| 09:50:24
| Welcome to F1-Live.com and live coverage of the first practice session of the Brazilian Grand Prix weekend. The 90-minute session begins shortly. |
| 09:52:30
| There has been no testing since the Chinese Grand Prix two weeks ago, but Felipe Massa has been in the news as Ferrari have extended his current deal which was due to expire at the end of the 2008 season, to the end of 2010. |
| 09:54:04
| Other than this, the driver market remains static as Fernando Alonso decides if he is to honour his McLaren Mercedes contract or not. Amazingly, he and Hamilton claimed yesterday that they get on great! |
| 09:56:19
| With Hamilton, Alonso and Raikkonen going for championship success, Alonso is the only one of the three to be on his second Grand Prix with his current V8 powerplant. Given the reliability so far this year from Mercedes, this is unlikely to be a major issue. |
| 09:58:22
| It’s pretty foggy this morning at Interlagos and to make things more interesting, it is wet too. |
| 10:00:07
| The practice session is now underway. |
| 10:00:42
| Most will complete an installation lap and then pit for checks. This is a free practice session and they are therefore run fresh engines before reverting to the race engine tomorrow. |
| 10:01:28
| The circuit is partly wet due to light rain. It is really overcast. |
| 10:02:35
| Mark Webber is currently on his installtion lap. |
| 10:03:19
| He is straight back in. It seems very slippery as it is also a new surface. |
| 10:03:52
| Kazuki Nakajima is on track. He has replaced Alex Wurz who has announced his retirement from the sport with immediate effect. |
| 10:04:43
| Alonso is now making his way around the circuit. They are all on intermediate tyres. |
| 10:05:26
| Raikkonen is on track and is pushing harder than anyone so far. The weather looks pretty set so the times will perhaps not be so meaningful. |
| 10:06:13
| Jenson Button completes a practice pit stop. |
| 10:07:04
| No one has recorded a timed lap as yet and it may be a while. |
| 10:07:20
| Davidson returns to the pit lane in his Super Aguri Honda. |
| 10:08:56
| No one on track. |
| 10:09:53
| Sato and Fisichella are the only two have not gone out for an installtion lap as yet. |
| 10:11:45
| Nakajima is back out in his Williams Toyota. |
| 10:14:33
| Nakajima completes his first timed lap of the session. |
| 10:15:41
| Nakajima's first timed lap is roughly 20 seconds off the ulimate dry pace. |
| 10:16:53
| Showing how slippery the circuit is, Nakajima is working very hard at the wheel to keep the car on the black stuff. |
| 10:17:23
| An improvement by 1.2 seconds from Nakajima. |
| 10:19:21
| Nakajima is staying well away from the kerbing through the Senna S. There is a little spray now coming from the back of the Williams indicating the rain is coming down a little harder. |
| 10:21:35
| Nakajima remains on track and is chipping away at his lap times and improving a little each time around. Jarno Trulli has joined the action in his Toyota. |
| 10:22:29
| Trulli is now on his first timed lap with Nakajima's 1:26.9 to beat. |
| 10:23:26
| Trulli is being very cautious on the throttle application. |
| 10:24:15
| Trulli's first lap is about four seconds off Nakajima. Vettel, Schumacher and Sutil also on track |
| 10:24:46
| Sutil is now second fastest in his Spyker. |
| 10:25:33
| Trulli improves by over two seconds and is still trying to get some heat into his front tyres by shaking the TF107 left to right. |
| 10:26:38
| Sutil moves fastest on a 1:26.3. The spray is becoming more apparent. |
| 10:27:44
| Trulli has regained the fastest time as he and Sutil trade best laps. |
| 10:28:16
| Now Ralf Schumacher tops the timesheets in what is his final weekend with Toyota. |
| 10:29:00
| Sutil runs wide but is able to continue. |
| 10:29:43
| Sebastian Vettel is on track in his Toro Rosso and now there really is rooster tails coming from the back of the cars at the wetter parts of the circuit. |
| 10:30:07
| Vettel has shown to be very quick in the wet in recent races. |
| 10:30:33
| Now the rookie moves fastest ahead of the Toyota duo. |
| 10:31:56
| Vettel pits his Toro Rosso. |
| 10:32:16
| Button is now on track in his Honda. |
| 10:34:00
| Button's team-mate Barrichello is on track now as well as Sutil has now moves P1 ahead of Vettel. |
| 10:34:36
| Barrichello and Button slowest of those on track at the moment as they get up to speed. |
| 10:35:18
| Barrichello is on a good lap and moves second fastest. |
| 10:35:53
| There is some speculation that this could be Barrichello's last race despite Honda announcing a new deal twice this year... |
| 10:36:14
| Button completed a couple of slow laps and pitted his Honda. |
