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Looking over the Temporada circuits, I found that Interlagos (Autódromo José Carlos Pace) had a very interesting and quite long pre-Formula One history which I thought could use a little more information beyond the first two sentences at the top of the "History" paragraph. The following is a first attempt to find more information about the period from 1940 to the 1950's.

Grande Prêmio São Paulo (Formula Libre)
(http://forums.autosport.com/topic/32740-1940-grande-prmio-so-paulo/) (Source: Jornal "O Estado de S. Paulo" from 12/05/1940 and 14/05/1940) 1st Arthur Nascimento Jr., Alfa Romeo (3500 cc), 25 laps, 1:46'44" 2nd Francisco "Chico" Landi, Maserati (3000 cc) 3rd Geraldo Avelar, Alfa Romeo (2700 cc) The "Grande Prêmio Sao Paulo" started at 2:30 pm. Starting grid (formation 4x4x4...) :

- 1st row - 2nd row - 3rd row - 4th row - 5th row - 6th row - 7th row - 8th row
 * 1) 2 - Arthur Nascimento Jr. (BR) - Alfa Romeo - 4min09s5
 * 2) 22 - Quirino Landi (BR) - Alfa Romeo - 4min21s5
 * 3) 18 - Dr. Geraldo Avellar (BR) - Alfa Romeo - 4min21s5
 * 4) 4 - Francisco Credentino (BR) - Maserati - 4min23s5
 * 1) 6 - Francisco Landi :clap: (BR) - Maserati - 4min27s5
 * 2) 8 - Manuel de Teffé (BR) - Maserati - 4min31s
 * 3) 12 - Domingos Ochoteco (AR) - Alfa Romeo - 4min32s
 * 4) 14 - Vasco Sameiro (P) - Alfa Romeo - 4min37s
 * 1) 34 - Joao Santos Mauro (BR) - Ford V8
 * 2) 48 - Irineu Angulo (BR) - Ford V8
 * 3) 50 - Amaral Júnior (BR) - Lincoln
 * 4) 10 - Oldemar Ramos (BR) - Alfa Romeo
 * 1) 40 - Claudio Bianchi (BR) - Hudson
 * 2) 30 - Norberto Jung (BR) - Ford V8
 * 3) 44 - Ary de Almeida (BR) - Alfa Romeo
 * 4) 52 - Ninito Teixeira (BR) - Alfa Romeo
 * 1) 20 - José dos Santos Soeiro (BR) - Fiat
 * 2) 36 - José Zaza (BR) - Chrysler
 * 3) 58 - Luiz Tavares de Moraes (BR) - Studebaker
 * 4) 24 - Angelo Goncalves (BR) - Ford V8
 * 1) 70 - Lygio Fernandes (BR) - Ford V8
 * 2) 62 - Luigi Bertetti Bianco (BR) - Chrysler
 * 3) 28 - Miguel Violante (BR) - Maserati
 * 4) 38 - Jamil Coury (BR) - Renault
 * 1) 54 - Luciano Edmundo Bonini (BR) - Fiat
 * 2) 16 - Julio de Moraes (BR) - Wanderer
 * 3) 32 - Arthur Bertoni (BR) - Ford V8
 * 4) 68 - Luiz Zappia (BR) - Buick
 * 1) 26 - Domingos Lopes (BR) - Bugatti
 * 2) 42 - Benedicto Lopes (BR) - Alfa Romeo

Minimum time for qualification: 5min 30s (avg speed 90 km/h). There were 45 inscriptions, but only 30 started. The rest of the drivers were DSQ after the health examination, or technical examination or because they haven't made the minimum time for the grid.

THE RACE An easy task for Nascimento Jr, who opened a gap at the beggining and just kept the pace until the end. Landi was second and Avellar was third since the start. Benedicto and Domingos Lopes stormed through the field to complete the first five. There were just an accident, nothing serious, with Francisco Credentino.

RACE RESULTS - 25 laps - 200 km 1 - Arthur Nascimento Jr (BR) - Alfa Romeo 3800cc - 1h46m44s2 (112,426 km/h) 2 - Francisco Landi (BR) - Maserati 3000cc - 1h47m06s2 (112,041 km/h) 3 - Dr. Geraldo Avellar (BR) - Alfa Romeo - 24 laps 4 - Benedicto Lopes (BR) - Alfa Romeo - 24 laps 5 - Domingos Lopes (BR) - Bugatti - 24 laps 6 - Ary de Almeida (BR) - Alfa Romeo 7 - Joao Santos Mauro (BR) - Ford V8 (1st among addapted cars) 8 - Angelo Goncalves (BR) - Ford V8 (2nd among addapted cars) 9 - Norberto Jung (BR) - Ford V8 (3rd .................................) 10 - Jamil Coury (BR) - Ford V8 (4th ...............................)

BEST LAP: Arthur Nascimento Jr - 4min09s1 (115,616 km/h - 15th lap)

DNFs: Manuel de Teffé - mechanical Domingos Ochoteco - mechanical Vasco Sameiro - mechanical Francisco Credentino - accident

The Maseratis of Manuel de Teffé (under review at scruteneering) and Chico Landi, who had ordered 500 liters of an alcohol-based fuel (with the excuse to honour a national prestige product), were prohibited to practice on the track due to safety concerns for workers finishing last preparations.

The practice session was also marred by a fatality involving the Ford of Joaquim Simoes Souza (http://www.autodromodeinterlagos.com.br/wp1/conheca-interlagos/historia/?lang=en)

🇦🇷 Interlagos

Interlagos Formula One Races

 * 1990 - present
 * 1979, 1980
 * 1972 - 1977

Endurance Series

 * 24 Horas Interlagos: 1951
 * Mil Milhas Brasileiras: (8 km circuit) 1956-1961, 1965-1967, 1970, 1973, 1981, 1983-1989
 * Mil Milhas Brasileiras: (4.3 km circuit) 1990, 1992-1999, 2001-2008
 * 1000 km de Interlagos
 * 12 Horas Interlagos:
 * 6 Horas Interlagos:
 * 6 Horas São Paulo


 * 1500 km de Interlagos

Regular? Series

 * 500 km Interlagos: 1957-1959, 1961-1967, 1974, 1982, 1997, 1999
 * 3 Horas Velocidade:
 * all the various GP's...etc (how deep does it need to go?)

1950 - 1959
Categories: Mecánica National Brazil
 * Esporte
 * Mecânica Continental
 * Mecânica Nacional
 * Gran Turismo
 * Turismo

Drivers (without their own page) by multiple appearance
 * Ciro Cayres
 * Camillo Cristófaro
 * Celso Lara Barberis
 * Jaime Silva
 * Luís Pereira Bueno