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Formula 1 Brazilian GP

Brazilian GP final practice and qualifying

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Times coming down as the laps reel off. Raikkonen betters Massa's time by over a second.
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"Good lap Kimi. P1 by a second," says engineer Dave Greenwood, who apologises for a mis-communication as Raikkonen says he's pushing for another lap.
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Seems as though it was worth it. The Ferrari likes cool conditions and Raikkonen shaves three tenths off his best time from earlier.
Hulkenberg goes second fastest, less than a tenth faster than Ricciardo's Red Bull, but over a second slower than Raikkonen.
Vettel makes it a Ferrari one-two by setting the second quickest time, but he's more than six tenths off his team-mate right now.
Vettel improves to less than two tenths behind Raikkonen, who asks Ferrari what Mercedes is doing. Lots of traffic making it tricky to read who is pushing and who isn't.
The Mercedes drivers look as though they are on longer runs at this stage. Rosberg and Hamilton are lapping in the 1m16s and 17s down in 18th and 19th overall on the timesheet.
Current top order midway through this session: 1. Raikkonen; 2. Vettel; 3. Verstappen; 4. Ricciardo; 5. Hulkenberg; 6. Massa; 7. Perez; 8. Grosjean; 9. Bottas; 10. Magnussen.
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"I don't think we got the fronts working," says Button, who is only 17th quickest in his McLaren-Honda.
Both Saubers have run into technical trouble this session, and are yet to set a time, as is Daniil Kvyat's Toro Rosso.
"You're confident on the weather?" asks Rosberg, who is told he needs to come in and do two starts in the pitlane by his Mercedes team. Drivers keen to make the most of the track while it's at its best.
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"I can't run these tyres! I can't see on the straight!" cries Palmer, who is told he needs to stay out for fuel data by his Renault team. He eventually gets his wish to come into the pits and end a tricky run.
Kvyat finally rejoins the session and sets the 11th fastest time.
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His STR team-mate Sainz reports "a lot of graining on the rear tyres," in these cool conditions.
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Daniel Ricciardo bangs in a 1m12.287s on his latest run to knock Ferrari off the top of the perch.
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"Front still struggles," reports Ricciardo, who like everyone is struggling to slow down without locking up a front wheel.
Ricciardo goes fastest of all in the first sector, but the rest of his lap falls short and he crosses the line in 1m12.665s. Decent, but not an improvement.
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Nasr reports that he's "getting a message of engine hot," to Sauber. The team tells him to ignore it, but there must be concerns given Ericsson's session-ending problems earlier.
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Palmer pops up in fourth place for Renault, just before Max Verstappen leaps to the top of the timesheet with a 1m12.077s best
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The Dutchman's spell on top is brief. Championship leader Rosberg is the first man into the 1m11s today, and on top by almost three tenths of a second.
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"You can probably see the balance when you look at the data - very strange today," Button not a happy man in his McLaren right now.
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Verstappen told he found "no time at all" in Turn 4 compared to his earlier medium-tyre run, so definitely more to come from the Red Bull man.
Bottas splits the Ferraris by going fifth quickest on his qualifying simulation run.
Hamilton falls less than a tenth short of beating team-mate Rosberg to the quickest time on that run.
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More woe for Button, who has to stop briefly on track thanks to a "hole" in the car's telemetry. A difficult weekend for McLaren-Honda so far.
Raikkonen improves to a 1m12.027s to jump back ahead of Verstappen and into third. Ferrari looking more competitive today after a tricky Friday.

By: Geoff Creighton

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