Yesterday was the final race of the season. It took place in Brazil and fittingly was won in the end by a Brazilian. The race carried with it a lot at stake. Fernando Alonso was almost assured the title but nothing was guaranteed. If Alonso didn’t finish in the points and Michael Schumacher finished first then Schumacher would have won the driver’s championship. Luckily, for Alonso, he was able to finish the race and easily bring it home to second place. Schumacher had some bad luck on around the 9th lap when he made a pass and he had some contact and his tire was damaged. This resulted in a long lap and a pit stop. This put him back to last place and 70 seconds back from the front, pretty much killing all chances of his remote championship. He did make a valiant effort and posted some of the best laps of the race. He ended up 4th place. A great showing and performance for his last ever race in a Formula one car. So long Michael, have fun being retired now. This was also the last race for a lot of drivers with their respective cars. Next season there is going to be a lot of juggled drivers in different cars. The most shocking is going to be Alonso moving to Mercedes. This will make it very hard to 3-pete as champion. This was also the last race for Michelin as a tyre manufacturer. Next season, there is only going to be Bridgestone. Overall, a great season of motor sports!
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believe it or not but members of the Toyotoa team were ambushed in brazil and held under gunpoint, they apparantly escaped (while under fire) but no one was injured. The drivers were not in the SUV that was attacked, i would link you to the source at autoblog.com but i am tired and lazy
Toyota Formula One staff ambushed by gunmen
FOUR Toyota team members escaped unhurt when gunmen ambushed their car after leaving the Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix circuit on Friday night, a spokeswoman said.
Brazilian Fernanda de Mello Villas-Boas, who was in the vehicle, said shots were fired while one of a gang of youths tried to kick in the passenger window at a traffic lights about 3km from the Interlagos track.
Describing the hold-up as nothing out of the ordinary in Sao Paulo, a sprawling city with one of the highest crime rates in South America, she said the gunmen would not have known who was in the car as the windows were tinted.
“I took the handbrake and told everyone (in the car) not to react,†she said.
“He had a gun at my head outside the window … I think what saved us was that there was a car behind.
“They fired a few shots at it, I told people just don’t move, stay down.
“All was okay in the end and we managed to drive away, it was just the shock itself.†– Reuters
nicely done