Strategy gives Rosberg victory

Sean Connery Motorshhhh took their first victory as Nico Rosberg hit the right strategy in Interlagos today.

The early running was made by Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton but both drivers stopped too early and fell back on heavy fuel loads whilst the more balanced one stop of Rosberg saw him take advantage whilst light on fuel at the end of his stint.

The race perhaps should have been won by two stopping Kimi Raikkonen but poor reliability on the part of his Fjr Renault meant a second retirement in two races for the Finn.

The other two stoppers, Robert Kubica and Pastor Maldonado both finished in the points with Kubica using fresh tyres at the end to claim a remarkable 2nd.

Race Result

POS	NUM	DRIVER NAME	NAT	TEAM	ENGINE	W	Race Time / Gap
1	22	Nico Rosberg	DE	SCM	Ferrari	W	1h 34m 13.562s
2	17	Robert Kubica	PL	Andrew Racing	Renault		+5.806s
3	5	Lewis Hamilton	GB	Tornado	Ferrari		+10.025s
4	7	Sebastian Vettel	DE	Shake n Bake	Honda		+13.725s
5	2	Pastor Maldonado	VE	Willows Racing	Mercedes	W	+34.628s
6	16	Adrian Sutil	DE	Andrew Racing	Renault		+39.724s
7	12	Romain Grosjean	FR	FJR	Honda		+46.930s
8	1	Fernando Alonso	ES	Willows Racing	Mercedes	W	+47.915s
9	23	Lucas Di Grassi	BR	SCM	Ferrari	W	+52.648s
10	15	Jenson Button	GB	Ajay	Cosworth		+54.510s
11	3	Kamui Kobayashi	JP	Pedersen	BMW	W	+56.464s
12	14	Mark Webber	AU	Ajay	Cosworth		+1m 01.914s
13	6	Daniel Ricciardo	AU	Tornado	Ferrari		+1m 03.929s
14	21	Robert Wickens	CA	Horizon	Honda		+1m 13.084s
15	10	Jaime Alguersuari	ES	Mitchell	Toyota	W	-1 Lap
16	18	Sebastien Buemi	CH	GR Motorsport	Renault		-1 Lap
17	20	Sam Bird	GB	Horizon	Honda		-1 Lap
18	8	Sergio Perez	MX	Shake n Bake	Honda		-1 Lap
19	9	Nico Hulkenberg	DE	Mitchell	Toyota	W	-1 Lap
20	19	Jean-Eric Vergne	FR	GR Motorsport	Renault		-8 Laps
21	11	Kimi Raikkonen	FI	FJR	Honda		Transmission
22	4	Bruno Senna	BR	Pedersen	BMW	W	Engine

Drivers Championship

POS	NUM	DRIVER NAME	NAT	TEAM	ENGINE	PTS	WINS
1	22	Nico Rosberg	DE	SCM	Ferrari	20	1
2	5	Lewis Hamilton	GB	Tornado	Ferrari	18	1
3	17	Robert Kubica	PL	Andrew Racing	Renault	12
4	7	Sebastian Vettel	DE	Shake n Bake	Honda	11
5	6	Daniel Ricciardo	AU	Tornado	Ferrari	5
6	2	Pastor Maldonado	VE	Willows Racing	Mercedes	4
7	14	Mark Webber	AU	Ajay	Cosworth	3
8	16	Adrian Sutil	DE	Andrew Racing	Renault	3
9	20	Sam Bird	GB	Horizon	Honda	2
10	12	Romain Grosjean	FR	FJR	Honda	2
11	15	Jenson Button	GB	Ajay	Cosworth	1
12	1	Fernando Alonso	ES	Willows Racing	Mercedes	1
13	3	Kamui Kobayashi	JP	Pedersen	BMW	0
14	4	Bruno Senna	BR	Pedersen	BMW	0
15	8	Sergio Perez	MX	Shake n Bake	Honda	0
16	9	Nico Hulkenberg	DE	Mitchell	Toyota	0
17	10	Jaime Alguersuari	ES	Mitchell	Toyota	0
18	10	Nick Heidfeld	DE	Mitchell	Toyota	0
19	11	Kimi Raikkonen	FI	FJR	Honda	0
20	15	Tom Dillmann	FR	Ajay	Cosworth	0
21	18	Sebastien Buemi	CH	GR Motorsport	Renault	0
22	19	Jean-Eric Vergne	FR	GR Motorsport	Renault	0
23	21	Robert Wickens	CA	Horizon	Honda	0
24	23	Lucas Di Grassi	BR	SCM	Ferrari	0

Constructors Championship

POS	TEAM NAME	PTS	WINS
1	Tornado	23	1
2	SCM	20	1
3	Andrew Racing	15	0
4	Willows Racing	5	0
5	Ajay Motorsports	4	0
6	Horizon	2	0
7	FJR	2	0
8	ShakenBake	0	0
9	Pedersen	0	0
10	GR Motorsport	0	0
11	Mitchell	0	0

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