Interlagos is a bumpy and unforgiving circuit and one I have to admit to disliking a great deal. From the fast main straight the cars brake in a very bumpy area for a second gear left hand bend where it is possible to make a great deal of time with the right setup. The corner is faster than it seems and it can really slingshot you into the fast right hand opening corner which follows.

Accelerating through the gears, a medium length straight follows, where it is possible to have a short rest, one of the few places on the circuit where this is possible. The left hander at the end of the straight is crucial to get right for a fast lap as mistakes can easily be made on the exit, resulting in a trip through the rough!

The circuit is reasonably open until it reaches a fast double right handed corner, which leads into some very slow and tedious right left switchbacks. It is very very easy to over cook it here and to understeer off the track. A lot of patience is needed as after the fast first half of the lap the pedestrian pace of this section seems even worse.

I hate this place because it has so many off camber corners, it is very bumpy and finding the balance between the very fast corners and the slow switchbacks always requires a compromise which makes it too easy to make errors. There is also very little time for a break during the lap and the race appears to go on and on and on......concentration is needed for such a long time that it is simply exhausting.

Still Brazil is a country full of interesting places to visit and see and with the circuit so close to the city, the excitement is unrivalled and the fans simply go mad! Few places have produced as many top line drivers as Brazil, and as such F1 is like religion here for some.