Racing to a rhythmRacing to a rhythm

To an older generation, the São Paulo Grand Prix, or Brazilian Grand Prix as it was once known, was an exciting, early season round of the World Championship, one at which the season still held untold promise and the pecking order was still being divined. For the last 20 years, however, it's been firmly an end-of-season event: Championships on the line and tension in the air.

Interlagos is the perfect track for that sort of drama. It's a place where things happen – roared on by a large, boisterous and intimately knowledgeable crowd.

Our only visit to South America is to one of motorsport's real strongholds. Brazil in general, but São Paulo in particular has been a production line of great racing drivers, and there's a real sense of history coming into the track, past buildings adorned with murals commemorating the great and the good. It's a special place for a race.