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F1 NEWS

Downpour spoils final Suzuka practice

By Mark Glendenning

Saturday, October 9th 2010, 03:08 GMT

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso, Suzuka Torrential rain made for an almost complete washout of the final practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix, with just two cars managing to complete timed laps.

On a circuit covered with deep running water and conditions steadily worsening, only Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari and Virgin's Timo Glock were brave enough to stay out long enough to register on the timing screens, with Alguersuari managing a 1m55.902s and Glock a 2m07.497s.

Several other drivers attempted exploratory laps but all immediately returned to the pits, with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton reporting back to his team that the conditions were "unbelievable" and describing "massive rivers" across the track during his final trip out of the pits in the closing minutes.

With the rain expected to continue to worsen, there is increasing likelihood that qualifying will be delayed on safety grounds.

Pos  Driver              Car                   Time       Gap        Laps
 1.  Jaime Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m55.902s             9
 2.  Timo Glock          Virgin-Cosworth       2m07.497s  + 11.595s  6
 3.  Lucas di Grassi     Virgin-Cosworth                             1
 4.  Sakon Yamamoto      Hispania-Cosworth                           1
 5.  Bruno Senna         Hispania-Cosworth                           1
 6.  Sebastien Buemi     Toro Rosso-Ferrari                          4
 7.  Nick Heidfeld       Sauber-Ferrari                              1
 8.  Felipe Massa        Ferrari                                     1
 9.  Nico Hülkenberg     Williams-Cosworth                           2
10.  Rubens Barrichello  Williams-Cosworth                           1
11.  Kamui Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari                              1
12.  Heikki Kovalainen   Lotus-Cosworth                              1
13.  Nico Rosberg        Mercedes                                    1
14.  Vitantonio Liuzzi   Force India-Mercedes                        1
15.  Mark Webber         Red Bull-Renault                            1
16.  Michael Schumacher  Mercedes                                    1
17.  Fernando Alonso     Ferrari                                     1
18.  Vitaly Petrov       Renault                                     1
19.  Jenson Button       McLaren-Mercedes                            3
20.  Jarno Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth                              1
21.  Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull-Renault                            1
22.  Adrian Sutil        Force India-Mercedes                        1
23.  Robert Kubica       Renault                                     2
24.  Lewis Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes                            3

All timing unofficial

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