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The 1995 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally the XXIV Grande Prêmio do Brasil) was a Formula One motor race held on March 26, 1995 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil. It was the first round of the 1995 Formula One season. The race, contested over 71 laps, was won by Michael Schumacher for the Benetton team after starting from second position. David Coulthard finished second in a Williams, with Gerhard Berger third in a Ferrari. Damon Hill, who started the race from pole position, spun out while leading on lap 30 with an apparent gearbox problem, which was later found to be a suspension failure. Schumacher's win came despite Benetton encountering steering problems with his car during Friday practice, leading to him crashing heavily and necessitating steering component changes for the rest of the event. Despite Schumacher's victory, Hill proved to be faster during the race, and seemed to be on course for a comfortable victory before his sudden retirement.

Other notable performances came from Berger, who took the final podium position despite being delayed during one of his routine pit stops due to a problem with a loose wheel nut; Mika Häkkinen, who finished fourth for the McLaren team despite its new car proving to be uncompetitive in pre-season testing; and Mika Salo, who drove strongly in the first half of the race to run third in his first Grand Prix for the Tyrrell team, only to suffer from cramp and drop back to seventh place at the finish. Behind Häkkinen, the other points-scoring finishers were Jean Alesi in the second Ferrari and Mark Blundell, who drove the second McLaren. Blundell was standing in for regular driver Nigel Mansell in the second McLaren until the team could produce a wider chassis in which to accommodate him, as the car's initial cockpit design had proved to be too narrow for him to drive comfortably.

Several hours after the conclusion of the race, Schumacher and Coulthard were excluded from the race result as the chemical "fingerprint" of fuel samples from their cars taken after qualifying and the race did not match the specified sample lodged with the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) prior to the event. Berger was thus declared the winner. But the race stewards' decision to exclude them was overturned at an appeal hearing on April 13. Schumacher and Coulthard were reinstated in first and second places respectively, but the two teams did not receive their respective constructors' points. The Ferrari team was unhappy with the decision made at the appeal hearing; Berger called the sport "a joke". The rule concerning the legality of fuels had been changed for the 1995 season, as had the new standardised equipment used for refuelling during the race, the drivers' weighing-in procedure and the conditions of the drivers' racing licences; all of these changes produced controversies which at times threatened to overshadow the race, as did the excessively bumpy condition of the track. The race also marked the first Brazilian Grand Prix to take place since the death of Brazilian triple World Champion Ayrton Senna the previous year; his passing was commemorated in various ways throughout the event.

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• – Total time includes time elapsed under red flag conditions.
• Friday Practice 1 – Mercedes lead, Vettel crashes out
• Driver replacement – De la Rosa to stand in for Perez in Canada
• Friday Practice 2 – Alonso heads Vettel in disrupted session
• Saturday Practice – Vettel takes control in Canada
• Qualifying – Vettel on pole. But Ferrari on form in Canada
• Race – Button takes last-gasp win in Canadian epic

• * Heidfeld and Sutil recorded no time in Q3 as they did not attempt a run. Heidfeld started ahead, after leaving the pits during the session and Sutil did not.
• Friday Practice 1 – Webber quickest for Red Bull in Valencia
• Friday Practice 2 – Alonso fights back for Ferrari
• Saturday Practice – Vettel moves ahead in Valencia
• Qualifying – Vettel on pole as Red Bull dominate
• Race – Vettel wins from Alonso in Valencia

The 2011 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race, held on 10 July 2011, at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England, and won by Fernando Alonso. Changes to the circuit mean that the race was previously classified as being in Northamptonshire, but the movement of the start-finish line means that the race is now officially classed as being in Buckinghamshire. It was the ninth race of the 2011 season, and saw the introduction of a ban on off-throttle blown diffusers, the practice of forcing the engine to continue to produce exhaust gasses to generate downforce when drivers are not using the throttle.

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• Friday Practice 1 – Webber tops but stops at soggy Silverstone
• Friday Practice 2 – Massa masters changing conditions
• Saturday Practice – Unhappy Red Bull back on top, just
• Qualifying – Webber maintains Red Bull stranglehold
• Race – Alonso storms to superb Silverstone victory

• Friday Practice 1 – Alonso leads the Red Bulls in Germany
• Friday Practice 2 – Webber fights back for Red Bull
• Saturday Practice – Vettel leads Red Bull one-two
• Qualifying – Webber bests Hamilton to take pole
• Race – Hamilton surprises with German victory

• * Pérez set no time, as he did not attempt a run.
• Friday Practice 1 – Hamilton leads Vettel in Hungary
• Friday Practice 2 – Hamilton stays on top in Budapest
• Saturday Practice – Vettel strikes back for Red Bull
• Qualifying – Vettel stuns rivals with Budapest pole
• Race – Button wins drama-filled Budapest race

The 2011 Belgian Grand Prix, formally the 2011 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix, was a Formula One motor race that was held on 28 August 2011, at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium. It was the twelfth round of the 2011 Formula One season, and the 67th Belgian Grand Prix to be held. The race, contested over 44 laps, was won by Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, the drivers' championship leader, after starting from pole position. Vettel's team-mate Mark Webber finished in second place, and Jenson Button completed the podium in third position for McLaren.

As a consequence of the race, Vettel extended his lead in the World Drivers' Championship to 92 points over Webber. Fernando Alonso, fourth in the race, moved into third place in the championship, ten points behind Webber in third, and eight ahead of Button. In the World Constructors' Championship, Red Bull extended their championship lead to 131 points over McLaren, with Ferrari a further 64 points behind in third position.

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• Friday Practice 1 – Schumacher leads rain-hit Spa session
• Friday Practice 2 – Webber edges out Alonso
• Saturday Practice – Webber fastest at sodden Spa
• Qualifying – Vettel beats Hamilton to Spa pole
• Race – Vettel heads Red Bull one-two at Spa

The 2011 Italian Grand Prix, formally known as the 2011 Gran Premio Santander d'Italia was a Formula One motor race that was held on 11 September 2011 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Italy. It was the thirteenth round of the 2011 Formula One season, and the sixtieth time the Italian Grand Prix had been held at Monza. The race, contested over 53 laps, was won by Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, the drivers' championship leader, after starting from pole position. Jenson Button finished in second place for McLaren, and Fernando Alonso completed the podium in third position for Ferrari.

As a consequence of the race, Vettel extended his lead in the World Drivers' Championship to 112 points over Alonso, who moved up to second place in the championship. Button moved into third place in the championship, five points behind Alonso, and level on points with fourth-placed Mark Webber, but ahead on countback. In the World Constructors' Championship, Red Bull's championship lead was cut by McLaren to 126 points, with Ferrari a further 71 points behind in third position.

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