Brazilian GP final practice and qualifying
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Q3 begins, Hamilton is first on track with Rosberg following.
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"I've no power! Oh! It's back - had a bit of turbo lag." Brief panic from Nico Hulkenberg but sounds as though he's going to be OK for Q3.
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Once again, Hamilton has the advantage: his 1m10.860s beats Rosberg's 1m11.022s for provisional pole.
Verstappen is best of the rest, ahead of Vettel, Ricciardo and Raikkonen.
Alonso takes seventh for now, with a 0.4s margin back to Hulkenberg behind. Perez is on a lap, Grosjean is still in the pits.
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Perez goes ninth, just under a tenth down on team-mate Hulkenberg ahead.
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"Do you want us to try a bit more rear pressure?" Mercedes asks Rosberg. Traction is not great either so I'm a bit worried about that," he replies.
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Grosjean now has the track to himself for his single run while everyone else prepares for their second. He goes seventh ahead of Alonso and the Force Indias.
And now here comes everyone else.
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Rosberg is fighting back as the second runs begin - he's a tenth up in sector one.
Hamilton improves on his sector two time, how will Rosberg compare?
Rosberg is still up in sector two, but not by much.
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Not a great sector three for Hamilton, but he improves his lap time to 1m10.736s.
Rosberg's final sector falls short too - he has to settle for second, 0.102s behind Hamilton.
Raikkonen grabs third with a great late lap that puts him 0.081s ahead of Verstappen and 0.091s ahead of Vettel.
Ricciardo has to settle for sixth, albeit only 0.055s off Verstappen in fourth.
Grosjean's seventh place holds, as the Force Indias of Hulkenberg and Perez push Alonso down to 10th.
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Q3 result: 1 Hamilton; 2 Rosberg; 3 Raikkonen; 4 Verstappen; 5 Vettel; 6 Ricciardo; 7 Grosjean; 8 Hulkenberg; 9 Perez; 10 Alonso
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Rest of grid: 11 Bottas; 12 Gutierrez; 13 Massa; 14 Kvyat; 15 Sainz; 16 Palmer; 17 Button; 18 Magnussen; 19 Wehrlein; 20 Ocon; 21 Ericsson; 22 Nasr
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"Well done mate, great job!" Ferrari tells Kimi. "That's a surprise because the first part of the lap was no good," he says. "Good job," says his engineer Dave Greenwood. "Thanks. I was pretty average," is Kimi's retort. Not a bad result considering.
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Rosberg is told he lost pole in the final sector, which is basically the last corner and the drag up the hill to the finish line. "you were a tenth down on your previous lap," Mercedes tells him when he asks about the gab to Hamilton.
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"I just lost the rears in Turn 8," says Verstappen, who reckons he was two tenths up through the first sector before things went south.
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"I didn't nail the lap. I was too aggressive in the wrong spots. The car was good," says Vettel, who thanks Ferrari for getting the car ready after a hydraulic scare earlier.
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Here's the full report from that session and the provisional grid, we'll see you back here at 4pm UK tomorrow for the race that could decide the 2016 title: 
By: Geoff Creighton
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