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Formula 1 Brazilian GP

Brazilian GP final practice and qualifying

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Magnussen pops his Haas into fifth, while team-mate Grosjean goes eighth.
Perez has climbed out of trouble into 11th. Vandoorne improves on his previous best, but still sits 18th and in trouble.
Sirotkin moves up to 13th, that puts Ocon into the drop zone.
Leclerc goes eighth, ahead of Grosjean, on a good weekend for the Ferrari customer teams so far.
Stroll improves to 18th - that's not going to be enough.
The Interlagos circuit is blanketed in dark cloud, it almost looks dark in various places around the track but the heavens are yet to fully open just yet.
Ocon moves himself just out of trouble by going 14th, and that puts Alonso into the drop zone in 16th. Still five minutes left in Q1.
Radio Comms
Grosjean, currently ninth, reports he's struggling for tyre temp now and adds to the reports of droplets of rain.
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1 Verstappen, 2 Raikkonen, 3 Vettel, 4 Hamilton, 5 Magnussen, 6 Bottas, 7 Ricciardo, 8 Leclerc, 9 Grosjean, 10 Ericsson, 11 Hulkenberg, 12 Perez, 13 Sirotkin, 14 Ocon, 15 Sainz, 16 Alonso, 17 Gasly, 18 Stroll, 19 Hartley, 20 Vandoorne.
Turn 4 and 12 is receiving heavier rain now, as confirmed by Renault's Hulkenberg.

Ocon and Vandoorne have both had big moments at those two corners in their last laps.
All eyes on Alonso, Gasly, Stroll, Hartley and Vandoorne. And the sky...
Hartley climbs up to 14th, putting Sainz into the drop zone.
Radio Comms
"IT'S RAINING, IT'S RAINING," shouts Gasly on the radio.

Vandoorne adds that the rain has spread to the final corner now.
Gasly goes 12th, and that puts Hartley back into trouble.
Radio Comms
Hartley reports a big front lock-up on his last lap, and he's down in 19th.
Vandoorne improves, but stays last.
Alonso improves his time but not his position - he's 18th. Grim for McLaren.
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Drop zone with 90 seconds to go in Q1: Sainz, Hartley, Alonso, Stroll, Vandoorne.
Radio Comms
Alonso is told by his engineer "people are still improving", even though the driver reports rain is getting heavier.

It seems drivers are still able to improve in sectors one and two.
Stroll is the latest driver down the back of the field to improve his time but stay mired in the bottom five. He's 19th.
Checkered flag
That's the chequered flag out for Q1.
Crash
Out in Q1: Sainz, Hartley, Alonso, Stroll, Vandoorne.
Radio Comms
"We're not going improve anywhere," says Gasly. "Tell me if other drivers are improving because if they aren't, there's no point in pushing."
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Through to Q2: Verstappen, Raikkonen, Vettel, Hamilton, Magnussen, Bottas, Ricciardo, Leclerc, Grosjean, Ericsson, Hulkenberg, Gasly, Perez, Sirotkin, Ocon.
Radio Comms
Gasly is increasingly active on the radio, but showing excellent tactical nous. He wants Toro Rosso ready to get his car turned around and ready to go again to make use of the track while it's still relatively dry.
Green flag
All eyes on the sky as we start Q2 with a stream of cars heading out.
Everyone has headed straight out at the start of Q2.
Radio Comms
Magnussen is told more rain is "definitely coming" so it's important to get a lap in early.

More rain expected in five minutes.
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Stopwatch
Ericsson and Leclerc set the early pace.
Stopwatch
Verstappen goes fastest with a 1m08.0s, which is almost matched by Ricciardo.

By: Geoff Creighton

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