| 10:50:29
| Welcome to F1-Live.com and coverage of the Saturday morning practice session from Brazil. |
| 10:52:42
| Lewis Hamilton led the way yesterday afternoon in practice for McLaren Mercedes with a best lap of 1:12.767s. The championship leader was one of three drivers to use an extra set of wet tyres in the morning, breaking the rules, and will be happy to escape with a slap on the wrist and a fine. |
| 10:53:15
| Ralf Schumacher suffered far worse with his half-second time penalty for a similar situation at Monaco in 2005, underlining the ongoing lack of consistency from the FIA appointed stewards. |
| 10:55:19
| Fernando Alonso was second fastest on Friday in the second McLaren from Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen. Ferrari traditionally do not show strong pace on Friday afternoon, but it remains to be seen if they have the pace to challenge rivals McLaren when it counts this afternoon. |
| 10:57:37
| Giancarlo Fisichella recovered from a hydraulic issue on his Renault to set the fifth fastest time ahead of Robert Kubica, Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima who is making his Grand prix debut this weekend with Williams Toyota. David Coulthard and Nick Heidfeld rounded out the top ten. |
| 10:59:08
| Race engines have now been installed following the Friday free practice running. Conditions are warm and dry as we get ready for the 60-minute practice session. |
| 11:00:09
| The session is now underway. |
| 11:00:55
| A number of drivers are straight out to get the installation lap underway. They will mostly opt to pit for checks at the end of the lap. |
| 11:02:09
| All on track except Massa, Raikkonen and Coulthard. |
| 11:02:23
| They are all now returning to the pit lane. |
| 11:03:57
| Coulthard, ninth fastest yesterday, is now on his installtion lap. |
| 11:05:14
| The Red Bull racer now pits. No one on track at the moment. |
| 11:08:39
| The Spyker duo of Adrian Sutil and Sakon Yamamoto are on track. |
| 11:09:17
| Spyker struggled on Friday with Sutil half a second slower than Webber in 20th and Yamamoto six tenths back from Sutil. |
| 11:09:50
| Ralf Schumacher is out in his Toyota. This is his final race for the team. He claims he will be on the grid next season but his options are very limited. |
| 11:10:30
| Toyota anounced in their Friday press release that Franck Montagny will not be retained as test driver next season. |
| 11:11:18
| Jarno Trulli joins the action in the second Toyota. Sutil and Yamamoto post their first timed laps, about a second and a half slower than Friday at this stage. |
| 11:11:56
| Button heads out in his Honda. |
| 11:13:10
| Trulli and Schumacher move ahead of the Spyker duo. |
| 11:14:12
| Davidson and Vettel head out for Super Aguri and Toro Rosso. |
| 11:14:32
| Trulli is now fastest from Schumacher as they pick up the pace. |
| 11:15:21
| Raikkonen, fourth fastest on Friday, heads out in his Ferrari. |
| 11:15:55
| The circuit is now quite busy as the BMW Sauber pair of Heidfeld and Kubica start their first stint. |
| 11:17:31
| Toyota pits Trulli and Schumacher. |
| 11:18:06
| Sutil is slowon track as he heads to the pits. He gets a push to the Spyker garage. Team-mate Yamamoto has pitted. |
| 11:18:33
| Raikkonen's first lap moves him fifth and he is now on a fast lap. |
| 11:19:25
| Raikkonen moves fastest over a second clear of Trulli. Liuzzi moves fourth in his Toro Rosso ahead of Button, Heidfeld and Fisichella. |
| 11:19:49
| Felipe Massa is now on track. |
| 11:20:58
| Fisichella moves second fastest with Kubica now up to third. |
| 11:21:13
| Alonso and Hamilton on track for McLaren Mercedes. |
| 11:23:43
| All change as Massa is now fastest from Raikkonen and Alonso. |
| 11:24:08
| Hamilton slots his McLaren fourth on his first timed lap. |
| 11:25:30
| A gain from Hamilton as he moves third ahead of Alonso. |
| 11:25:59
| Raikkonen completes a slow lap and pits his F2007. |
| 11:27:11
| Massa improves on his own best and is now a tenth up on Hamilton's Friday best time. |
| 11:27:36
