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Formula 1 Brazilian GP

Brazilian GP final practice and qualifying

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It's the usual hugging and handshaking for Hamilton while Vettel takes a while to escape his Ferrari.

"Ahh, lost it," Vettel said after the lap was complete and pole had slipped away.
Hamilton is up on a camera tower overlooking the main straight and comes down for an interview.

"That was a tough qualifying session, the weather was going up and down," he said. "Ferrari are very quick this weekend and we did a lot of work with my engineers to make sure we were ready.

"It's great to be here in Brazil. I have Senna's design on my helmet this weekend."

On Ferrari and his chances tomorrow, he added: "They had more blistering on the supersoft than us. I'm not sure if this is correct but we wanted to be on the soft."
"I had a tiny lock-up in Turn 8," explains Vettel.

"It was a little bit too much so we lost some time and didn't improve.

When asked about being called to the stewards regarding a weighbridge infringement, he added: "I think it's better if I don't say anything.

"They shouldn't call us like that, when the conditions are like that it's not fair. I wanted them to hurry up!"
That's the end of the session, but with Hamilton's risky swerve towards Sirotkin and Vettel's breaking the weighing scales, it appears the result could still change.

Here's a report of the action from the session, and keep an eye on our website for the breaking news from Brazil. We'll rejoin you tomorrow for what promises to be an epic race.
Lewis Hamilton beats Sebastian Vettel in Brazil F1 qualifying
Driver, Team
Hamilton, Mercedes
Vettel, Ferrari
Bottas, Mercedes
Raikkonen, Ferrari
Verstappen, Red Bull
Ricciardo, Red Bull
Ericsson, Sauber
Leclerc, Sauber
Grosjean, Haas
Gasly, Toro Rosso

By: Geoff Creighton

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