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Satisfactory progress for McLaren

Team McLaren Mercedes drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Pedro de la Rosa set the ninth and 11th fastest times respectively in the second practice session for this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix. Kimi completed a total of eight laps with a fastest time of 1:13.803 whilst Pedro's time of 1:13.926 was the fastest of the 16 laps he completed. The morning session saw Kimi set the fastest time with his lap of 1:13.764 and Pedro was fifth fastest with a time of 1:14.237.

Kimi Raikkonen, who will be driving his last race for McLaren on Sunday before moving to Ferrari next season, was satisfied with the Friday sessions.

"We made some progress on our set up work and tyre evaluation, however we still have a little work to do tomorrow, but everything looks fine so far." 

De la Rosa was also happy: "Basically we finished the planned programme for today, and with my fresh engine I could do more laps than usual on a Friday. This gave us some extra information on the tyres. I am happy with the progress that we made today."

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