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Vettel relieved with engine survival

Sebastian Vettel was pleased to cover 71 laps of the Interlagos circuit without any engines worries on Friday as his Renault powerplant goes into a third weekend of racing. With no new engines left, a wet weekend would help the German as less stress would be applied to the Renault unit.

With the Brazilian circuit being at altitude, less strain is placed on engines due to a loss of power although a wet track surface would result in a lower amount of revolutions per minute and therefore a greater chance of not suffering problems on a weekend which Vettel must finish at least second to keep his championship hopes alive.

Sebastian must move to within 9 points of Button this weekend to retain a title chance

"All in all, a good Friday," he summed up. "We had another practice day without any engine trouble, even though we did a lot of laps - so thanks to Renault for that. Other than that, we were fast throughout the whole of practice today; we'll look into the data now and I'm sure we can improve further - we should have enough time before tomorrow to make another step forward.

"Weather-wise, I think today was the day they predicted rain and it didn't rain much, so maybe that means rain for Sunday? We'll see."

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