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F1 Brazilian GP Live Commentary and Updates - FP2 and Sprint
Saturday's action from the Sao Paulo Grand Prix at Interlagos
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Sainz and Verstappen go side by side into Turn 4, and the Dutchman goes off the track and has to concede second!
Bottas gets a good getaway, and dives down the inside into Turn 1, as Sainz overcomes Perez and Gasly to get into third!
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The Sao Paulo Grand Prix sprint race is go!
Verstappen and Bottas line up, ready for the start...
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Here's the formation lap, we're almost ready to go...
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Grand Prix editor Alex Kalinauckas says: Bottas's long run on the softs in FP2 started off quicker than Hamilton but by the end he was going slower - the Merc team knows it'll need to do some tyre management on that rubber over a whole stint.
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Tyre news: Mediums for Verstappen, Perez, Leclerc, Norris, Ricciardo, Alonso, Vettel, Giovinazzi, Stroll, Latifi and Hamilton. The rest are on softs.
Good to see slightly different driver profiles in this sprint grid rundown - Giovinazzi opting for Marcus Gronholm's re-enactment of the time a stone went "into the ass of Timo"...
They should do a separate championship for sprint races, maybe they should call it something like the Sprint Cup or something...wait, that sounds familiar. Let's maybe not, then...
Five minutes to go, folks.
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We have a rain risk of...*drumroll*...0%.
Just under 15 minutes until lights out for this Saturday race - a reminder, only the top three get points here. The winner gets pole, yada yada yada, full race tomorrow.
The sprint race at Interlagos will be 24 laps long - it's a short lap, but it might be tough on the tyres. At which point does a sprint become a marathon?
So, this puts Verstappen on pole for this sprint race - with Valtteri Bottas alongside him on the front row.
Thus, Hamilton will be starting the race from the back of the grid, so this truly is going to be some kind of reversed-grid sprint. Well, for Hamilton at least.
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Then, Lewis Hamilton was excluded from qualifying as his DRS flap opened too much, a breach of F1's technical regulations. Mercedes will not appeal the decision.
Breaking news
First of all, Max Verstappen poking around Lewis Hamilton's rear wing was met with a €50k fine for breaking parc ferme regulations. You can read more on that here.
Hello everyone - and we're back ready for the sprint race here at Interlagos! And crikey, there's been a lot on during the break between sessions...
That's all from us for now - we'll be back later ahead of the Sprint at 1930 GMT!
Here's our full report for FP2: https://autosport.com/all/news/f1-brazilian-gp-fp2-alonso-quickest-from-verstappen/6777573/
Still no news from the stewards on their investigations...
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Alonso led FP2 from Verstappen and Bottas, with Hamilton in P5
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And there's the chequered flag!
Bottas moves up into P3 with a 1m12.355s - just over a second slower than Alonso
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Hamilton up into P5, with Bottas in P4
Five minutes left of FP2 and Alonso is still quickest, leading from Verstappen and Ocon
Gasly says his AlphaTauri is "undriveable" - doesn't sound too good...
Several drivers have had times deleted for exceeding track limits at Turn 4, with Raikkonen and Leclerc the latest victims
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Alonso tops the times with a 1m11.238s - 0.8s quicker than Verstappen
Raikkonen is looking pretty speedy too, with his quickest time of 1m13.355s putting him fourth quickest
The two McLarens are up into P5 and P6 with 20 minutes to go
With the rear-wing of Hamilton's car still impounded by the FIA, Mercedes have been given written permission to fit a replacement part of the same design, as per Article 34.2 of the Sporting Regulations
With 25 minutes to go of FP2, Verstappen leads from Ocon and Perez
Christian Horner says he would be "amazed" if Max Verstappen got a penalty for touching Lewis Hamilton's car. Read what the Red Bull boss had to say here: https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/horner-would-be-amazed-if-verstappen-got-penalty-for-touching-hamiltons-car/6777606/
...shortly followed by his team-mate Valtteri Bottas
Lewis Hamilton finally emerges from the garage for his first run of the day
Verstappen goes quickest on his first flying lap with a 1m12.102s - almost a second quicker than Esteban Ocon in second
18 of the 20 cars are now out on track, with just the two Mercedes remaining in the garage
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10 minutes down, and Perez tops the timesheet with a 1m13.359s
Sergio Perez is heading out on track, the first of the Red Bulls to leave the garage
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