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Brazilian GP: Nico Rosberg completes clean sweep in practice

Nico Rosberg will go into Brazilian Grand Prix qualifying as favourite for pole after setting the pace in the final practice session of the Interlagos Formula 1 weekend

In dry, overcast conditions the German recorded a time just 0.114 seconds faster than his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton, having also topped both Friday sessions.

PRACTICE ANALYSIS: Rosberg's best Friday of 2014

The Williams drivers were again best of the rest behind the Mercedes as Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas set the third and fourth quickest times.

But all the teams were anxiously looking at the weather radars as rain is forecast for the afternoon's qualifying hour.

Hamilton's session wasn't without incident, as he locked up and spun under braking for the Senna S early on.

Then at the end of the hour he was baulked by a Lotus in the twisty part of the lap while on a quick run.

Local hero Massa was one of the main pacesetters throughout the session as he and Williams team-mate Bottas traded fastest laptimes, but it was when the Mercedes switched to the softer tyres that they resumed their customary place at the top of the timesheets.

Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo was fifth quickest ahead of the McLaren of Jenson Button.

They finished in front of the two Ferraris of Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen.

Dane Kevin Magnussen took ninth overall ahead of Daniil Kvyat who rounded out the top 10.

Sergio Perez was the slowest of the 18 runners, putting in 25 laps following his lack of running on Friday.

He goes into qualifying with a seven-place grid penalty following his first-lap contact with Adrian Sutil at Austin.

Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps
1 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m10.446s - 28
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m10.560s 0.114s 20
3 Felipe Massa Williams/Mercedes 1m10.875s 0.429s 21
4 Valtteri Bottas Williams/Mercedes 1m11.054s 0.608s 23
5 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull/Renault 1m11.188s 0.742s 11
6 Jenson Button McLaren/Mercedes 1m11.210s 0.764s 19
7 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m11.316s 0.870s 15
8 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m11.399s 0.953s 8
9 Kevin Magnussen McLaren/Mercedes 1m11.499s 1.053s 19
10 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso/Renault 1m11.834s 1.388s 26
11 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull/Renault 1m11.967s 1.521s 21
12 Pastor Maldonado Lotus/Renault 1m12.069s 1.623s 29
13 Adrian Sutil Sauber/Ferrari 1m12.184s 1.738s 27
14 Romain Grosjean Lotus/Renault 1m12.235s 1.789s 30
15 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso/Renault 1m12.235s 1.789s 29
16 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber/Ferrari 1m12.286s 1.840s 24
17 Nico Hulkenberg Force India/Mercedes 1m12.324s 1.878s 17
18 Sergio Perez Force India/Mercedes 1m12.942s 2.496s 25

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