Welcome to the last race of the Formula 1 2013 season!
We're in São Paulo Brazil, land of many F1 legends, Fittipaldi, Senna and Piquet.
And also in a track where we've had an amazing championship definition last year.
A race threatened with a 60% possibilities of rain.
LIGHTS OUT!
The start of the last Grand Prix of 2013.
Rosberg quickly takes lead in the first turn, he goes on and leads the first lap. But then Vettel comes and takes lead overtaking him in the principal straight!
Also, a good start by the Brazilian Felipe Massa.
In the next lap Alonso would also overtake Nico Rosberg.
Retirement, Romain Grosjean's car stops, we can see smoke coming out of the back of his car, probable engine failure, a shame for Romain to end the season like this for a driver who evolved a lot this year.
Then Mark Webber would also overtake Rosberg.
In lap 10, Checo Perez, who started the race 19th, would overtake his fellow countryman Gutierrez for P11.
Then in the next lap, Hamilton would overtake his teammate Rosberg for P4.
We could see Webber threatening and attacking Alonso for 2nd place he finally overtakes the spaniard in lap 13!
Checo, with an amazing pace would also overtake Valtteri Bottas for P10.
As of lap 17, Vettel had built a big lead of 10.8 on Webber.
Box for Bottas and Adrian Sutil in lap 18. They would fall to P17 and P16 respectively.
Massa stopped in lap 19 and fell to P9, Perez boxed in lap 19 too and fell to P13.
Alonso and Hamilton pitted in lap 22, falling to P4 and P6.
Webber would box in lap 23 and lost 2nd place to Fernando Alonso.
Vettel boxed in lap 24, switching for Medium tyres again.
Drive-Through for Felipe Massa, as he crossed the white line in the pitlane. He got seriously upset with it, as this could ruin his race... Not that much, he came out 8th.
Lap 40, Perez in P7, began to attack Nico Rosberg, cutting the gap to 0.8 seconds.
Massa and Button boxed in lap 44, they fell to P9 and P10 respectively.
Perez and Rosberg stopped in lap 45, falling to 7th and 8th.
I could notice Vettel's pace falling down as he was overtaken by Sutil and Vergne.
CONTACT! Hamilton hits Bottas, the Finn's car's tyre went out, what a shame for Valtteri, as he was making a good race.
Bang! Hamilton's tyre is punctured because of the contact with Valtteri.
BOX BOX BOX!
Vettel goes to pits for a new set of tyres. There's a problem in the stop (there was a tyre missing in the stop, only three tyres), Vettel takes more time than expected, Webber comes to pits too, he has to wait behind Sebastian, Seb goes out of pits.
Alonso also boxes, many other drivers do too.
Drive-Through! For Lewis Hamilton as the contact with Valtteri Bottas was his fault.
Checo in P6 and Rosberg in P5, involved in a great fight for 5th place.
Drive-Through! For Giedo Van der Garde as the Caterham driver ignored blue flags.
Pit stop for Adrian Sutil, the German probably stopped for a set of intermediate tyres as the rain was approaching.
Hamilton in P10, fought to overtake Australian Daniel Ricciardo and finally overtook him in lap 57.
Caterham driver Charles Pic, spins off and then gets out of track.
There's yellow flag but no Safety car.
Here comes Adrian Sutil, he overtakes Heikki Kovalainen for P13.
Pastor Maldonado spins off, Vergne overtakes him. No, he did not spun, Vergne hit him.
LAST LAP
Sebastian Vettel, in his way to his 9th victory in a row, Webber, in his last race in Formula 1.
Vettel wins in Brazil, the champion gets another win!
Vettel's 13th win of 2013
Webber comes in Second place in his last race!
And Alonso comes Third!
An emotive Mark Webber, he takes his helmet and hood off.
Vettel again, he goes and makes donuts in the straight!
Massa goes to do donuts too, in front of his home crowd!
Button, Fourth place, seals the best finish for McLaren, a very bad season for the Woking based team.
Vettel gets off his 'Angry Heidi'
Vettel, Webber, Alonso and Horner, such a great podium.
Champagne Showers! One last time this season, the last podium for Mark Webber.
Applauses for Mark! A great driver during his whole career!
A living legend in the history of Red Bull Racing and the history of Formula 1.
Thank You Mark.
See you in March 2014 when Formula One is back!
Thanks for being here making this blog widely read throughout this second part of the season!
I will also be making some posts during this winter break.
