Lewis Hamilton admitted his Sao Paulo Grand Prix was already "done pretty much" after he qualified 13th for Sunday's race.

The Ferrari driver was knocked out in the second part of qualifying for the second successive day at Interlagos. Having qualified 11th for the Sprint, he managed just 13th place in main qualifying.

Hamilton struggled for rear tyre grip and temperatures in his Ferrari and finished one tenth of a second away from making the top 10.

"Just the way that we had it going today, the rears weren't there," he told Sky Sports F1.

Asked if the race might prove any better, Hamilton said: "Not from where I am. That's the weekend done pretty much."

Hamilton, who finished seventh in the earlier Sprint, added to F1: "The car setup felt good, it was just how we prepared the tyres.

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