2014 Brazilian Grand Prix Sunday in Tweets

Three-times world champion Nelson Piquet conducted one of the more unusual podium ceremonies in Brazil, choosing to ask championship leader Lewis Hamilton about his girlfriend rather than the race.

However of more interest to the crowd was a podium appereance by home favourite Felipe Massa, despite an earlier gaffe when he pulled into the wrong pit box.

Here’s the Twitter story of Sunday at the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Build-up

Race day in Brazil. Currently dry but rained overnight and more forecast. Will it arrive for the race? #BrazilGP #ForzaJules

— Rachel Brookes (@RachelBrookesTV) November 9, 2014

We now know why @danielricciardo smiles so much… it's in a Honey badger's genes. pic.twitter.com/W44i6TM7vh

— Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) November 9, 2014

Time for some pre-race cake and birthday celebrations for @eboullier. Save us a slice, Eric. #BonAnniversaireEric pic.twitter.com/yZ6viFV8pG

— McLaren (@McLarenF1) November 9, 2014

Valtteri Bottas strapped into his car before the race. The seat belts later caused him some problems as he needed assistance during his second pit stop.

#BO77AS straps in & is off to the grid #BrazilGP T-21 & counting until #LightsOut&AwayWeGo pic.twitter.com/X3UJ5s8PXa

— WILLIAMS RACING (@WilliamsRacing) November 9, 2014

Always in our thoughts, #ForzaJules. pic.twitter.com/GSmqfaG3e7

— Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) November 9, 2014

There had been a chance rain would affect the race, but it never arrived on what turned out to be a sunny Sunday.

#F1 #BBCF1 #INTERLAGOS 1555GMT All clear on UBIMET'S radar ahead of race start. Dry race expected (low probability light shower).

— Ian Fergusson (@fergieweather) November 9, 2014

Unfortunately, Adrian has to start from the pitlane as we made a small technical change to the C33 #AS99 #F1 #BrazilGP

— Sauber F1 Team (@SauberF1Team) November 9, 2014

Race

Lewis Hamilton had a spin at Interlagos’ turn four, the corner he’s all too familiar with after his 2007 and 2013 adventures.

Wow! Not often you see @LewisHamilton crack under pressure

— Anthony Rowlinson (@Rowlinson_F1) November 9, 2014

Ross: "Gap to Lewis is 5.3." Rosberg: "Don't tell me the gap for a while any more, please." #F1 #BrazilGP

— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) November 9, 2014

Massa eventually finds us and switches to another set of primes! too many mechanics in white! pic.twitter.com/eufzrzfSrH

— WILLIAMS RACING (@WilliamsRacing) November 9, 2014

Massa became the fourth driver in five years to go to another team’s pit box.

Wrong pits: Massa (McLaren Brazil '14), Hamilton (McLaren Malaysia '13), Button (Red Bull, China '11), Alguersuari (RB, Abu Dhabi '09). #F1

— Enigma (@EnigmaF1) November 9, 2014

Whenever we have #F1 world champions in wheel-to-wheel combat, I hope young aspiring drivers take note. Different class.

— Glenn Freeman (@glenn_autosport) November 9, 2014

We're boycotting the final five laps of this race with @rgrosjean

— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) November 9, 2014

Really solid job from Nico under immense pressure this weekend, if Lewis had got past it would've destroyed him mentally. #F1

— Marc Priestley (@f1elvis) November 9, 2014

Crowds go wild!!!! And the garage!! Massa on the podium at the #BrazilGP!

— WILLIAMS RACING (@WilliamsRacing) November 9, 2014

Podium, pits and paddock

@nico_rosberg 's front right tyre after the race! pic.twitter.com/1ouuC44P7J

— Nicola Pohl (@NicolaBILD) November 9, 2014

Nice to see a couple of Ferrari guys under the podium for MAS.

