Circuit: Autodromo Carlos Pace, Interlagos, Sau Paolo
Laps: 71
Race start: 0100 HRS SIN (Monday morning)
Rain is expected to fall on all days of the race weekend. Rivulets of running water and puddles can result, as we saw in the race last year. What's different is that the bumpy but flowing Interlagos track is not the season finale this year.
Rubens Barrichello and Sebastian Vettel, 14 and 16 points adrift of championship leader Jenson Button, have nothing to lose. The latter needs his rivals to finish no higher than 5th in the race in order to secure the title with one race remaining.
Brazilian Grand Prix free practice session one
1. WEBBER Red Bull 1m12.463s
2. BARRICHELLO Brawn 1m12.874s
3. VETTEL Red Bull 1m12.932s
4. KOVALAINEN McLaren 1m12.989s
5. HAMILTON McLaren 1m13.048s
6. NAKAJIMA Williams 1m13.067s
7. BUTTON Brawn 1m13.141s
8. ROSBERG Williams 1m13.147s
9. SUTIL Force India 1m13.232s
10. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m13.321s
11. TRULLI Toyota 1m13.326s
12. HEIDFELD BMW 1m13.464s
13. BUEMI Toro Rosso 1m13.503s
14. KUBICA BMW 1m13.563s
15. FISICHELLA Ferrari 1m13.619s
16. ALONSO Renault 1m13.787s
17. LIUZZI Force India 1m13.829s
18. KOBAYASHI Toyota 1m14.029s
19. ALGUERSUARI Toro Rosso 1m14.040s
20. GROSJEAN Renault 1m14.173s
Brazilian Grand Prix free practice session two times
1. ALONSO Renault 1m12.314s
2. BUEMI Toro Rosso 1m12.357s
3. BARRICHELLO Brawn 1m12.459s
4. WEBBER Red Bull 1m12.514s
5. BUTTON Brawn 1m12.523s
6. TRULLI Toyota 1m12.605s
7. VETTEL Red Bull 1m12.611s
8. ROSBERG Williams 1m12.633s
9. SUTIL Force India 1m12.720s
10. HAMILTON McLaren 1m12.749s
11. GROSJEAN Renault 1m12.806s
12. KUBICA BMW 1m12.862s
13. KOBAYASHI Toyota 1m12.869s
14. NAKAJIMA Williams 1m12.929s
15. HEIDFELD BMW 1m12.948s
16. LIUZZI Force India 1m12.950s
17. KOVALAINEN McLaren 1m12.992s
18. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m13.026s
19. ALGUERSUARI Toro Rosso 1m13.041s
20. FISICHELLA Ferrari 1m13.275s
Massive thunderstorm at the track now. The start of FP3 has been delayed since 10pm. More rain is on the way for qualifying tonight.
Brazilian Grand Prix free practice session three times (shortened to 18 min)
1. ROSBERG Williams 1m23.182s
2. NAKAJIMA Williams 1m23.832s
3. BUTTON Brawn 1m24.122s
4. ALONSO Renault 1m24.125s
5. SUTIL Force India 1m24.149s
6. GROSJEAN Renault 1m24.389s
7. BUEMI Toro Rosso 1m24.443s
8. TRULLI Toyota 1m24.859s
9. HEIDFELD BMW 1m24.867s
10. WEBBER Red Bull 1m25.440s
11. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m25.508s
12. KOVALAINEN McLaren 1m25.685s
13. ALGUERSUARI Toro Rosso 1m26.224s
14. BARRICHELLO Brawn 1m26.530s
15. VETTEL Red Bull 1m27.047s
16. LIUZZI Force India 1m27.341s
17. HAMILTON McLaren 1m27.798s
18. FISICHELLA Ferrari 1m29.285s
19. KUBICA BMW 1m29.895s
20. KOBAYASHI Toyota 1m30.259s
After nearly 3 hours of rain, delays and crashes, this is the provisional grid:
Brazilian GP starting grid
1. BARRICHELLO Brawn
2. WEBBER Red Bull
3. SUTIL Force India
4. TRULLI Toyota
5. RAIKKONEN Ferrari
6. BUEMI Toro Rosso
7. ROSBERG Williams
8. KUBICA BMW
9. NAKAJIMA Williams
10. ALONSO Renault
11. KOBAYASHI Toyota
12. ALGUERSUARI Toro Rosso
13. GROSJEAN Renault
14. BUTTON Brawn
15. LIUZZI Force India
16. VETTEL Red Bull
17. KOVALAINEN McLaren
18. HAMILTON McLaren
19. HEIDFELD BMW
20. FISICHELLA Ferrari
Brazilian Grand Prix result (71 laps)
1. WEBBER Red Bull
2. KUBICA BMW +7.6s
3. HAMILTON McLaren +18.9s
4. VETTEL Red Bull +19.6s
5. BUTTON Brawn +29.0s
6. RAIKKONEN Ferrari +33.3s
7. BUEMI Toro Rosso +35.9s
8. BARRICHELLO Brawn +45.4s
9. KOVALAINEN McLaren +48.4s
10. KOBAYASHI Toyota +63.3s
11. FISICHELLA Ferrari +70.6s
12. LIUZZI Force India +71.3s
13. GROSJEAN Renault +1 lap
14. ALGUERSUARI Toro Rosso +1 lap
R. NAKAJIMA Williams +41 laps
R. ROSBERG Williams +44 laps
R. HEIDFELD BMW +50 laps
R. SUTIL Force India +71 laps
R. TRULLI Toyota +71 laps
R. ALONSO Renault +71 laps
Fastest lap: WEBBER 1m13.733s (lap 25)
Championship standings
1. Jenson Button Brawn GP 89
2. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing 74
3. Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP 72
4. Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 61.5
5. Lewis Hamilton McLaren Mercedes 49
6. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 48
7. Nico Rosberg Williams 34.5
8. Jarno Trulli Toyota 30.5
9. Fernando Alonso Renault 26
10. Timo Glock Toyota 24
With only a maximum of 10 points up for grabs in the remaining race, Button is the 2009 world champion.