From GMM
As Jenson Button on Saturday night, some Sauber engineers were attacked on the road from Interlagos to Morumbi.
More stories about the threat of armed muggers were doing the rounds in the paddock at Sao Paulo.
The skilled driver of Jenson Button's bullet-proof Mercedes B-class managed to smash through traffic when threatened by robbers wielding bats and machine guns on Saturday evening after qualifying.
But half a dozen Sauber engineers were reportedly less lucky, having been relieved of their briefcases in the same area on the route from Interlagos to Morumbi. It is also believed that staff of the sport's management FOM were robbed last week.
A few years ago, a car filled with Toyota personnel was also confronted by men with guns. The situation has led to an obviously higher police and security presence in and around the circuit on Sunday morning, and rumours that F1 might not return to Interlagos.
Former commentator Murray Walker told the BBC he was the subject of a near-mugging in Sao Paulo some years ago.
"Naturally the people who are in the favelas (shanty towns) see these obviously very wealthy people driving away from the circuit and they know they've got a lot of money, and they know they've got watches and things on them and that's what they're after," said the Briton.
As Jenson Button on Saturday night, some Sauber engineers were attacked on the road from Interlagos to Morumbi.
More stories about the threat of armed muggers were doing the rounds in the paddock at Sao Paulo.
The skilled driver of Jenson Button's bullet-proof Mercedes B-class managed to smash through traffic when threatened by robbers wielding bats and machine guns on Saturday evening after qualifying.
But half a dozen Sauber engineers were reportedly less lucky, having been relieved of their briefcases in the same area on the route from Interlagos to Morumbi. It is also believed that staff of the sport's management FOM were robbed last week.
A few years ago, a car filled with Toyota personnel was also confronted by men with guns. The situation has led to an obviously higher police and security presence in and around the circuit on Sunday morning, and rumours that F1 might not return to Interlagos.
Former commentator Murray Walker told the BBC he was the subject of a near-mugging in Sao Paulo some years ago.
"Naturally the people who are in the favelas (shanty towns) see these obviously very wealthy people driving away from the circuit and they know they've got a lot of money, and they know they've got watches and things on them and that's what they're after," said the Briton.