— Marc Priestley (@f1elvis) November 9, 2014

Sebastian Vettel lost two places on lap one. He was cautious because of a previous incident that nearly cost him the 2012 championship.

Vettel radio "I couldn't see if MAG was on the inside of T4 on lap 1 and obviously bad memories of that corner so left a bit too much space"

— Connor (@cmckinleyF1) November 9, 2014

Nelson Piquet always loved a good looking woman but was so fascinated by Lewis's he forgot the race. time for podium celebrity chat to end?

— bob mckenzie (@bobmckenzieuk) November 9, 2014

Nelson Piquet chooses the podium to tell Lewis Hamilton he is jealous of his girlfriend. Then doesn't ask him a question… Hilarious!

— Daniel Johnson (@danielt_johnson) November 9, 2014

Good to see Nelson Piquet hasn't lost his ability to completely creep everyone out :)

— Sean Kelly (@virtualstatman) November 9, 2014

Bernie WANTs 'celebrity' interviews, FOM wanted to use proper journalists…an example of why FOM should use someone to ask actual questions

— Ben Constanduros (@BenConsty) November 9, 2014

I think we can all lip-read what @nico_rosberg's verdict on that podium ceremony was! #F1 #BrazilGP

— F1 Fanatic (@f1fanatic_co_uk) November 9, 2014

Jack Nicholson and I pulled off a reasonable photobomb. pic.twitter.com/GIUBEmKK1Z

— Simon Lazenby (@SimonLazenbySky) November 9, 2014

Can Hamilton and Rosberg not be fined for bringing sport into disrepute completely ignoring each other and looking miserable after race??

— Tiff Needell (@tiff_tv) November 9, 2014

Double points proves a worthless aggravation as the title would have gone down to the wire without it. As in 2012, '10, '08, '07, '06… #F1

— F1 Fanatic (@f1fanatic_co_uk) November 9, 2014

Great result for @JensonButton in fourth. Fired another timely reminder to Ron. Magnussen was ninth.

— Ben Hunt (@benjhunt) November 9, 2014

Unbelievable noise here at Interlagos – we can STILL hear the crowd chanting from inside the press conference. Epic! #F1 #BrazilGP

— MERCEDES AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) November 9, 2014

A very popular man in Brazil tonight @MassaFelipe19! What a reaction from the crowd! #BrazilGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/In2rjlnTWQ

— WILLIAMS RACING (@WilliamsRacing) November 9, 2014

#Massa is greeted by his family as he returns to the paddock #BrazilGP after his podium. pic.twitter.com/wMBLzSilxL

— WILLIAMS RACING (@WilliamsRacing) November 9, 2014

A day to forget. Surely lots to learn from as well. Now back to Woking to find out where we lost out. #NeverGiveUp

— Kevin Magnussen (@KevinMagnussen) November 9, 2014

And no, our fastest stop wasn't Felipe Massa's that we took part in. Always happy to help though 😄 #BrazilGP

— Marc Cox (@MarcCox) November 9, 2014

Romain Grosjean posted his third consecutive retirement from the Brazilian Grand Prix.

#BrazilGP 2013 / 2014 :-( Next race is going to be better, #StayPositive pic.twitter.com/J4P04XiIuA

— Romain Grosjean (@RGrosjean) November 9, 2014

Amusing press conference exchange between @nico_rosberg and @MassaFelipe19. #F1 #BrazilGP pic.twitter.com/0cXbYSoGDN

— F1 Fanatic (@f1fanatic_co_uk) November 9, 2014

Even if today wasn't what we wanted we can still take some positives. My first dnf since round 2. So we had a pretty good run of points!

— Daniel Ricciardo (@danielricciardo) November 9, 2014

..@redbullracing sealed 2nd in points & I sealed 3rd in drivers. A great recovery from pre season so a lot to be proud of for the whole team

— Daniel Ricciardo (@danielricciardo) November 9, 2014

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2014 Brazilian Grand Prix