Brazilian GP Friday practice
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By: Matt Beer
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Here's the full report and results from that session. Keep an eye on Autosport tonight for all the Friday practice reaction and our in-depth analysis of today's pace. Then tomorrow you'll need two browser windows for Autosport Live as we reconvene for Brazilian Formula 1 Grand Prix practice three and qualifying for MotoGP's title decider at Valencia just before 1pm UK time. See you then. 
Final order: 1 Hamilton; 2 Bottas; 3 Ricciardo; 4 Vettel; 5 Verstappen; 6 Raikkonen; 7 Ocon; 8 Massa; 9 Hulkenberg; 10 Alonso
Just a few seconds to go in practice two now, Friday will end with another Mercedes one-two and Hamilton on top again.
Verstappen has also continued running extensive flow-vis on the diffuser area of his Red Bull right through the afternoon.
Verstappen is having some eventful laps, catching a sideways slide on the way into the Senna S and kicking up grass and dust at the final corner.
Red Bull tells Ricciardo to prepare to switch to "mode 7", and that "it's a more aggressive mode 7 than you've raced before".
"OK Romain, vibration increasing so we need to box," says Haas. "Do I need to slow down?" he asks. "No, normal pace is fine."
"Verstappen is now on old softs and doing 1m13.8s," Ricciardo is told. "Did he start on those?" he asks. "Yes, he's done 11 laps."
Everyone is currently running bar Ericsson, who Sauber hasn't sent back out again since his minor crash.
"A few drops of rain reported on the pitwall," McLaren tells Vandoorne. It's definitely got more cloudy throiugh the session.
"Feedback on pace - not too bad at the minute, two or three tenths quicker than Verstappen," Ferrari tells Raikkonen.
Lead order: 1 Hamilton; 2 Bottas; 3 Ricciardo; 4 Vettel; 5 Verstappen; 6 Raikkonen; 7 Ocon; 8 Massa; 9 Hulkenberg; 10 Alonso
"The car is mega-pointy on entry," says Ocon, who asks if "anything broke?" "Not as far as we know," replies Force India.
"The car is OK, the tyres will be..." says Grosjean. The team tells him there's a lot of vibration so it's best to pit.
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