[Keith Collantine]

Felipe Massa’s annual karting tournament is due to take place this weekend (10th-12th).

Jules Bianchi is the only active driver besides Massa participating in this year’s race as he bids to defend his 2013 victory.

A further eight ex-F1 drivers will appear – they are Rubens Barrichello, Bruno Senna, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Lucas di Grassi, Nelson Piquet Jnr, Luciano Burti, Antonio Pizzonia and Ricardo Zonta.

Also in the field are Felipe Nasr (GP2), Augusto Farfus (DTM), Bia Figueiredo (aka Ana Beatriz, IndyCar) and Luiz Razia (nearly F1…).

More details on the official website:

http://www.desafiodasestrelas.com.br/apresentacao.aspx

[Iestyn Davies]

Nice! Always a great field for this one.. and besides Bianchi and di Grassi, the best of Brazilian…

[Keith Collantine]

As you will have noticed Alonso is not on the list. Last year he said: “Will I be back next year? If Felipe asks me, definitely.” So we can take a guess at what happened there!

[Bullfrog]

In the driver list, Felipe Nasr’s an F1 driver…do they know something we don’t?

On the other hand, they’ve spelt his name wrong.

Looking forward to this – any racing’s welcome at this time of year. UK race times seem to be 11.45pm Sat & 1pm Sun.

[Bullfrog]

The race gets under way in 5 minutes (Race 1 was rained off last night). Interesting driver parade with 5 drivers on each quad bike!

Live video:
http://brmtv.com.br
Timing:
http://www.desafiodasestrelas.com.br/liveTiming.aspx
Grid:
http://www.desafiodasestrelas.com.br/resultados/177.pdf
Drivers to look out for:
3 Pizzonia
8 Burti
10 Zonta
11 Barrichello
19 Massa
20 Liuzzi
21 Razia
23 Senna
25 Nasr
30 Piquet
111 di Grassi
117 Buemi

[Anonymous]

Tonio Liuzzi beats Buemi and Massa to win!

[Anonymous]

1. Vitantonio Liuzzi 26:23.055 (29 laps)
2. Sebastien Buemi +6.021
3. Felipe Massa +10.601
4. Julio Campos +11.484
5. Antonio Pizonia +11.584
6. Daniel Serra +11.829
7. Nelson Piquet Jr. +13.733
8. Felipe Nasr +19.970
9. Valdeno Brito +30.533
10. Pietro Fittipaldi +31.465
11. Beto Monteiro +31.548
12. Luciano Burti +32.081
13. Joao Paulo Oliveira +32.237
14. Luiz Razia +32.366
15. Bruno Senna +32.541
16. Popo Bueno +37.213
17. Ricardo Zonta +38.601
18. Felipe Giaffone +1 lap
19. Rubens Barrichello +3 laps
20. Lucas di Grassi +8 laps
Ret. Allam Khodair +15 laps
Ret. Augusto Farfus +23 laps
Ret. Ricardo Mauricio +27 laps
Ret. Bia Figueiredo +29 laps

[Keith Collantine]

Here’s highlights of Liuzzi winning – watch out for Massa turfing out Di Grassi:

[HK]

That looks like great fun, thanks for the video!

[GeeMac]

Was it just me or did Pietro Fittipaldi get properly blocked (and battered) a few times in that video? I know it’s all for fun but hey…

[Bullfrog]

Here’s Rubens Barrichello’s race from his helmet camera. His race was ruined by a puncture, but early on he was in among the leading bunch. Look out for Buemi (117) coming past 3 of them in one move!

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