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On what was a cool and overcast
morning the Williams Martini would commence their final practice session for
the 2014 Brazilian Grand Prix. With the start of the session both Williams
cars of Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa would take to the track early. They
were joined by both Lotus and Ferrari cars as the drivers completed
their installation laps. Both Williams cars would pit as more drivers took
to the track including both Mercedes and Sauber cars. Everyone was out on
the medium tyre as Vergne would set the first time with a 1m:16.838. Perez
was in second, 1m:17.010, with the Force India driver having to make up for
lost time on Friday when he was not able to run after his car was damaged in
the first Friday practice session.
Both Vergne and Perez would improve with Vergne setting a 1m:15.117 and
Perez a 1m:15.474. Gutierrez was third followed by Hamilton and Rosberg.
Vergne would improve with a 1m:13.993 to remain quickest. More drivers were
setting times with Kvyat now second followed by Grosjean, Sutil, and Perez.
Gutierrez would move up to second with a 1m:14.226. Rosberg and Hamilton were in eighth and ninth
as Kvyat went fastest with a 1m:13.479. Maldonado would move up to second
but Vergne would return to the top of the times with a 1m:13.389. Magnussen
was now quickest with a 1m:13.016. Valtteri would come out for Williams and
would go straight to the top of the times with a 1m:12.892. Vergne was now second
with a 1m:12.894 followed by Button and Magnussen. Magnussen would respond
to go fastest with a 1m:12.729.
The second Williams of Felipe was now out on the track with just under forty
five minutes remaining. Kvyat would also improve going second with a
1m:12.808 while Valtteri would go quickest with a time of 1m:12.097. Vergne
would also improve with a 1m:12.676 to be second. But for Williams Felipe
would join Valtteri at the top going quickest with a 1m:12.070. Hamilton
would spin at Turn one but was able to continue as Raikkonen went fifth,
1m:12.764. Maldonado was now sixth followed by Kvyat and Sutil. Both
Williams cars were on quicker laps as Hamilton pitted. Felipe would set a
1m:11.559 to go even faster as Raikkonen moved up to second with a
1m:11.946. Valtteri would pit after his first run with thirty eight minutes
remaining. Alonso and Ricciardo had yet to set a time and both were out on
the track as Felipe continued to go faster being quicker in sector one.
Alonso's lap would see him fifth with a 1m:12.603. Felipe would fail to
improve over the rest of his lap but was only 0.069 off his quickest time.
Ricciardo would move ahead of Alonso and into fifth seeing Alonso now sixth.
Despite being fastest Felipe would complain of a lack of power in his
engine. Felipe would pit leaving just Ricciardo out on the track. Ricciardo
would improve to be fourth, 1m:12.256, as Perez came back out. Maldonado
would also come back out this time running on the soft tyre. Ricciardo would
again improve to be third with a time of 1m:11.977. Vergne and Grosjean were
also out on the soft tyre with thirty minutes left in the session. Valtteri
and Magnussen were also back out on the track still running on the medium
tyre. Ricciardo would pit as Kvyat also came out. Rosberg and Hamilton were
slowest but were on longer runs as Maldonado set a 1m:12.069 to be fourth.
Grosjean was sixth after his first lap on the soft tyre, 1m:12.235. Rosberg
would move up to ninth with a time of 1m:12.526.
Valtteri would find time in the first sector moving up to fourth, 1m:12.021,
with Maldonado and Grosjean fifth and sixth. Kvyat was now seventh and
Vergne eighth. Valtteri would lock up his right front at Turn eight as
Felipe returned to the track. Button was now seventh with a 1m:12.371.
Valtteri would set a personal best in sector one as Kvyat moved up to sixth,
1m:12.199. Valtteri would continue his improved lap moving up to second with
a 1m:11.718. Raikkonen was out on the track and currently third. Ricciardo
was fourth with Button now fifth still on the medium tyre. Valtteri had
pitted but it would be a quick stop while Felipe would improve his first
sector time but his lap would not be any quicker. Valtteri would again pit
with Raikkonen also coming back in. Alonso was back out running on the soft tyre
and was quick straight away setting a 1m:11.399 to be fastest over Felipe by
0.160.
Vettel was now ninth and Grosjean tenth while for Williams Felipe had also
pitted. With fifteen minutes remaining the track was now quite empty but
Raikkonen would come back out running on a new set of soft tyres. Ricciardo
was also out along with Rosberg both on new soft tyres. Hamilton was still
in his pit and slowest while team-mate Rosberg was on a quick lap and would set a 1m:10.446 to be
fastest by 0..953 over Alonso. Raikkonen was on a quicker lap moving up to
second with a 1m:11.316. Ricciardo was also on a quicker lap running on the
soft tyre finishing his lap setting a1m:11.188 to move into second and
Raikkonen now third. Hamilton was back out also on the soft tyre and would go fastest in sector
one. Valtteri was out on his set of new soft tyres as Hamilton finished his
lap with a 1m:10.560 to now be second and Ricciardo third. Felipe would also
come out for his qualifying simulation. Ricciardo and Alonso had pitted as
Rosberg again went faster in sector one with the track now very busy.
Valtteri would complete his lap going third with a 1m:11.054. But Felipe
would move ahead of Valtteri with a 1m:10.875. Only three cars were in their
pits with seven minutes remaining. Felipe was just 0.429 behind Rosberg as
Kvyat moved up to eighth, 1m:11.835. Rosberg would again go quickest in
sector one while both Williams cars were on quicker laps. Valtteri would fail to improve his time
losing time in the final sector while Felipe would have an off-track moment
at Turn four as Rosberg pitted. Magnussen was able to move up to ninth as
Valtteri set a personal best in sector one with three minutes left in the
session, but again he would fail to improve. Hamilton would go quickest in
sector one as Rosberg returned to the track as the final minutes counted
down. Both Hamilton and Felipe would pit but Hamilton would return. Rosberg
would pit as the session finished.
With the end of the session the top ten would be Rosberg from Hamilton,
Felipe, Valtteri, Ricciardo, Button, Raikkonen, Alonso, Magnussen, and Kvyat
tenth. For the Williams team the session would see both Felipe Massa and
Valtteri Bottas improve over their Friday positions. Again the Williams cars
were the best of the rest as they prepare for this afternoons qualifying. |
