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Formula 1 Brazilian GP

Brazilian GP Friday practice

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Summary

  • Bottas beats Hamilton by 0.003s in FP2
  • Vettel third ahead of Ricciardo
  • FP1 pacesetter Verstappen fifth after spending first 45 minutes in garage
  • Session stopped early on after Hulkenberg crash
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Driver, Team
Bottas, Mercedes
Hamilton, Mercedes
Vettel, Ferrari
Ricciardo, Red Bull
Verstappen, Red Bull
Raikkonen, Ferrari
Grosjean, Haas
Leclerc, Sauber
Magnussen, Haas
Ocon, Force India
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Here's the full report from that session, see you back here tomorrow for final practice and qualifying:

Brazilian Grand Prix practice: Valtteri Bottas leads Mercedes one-two

Mercedes Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas topped the second Friday free practice session for the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos

Brazilian Grand Prix practice: Valtteri Bottas leads Mercedes one-two
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The rest: 11 Perez; 12 Gasly; 13 Alonso; 14 Sainz; 15 Ericsson; 16 Sirotkin; 17 Vandoorne; 18 Stroll; 19 Hartley; 20 Hulkenberg
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Result: 1 Bottas; 2 Hamilton +0.003s; 3 Vettel +0.073s; 4 Ricciardo +0.318s; 5 Verstappen +0.493s;6 Raikkonen +0.566s; 7 Grosjean +0.923s; 8 Leclerc +1.097s; 9 Magnussen +1.161s; 10 Ocon +1.313s
Magnussen's Haas ends the day by shedding a mirror on the pits straight.
Checkered flag
There's the chequered flag to end the session.
Into the final minute of the session - Mercedes is going to end Friday with a one-two, but expect a lot of discussion about tyre wear and handling tonight.
That Sainz/Grosjean spat looked much more like a desperate late-race battle for the final point then two cars on long runs at the end of a Friday afternoon.
Sainz and Grosjean have just had a feisty wheel to wheel battle as the Renault tried to get past the Haas into the first corner.
Vettel's tyres are looking visibly rough, but he is up to 17 laps on a set of used supersofts that already did four laps earlier in the afternoon - which is quite a stint for a Friday on a not-fully-rubbered-in track.
Radio Comms
Hamilton is complaining that the rear of the Mercedes is "not working". He's told the team will change tyres, but wants to come in to do a bigger set-up change. Told the team isn't "prepared" for that, he replies "we should be prepared for anything".
Perez's flying lap puts him up to 11th, one place and a tenth and a half behind team-mate Ocon.
Perez has just gone out on new supersofts to finally do his qualifying-style run.
Radio Comms
"Are there a lot of gusts of wind?" asks a puzzled Ocon. Force India reassures him that there are.
Radio Comms
"Something just doesn't feel right," reports Hamilton. He's 12 laps into a long stint on softs.
Radio Comms
"Tyres are getting better," reports Stroll, who's 17th fastest at the moment and out on supersofts.
Vettel comes into the pits after some radio discussion about a potential problem at the rear of the car. After a swift change to fresh tyres, he's back out.
Verstappen only gets up to fifth, with a slow final sector taking the edge off that run. He's 0.493s off pacesetter Bottas and a tenth and a half behind team-mate Ricciardo.
Perez is also on track now Force India has fixed the problem with his car.
Verstappen is cracking on with his delayed programme and has now put fresh supersofts on.
Magnussen confirms there are "small drops of rain" around. There are a few on camera lens now too.
Rain
Teams are suggesting that there might be some rain around the track now. Doesn't look like a significant amount anywhere yet.
Verstappen finds a couple of tenths and goes up to sixth place ahead of Grosjean.
Up to seventh for Verstappen on his first flying lap, on soft tyres rather than the supersofts everyone ahead has used.
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Red Bull has finished working on fixing Verstappen's car and he hits the track. He's starting off with new soft tyres.
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The rest: 11 Sainz; 12 Alonso; 13 Ericsson; 14 Sirotkin; 15 Vandoorne; 16 Stroll; 17 Hartley
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Order: 1 Bottas; 2 Hamilton; 3 Vettel; 4 Ricciardo; 5 Raikkonen; 6 Grosjean; 7 Leclerc; 8 Magnussen; 9 Ocon; 10 Gasly
Apart from the crashed Hulkenberg, and Perez and Verstappen who are both in the garages while their cars are worked on, everyone has now done a qualifying simulation.
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Lead group after supersoft runs: 1 Bottas; 2 Hamilton +0.003s; 3 Vettel +0.073s; 4 Ricciardo +0.318s; 5 Raikkonen +0.566s (Verstappen yet to run)

By: Geoff Creighton

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