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Formula 1 Brazilian GP

Brazilian Grand Prix race day

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"I'm ready to race," declares Verstappen.
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"The track is no different," says Hamilton.
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Safety car in this lap, says race control.
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Alternatively if there are further red flags and restarts, the limit is 6.10pm local time under the relatively new four-hour rule.
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The race clock says 55 minutes, so if there's not another stoppage this has to end in an hour and five minutes.
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"Any initial thoughts on the track?" Red Bull asks Ricciardo. "Seems to be similar," he replies.
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11 Bottas; 12 Magnussen; 13 Button; 14 Vettel; 15 Hulkenberg; 16 Massa; 17 Gutierrez; 18 Kvyat
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Order: 1 Hamilton; 2 Rosberg; 3 Verstappen; 4 Perez; 5 Sainz; 6 Nasr; 7 Ricciardo; 8 Ocon; 9 Wehrlein; 10 Alonso
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Race control makes clear that the safety car will be out for more than one lap.
Regarding that Ricciardo time penalty earlier, the stewards claim they did take "Into consideration the limited visibility of the light panel indicating the pit entry was closed, the very short time the driver may have had to see it, as well as the few second the team had to react to the message sent on the official messaging system".
Yellow flag
The race resumes once again, nearly two hours after we began and it's lap 29.
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Force India telling Hulkenberg a time-limited race is predicted now, with rain expected to remain this heavy or worse for the next 50 minutes.
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"It's dangerous," is Jolyon Palmer's verdict. "Kimi was lucky he crashed on the inside. Three people in the wall at high speed and we've only done 20 laps, so it's tricky." Palmer says aquaplaning and visibility are big problems. "I couldn't see just past my own steering wheel," which is why he ended up crashing into Kvyat earlier.
Rosberg gets belted back into his car. Nearly time to give this another go.
Photo: LAT

Photo: LAT

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McLaren racing director Eric Boullier reckons better drainage is needed for any future wet Brazilian GPs. "We can't play with safety," is his assessment. He also says "don't trust" what you hear the drivers say on the radio. Vested interests at play depending on your point of view...
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Race will be restarted in just over 10 minutes, says race control. Let's try again.
Hamilton has a chunky set of headphones on and is striding down the pitlane during a race he'd very much like to get on with leading now.
Very strange proceedings so far. When the drivers feel the track is fine the FIA decides it's not safe enough to race on; but while things were on a knife edge earlier there seemed a greater desire to keep things moving. Go figure.
Photo: LAT

Photo: LAT

Ian Parkes
The fans are making their displeasure known, with the thumbs-down signs being accompanied by a raucous chorus of boos from the grandstands
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"It's not even that wet now, I don't know why we're stopping," says Hamilton.
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"The track is fine," replies an incredulous Hamilton when told of the latest stoppage.
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"It's very bad," Nasr says. "The main straight is undriveable."
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The race is now being red flagged again, prompting mass thumbs down from the crowd.
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"I think we can definitely race now," Verstappen declares. Red Bull reminds him not to pass anyone behind the safety car, even by accident.

By: Geoff Creighton

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