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Hamilton dominates Interlagos practice

Championship leader Sebastian Vettel was second fastest behind Lewis Hamilton in Friday's practice for the final race of the season - the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos.

Hamilton, in his final race for McLaren before he switches to Mercedes, was 0.274 seconds quicker than Vettel, who was 0.292 secs clear of Fernando Alonso. The Ferrari ace is second in the drivers' standings and is the only man who can pip Vettel to this year's title.

Alonso is 13 points behind Vettel and must finish on the podium to have any chance of claiming his third world title. The Spaniard will finish at the top of the standings if he wins in Brazil and Vettel finishes lower than fourth. If he is second he will win the title if Vettel is lower than seventh.

Alonso is 9/2 to win Sunday's race while Vettel can be backed at 9/4, Hamilton at 7/4 and Mark Webber at 12/1.

Webber was third quickest in Friday's practice sessions, with Ferrari's Felipe Massa fourth fastest and Alonso fifth.

The fastest single lap time on the race runs was by Lotus' Romain Grosjean, but Massa was fastest overall with an average lap time of one minute 19.382.

Hamilton was fastest overall in the first session, using development 2013 tyres, although Vettel set the quickest time on the standard 2012 tyres.

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