Nico Rosberg tops final practice in Japan

Nico Rosberg set the pace in final practice at the Japanese Grand Prix as title rival Lewis Hamilton could manage only seventh fastest time.

Hamilton failed to get a lap time on his qualifying simulation run on soft tyres, finishing over a second adrift.
Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo was second separated from team-mate Max Verstappen by Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel.
The surprise of the session was the Renaults of Jolyon Palmer and Kevin Magnussen in eighth and ninth.
Palmer and Magnussen set identical lap times but the Englishman was classified ahead as a result of doing the time first.

Hamilton has work to do

Hamilton appears to have a bit of work to do ahead of qualifying, with Rosberg also setting the pace on the medium tyres earlier on in a session in which conditions improved throughout after starting on a damp track.
Hamilton was actually faster than Rosberg in sector one on his final lap on the soft tyres but the lap went awry in the middle sector and he aborted it.
There is added uncertainty headed towards qualifying at 15:00 local time (07:00 BST), with rain predicted.