2005 Brazilian GP Facts & Figure

By BMW WilliamsF1 Team
September 16 2005

 
Facts & Figures
 
Circuit: Autodromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo
Date: 25th September 2005
Start time (local/GMT): 14:00 hrs / 17:00 hrs
Lap/Race distance: 4.309 km / 305.909 km (71 laps)
Winner 2004: Juan Pablo Montoya (BMW WilliamsF1)

Pole 2004: Rubens Barrichello (Scuderia Ferrari),1:10.646 min
Lap record: Juan Pablo Montoya (BMW WilliamsF1), 1:11.473 min (2004)

F1 statistics:
BMW WilliamsF1 Team: 101 starts, 10 wins, 17 poles
WilliamsF1 pre-2000: 356 starts, 103 wins, 108 poles
BMW pre-2000: 97 starts, 9 wins, 15 poles

History and Background:

The city of São Paulo was founded in 1554 and is the capital of the southern Brazilian state of the same name, which is the country’s most highly industrialised region. São Paulo is also Brazil’s centre of finance and trade – and enormous in its spread. Figures for its population and size vary. The city is said to stretch over 3,200 square kilometres and to be home to more than 15 million inhabitants.

22.5% of all Brazilians live in the wider state of São Paulo. This region generates 40% of all government taxes, uses 30% of the country’s electricity and is home to 40% of the 13 million registered vehicles that are on the road.

The city centre lies 750 metres above sea level, the race track some 50m higher at 800 metres. Low air density causes all engines around an 8 percent loss of power. According to climatic figures, the average ambient temperature for September in São Paulo is 17.80 Celsius.

2005 will be the 33rd Grand Prix of Brazil. Formula One’s debut in the South American country goes back to 1973. At the time, the Interlagos circuit was 7.96 kilometres long and set between two lakes, this has since disappeared.
In 1978, F1 started for the first time in Jacarepagua, close to Rio de Janeiro, where in total ten Grands Prix took place. Since 1990, the GP has been held on a much shorter circuit in Interlagos. 2005 will see the 23rd Grand Prix in São Paulo.

Before the 2003 Grand Prix, both the track and paddock areas underwent modernisation. The Autodromo José Carlos Pace, like Imola and Istanbul, runs in an anti-clockwise direction.
 
 
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