Motor racing-Formula One statistics for Brazilian Grand Prix

Nov 3 (Reuters) - Formula One statistics for Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo.

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TITLES

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso can win his third world championship this weekend.

If he does, he will become only the ninth driver to achieve the feat.

Alonso won his two titles with Renault (2005, 2006) in Brazil. The last five championships have been decided at Interlagos.

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CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE

Five drivers are still mathematically in the title chase with two races to go: Alonso, Red Bull's Mark Webber, team mate Sebastian Vettel and McLaren duo Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button.

Alonso will take the title if he wins at Interlagos and Webber (11 points behind) finishes no higher than fifth in the new 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 scoring system).

If Webber retires, Alonso need only score four more points than Hamilton (currently -21) and finish ahead of Vettel (-25) and Button (-42).

Vettel must finish in the points and ahead of Alonso to stay in the hunt.

Button must finish at least second, with Alonso not scoring and Webber out of the top four and Hamilton no higher than third, to have any chance of being in contention at the final round in Abu Dhabi.

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WINS

Alonso is sixth in the all-time race winners list with 26 victories after winning in South Korea.

One more win would lift him level with three times champion Jackie Stewart. Those ahead of him are Nigel Mansell (31), Ayrton Senna (41), Alain Prost (51) and Michael Schumacher (91).

South Korea was Alonso's fifth win of the season. The last time a driver won five or more races and failed to win the title was in 2008, when Brazilian Felipe Massa won six to Hamilton's five.

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POLES

Vettel took his ninth pole of the season and 14th of his career in South Korea, but again failed to win -- having taken only two of his three victories this year from pole.

Only seven of the 17 races have been from pole this year.

Red Bull have taken 14 poles this year and can equal the record of 15 held by McLaren (1988 and 1989) and Williams (1992 and 1993).

Williams hold the record for successive poles, with 24 in a row in 1992/93.

Red Bull have locked out the front row eight times this year.

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POINTS

Championship leaders' Red Bull's failure to score points in Korea ended a run of 22 races in the points. It was their first double retirement since 2008.

McLaren are now the only team to have scored points in every race this year.

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MILESTONE

Hamilton's second place in Yeongam was McLaren's 450th podium finish.

(Compiled by Alan Baldwin; Editing by Toby Davis; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)