Brazilian Grand Prix 2015-11-15

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Event
Brazilian Grand Prix

Date
Sun 15th November 2015 (UTC)

Timestamp

Time

00:00:00 UTC

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24-11-15 16:00 (PST Los Angeles)
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24-11-15 18:00 (CST Chicago)
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24-11-15 19:00 (EST New York)
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24-11-16 00:00 (GMT London)
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24-11-16 01:00 (CET Paris)
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24-11-16 04:00 (GST Dubai)
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24-11-16 05:30 (IST Kolkata)
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24-11-16 09:00 (JST Tokyo)
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24-11-16 11:00 (AEDT Sydney)

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League
Formula 1

Season
2015

Round
18

Status

Location
Autódromo José Carlos Pace
(60,000 Attendance)

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Description

The Brazilian Grand Prix (Portuguese: Grande Prêmio do Brasil) is a Formula One championship race which is currently held at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in Interlagos neighborhood, Socorro district, São Paulo.

Motor racing had started in Brazil before World War II, and races on the 7.9 mile Gavea circuit in Rio de Janeiro had started in 1934. In 1936 construction began on Brazil's first permanent autodrome in the São Paulo neighborhood of Interlagos and was finished in 1940.

Brazil held Grands Prix during the early parts of WWII at Interlagos and Gavea; and stock car type-touring car racing continued in Brazil where it became very popular. Interlagos quickly gained a reputation as being a very tough and demanding circuit with many challenging corners, elevation changes, a rough surface and little room for error.

Grand Prix racing was rare in Brazil only until the emergence of São Paulo native Emerson Fittipaldi in Formula One. In 1970, he won his first championship Grand Prix at Watkins Glen in the United States; and São Paulo city officials saw in Fittipaldi a sporting hero equivalent to soccer star Pelé. They then set about refurbushing Interlagos to modern standards.