F1 Brazilian GP: Drivers with the most wins at Interlagos

Felipe Massa 2006, 2008

Massa is a two-time champion at Interlagos

Felipe Massa is one of a number of Brazilians to have enjoyed success at their home race. 2006 was the first season that Massa was really under the microscope, and he passed with flying colours, claiming 2 victories that year, including at Interlagos.

That was a victory with mixed feelings, as that race decided the drivers' world championship in favour of Fernando Alonso. The 2008 triumph was a very bittersweet one, as ecstasy rapidly turned to agony within a minute. Victory and Lewis Hamilton’s sixth place would’ve meant that the Brazilian would be an F1 champion, but he instead missed out by a point thanks to Hamilton’s pass of Timo Glock in the final corner.

Juan Pablo Montoya 2004, 2005

Juan Pablo Montoya (left) won the race for two different constructors

Juan Pablo Montoya announced himself on the F1 stage in Brazil with his audacious overtake on Michael Schumacher in 2001, and probably would’ve gone on to claim his first win in the sport, had it not been for a crash involving the lapped Jos Verstappen.

His 2004 triumph was the last victory for Williams before Pastor Maldonado’s shock win at Spain in 2012. The Colombian switched to McLaren in 2005 and led home a 1-2 finish, the team's first in five years, but Fernando Alonso was the one celebrating, the Spaniard sealing his first drivers' world championship.