The 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix Thread

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Raikkonen improves into 5th

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Drivers with most laps at the moment at Heidfeld and Piquet with 35 laps each

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Big spin for Glock, he recovers

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15 minutes remain and the top 8 are: Massa, Trulli, Vettel, Rosberg, Raikkonen, Nakajima, Coulthard and Hamilton

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Hamilton improves into 5th with a 1:12.827

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Under 10 minutes remain and most driver are on the track.

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Massa on the track on the softer compound

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It doesn't look like many are improving at this stage. Although Sutil has just gone 17th ahead of Alonso who is down in 18th!

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Raikkonen up into 3rd with a 1:12.600

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Alonso goes fastest from 18th!! A 1:12.296 on the softer compound

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Hamilton has another big lockup, this time at the end of the main straight

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Session over and the top 8 are: Alonso, Massa, Trulli, Raikkonen, Webber, Vettel, Piquet and Rosberg

Full results

Position Driver Team Best Lap/Gap Total Laps
1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:12.296 43
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 0.057 41
3 Jarno Trulli Toyota 0.139 44
4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 0.304 32
5 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 0.354 45
6 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 0.391 47
7 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 0.407 44
8 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 0.465 42
9 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 0.531 33
10 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 0.590 42
11 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 0.600 38
12 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 0.675 48
13 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 0.742 49
14 Timo Glock Toyota 0.745 39
15 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 0.917 37
16 Rubens Barrichello Honda 0.925 39
17 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 0.977 41
18 Jenson Button Honda 1.045 49
19 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1.132 32
20 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1.395 33

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Saturday practice session underway. All the drivers are out on installation laps except for the Ferrari pair

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Air temperature is 20 degrees and track temperature is 29 degrees

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Fisichella is back on the track