F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix 2023 - Qualifying: As it happened

Looks like he got in the way of Gasly, who was trying to exit the pit lane.

One for the stewards after qualifying.

"My car is jumping around like a kangaroo. Same problem as Mexico." 

A 1m10.623s for the McLaren driver, 0.2s clear of Hamilton.

A 1m11.494s for Piastri, less than a tenth ahead of Albon and Alonso.

It's 60 per cent according to the FIA - so something to keep an eye on as the session progresses.

Piastri leads the first group of cars out for Q1 in Brazil.

The delay to qualifying will last 15 minutes due to debris on track.

Read our report from first practice...

Full order from first practice at Interlagos...

A tenth off Sainz.

Sainz goes to the top on the softs, less than a tenth ahead of Russell.

Russell, Hulkenberg, Albon, Stroll, Gasly, Magnussen, Alonso, Hamilton, Verstappen and Tsunoda.

He goes fourth-fastest on the mediums, just two-tenths off the pace.

Hulkenberg continues to impress in the Haas, slotting into second on the softs, less than a tenth off Russell.

Magnussen manages to better his time from earlier but it's only 0.7s off.

Norris is impeded by Hulkenberg into the final braking zone.

Minor contact between the pair as Norris gets through.

He only manages the third-fastest time, 0.7s off Russell's medium benchmark.

Russell, Alonso, Verstappen, Tsunoda, Perez, Hamilton, Norris, Leclerc, Hulkenberg and Sainz.

A 1m11.865s on the mediums puts him 0.7s ahead of Alonso, who has just bettered his earlier lap time on the hards.

Making the most of the medium tyres, Tsunoda takes top spot off Verstappen by 0.3s.