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Felipe Massa's win at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday ended a decade-long drought for the home crowd. Local fans hadn't celebrated a Brazilian victory at Interlagos since 1993 when three-time champion Ayrton Senna took the checkered flag. ``I'm sure after today's victory my life will change a lot, especially in Brazil,'' Massa said. ``Brazilian people love Formula One, and hopefully I can give them a lot more good results ...

Fernando Alonso won his second straight Formula One championship Sunday by finishing runner-up to Felipe Massa in the Brazilian Grand Prix, a race that marked the end of Michael Schumacher's mighty career. Schumacher, a seven-time Formula One champion, needed to win his final race before retirement to keep alive his remote chance of another title. But he punctured a tire less than 10 laps into the race, dropped out of ...

Members of the Toyota Formula One team were ambushed by a group of gunmen near the Interlagos circuit in Brazil, the team spokeswoman said Saturday. ``About 20 teenagers stopped us and other cars as we left the track Friday afternoon,'' Toyota spokeswoman Fernanda Villas-Boas said. ``Some people tried to escape and they started shooting, we lowered our heads and were able to flee. Thankfully nothing more serious happened.'' The incident happened about 3 kilometres away from the track ...

Viso, who was hired as Midland test driver after finishing sixth in the 2006 GP2 series, participated in both practice sessions. He completed 58 laps, finishing with the 13th-best time in the first session and 20th in the second. His best time of the day was one minute 14.972 seconds, nearly 2{ seconds slower than Williams' test driver Alexander Wurz, who posted the fastest time of 1:12.547. The 21-year-old Venezuelan ...

Pele will pay tribute to seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher before Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix. The soccer legen will hand a signed trophy to Schumacher in honour of his achievements. The Ferrari driver will end his 16-year career after the season finale. ``It's a great honour and happiness to represent all Brazilians in this trophy presentation for the farewell of the greatest Formula One idol of the moment,'' Pele ...

And then there was one. One race, this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix, the final race of the Formula One season to decide the drivers' title between Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher. One race to determine the team crown between Renault and Ferrari. And one last race in Schumacher's career. Alonso clinched the title here last year when it was the third-to-last race of the season. This time he needs one point _ or Schumacher not winning _ to make ...

Rubens Barrichello spent his day off the track on Tuesday playing a charity golf tournament in Brazil. The Brazilian driver appeared in the Ayrton Senna Institute tournament in Sao Paulo, site of this Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix. Barrichello finished 37th among more than 100 amateur golfers at the Clube de Campo de Sao Paulo. ``It's a busy week so it's good to relax a bit playing golf,'' Barrichello told reporters. ...

Fernando Alonso has good memories of the Brazilian Grand Prix. Last year the Spaniard became Formula One's youngest champion by finishing third in the race, beating out Michael Schumacher for the title. ``Brazil will always hold unique memories from winning the championship in 2005,'' Alonso said. ``And the fact we are fighting for it again in 2006 makes it even more important.'' This year he is only one point shy ...

With the Formula One title all but out of reach, Michael Schumacher said one of his goals in the Brazilian Grand Prix will be to enjoy his last race as a F1 driver. ``I will try to have fun,'' said the Ferrari driver, who is retiring from F1 after Sunday's race. A seven-time champion, Schumacher needs to win at the 4.1-kilometre Interlagos circuit and hope rival Fernando Alonso fails to ...