Felipe Massa’s Desafio Internacional das Estrelas 2013
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Felipe Massa’s annual off-season kart race is taking place on January 12th and 13th instead of in December, so the 2011 edition will be followed by the 2013 running of the race.
Among those competing this year are: Felipe Massa, Fernando Alonso, Pastor Maldonado and Vitantonio Liuzzi.
Official website here:
Interesting that Alonso is going for the first time, seems to support the theory that Alonso and Massa are getting on a bit better in recent times.
Kamui Kobayashi, Bruno Senna, Jaime Alguersuari, Lucas di Grassi, Nelson Piquet Jnr, Luciano Burti, Antonio Pizzonia, Sebastien Buemi, Enrique Bernoldi and Ricardo Zonta have joined the list but Maldonado seems to have dropped off it.
That still leaves 13 F1 drivers past and present on the grid, and that could be bumped up to 14 as Jules Bianchi is racing too.
Also on the grid are Auguto Farfus (WTCC), Felipe Nasr (GP2), Pietro Fittipaldi (grandson of Emerson) and Joao Paulo de Oliveira (Super GT/Formula Nippon) among others.
That’s a great list this year! I love that Massa hosts this every year. Still it would be nice to see Barrichello, Kanaan, Castroneves, etc. joining in on the fun this year.
Bianchi, in a Force-India-lookalike kart, won the first race (he had obtained pole position earlier), while Alonso didn’t finish and Massa finished 10th. Ex-F1 drivers Di Grassi and Liuzzi were second and third, Buemi placed 4th. Nasr was 6th, Nelsinho Piquet 7th, Pizzonia 12th, Alguersuari 14th, Bernoldi 15th. Bruno Senna and Kamui Kobayashi did not complete the race.
Later today, there is a second race.Race one results:
1. (5) Jules Bianchi – 29 laps (26’15.050)
2. (111) Lucas di Grassi – 29 laps (+4.873s)
3. (20) Vitantonio Liuzzi – 29 laps (+8.779s)
4. (31) Sebastien Buemi – 29 laps (+11.909s)
5. (27) Vitor Meira – 29 laps (+12.605s)
6. (25) Felipe Nasr – 29 laps (+13.477s)
7. (30) Nelson Piquet Jnr – 29 laps (+14.107s)
8. (88) Beto Monteiro – 29 laps (+14.459s)
9. (16) Augusto Farfus – 29 laps (+15.774s)
10. (19) Felipe Massa – 29 laps (+16.101s)
11. (90) Pietro Fittipaldi – 29 laps (+16.359s)
12. (3) Antonio Pizzonia – 29 laps (+18.131s)
13. (33) Bia Figueiredo – 29 laps (+18.814s)
14. (17) Jaime Alguersuari – 29 laps (+21.769s)
15. (7) Enrique Bernoldi – 29 laps (+26.78s)
16. (21) Thiago Camilo – 29 laps (+26.901s)
17. (18) Allam Khodair – 29 laps (+31.175s)
18. (77) Valdeno Brito – 29 laps (+34.585s)
19. (23) Joao Paulo de Oliveira – 28 laps
20. (1) Bruno Senna – 25 laps
21. (14) Fernando Alonso – 23 laps
22. (10) Ricardo Zonta – 21 laps
22. (121) Leonardo Nienkotter – 16 laps
24. (0) Caca Bueno – 11 laps
25. (9) Kamui Kobayashi – 6 laps
26. (8) Luciano Burti – 1 lapsKeith, you wrote on Twitter that Alonso has set the fastest lap. It’s not true, Bianchi did that – http://www.desafiodasestrelas.com.br/resultados/124.pdf . Alonso’s 52.814 was achieved when he cut the track in the second sector, which is clearly visible here, in laptimes analysis – http://www.desafiodasestrelas.com.br/resultados/125.pdf .
@ArmchairExpert Thanks for that – I’d seen it on the live timing which must not have taken the fact he cut the track into account.
Oh dear, Alguersuari’s ploughed into some other guy. That’s what happens if you listen to James Allen all year instead of racing anything.
This is great, it’s like having a Grand Prix in the middle of winter. It’s the right time of day too. Live video of Race 2 here: http://www.brmtv.com.br/
Results of the 2nd race
Pos. No. Driver
1 25 F. NASR (Fastest Lap)
2 30 N. PIQUET
3 88 B. MONTEIRO
4 5 J. BIANCHI (Overall event winner)
5 20 V. LIUZZI
6 111 L. DI GRASSI
7 31 S. BUEMI
8 19 F. MASSA
9 3 A. PIZZONIA
10 7 E. BERNOLDI
11 23 J. DE OLIVEIRA
12 90 P. FITTIPALDI
13 10 R. ZONTA
14 1 B. SENNA
15 33 B. FIGUEIREDO
16 21 T. CAMILO
17 121 L. NIENKOTTER
18 14 F. ALONSO
19 16 A. FARFUS
20 77 V. BRITO
21 8 L. BURTI
22 27 V. MEIRA
23 9 K. KOBAYASHI
24 0 C. BUENO
25 17 J. ALGUERSUARI
26 18 A. KHODAIRBianchi won overall with 40 points, Nasr on 35 and Di Grassi third:
Write-up here plus some pictures:
Some video from the event. The picture quality is bad but much better than the sound:
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