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Good morning and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the final free practice session ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix.

Formula 1 | Belgian Grand Prix
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 24.08.2013
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Toby Keel

Updated 24/08/2013 at 10:02 GMT


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Vettel comes off the pace in the middle sector and will come into the pits - he's already secured the best time going into qualifying, but with barely a cigarette paper between him and Alonso we could be in for a barnstorming qualifying session this afternoon. Join us for that at 1pm BST!
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It's the end of the session, and Vettel is still out there with a chance to pull off one more quick time...
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Nobody else bothering the top three as the clock ticks down to 0:00 - Maldonado was on a good-looking lap, but locked up into the final chicane as we've seen so many do today.
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Vettel has come round for a flying lap now - and he's bested Alonso by a tenth of a second! It's a 1:48.327, the fastest time of the weekend so far by over a second.
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Button has now gone fourth fastest now - nice lap from the McLaren man.
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Raikkonen goes out on a flying lap on the medium tyre now, but he's over half a second slower than Alonso. ALonso's lap appears to have been genuinely very quick.
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Alonso clocks 1:48.432 seconds, also on the medium tyre - he's fastest man so far by seven tenths of a second, and 1.4 seconds better than he was on the hard tyre.
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Alonso six tenths up on Sutil half-way through the lap!
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1:49.135 for Adrian Sutil as he goes out on the medium compound tyres - and he's quickest! But Alonso is now on a good-looking lap...
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Adrian Sutil out on a flyer now, and looking good - he's fastest so far with just the final sector left.
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Lewis Hamilton just seventh on the timesheets this morning, still not happy with his set-up.
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Vergne still top of the tables, and he's told over the pit radio that his team think he's a genuine 0.8 seconds a lap faster than cars not running either Ferrari or Renault engines.
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Vettel's form this morning - and that of sister team Toro Rosso with a Ferrari powerplant - is ominous for rivals hoping to pick up points on him this weekend.
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Sorry Fernando, someone keeping you up?
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Vettel is coming around at the end of his lap, and he's second fastest, 0.277 down on Vergne, despite his best attempts to look like he's driving in a rally.
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Vettel comes off the track and goes into the dirt at the top of the hill at the end of the Kemmel Straight - mud flies everywhere, all over the track. Tsk, tsk. Mucky pup. I hope he'll go out with his broom after the session and help clean up.
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Felipe Massa talking to his mechanic in the garage on the TV monitors - and brilliantly, the mechanic takes care to cover his mouth while chatting to make sure nobody from one of the other teams can lip read him!
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Pastor Maldonado becomes the latest man to almost go into the sidewall in that section between turns 13 and 14.
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Webber comes in just over 1:50 with that flying lap, and given how neat he looked throughout I'd suspect that was a decent time on a fuel-laden car.
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Webber looking very tidy throughout here....