Brawn’s English driver started from 14th but executed a series of spectacular early overtaking moves before finishing the race fifth.

BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica came second ahead of McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton while six drivers retired in Sao Paulo.

1 Mark Webber RBR-Renault
2 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber +7.6 secs
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes +18.9 secs
4 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault +19.6 secs
5 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes +29.0 secs
6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari +33.3 secs
7 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari +35.9 secs
8 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes +45.4 secs
9 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes +48.4 secs
10 Kamui Kobayashi Toyota +63.3 secs

In 2009 the Brazilian Grand Prix will not be the last one on the Formula 1 calendar, but lets hope it will be as exciting as the 2008 race.

There were speculations that Massa will be racing again sooner than expected and may be make a surprised return to F1 for his home race in Brazil.

However, after ruling out a return at the Brazilian Grand Prix, a race he won last year, Massa will instead wave the chequered flag at Interlagos alongside football legend Pele and supermodel Gisele Bundchen.