HRT has confirmed that alternator failure took Vitantonio Liuzzi out of Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix. The Italian pulled off the track at the Senna S on Lap 64.
“At the start my car went into anti-stall, so when I dropped the clutch the car stopped and everyone passed me and, therefore, I was last coming into the first corner but then during the first lap I managed to make up for it,” the Italian explained.
“Everything went well in qualifying and during the race we had a good pace and competed well with the Virgins, so it’s a great shame that I suffered an alternator failure towards the end which forced us to retire. It’s unfortunate because we wanted to finish the season with a strong result.
“It’s a shame because we could have achieved it. Now we have to work hard for next year and try to recover from this problem and make up for it in the future because we need to be strong and competitive in every race.”
For today's race, Liuzzi ran a blackboard-inspired helmet with a chalk design.
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| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  M. Webber | Red Bull | 1:32:17.464 |
| 2. | S. Vettel | Red Bull | +16.983 |
| 3. | J. Button | McLaren | +27.638 |
| 4. | F. Alonso | Ferrari | +35.048 |
| 5. | F. Massa | Ferrari | +1:06.733 |
| 6. | A. Sutil | Force India | +1 Lap |
| 7. | N. Rosberg | Mercedes | +1 Lap |
| 8. | P. di Resta | Force India | +1 Lap |
| 9. | K. Kobayashi | Sauber | +1 Lap |
| 10. | V. Petrov | Lotus Renault | +1 Lap |
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