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F1 have gone back beyond the turbo-hybrid era for this weekend's classic race: the dramatic and championship-deciding 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix.

 

Alonso versus Vettel, with a wide range of supporting characters, and, of course, the final ever race for HRT.

 

 

[Risil]

The year of the bizarre stepped noses, right?

 

I'm interested to know how accurate my memory of Nico Hulkenberg is.

[Baddoer]

2012 season was special

[Spillage]

I don't usually bother with the recent classics but to be fair this was probably the most exciting and tense GP I've ever seen. So I'd love to see it again.

[Amz964]

An amazing finale to a great season. Shame we haven't had a season where nearly all the cars were so close since. I still remember in Valencia Q2 for example Alonso was only 0.2 off the fastest time and still got eliminated that would be unheard of now. 2012 was a special season and good year for me personally so always hold it with fond memories.

Remember really wanted Alonso to win the title mainly because am a team enstone fan and when vettel had his issue was cheering quite a bit but that was the 16 year old me being quite immature to be honest and looking back at it Seb did a great job with the car that was badly damaged although the rain did save him if I recall. His 4 back to back victories at the end of the year showed he was a worthy champion as well although Alonso deserved it more in my view.

Also this with 2008 is evidence why the finale should be at Brazil as it gives that more unpredictability factor especially with the weather.

Edited by Amz964, 24 April 2020 - 18:04.

[FortiFord]

Great pick. The opening laps were very dramatic! 

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Spotter's guide (now with all drivers included!)

 

[wj_gibson]

I’m not sure I can watch this. I’ll be rooting for a different outcome, even though I know it’s not possible. Vettel 4 vs Alonso 2 is a patently absurd statistic.

Edited by wj_gibson, 24 April 2020 - 20:39.

[PayasYouRace]

This is a good choice for a re-run. You have the championship battle between Vettel and Alonso and you have the completely separate battle for the race win between Button, Hulkenberg and Hamilton. Lot's of stories in the race.

[wj_gibson]

Plus, the graphic above reminds me that Charles Pic and Narian Karthikeyan were actually employed in F1 when Robin Frijns wasn’t.

 

What a world.

[Ghostrider]

Lots of World Champions in that race for sure.

[Gambelli]

Great field of drivers!

 

Looking forward to all the Hulkenberg detractors being reminded that he didn't just chuck the car off the road going for the win but there was a Caterham trundling awkwardly in the corner too, not that I blame the Caterham, but it wasn't a cut and dried Hulk choke....

Edited by Gambelli, 25 April 2020 - 06:38.

[Marklar]

Unrelated, but any reason why all those races are at 2 pm UTC, which is even later than the already late Liberty Starting Time?

Hopefully they arent doing this to test the waters....

[TomNokoe]

There's very rarely commentary from the Croft-Brundle era that sticks in my mind, but Brundle exclaiming, "fastest lap of the race? Sebastian Vettel!" at the end of lap 3, does.

Edited by TomNokoe, 25 April 2020 - 08:38.

[Anja]

I’m not sure I can watch this. I’ll be rooting for a different outcome, even though I know it’s not possible. Vettel 4 vs Alonso 2 is a patently absurd statistic.

 

Well, despite the dominating narrative F1 is not an individual sport so that statistic is useless in my book. 

[Baddoer]

Last F1 race for: Michael Schumacher, Bruno Senna, Vitaly Petrov, Timo Glock, Pedro De La Rosa, Narain Karthikeyan.

[Spillage]

Senna, Schumacher and Karthikeyan. Three of the greatest names in the sport's history.

[ANF]

Championships standings, anyone?

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Broadcast begins in one minute!

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Alonso practising his thousand-yard state for later.

[Bleu]

"Paul di Resta moves to top ten after penalty for Pastor Maldonado".

[TomNokoe]

Incredible that this race is the last true title decider. Over 7 years ago.

[ANF]

Vettel spins under pressure! Extraordinary!

[ANF]

DAVID CROFT IS VERY SHOUTY

[TomNokoe]

Mark Webber definitely wanted Alonso to win the championship

[Otaku]

Awful cars, they look like badly designed cheap chinese toys.

[midgrid]

Suspicious Maldonado crashed car in the background.

[Muppetmad]

I still don't understand how Vettel didn't get a penalty for that lap 1 incident. It was entirely his fault, and he wiped out Senna in the process.

[ANF]

Crane on the circuit, sprinkle in the air, local yellow flags.

[midgrid]

The rain is strengthening and Hülkenberg is moving forward.

[midgrid]

It's all happening! Grosjean off, Webber spinning and the McLarens fighting for the lead.

[ANF]

Another crane. Oh well.

[Synkro89]

If that was Grosjean instead of Raikkonen when he locked up at turn 3. Vettel would of been rear ended before his potential collision with bruno. Forgot how close that was.Great driving from Kimi.

[P123]

Never knew / forgot that Heikki was driving such a blinder early on in this race.

 

Oh, and the obligatory crap McLaren pit stop.

Edited by P123, 25 April 2020 - 14:25.

[TomNokoe]

ANOTHER MCLAREN SLOW STOP

[ANF]

Race order is very confusing.

[Button4life]

Hamilton had more races with pitstop issues than without this season. No wonder he wanted out. Somehow Button rarely had pitstop and mechanical issues.

Edited by Button4life, 25 April 2020 - 14:30.

[Bleu]

I still don't understand how Vettel didn't get a penalty for that lap 1 incident. It was entirely his fault, and he wiped out Senna in the process.

 

To be honest Senna made his move from very far back. Going into the braking zone it was Vettel, then di Resta and Räikkönen side-by-side (with Kimi locking and going off) and then Senna.

[TomNokoe]

I really don't remember Inters being the better tyre, but they clearly were for a handful of laps. Masterful from Button and Hulkenberg.

[Synkro89]

LOL Lewis " my tyres are going off " Hamilton

[Button4life]

I really don't remember Inters being the better tyre, but they clearly were for a handful of laps. Masterful from Button and Hulkenberg.

I remember Hulkenberg having a wet setup. Still very impressive

[TomNokoe]

McLaren telling Hamilton to look after his Inters despite losing 6 seconds a lap

[ANF]

Nice save, Lewis.

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Hülkenberg and Button now have a 45-second advantage over Hamilton in third.

[Anja]

Hülkenberg and Button now have a 45-second advantage over Hamilton in third.

 

Not anymore...

[TomNokoe]

Goodness what a bogus SC

[Button4life]

The SC saved the race of becoming a borefest

[TomNokoe]

Webber having a go at Vettel ... not very subtle!

[ANF]

Holkenburg looks set to win.