| Barrichello moves fifth in his Honda with Webber and Coulthard slotting in behind. |
| 11:28:10
| The front runners are pitting after their first stint. |
| 11:29:00
| A quick stop for Massa who heads straight back out. |
| 11:30:38
| Webber gains a position and is now fifth ahead of Barrichello. |
| 11:31:20
| Massa pits his Ferrari again. Kubica is currently on track and working his way up the order. |
| 11:32:14
| The BMW Sauber driver moves fifth fastest. It has been a tough end to the season for Kubica as he was leading in China when his f1.07 failed on him. |
| 11:34:03
| Nick Heidfeld is currently just 18th. He is on track and looking to make some progress. |
| 11:35:31
| Barrichello is seventh and back out. This is his home race and he really needs a strong showing after a dismal season. |
| 11:35:53
| The Brazilian picks up one position over Webber as Vettel moves ninth. |
| 11:37:06
| Kovalainen is making up time as he improves a little Raikkonen, second, is back out. |
| 11:38:15
| Kovalainen and Fisichella on better laps and they both now move firmly into the top ten. |
| 11:38:41
| Hamilton heads out for his second stint. |
| 11:39:10
| Coulthard moves third fastest. |
| 11:39:31
| Alonso and Massa join the action with 20 minutes remaining. |
| 11:40:54
| Raikkonen finds time and moves clear at the top of the timesheets. All of the front runners are on track. |
| 11:42:28
| Massa now takes over at the top as he finds half a second. We have a Ferrari one-two at the moment as Alonso moves third fastest. |
| 11:42:49
| Heidfeld is still way down the order in 21st. |
| 11:43:45
| Kubica, seventh, has stopped on track with a mechanical problem. |
| 11:44:23
| BMW seems to be having lots of reliability issues late in the season as focus has moved to the F1.08 challenger. |
| 11:45:12
| Despite the yellow flags, Vettel vaults fifth fastest in his Toro Rosso. |
| 11:46:11
| Heidfeld is starting to make some progress and is now up to 15th. |
| 11:47:32
| We have yet to see the pace of Alonso and Hamilton in this session. Hamilton is slower than he was yesterday and Alonso a fraction up. |
| 11:48:19
| Tonio Liuzzi moves fourth fastest. Toro Rosso must be in simulated qualifying mode at the moment. |
| 11:48:32
| Now Webber takes over the fourth position. |
| 11:50:20
| P4 is a popular place to be as Fisichella now takes the place in his Renault. |
| 11:51:33
| This could be Fisichella's last race with Renault, although the team are keeping options open for next season. Nelson Piquet is sexpected to get one seat and should Alonso return, Kovalainen is expected to move on too. |
| 11:52:07
| Eight minutes remain and most of the front runners are in the pits. |
| 11:52:27
| Kovalainen improves and is now seventh fastest in the second Renault. |
| 11:53:11
| Trulli and Schumacher on track and looking to make gains. |
| 11:53:21
| Schumacher moves sixth fastest. |
| 11:53:46
| Trulli vaults third fastest in his TF107. |
| 11:54:34
| Hamilton is now down in 12th position, just over a second slower than Massa who is back out. |
| 11:55:27
| Nico Rosberg moves fifth in his Williams Toyota. Raikkonen is back on track as Massa improves on his own best lap by three-tenths of a second. |
| 11:56:17
| Vettel moves fourth only for Heidfeld to take the position a few seconds later. |
| 11:56:41
| The circuit is now busy with less than four minutes remaining. |
| 11:57:07
| Raikkonen improves but remains second to Massa. |
| 11:58:34
| Rosberg and Vettel pit. The other 20 on track. |
| 11:59:08
| Webber is now third fastest in his Red Bull Renault. |
| 11:59:23
| Hamilton is 15th but on a better lap. |
| 11:59:45
| The championship leader splits the Ferrari duo as he moves second. |
| 12:00:09
| The chequered flag is out. |
| 12:01:10
| Felipe Massa leads the way this morning in Brazil by just over a tenths from Hamilton and Raikkonen. Webber is fourth fastest ahead of Trulloi and Barrichello who makes last lap gain. |
| 12:01:36
| Nick Heidfeld is seventh ahead of Alonso, Vettel and Rosberg. |
