Lewis Hamilton continued to lead the way on Brazil after ending up fastest during first and second practice, once again with the Red Bull of Sebastian Vettel chasing him.
The McLaren driver, who is taking part in his last race for the team this weekend, is looking to sign off the partnership with a win and looks to be in the best possible position to do so.
His best lap, a 1:14:026, was over a quarter of a second quicker than title contender Vettel who is battling Fernando Alonso for his third crown. The Spaniard was fifth fastest behind his team-mate Felipe Massa.
Mercedes looked strong and were best of the rest as Michael Schumacher took sixth ahead of Nico Rosberg.
Caterham bound Charles Pic managed the 23rd quickest time after crawling to a halt at the Bico de Pato corner (Turn 10), whilst Narain Karthikeyan’s restricted running saw him last.
FP2 Results for the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix:
| # | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 4 | L.Hamilton | McLaren | 1:14.026 | 35 | |
| 02 | 1 | S. Vettel | Red Bull | 1:14.300 | 0.274 | 40 |
| 03 | 2 | M. Webber | Red Bull | 1:14.523 | 0.497 | 37 |
| 04 | 6 | F. Massa | Ferrari | 1:14.553 | 0.527 | 37 |
| 05 | 5 | F. Alonso | Ferrari | 1:14.592 | 0.566 | 37 |
| 06 | 7 | M. Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:14.654 | 0.628 | 36 |
| 07 | 8 | N. Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:14.669 | 0.643 | 40 |
| 08 | 3 | J. Button | McLaren | 1:14.863 | 0.837 | 40 |
| 09 | 10 | R. Grosjean | Lotus | 1:14.994 | 0.968 | 37 |
| 10 | 11 | P. di Resta | Force India | 1:15.129 | 1.103 | 39 |
| 11 | 12 | N. Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:15.131 | 1.105 | 40 |
| 12 | 9 | K. Räikkönen | Lotus | 1:15.371 | 1.345 | 39 |
| 13 | 19 | B. Senna | Williams | 1:15.432 | 1.406 | 45 |
| 14 | 15 | S. Perez | Sauber | 1:15.542 | 1.516 | 35 |
| 15 | 14 | K. Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:15.839 | 1.813 | 43 |
| 16 | 16 | D. Ricciardo | STR | 1:15.902 | 1.876 | 39 |
| 17 | 18 | P. Maldonado | Williams | 1:15.953 | 1.927 | 47 |
| 18 | 17 | J. Vergne | STR | 1:16.048 | 2.022 | 40 |
| 19 | 21 | V. Petrov | Caterham | 1:16.126 | 2.100 | 39 |
| 20 | 20 | H. Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:16.655 | 2.629 | 42 |
| 21 | 22 | P. de la Rosa | HRT | 1:17.244 | 3.218 | 15 |
| 22 | 24 | T. Glock | Marussia | 1:17.675 | 3.649 | 42 |
| 23 | 25 | C. Pic | Marussia | 1:18.127 | 4.101 | 31 |
| 24 | 23 | N. Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:18.139 | 4.113 | 15 |
