Mark Webber claimed his second career victory at sunny Interlagos having started second behind Barrichello. The Red Bull racer shadowed the Brazilian veteran during the first stint of the race and while Barrichello was able to pull a three-second gap, his early stop cost him dearly as both Webber and Robert Kubica exited the pits ahead of the home-town hero.

Webber drove a flawless performance to add Brazil to his Nurburgring victory, taking the checkered flag eight seconds clear of Kubica in his BMW Sauber. Fittingly, the out-going champion Lewis Hamilton also put in a great performance from 17th position on the grid to finish in third position.

As Felipe Massa waved the flag on lap 71, Button crossed the line in fifth position and claimed the drivers’ championship for himself and the constructors’ championship for Brawn Mercedes.

Sunday Race Results:

Position (Points)	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Gain/Loss
1 (10)	Webber	Red Bull Racing	71	1:32:23.081	+1
2 (8)	Kubica	BMW Sauber	71	1:32:30.707	+6
3 (6)	Hamilton	McLaren Mercedes	71	1:32:42.025	+14
4 (5)	Vettel	Red Bull Racing	71	1:32:42.733	+11
5 (4)	Button	Brawn GP	71	1:32:52.086	+9
6 (3)	Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari	71	1:32:56.421	-1
7 (2)	Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	71	1:32:59.072	-1
8 (1)	Barrichello	Brawn GP	71	1:33:08.535	-7
9	Kovalainen	McLaren Mercedes	71	1:33:11.580	+7
10	Kobayashi	Toyota	71	1:33:26.405	+1
11	Fisichella	Scuderia Ferrari	71	1:33:33.746	+8
12	Liuzzi	Force India	71	1:33:34.469	+8
13	Grosjean	Renault	70	1:32:24.926	-
14	Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	70	1:32:31.633	-2
15	Nakajima	Williams	30	41:25.793	-6
16	Rosberg	Williams	27	37:47.514	-9
17	Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	21	30:05.966	+1
18	Sutil	Force India	0	-	-15
19	Trulli	Toyota	0	-	-15
20	Alonso	Renault	0	-	-10

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The opening practice session of the Brazilian Grand Prix weekend saw Mark Webber set the pace in his Red Bull Renault, four-tenths clear of the field. The 90-minute session was somewhat compromised by a light rain shower but Webber was able to move to the head of the timesheets late in the session to record a best lap of 1:12.463s.

Buemi and Button battled for the top spot for the majority of Practice 2, while Fernando Alonso top the top honor away in the closing moments of the session. The entire field, sans Fisichella, was covered by seven tenths of a second which lends one to think that qualifying will be a very close affair.

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Nico Rosberg on a 1 stop strategy picks up 11 spots and Lewis Hamilton on lap 1 looses 13. Mark Webber goes on to overcome a drive through penalty and win his first Grand Prix in 130 starts.

Sunday Race Results:

Position (Points)	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Gain/Loss
1 (10)	Webber	Red Bull Racing	60	1:36:43.310	-
2 (8)	Vettel	Red Bull Racing	60	+9.2 secs	+2
3 (6)	Massa	Scuderia Ferrari	60	+15.9 secs	+5
4 (5)	Rosberg	Williams	60	+21.0 secs	+11
5 (4)	Button	Brawn GP	60	+23.6 secs	-2
6 (3)	Barrichello	Brawn GP	60	+24.4 secs	-4
7 (2)	Alonso	Renault	60	+24.8 secs	+5
8 (1)	Kovalainen	McLaren Mercedes	60	+58.6 secs	-2
9	Glock	Toyota	60	+61.4 secs	+11
10	Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	60	+61.9 secs	+1
11	Fisichella	Force India	60	+62.3 secs	+7
12	Nakajima	Williams	60	+62.8 secs	+1
13	Piquet	Renault	60	+68.3 secs	-3
14	Kubica	BMW Sauber	60	+69.5 secs	+2
15	Sutil	Force India	60	+71.9 secs	-8
16	Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	60	+90.2 secs	+1
17	Trulli	Toyota	60	+90.9 secs	-3
18	Hamilton	McLaren Mercedes	59	+1	-13
19	Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari	34	DNF	-10
20	Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	DNF	-1

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Saturday Qualifying Results:

Position	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Weight (kg)
1	Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:31.257	1:38.038	1:32.230	661
2	Barrichello	Brawn GP	1:31.482	1:34.455	1:32.357	647
3	Button	Brawn GP	1:31.568	1:39.032	1:32.473	644
4	Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:31.430	1:39.504	1:32.480	661
5	Hamilton	McLaren Mercedes	1:31.473	1:39.149	1:32.616	654.5
6	Kovalainen	McLaren Mercedes	1:31.881	1:40.826	1:33.859	664
7	Sutil	Force India	1:32.015	1:36.740	1:34.316	678.5
8	Massa	Scuderia Ferrari	1:31.600	1:41.708	1:34.574	673.5
9	Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari	1:31.869	1:41.730	1:34.710	674
10	Piquet	Renault	1:32.128	1:35.737	1:34.803	676
11	Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:31.771	1:42.310		681
12	Alonso	Renault	1:31.302	1:42.318		668.2
13	Nakajima	Williams	1:31.884	1:42.500		683.6
14	Trulli	Toyota	1:31.760	1:42.771		683.7
15	Rosberg	Williams	1:31.598	1:42.859		689.6
16	Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:32.190			673.5
17	Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:32.251			674.5
18	Fisichella	Force India	1:32.402			662.5
19	Glock	Toyota	1:32.423			689.5
20	Bourdais	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:33.559			662.3

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