McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton had the fastest time in practice for the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix on Friday, outpacing the Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber.
Hamilton had a time of one minute 13.392 seconds at the 4.3-kilometre Interlagos track. Vettel was second with a time of 1:13.559 ahead of Webber with 1:13.587.
Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso was fourth fastest in 1:13.598.
With the title already decided, Sunday’s Brazilian GP features the fight for second place, with Webber, Alonso and Jenson Button still with a chance to finish runner-up.
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A mechanical failure forced Alonso to stop with about five minutes to go in the morning session and he was forced to change his engine. He was not penalized for the change, however, because he switched to a used engine instead of a new one, which would have incurred a grid penalty for Sunday’s race.
The two-time world champion, who had clocked the sixth-fastest time in the morning, appeared to struggle with the car in the afternoon and went off the track a couple of times. TSN
Michael Schumacher completed the top five ahead of Felipe Massa, Jenson Button and Nico Rosberg, but the latter was still only 0.480s slower than the quickest time.
Force India showed impressive pace again as the duo of Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta rounded out the top 10.
In a session that went virtually incident-free, Sergio Perez was the only driver who failed to see the chequered flag as he stopped out on track with 11 minutes remaining with a gearbox problem.
The Mexican was lucky to avoid an accident as he stopped on an incline and initially started rolling backwards down the hill after Juncao before finally coming to a halt. SkySports
Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired 1 3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 01:13.4 2 1 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 01:13.6 3 2 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 01:13.6 4 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 01:13.6 5 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 01:13.7 6 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 01:13.7 7 4 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 01:13.8 8 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 01:13.9 9 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 01:14.1 10 15 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 01:14.8 11 10 Vitaly Petrov Renault 01:14.9 12 9 Bruno Senna Renault 01:14.9 13 17 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 01:15.0 14 16 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 01:15.0 15 18 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 01:15.3 16 19 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 01:15.4 17 12 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 01:15.7 18 11 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 01:15.9 19 21 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 01:16.3 20 20 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 01:16.3 21 25 Jerome d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 01:18.0 22 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 01:18.1 23 22 Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 01:18.4 24 23 Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 01:18.5
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