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Formula 1 Brazilian GP

2014 Brazilian Grand Prix Friday - Practice

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Ricciardo slithers over the run-off at the Senna S.
Perez's pitwall body language now has a bit more boredom about it.
Toro Rosso tells Kvyat that most of the problems he's experienced so far this afternoon are down to tyre temperatures varying.
The suspension of Perez's very dismantled Force India is getting a polish. There's a 'Henry' hoover underneath too, so it'll definitely be thoroughly clean for him when fixed.
A big lock-up into the Senna S suggests Grosjean has now decided to push hard.
Mass, slightly tense, confusion on the Lotus radio between Grosjean and his engineers over whether he should be pushing, cooling or pitting.
With the majority of the drivers back in the pits right now the top 10 is as follows:

1 Hamilton
2 Rosberg
3 Ricciardo
4 Alonso
5 Massa
6 Raikkonen
7 Maldonado
8 Bottas
9 Magnussen
10 Kvyat
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"The track is really, really difficult to drive right now in those temperatures," pacesetter Hamilton tells Mercedes.
Nico Rosberg is 0.203s behind Hamilton in second place.
Lotus gives Grosjean a setting instruction for his next timed lap. "Why?" he replies a bit indignantly. He's promised an explanation later.
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Hamilton leads with a 1m13.072s.
Perez won't be running after Juncadella's morning crash.
And the rest:

11 Vettel
12 Bottas
13 Hulkenberg
14 Kvyat
15 Sutil
16 Gutierrez
17 Vergne
With the first 30 minutes completed the running order is as follows:

1 Hamilton
2 Ricciardo
3 Rosberg
4 Massa
5 Raikkonen
6 Maldonado
7 Alonso
8 Magnussen
9 Grosjean
10 Button
Hamilton was passed by a couple of cars while on a slow lap, and had a very close near-miss with Raikkonen, having to climb the kerb to get out of the Ferrari's way.
Massa has moved into P4 ahead of the Ferrari duo and behind Rosberg.
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Lewis Hamilton now leads with 1m13.468s
Vettel reports quite high wear on both right-side tyres.
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Ricciardo takes back the top spot with a 1m13.546s.
Hamilton paid a brief visit to the run-off area at the Senna S just now.
TV cameras find a lady with particularly massive afro-style hair on the balcony above the pitlane. It's a remarkable size. Great effort. Must be a hassle in a downpour.
Rosberg tells Mercedes he has "good bite on the brakes with the cold brakes."
In the other Ferrari, Alonso improves to fourth place.
"The rear's definitely more lively," Ricciardo tells Red Bull, which he demonstrates with a wild twitch.
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Rosberg fastest with a 1m13.572s.
He leads Ricciardo, Rosberg and Hamilton.
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Rakkonen back to the top.
Vettel neatly catches a couple of oversteer moments in his Red Bull.
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Now Daniel Ricciardo goes fastest with a 1m14.499s.
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Nico Rosberg goes fastest with a 1m14.681s, taking the top spot that had briefly been held by Kimi Raikkonen.
Ferocious cleaning efforts are under way at McLaren, where an F1 car has inconveniently left tyre marks on the garage floor.
Vergne makes his way back down the pitlane, helmet in hand.
Sauber calls Gutierrez back into the pits as it is still having problems with his car.
Whatever Nelson Piquet just said to Niki Lauda in the Mercedes garage looked like it was quite amusing.
Jean-Eric Vergne, Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton are the only other drivers who have set a time so far.
Green flag
The session restarts with 72 minutes to go.
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Force India attempts to explain the stoppage to Hulkenberg: "They wouldn't touch that car so I think it must've got ERS unsafe. But now they have moved it, and they put the red flag out as they started to move it, so I don't know why that is."
Niki Lauda is joined in the Mercedes pit by fellow F1 legend Nelson Piquet for a chat.
The top 10 before the red flag came out:

1 Magnussen
2 Bottas
3 Maldonado
4 Kvyat
5 Grosjean
6 Button
7 Sutil
8 Rosberg
9 Hulkenberg
10 Gutierrez

By: Glenn Freeman, Matt Beer, AUTOSPORT staff

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