Since this was Brazil, it was a safe bet for teams to strongly strategize for a wet race.
Truthfully, since it had drizzled a day after the general arrival, the expectation was that the clouds would remain open for the rest of the week, pouring on and off until and even after Sunday.
However, it wasn't the case.
For the visiting Europeans, they got to experience their first sunshower of the year.
The other days were partly cloudy and partly sunny, and the qualifiers fell under this mild atmosphere, the track glistening with dew and carrying an evocative scent of wet asphalt and fuel that made every driver feel alive again.
Interlagos faithfully waited for Formula 1 for fourteen months.
A few other racing events had passed through during that time. There was a motorbike and two GT races. These managed to keep the circuit awake.
Each of the events had its own memorable moments, including the crash that broke the leg of a rookie GT racer.
