Formula 1: Fernando Alonso finishes on the podium in Brazil

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso on delivering a fighting performance secured third place in the Formula 1 season finale at São Paulo. For the Spaniard, whose race car uses dampers by ZF Friedrichshafen AG, this marked the ninth podium finish of the year.

Thus, Alonso ended the season as the closest rival of World Champion and race winner Sebastian Vettel.
A finish in the points, in seventh place, was also achieved by local hero Felipe Massa in the second Ferrari.
Eighth place at round 19 of the World Championship was taken by Nico Hülkenberg.

The Sauber driver relies on dampers by ZF in his car as well.
The last Championship point in his last race for Toro Rosso was grabbed by the Australian Daniel Ricciardo, who will be Vettel’s new team-mate in 2014.
The Toro Rosso cars are equipped with clutches by ZF.

In the 2013 season, ZF Friedrichshafen AG features a wide-ranging motorsports commitment. Upon Volkswagen's entry in the World Rally Championship (WRC), ZF is returning to this discipline as an official cooperation partner of the brand and equips the Polo R WRC with driveline and chassis technology In the DTM, all three automobile manufacturers, Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz, exclusively rely on clutches by ZF Race Engineering.

New in the 2013 season are partnerships with the Japanese Super GT and a technical partnership with Toyota Racing in the World Endurance Championship (WEC). The brand's entire commitment is presented with comprehensive current information on the internet at zf.com/motorsport and on Facebook on:www.facebook.com/zfmotorsport
There, motorsports fans can also again apply to become ZF Race Reporters in order to take an exclusive peek behind the scenes of the DTM.