| 10:37:18
| Vettel heads back out as Barrichello moves fastest. |
| 10:38:44
| The Brazilian veteran returns to the pits leaving just Vettel on track. |
| 10:39:25
| Ralf Schumacher is going back out in his Toyota. |
| 10:40:12
| Nakajima joins Vettel and Schumacher on track. |
| 10:41:42
| No sign of the expected front runners at the moment. Vettel is now second fastest ahead of Sutil. |
| 10:42:06
| Sakon Yamamoto is going out in his Spyker. |
| 10:42:45
| A big gain from Schumacher as he moves fastest. |
| 10:43:22
| Fisichella is now out for the first time today as is Takuma Sato. |
| 10:44:03
| Schumacher improves again and is now over a second clear of Barrichello who remains in the pits. |
| 10:44:58
| Nakajima moves second fastest. |
| 10:46:11
| Sato records his first timed lap and now nine people have set a lap time at the mid-point of the session. |
| 10:47:26
| Heikki Kovalainen heads out in his Renault followed by Nico Rosberg. |
| 10:48:31
| Jenson Button vaults second fastest in his Honda. |
| 10:50:05
| Webber is now out in his Red Bull Renault. |
| 10:51:16
| Rosberg moves fourth fastest in his Williams. |
| 10:52:30
| Kovalainen uses all the kerbing as he runs wide but gets away with it. He is currently tenth fastest. |
| 10:53:34
| Ralf Schumacher remains fastest as Rosberg moves second ahead of Barrichello. |
| 10:54:37
| Webber moves seventh fastest behind Nakajima. |
| 10:55:07
| Now Barrichello takes over at the top of the timesheets. |
| 10:57:43
| Davidson is working his way up the timesheets in his Super Aguri Honda. He is now up to eighth. |
| 10:59:02
| Another improvement from Davidson who is now sixth behind Webber who just improved. |
| 11:01:05
| Webber moves second in his Red Bull Renault. |
| 11:02:18
| Coulthard improves and is now fifth fastest. |
| 11:03:16
| An improvement from Ralf Schumacher who re-takes the top position in his Toyota. |
| 11:03:47
| Webber improves but remains second. |
| 11:05:00
| Kubica, Heidfeld, Fisichella, Alonso, Hamilton, Raikkonen and Massa have yet to set a time. |
| 11:05:13
| Hamilton is getting ready to go out. |
| 11:05:51
| Several improvements on track as Liuzzi moves ahead of Coulthard in his Toro Rosso. |
| 11:06:09
| Now Trulli improves and is third fastest. |
| 11:08:32
| Kovalainen improves and is now fifth in his Renault. Fisichella remains in the pit. |
| 11:10:05
| Championship leader Lewis Hamilton heads out. |
| 11:11:35
| Gains from Takuma Sato and Jenson Button. Ralf Schumacher remains fastest as he has been for the last hour. |
| 11:12:35
| Hamilton is on his first timed lap. It seems to take a few laps to get up to speed in the wet here today. |
| 11:13:39
| Rosberg is on a good lap as Hamilton is getting up to speed. |
| 11:14:14
| Rosberg moves fastest in his Williams by just over two-tenths of a second. |
| 11:15:21
| Ralf Schumacher regains the top spot. The German veteran is making his point today. |
| 11:16:27
| A spin for Ralf Schumacher. |
| 11:16:46
| Felipe Massa heads out in his Ferrari. |
| 11:17:50
| Hamilton is making little impression at the moment and is down in 15th position. He returns to the pit. |
| 11:18:15
| Yamamoto loses the back end of the Spyker and has a harmless spin. |
| 11:18:44
| Rosberg improves and is fastest again in his Williams. |
| 11:19:17
| Massa's first timed lap vaults him fifth fastest. |
| 11:19:38
| Massa loses a little time passing a Spyker. |
| 11:20:04
| Ten minutes remain. |
| 11:20:37
| Massa improves and is now third fastest. |
| 11:21:41
| Raikkonen is now out in his Ferrari. |
| 11:22:11
| Massa is now fastest from Rosberg and Schumacher. |
| 11:23:34
| Massa is improving each time around as Raikkonen starts his first timed lap. |
| 11:24:37
| Raikkonen's first timed lap puts him P12. |
| 11:25:15
| Vettel vaults fourth fastest. |
| 11:26:13
| Raikkonen is getting up to speed as he moves second fastest behind team-mate Massa. |
| 11:26:46
| Hamilton is back out. No sign of Alonso with three minutes remaining. |
| 11:28:40
| Massa negotiates his way ahead of a Spyker again. That is the third time he has lost time behind either Sutil or Yamamoto. |
| 11:29:08
| Massa pits his Ferrari as Hamilton moves 13th. |
| 11:29:43
| Raikkonen moves fastest by four-tenths. |
| 11:30:06
| A good lap from Raikkonen as the chequered flag is out. |
| 11:30:23
| Raikkonen is on another fast lap. |
| 11:30:39
| Hamilton improves and is now fifth fastest. |
| 11:31:16
| Raikkonen does not improve, but he is fastest in the first practice session of the weekend. |
| 11:31:59
| Raikkonen sets the pace from team-mate Massa, Kovalainen, Rosberg, Hamilton, Schumacher, Vettel, Webber, Trulli and Liuzzi. |
