out of him. Barrichello realistically needs 2 wins to become champion.
yeah i agree with you Rubis Hamichello now thats realistic
If only this yrs cars weren´t so damn ugly it would be nice. Last yr was so much better, good battle between Hamilton and Massa and great cool race cars!
Oh how I hate this snowplow frontwing and the stupid bookcase backwing, can´t look at F1 pictures on the websites without starting to feel sick. Only the testing pics of Massa in the 2007 car makes me smile again.
top 8
1.barrichello
2.vettel
3.webber
4.kovalainen
5.sutil
6.buemi
7.alonso
8.hamilton
8
hi brawn you put 2 8s i agree though
I have been trying too work out for weeks where everyone is going next year & this is what i have come up with:
Brawn GP: Button & Rosberg
Red Bull Racing: Vettel & Webber
McLaren: Hamilton & Raikkonen
Ferrari: Massa & Alonso
Toyota: Kobiashi & Glock
Williams: Barrichello & Hulkenburg
Renault: Kubica & Kovalainen
Force India: Sutil & Liuzzi
Torro Rosso: Buemi & Alguersuari
Manor GP: Davidson & Piquet Jr.
Campos Meta: Senna & de la Rosa
Lotus: Trulli & Villenuerve
USF1: Speed & Klien
If Sauber are granted an entry
Sauber: Heidfeld & Grojeon
Back to this year:
GOOD LUCK RUBENS!!!!!!!! YOU CAN DO IT YOUR A LEGEND!!!!:D
@MDW what are you talking about?
if you want football go to wembley or hang out some where else dont waste our time!
Hamilton or Vettel for the win!
No Kimi for FERRARI today in quil.. there is no way lewis will win and i think vettel might win even though i don’t support redbull. GO FERRARI #1
All I know is that this race will be as unpredictable as the last few ones. I mean, who would have thought Force India a podium in Spa?
Gosh, all that these young drivers do is wreck cars. Almost every single race or practice. Why the hell are they putting these young drivers in F1 cars? They Jaime Alguersuari are the worst!!. Do they just love to crash cars? I guess Renault and Red Bull love to spend money on rebuilding new cars.
rosberg for pole
vettel for the win
button for the championship
Damn that rain was pouring, this race is going to be great!!!! Lots of crashes!!!! I know there is going to be a few crashes. Just don’t crash Hammy!!!!
ha ha haaa haaamilton ha ha haaaaa
pray for rain… ha ha haaaa
happy birthday Kimi Mathias Raikkonen!!!!!!!!
Can’t wait for Tommorrow.. Bloody epic
It’s a shame that this isn’t the season finale… Even if the championship does go down to the wire, the atmosphere won’t come close to Brazil…
Damn, I have a goat’s mouth, hahahahaha. I said lots of crashes and I was right, hahahaha. I need to shut up sometimes. Hahahahaha yeh!!!!!