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2013 Singapore Grand Prix Saturday practice
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Vettel still holds the key, but there is at least some hope that qualifying will be a little closer. Join us later for all the action.
Perez is seventh in the leading McLaren, ahead of Hulkenberg, Button ninth and Massa rounds out the top 10 as darkness falls over Marina Bay
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Star of the session Grosjean reports a big concern ahead of qualifying: “Not sure the brake issue is gone, I think it’s the same as yesterday.”
Webber ends the session in fourth with Hamilton fifth, but both are seven-tenths down on the leading pace. Alonso is sixth for Ferrari.
Grosjean's still out but his first sector is some way off his own best, and he isn't going to usurp Vettel.
Sebastian Vettel tops the timesheet in final practice with a time of 1m44.173s, ahead of Romain Grosjean and Nico Rosberg.
There'll be no late improvements from Alonso, Button or Perez, who are in the pits.
Raikkonen goes 12th, with a time of 1m46.147s.
Gutierrez only improves to 16th, his 1m46.893s a second slower than his team-mate.
Raikkonen, anonymous thus far in 18th, is on a personal best lap but it's not going to trouble top spot.
The session has ended. Drivers already on a timed lap may complete it.
59 min: This is a much better lap from Gutierrez, and not a moment too soon. He's 20th, five seconds slower than Vettel!
59 min: Vettel elects to pit without completing his second effort. He comes through the pitlane and back out to practice a start.
58 min: The two McLarens go green in the first sector but are considerably slower than the leaders through the middle part of the lap.
58 min: Cooling laps for many of the leading drivers at the moment. They will come through and see if they can get a second hot lap out of the tyre.
57 min: Grosjean is the only driver that's close. The Frenchman is second, 0.191s away from Vettel's time. Rosberg is third with Webber fourth.
57 min: Bianchi falls half a tenth short of also jumping ahead of Gutierrez at the foot of the times.
56 min: Webber splits the Mercedes duo and goes fourth with 1m44.906s. These laps are some distance away from Vettel's recent benchmark.
56 min: At the bottom of the timesheets, a coup for Caterham as van der Garde (1m48.931s) and Pic (1m49.037s) leapfrog Gutierrez.
56 min: Rosberg pips his team-mate to third spot, with a slightly better lap of 1m44.741s.
55 min: Massa improves to go eighth on a 1m45.935s.
55 min: Hamilton moves up to third spot with 1m44.921s - 0.748s down on Vettel.
55 min: Di Resta moves into 11th spot in the Force India with a time of 1m46.879s.
55 min: Perez now moves to fourth quickest, 1m45.500s for the Mexican.
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54 min: Vettel rounds the final corner and duly goes fastest with 1m44.173s.
54 min: Button now pops up to fourth on a 1m45.890s.
54 min: 28.030s is absolutely mighty but he has not pushed on in the middle sector.
54 min: Alonso splits the pair on a 1m45.257s, 0.8s behind Grosjean.
54 min: Hulkenberg slots into second on a 1m45.876s, some way off the Lotus.
54 min: Vettel is now fastest in the first sector, four-tenths quicker than Grosjean's benchmark.
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53 min: Grosjean goes top on a 1m44.364s. Huge gain on the super-softs.
53 min: Grosjean, as expected, goes quickest of anyone in sector one and sector two. But behind, Alonso eclipses his first sector effort.
53 min: Only five drivers left in the pits now as we anticipate the timing monitor spinning like a fruit machine. Will Vettel have the advantage that he enjoyed yesterday?
51 min: Grosjean, fitted with the super-soft, is winding up for a qualifying simulation run.
51 min: Bianchi overruns Turn 1, but the Marussia continues.
51 min: Vettel, di Resta and Sutil all out there on super-soft tyes.
50 min: Rosberg also heads out with the red-rimmed Pirelli tyre bolted onto the car.
50 min: Grosjean and Hulkenberg blink flirst and are out on track for the final part of the practice session.
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50 min: Ricciardo complains “The car is pulling mainly to the right” under braking, and he says he’s having to “drive around this problem.”
50 min: Button and Perez have had a few set-up tweaks applied in the McLaren garage. Can they improve on seventh and eighth?
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