Interlagos, 24 November – Fernando Alonso finished the Brazilian Grand Prix in third place and Felipe Massa was seventh. Scuderia Ferrari thus ends the season in third place in the Constructors’ classification with 354 points. Alonso secured the runner-up spot in the Drivers’ championship last week in the USA GP and Massa ended his time at Ferrari in eighth place in the classification.
Both drivers started on the Medium tyre and as the lights went out, the Spaniard dropped a place while the Brazilian passed three cars to go sixth. On lap 1, Fernando charged past Hamilton and three laps later he also dealt with Rosberg in the Mercedes to go second. On lap 13 Alonso had to give best to Webber and on lap 15, Massa got by Rosberg to go fifth.
Massa stayed on Mediums at his first stop on lap 19 and two laps later Alonso switched to the Hards. With the run of stops, Alonso got past Webber’s Red Bull to go second again and Massa made up a place on Hamilton. Lap 26 saw Webber pass Alonso again. Lap 31 saw Massa get a drive-through penalty for a white line infringement, which dropped the Brazilian from fourth to eighth.
Massa’s second stop came on lap 43 to take on Hards and on lap 47 Alonso made his final stop of the year taking on Mediums. When all the stops were completed, Alonso was again third and Massa had moved up to seventh. The final laps saw the threat of rain but it never materialised to influence the result. The race was run by Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull.