Good morning and welcome to LIVE coverage of Free Practice 1 for the Brazilian Grand Prix. The drivers get their first taste of the track from 12pm. Stay with us for the best of the early running at Sao Paulo.

We will be back at 4pm for FP2. Thanks for joining us for FP1.

Hamilton quickest with his 1:14.131 lap. Vettel, Webber, Button, Alonso, Massa, Grosjean, Di Resta, Maldonado and Hulkenberg make up your top 10 from FP1. Schumacher makes up time on the 2013-spec tyres to move up from 18th to 11th with Alonso improving during the session, but remaining fifth some 0.284 seconds behind Hamilton's pace.

Onto the final lap of the sesssion with Hamilton, Vettel, Webber, Button, Alonso and Massa your main runners and riders from FP1. Another fast session then for McLaren with the Red Bulls tucked in behind.

Paul di Resta and Kamui Kobayashi battling for a spot of supremacy as the Scot refuses to let the Japanese driver go beyond him. Kobayashi needs to lock his front wheels after almost colliding with Di Resta.

A spin for Massa after he makes a mess of turn nine. The Brazilian burns some rubber. Spins his car before setting off again. Meanwhile, Schumacher is toiling out there in 17th place. The German is lapping two seconds off the pace. Looks like a sedate ending to his F1 days this weekend.

Alonso back in the garage at the moment. Looks like Hamilton is going to post the fastest time of this FP1 session.

Raikkonen is 21st on his first timed lap but is held up by Hamilton on his second lap and fails to improve his time. All the drivers are now on heavier fuel loads.

Alonso continues to occupy fifth spot with Hamilton seemingly set to post the fastest time of the day. Alonso yet to to use the experimental rubber.

McLaren on Twitter: "Lewis has been very reflective and thoughtful. This weekend is when it all comes to an end - it will be emotional, for sure."

Hamilton continues to air his concern over overheating problems with the tyres. Hamilton continues to hold sway over the rest with Vettel, Webber, Button and Alonso behind him. Webber up to third 0.067 seconds behind Hamilton.

Raikkonen suddenly back in the pits as he lets his team know that engine problems continue to be a source of real frustration.

"I see some unpleasant things happening after this race.­ Force India might not be there next year... HRT will not find a buyer for more than a­ dollar...Di Resta needs to get his act together and­ better look at another team. Hulk timed it perfectly­ and moved very well," comments Yahoo reader Rob.

Karthikeyan is back out there, but is well down the standings +3.922 behind Hamilton which leaves him in 23rd position at the moment.

Perez is going to be missing for the next 15 minutes or so why the Sauber team sort out brake discs and brake pads.

With 30 minutes left of the session, this is the situation: 1 Hamilton 2 Vettel 3 Button 4 Alonso 5 Massa 6 Grosjean 7 Webber 8 Di Resta 9 Hulkenberg 10 Maldonado

Raikkonen heads out for another crack at this. Only his fourth lap of the morning after an engine issue. Life not running smoothly for Lotus.

Alonso goes fourth, but remains 0.474 seconds off the pace with Hamilton pointing out again that his tyres are overheating as he sets about improving his fastest time of the day so far.

The two HRTs completed the installation lap before disappearing from view. Where is Narain Karthikeyan and Pedro de la Rosa? Uncertain times for the Spanish team that is up for sale.

Vettel a strong favourite to take the world title this weekend. He is posted at 1/4 with Fernando Alonso out at 39/10 if you fancy a bet. Hamilton is 14/5 to win this race. He continues to hold the fastest time of the day as we dip below 40 minutes left of the session.

"Life is about sharing passions..thank you for sharing mine..."Schumacher with a nice message on the side of his helmet to his fans as he speeds through FP1.