Track Torque: What do you know … with two to go?

NO one knows who is going to be champion but one thing is for sure, this weekend’s race will help decide.

I personally would like to see Nico Rosberg work hard and make it, but that won’t be easy against a highly skilled teammate like Lewis Hamilton.

This has been the big attraction throughout the season – to see whose turn it is at each grand prix, with no one knowing the answer.

Interlagos in Brazil (between the lakes) is a different kind of track.

First of all, it is anti-clockwise which catches out some drivers who are more used to racing for nearly two hours in a clockwise direction.

So, here they will have up to four Gs pulling on their necks in the other direction.

This is as much as a 16kg force acting against the human neck.

If you see any driver drop his head at the end of the race, you’ll know he is not as fit as he should be, but enough of that.

The racing should be good in Brazil. It often rains at Interlagos and the puddles that develop on the track can be quite a challenge.

Wet or dry, it’s a great circuit and will bring out the best of the best.

Red Bull and their finely honed Adrian Newey machines should be great here.

Their supercharged drivers, Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen, should make a big statement and might even give Mercedes a fright.

As we have said, the Mercs will have a great battle between each other for vital points in the championship while the Prancing Horse team might just come out of their corner and show what they are made of.

With Kimi Raikkonen pushing Sebastian Vettel hard, anything could happen at Ferrari. I hope nothing breaks and that they are reliable.

I hope to see Williams and Force India, both Merc powered, also challenging hard and it will give McLaren Honda fans a lot of pleasure if they can also join in the fray upfront.

If it is an all wet race I expect Rosberg to be very good but Hamilton will be at his devastating best and very hard to beat.

If mixed or dry Rosberg has a better chance, and remember he won here last year.

Roll on the great race at Sao Paulo.

Times: qualifying 5.50pm on Saturday; race 6pm on Sunday.

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