17:12
Verstappen has upped his pace
He's now running 3.0s behind Ocon on Lap 39.
The start in Brazil
2024 F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix - Race Day - As it happened
A recap of what happened at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
03 Nov 2024
17:09
Ocon dominating at the front
He's 3.2s ahead of Verstappen at the moment.
17:07
Dominant start from Ocon
He's opened up a 2.3s gap over Verstappen. Insane driving by the Alpine driver.
17:06
A mistake from Norris
He runs wide at Turn 4 which allows Norris to get ahead.
17:05
Lap 34/69
We're back underway at Interlagos as Ocon leads from Verstappen, Gasly and Norris.
17:03
Everyone on intermediates
The order is: Ocon, Verstappen, Gasly, Norris, Russell, Tsunoda, Leclerc, Piastri, Alonso, Lawson, Hamilton, Bottas, Sainz, Perez, Bearman, Zhou.
17:02
We're back underway
Ocon comes out of the pit lane behind the Safety Car.
16:58
Reminder of the order under the red flag
Ocon, Verstappen, Gasly, Norris, Russell, Tsunoda, Leclerc, Piastri, Alonso, Lawson, Hamilton, Bottas, Sainz, Perez, Bearman, Zhou.
OUT: Colapinto, Hulkenberg, Albon and Stroll.
16:53
Another update
The race will restart at 5:02pm UK time. Rolling start.
16:48
News from the FIA
"Teams have been informed by Race Control the restart will be a rolling start, but the weather conditions still need to improve at the moment."
16:40
The order under the red flag
Ocon, Verstappen, Gasly, Norris, Russell, Tsunoda, Leclerc, Piastri, Alonso, Lawson, Hamilton, Bottas, Sainz, Perez, Bearman, Zhou and Hulkenberg.
16:38
Red flag
Colapinto has shunted his Williams. Red flag.
16:36
Order under the SC
Ocon, Verstappen, Gasly, Norris, Russell, Tsunoda, Leclerc, Piastri, Alonso, Lawson, Hamilton, Bottas, Sainz, Perez, Bearman, Colapinto, Zhou and Hulkenberg.
16:35
Ocon radio
"Rain decreasing in one to two minutes," he reports.
16:33
Lap 30/69
Safety Car deployed. The conditions look terrible so no surprise race control have made that call.
16:32
Penalty for Piastri
He's been handed a 10-second time penalty for spinning Lawson.
16:31
Lap 29/69
Norris and Russell come into the pit lane for new intermediates. This gives Ocon the lead from Verstappen.
16:30
Hulkenberg
Hulkenberg has managed to get going again. So this VSC period will surely end shortly.
16:29
VSC deployed
Hulkenberg is out of the race. A problem for the Haas driver.
16:27
A mistake from Lawson
He makes a mistake into the opening sequence of corners, dropping him down to ninth in the RB.
16:25
Leclerc pits
We're now on Lap 25 and Leclerc has come into the pit lane for new intermediates.
Norris asks for "Box to overtake at some point" - he's been stuck behind Russell since the start of the race.
16:24
Sorry about that
We've been having a few technical issues so to fix them we've had to delete some of our recent posts.
We're on Lap 24 and Russell is running 0.6s ahead of Norris.
The rain is coming down more heavily now.
16:09
The order on Lap 14
Russell, Norris, Tsunoda, Ocon, Leclerc, Verstappen, Lawson, Piastri, Alonso and Gasly.
16:07
A mistake from Hamilton
He runs wide in the final sector which allows Colapinto to get past.
16:06
Verstappen into sixth
Lawson makes it easy for Verstappen as the Dutchman moves into the top six now.
