So here we are, the final free practice session of this incredible 2012 F1 season is underway in Sao Paul Brazil. The latest weather forecast for tomorrow's race is that there will be a sprinkling of rain instead of torrential down pours however this is Interlagos and as always the weather here is unpredictable.
Kimi Raikkonen who had engine problems yesterday has just had a massive engine blow up. So all of Lotus' Romain Grosjean will have to work extra hard to give the team feedback ahead of qualifying. It is the worst possible preparation for Kimi ahead of qualifying as he is locked in a fierce battle with Lewis Hamilton to finish third in the championship behind Alonso and Vettel.
Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton are currently topping the time sheets for McLaren with Sebastian Vettel third, however he is on a very fast lap and is set go fastest, however he goes second. Mark Webber has just done a lap and gone 4th quickest. With 31 minutes to go Fernando Alonso has just posted the 9th fastest time.
Lotus confirm via Twitter that Kimi's engine suffered a loss of pressure resulting in the failure. His session is over.
Felipe Massa has just gone from 10th to 6th. With 27 minutes to go Button remains fastest with Vettel second and Hamilton 3rd. Massa is 4th with Webber 6th.
Sky F1 point out that Kimi Raikkonen is something of a Sao Paulo specialist and that if anyone can recover from problems the ICEMAN can. They say that he has finished in the top six here in his last seven outing's including one win. Lotus confirm the engine is ready to go...they just need Kimi's car back lol:)
Schumacher narrowly misses a spinning Bruno Senna. Nico Rosberg has completed a lap and is currently 5th. Vettel pushing haed as he runs wide.
The RedBull's are back in the pits. The track is very quiet with 12 minutes to go, With 7 minutes left the RedBull's are back on track. Hulkenberg just goes fastest for Force India. Button is now fastest with Di Resta second Grosjean now goes 2nd. Webber is on a lap for RedBull and goes 2nd with five minutes to go. Alonso just goes 6th. Vettel returns to the pits and his session appears to be done. He is in 10th. Senna goes 11th.
Vettel's session is not over excuse me, he is back on track and goes second behind Button, Webber is third with Hamilton 4th.
So Jenson Button has topped the time sheets in FP3 ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, Lewis Hamilton was 4th fastest with Romain Grosjean 5th. Fernando Alonso was 8th for Ferrari and will in my opinion be a little disappointed with his morning however qualifying will be all to play for.
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