Here's a first, welcome to third practice for the spectacular season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix.
The 24-year-old takes a 25-point lead to the Brazilian Grand Prix in two week's time.
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Hamilton, who can win the title at Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix, says he has admired Senna since childhood.
The 26-year-old had said he was talking with the Spanish team at the Brazilian Grand Prix a fortnight ago.
But Schumacher, who retired after last week's Brazilian Grand Prix, has yet to decide on any future role at the team.
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His highest finish was sixth, which he achieved at his home race in Germany and at the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix.
The result sets up a series finale next Sunday at the Brazilian Grand Prix with the driver's title on the line.
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Armed with the same RB7 car as his all-conquering colleague, Webber's only win of the year was at the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix.
"We have always given the drivers equal opportunity, " said Horner, who saw his team win their first constructors' crown at last Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix.
Fellow rookies Hispania and Lotus Racing have also taken steps to push on from their debut 2010 seasons after making announcements at last week's Brazilian Grand Prix.
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The 54-year-old Englishman, who has previously won world titles with Benetton and Ferrari, broke down in tears after the Brazilian Grand Prix when asked for his reaction.
Massa was born in Sao Paulo, host city of the Brazilian Grand Prix, and is confident his home support will be an added spur in his title pursuit.
It made Webber's stock as a driver fall although he rectified that with a victory at the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix and far more assured performances this season.
Hamilton, who won his first world title in a nail-biting climax to Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix, was welcomed at the McLaren Technology Centre by the team's 1, 000-strong workforce, plus another 500 ancillary staff.
The 2011 season came to an end at last Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix, with Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel finishing the race second behind teammate Mark Webber having already sealed a second consecutive championship.
The McLaren driver needed only to finish inside the top five at the Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo's Interlagos circuit to claim the crown, but it happened in the most dramatic of circumstances.
Alonso's pole was Ferrari's first since the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix and with Button qualifying second fastest, it will be the first race this season that will not feature a Red Bull on the front row.
He won the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix and began celebrating, but was denied the championship by one point as McLaren's British driver Lewis Hamilton overtook Timo Glock on the final corner to finish fifth and steal the glory.
Vettel's Australian teammate Mark Webber endured a frustrating 2011, securing his first and only win of the year at the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix on his way to a third-place finish in the drivers' standings -- 134 points behind Vettel.
Massa had been talking with local journalists ahead of Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix about the series of events that culminated in Nelson Piquet Jr deliberately crashing his Renault in last year's Singapore Grand Prix, which helped Alonso to claim an unlikely victory.
Despite an impressive rookie season, Hulkenberg, who took pole at last season's Brazilian Grand Prix, was released by Williams in favour of Pastor Maldonado, whose presence in the team is tied to a multi-year, multi-million-pound sponsorship from the Venezuelan state oil company.
At the title-deciding 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix it looked as though he had won the championship only for McLaren's Lewis Hamilton to pass a struggling Timo Glock on the last corner of the last lap and grab the four points he needed to take the crown.
Hamilton finished seventh in Sunday's Italian Grand Prix, as Brazilian Massa cut his lead.
Schumacher almost returned this year as a temporary stand-in for Ferrari's Felipe Massa after the Brazilian's accident at the Hungarian Grand Prix, but the plans were dropped as he had still to fully recover from a motorcycle injury earlier in the year.
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Schumacher, who spent 11 years with Ferrari, was primed to step in for Massa after the Brazilian was forced to spend the rest of the 2009 season on the sidelines after his crash at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
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