Sentence examples for the final sector from inspiring English sources

There were, perhaps, mitigating circumstances, as he noted: "The lap was not feeling right, I had no information from the team about the final sector".

"With a relative absence of high lateral loadings, apart from the final sector, Interlagos is not expected to be too demanding on the tires," said Paul Hembery, the motor sport director for Pirelli, the series tire provider.

After stopping in the final sector, Webber will line up a lowly 14th, ahead of Williams Pastor Maldonadoo and Jean-Eric Vergne in his Toro Rosso, his 16th a total contrast to that of Ricciardo.

Ten of the corners are in the final sector of the track; drivers change gears more than 5,000 times during the race; and, at more than 100 seconds, the lap time is the longest of the year.

"There are a total of 23 corners, including 10 in the final sector alone, and the drivers will change gear almost 5,000 times during the race," said Norbert Haug, the vice president of Mercedes Motorsport.

"The first one is short with a medium- and two higher-speed corners, the middle sector is dominated by long straights and tight low-speed corners, while the final sector is a relentless sequence of mainly low- to medium-speed corners.

Nevertheless, both he and Alonso looked as if they might challenge Vettel on their own last laps, but they faded in the final sectors.

Wolff insisted there was "no silver bullet", and pointed to the half-second advantage Mercedes had in the twisty final sector as the main source of their lead.

Webber was up on time compared to his team-mate after the first two sectors of his fastest lap, but Vettel's skills in the twisty final sector around the marina ensured he ended the session 0.222secs clear.

But race officials decided not to punish him as he did not set his fastest time in that final sector and they felt it was clear he slowed down sufficiently.

The top spot looked locked in, but on the final, almost speculative, runs, Hamilton bailed out of his last hot lap, believing he could not go quicker, and went into the pits – only to see a slew of cars, including Rosberg's, gain clumps of time in the dry final sector and demote him to sixth.