Brazilian GP Friday practice 2019
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Vettel puts in his first time but he's still on full wets and is 5.2s off Leclerc's pace in third.
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Leclerc bangs in a 1m17.285s on his intermediates and is now fastest by 4.864s.
Inters pioneer Hamilton just did an installation lap then pitted.
Inters pioneer Hamilton just did an installation lap then pitted.
Kvyat nips ahead of Norris to go third.
Gasly briefly moved ahead of Norris for third but they now swap back.
Pacesetter Leclerc comes in to move to intermediates too.
Norris improves his time but stays third, with Gasly becoming the fourth person to set a time behind him.
Hamilton does appear now - and he's gone straight to intermediates.
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Leclerc stays out and improves to 1m21.259s, 0.890s clear of Sainz.
Lando Norris puts in a lap to go third.
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Leclerc goes for a flying lap and beats Sainz by 0.178s to go quickest with a 1m21.971s.
Despite the conditions getting a little better, Leclerc is sticking with full wets for now.
Leclerc brings his Ferrari back out for a second run.
The Racing Points are now out and have the track to themselves. The only drivers not to run at all so far are the two Red Bulls and Hamilton.
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McLaren suggests Sainz comes into the pits as it's seeing "drop-outs" on the rear wing.
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Sainz improves to a 1m22.149s next time around.
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"Let us know how far from inters you think it is," Mercedes asks Bottas. "I think it's pretty close," he replies, encouragingly.
To put Sainz's time in perspective, that's 14 seconds off the pace from this session last year when the track wasn't a lake.
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Carlos Sainz Jr is first to set a time as he does a 1m23.689s.
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Everyone has now been out to suss conditions except the Racing Points, Red Bulls and Lewis Hamilton.
Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto shelters on the pitwall
And now a relative flood of cars - including the first sight of a Mercedes today as Valtteri Bottas gets going.
Pierre Gasly and Williams tester Latifi are now out too.
Conditions now look very slightly better. Romain Grosjean becomes the fifth driver to do a tentative lap.
Williams reserve - and likely 2020 racer - Nicholas Latifi is eager for the weather to improve - he's due to drive the car this morning
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Kimi Raikkonen follows his team-mate's example and also sets out to explore the track.
Antonio Giovinazzi takes a wander out in the Alfa Romeo too.
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As expected, the Ferraris did one lap then pitted. Vettel came straight back out, via an odd pause in the pit exit.
Sebastian Vettel has bravely popped out to test conditions. Good effort. Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc is following him.
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Some reading material while we wait - 10 years ago, Interlagos was the scene of Jenson Button and Brawn GP clinching their incredible Formula 1 titles. But behind the scenes, wheels were already well in motion for the team's transformation into the Mercedes team that dominates today. Ross Brawn retells the whole story, including some memorable tales of run-ins with Ron Dennis: 
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The session has officially begun, but unsurprisingly no sign of cars moving yet.
Rain
The FIA computer says the risk of rain is 100%, which is backed up by the sight of the circuit being absolutely saturated with water.
The safety car checks conditions out
How conditions are looking right now
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