Brazilian Grand Prix in pictures
Massa heads the field at the start of the Brazilian Grand Prix
Re-live the championship-deciding Brazilian Grand Prix in pictures.
Here’s a selection of 47 images from the race including, by popular demand, some high-resolution shots of Lewis Hamilton’s title win.
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- Lewis Hamitlon and Felipe Massa chat before their title-deciding race
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- Felipe Massa leads Jarno Trulli into the first corner
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- Heikki Kovalainen gave Lewis Hamilton room at the start
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- The field tiptoes around the first corner in the pouring rain
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- David Coulthard was knocked out of his final Grand Prix at the first corner
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- David Coulthard climbs out of the Red Bull for the last time
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- David Coulthard waves to the crowd after retiring from his final race
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- Heidfeld ahead of Rosberg under the safety car
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- Heidfeld, Rosberg and Button
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- Massa leads Trulli at the start
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- Alonso catches a slide at turn one, giving Kovalainen a chance to pass
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- Kovalainen passed Alonso, but the Renault driver scrambled ahead again
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- Jarno Trulli led Kimi Raikkonen early on
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- Raikkonen caught Trulli but couldn’t pass him
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- Fisichella’s tyre gamble put him ahead of Hamilton
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- Hamilton took his time finding a way past Fisichella
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- Timo Glock passes Giancarlo Fisichella early on
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- Heikki Kovalainen pressured Fernando Alonso in the opening laps
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- Robert Kubica fought back to the front after a gamble on dry tyres went wrong
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- Fisichella’s tyre gamble didn’t pay off and he ended the race behind team mate Sutil
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- Rosberg leads Button
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- Kubica un-lapped himself from Hamilton late in the race which helped Vettel through into fifth
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- Nakajima leads Kubica
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- This picture proves Mark Webber was in the race, although I don’t remember him doing anything
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- Was this Rubens Barrichello’s last Grand Prix?
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- Lewis Hamilton played it conservative – almost too conservative
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- Jenson Button leads Adrian Sutil at the start
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- Trulli took revenge on Bourdais for their Shanghai clash by passing him and forcing him wide
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- Sebastien Bourdais does a spot of rallying after being hustled off the track
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- Nelson Piquet Jnr (behind Sebastien Bourdais) spun off on the first lap
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- Barrichello out-qualified Button, but the British driver finished ahead
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- McLaren mechanics celebrates as Hamilton snatches the title at the final corner
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- Kovalainen was first to congratulate team mate Hamilton on the title
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- Lewis Hamilton and Ron Dennis celebrate
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- Lewis Hamilton hugs a team member after clinching the title
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- Fernando Alonso passes Giancarlo Fisichella
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- Fernando Alonso leads the celebrations afterwards
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- Massa, Alonso and Raikkonen on the podium
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- Massa didn’t win the title, but he won his home race
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- McLaren celebrate Hamilton’s win
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- McLaren celebrated Lewis Hamilton’s championship victory
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- Ferrari thank their drivers for winning the constructors’ championship
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- Ferrari celebrate their 16th constructors’ championship title
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- The McLaren team celebrate Hamilton’s championship win
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- Mercedes motor sport boss Norbert Haug congratulates Lewis Hamilton
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- Lewis Hamilton and girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger
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- Lewis Hamilton embraces father Anthony after winning the championship
Copyright as described in previews.
Mussolini's pet cat said on 4th November 2008, 16:44
Just a thought, has Max Mosley publically congratulated Lewis Hamilton & McLaren yet??? A pretty poor show if he hasn’t, don’t you think?
Shane said on 4th November 2008, 17:58
These are all from turn 1! Where are the pictures of Hamilton passing Glock?
beneboy said on 4th November 2008, 21:24
http://www.formula1.com/
F1′s Official website’s headline today ?
“Felipe Massa – No more the nearly man”
http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2008/11/8645.html
So Mussolini’s pet cat, it looks like Max & Bernie aren’t really celebrating Lewis’s success to the full.
Although they do have some stuff about Lewis on the front page but if I remember correctly from previous years they normally have saturated coverage of the champion driver for weeks after the win.
Great pictures by the way, I always love the team pictures, it’s kind of like the end of the school year ones you did as a kid.
George Palmer said on 5th April 2009, 18:37
Can you get a message to Celso Xavier, Sao Paulo Tourismos. Please tell him-Thank you very much for the wonderful afternoon at Interlagos and his brilliant tour. Please give him my e mail address and when he is in London I shall (attempt) to reciprocate the kindness.
Best Regards,
George Palmer,
Metropolitan Police.