Brazilian GP final practice and qualifying
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Hamilton bangs in a 1m11.238s to kick off.
Rosberg again has to accept second, he's 0.145s slower.
Bottas takes an initial third, 1.2s off the pace.
The Red Bulls go third and fourth, Verstappen half a second off Rosberg and 0.2s ahead of Ricciardo.
Vettel splits the Red Bulls as he goes fourth.
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"I think I have a puncture or something, the front tyres aren't working!" Massa complains. Williams tells him they are just too cold.
Vettel ran wide through Juncao and got pretty sideways on that lap, so surely could've been third with a cleaner run onto the straight.
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Raikkonen looks like he's backed right off after starting a first flying lap.
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Raikkonen regroups for another go and takes sixth, 0.3s and two places behind Vettel.
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"Lap was OK. Messed up the last corner I think you saw. Struggling with fronts in Turn 4 and the last corner," reports Vettel after lapping fourth quickest.
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Grosjean has aborted his run without setting a time yet, while Haas team-mate Gutierrez has stayed in the pits so far.
Perez goes ninth with his first attempt, then is beaten moments later by Hulkenberg - who is just 0.004s faster.
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Order so far: 1 Hamilton; 2 Rosberg; 3 Verstappen; 4 Vettel; 5 Ricciardo; 6 Raikkonen; 7 Bottas; 8 Alonso; 9 Hulkenberg; 10 Perez
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In jeopardy: 11 Massa; 12 Sainz; 13 Kvyat; 14 Palmer. No time yet: Grosjean, Gutierrez
Massa is currently 0.3s slower than team-mate Bottas, who's four places ahead in seventh.
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Hulkenberg reports a rogue downshift in Turn 8 on that run. He still made it into the top 10 though. "We'll have a look Nico," Force India reassures him.
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Palmer tried for a second run when the track was quiet and got up to 12th ahead of the Toro Rossos for now.
The top six (Mercedes/Red Bull/Ferrari) and Palmer are back in the pits, but everyone else is going for a time with one minute left.
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Alonso edges up to seventh, while Massa inches into the top 10 in 10th.
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"Come on now! Put everything together mariachi." Words of encouragement for Gutierrez from his Haas team.
Hulkenberg leaps to eighth, Gutierrez to 10th, putting Massa out.
Perez brings his Force India into the top 10 too, which pushes Gutierrez out.
And now Grosjean makes Q3, and it's Bottas who loses out.
That's a huge turnaround - Williams had Force India on the ropes yesterday but Williams is only 11th and 13th now, its rival is in Q3.
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Out in Q2: 11 Bottas; 12 Gutierrez; 13 Massa; 14 Kvyat; 15 Sainz; 16 Palmer
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Into Q3: Hamilton, Rosberg, Verstappen, Vettel, Ricciardo, Raikkonen, Alonso, Perez, Grosjean, Hulkenberg
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"OK I've done my best. I think there were a couple of tenths in me, maybe a tenth and a half," says Kvyat, as he's told he's four tenths away from the top 10 and losing time in sector one.
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Confusion for home hero Massa, who says he "doesn't know why" the Williams lacked speed in Q2.
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By: Geoff Creighton
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