60 minutes of practice at Interlagos is now underway. Reminder - it's a sprint weekend - so we will have sprint qualifying later today.
A five-minute delay in the end. FP1 will kick off at 2.35pm GMT.
The start of FP1 at Interlagos has been delayed - not quite sure why just yet.
Franco Colapinto's good run of form has been rewarded with a new contract at Alpine for 2026.
While Colapinto has yet to score a point for the French manufacturer, he's out-performed Pierre Gasly over the last six rounds.

Hello everyone and welcome to the Crash.net live blog for Friday's running at the São Paulo Grand Prix.
It's a sprint weekend - which is good news - as there's less practice ahead of qualifying later today. Saturday will consist of the sprint and Grand Prix qualifying.
We will be bringing you minute-by-minute updates from Interlagos as the title race between Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen intensifies.











