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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the third and final free practice session ahead of qualification for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix.

Formula 1 | Japanese Grand Prix
Suzuka Circuit | 12.10.2013
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Mike Hytner

Updated 12/10/2013 at 03:05 GMT


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Qualifying is coming up in just under two hours, so be sure to join us then for what could be an interesting session.
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So, Mark Webber goes quickest in the final practice session, ahead of Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg and Romain Grosjean.
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Hamilton can't top the timesheets though and he goes second to Webber with a 1m32.187s.
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Hamilton looks quick as the chequered flag comes out...
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Poor Paul Di Resta: “Not going anywhere, there's no space.”
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Hulkenberg's back in the fray, with Sauber now repaired and complete with a new floor. He goes eighth quickest.
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But it's Webber who goes quickest late on this session, the Australian clocking a time of 1m32.053s.
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Massa, on his medium rubbers, flies round to slot into fourth place.
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There's a flurry of late activity on track as Alonso goes third, despite running wide at the hairpin.
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It's KERS issues for Vettel, by the way.
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With Vettel sitting out the rest of this session, it means he won't be able to do an option tyre qualifying simulation run.
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Only time will tell what this means for Vettel, but it should make for a more interesting qualifying session.
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Grosjean goes off-track again, this time at Turn 1 before get himself back on the line in the run-off.
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It doesn't look like Vettel will appear again this session. He's changed into a pair of jeans and his Red Bull car is up on stands in the garage.
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Ricciardo on team radio: “Car is too responsive initially, the front is too strong, then it washes out when I lean on the tyre, which is killing it.”
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A relative calm falls over the track as hard tyre runs come to an end.
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Hulkenberg's Sauber team are battling to get his car back out on track before the end of the session.
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Marshals have removed Sutil's car efficiently and Curve is clear once more.
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Van der Garde on team radio: “Turn 11 and 16 entry, I’m getting oversteer.”
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Yellow flags are still out at Spoon as a tractor removes Sutil's car from the track.