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Former Ferrari driver Felipe Massa has spoken about his ongoing legal case regarding the outcome of the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship, which he claims was unfairly affected by the “Crashgate” scandal at that year’s Singapore Grand Prix.

Massa, speaking to Martin Brundle during his grid walk, said: "Looking forward for the justice, I don't deserve what has happened to me, to anybody, to anybody that is in the sport. We did what we are supposed to do with the lawyers in the court, and now we wait for the decision."

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Racing Bulls' Isack Hadjar, who starts in fifth, speaking to Sky Sports: "It's going to be tricky conditions so anything can happen."

On the car: "The car has been working everywhere except tracks where we had riding limitations, like Austin and Mexico, but when you're coming into this weekend we were more competitive, so that was kind of expected."

On the race: "I'm always going to keep it clean no matter the state of the championship. It would be stupid to go and do something dumb to Oscar [Piastri in fourth] because I'm clearly not racing him today. I'm just going to do my own race."

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The midfield is well represented in the starting top 10 today, with Haas, Racing Bulls, Sauber and Alpine all in with a shout of leaving Interlagos with a point or two.

Oliver Bearman, an excellent fourth in Mexico, has been a standout performer so far this weekend and while he dropped off the pace a little bit in Q3, he still gets to line up eighth on the grid.

Racing Bulls have a great chance of double points in Sao Paulo, as Isack Hadjar took an superb fifth and Liam Lawson secured seventh.

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Pierre Gasly in P9 can add another point for Alpine this weekend after his eighth place in the sprint, while Nico Hulkenberg has big dogs like Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton behind his Sauber in 10th.

Who on earth gave the green light for tall lads like Bearman and Esteban Ocon to squeeze themselves into these mini cars for the drivers' parade?!

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Gabriel Bortoleto is racing in front of his home supporters for the first time this weekend but the Brazilian driver left the crowds gasping in shock at the end of the sprint yesterday when he crashed heavily at high-speed at Turn One.

Thankfully, Bortoleto was OK after the huge impact but his car needed a major repair job. A brilliant effort by Sauber almost got the rookie back on the road for qualifying but the team just ran out of time.

Despite starting from the back of the grid, Bortoleto said on the team's social media he is "ready for a new day", adding: "I'm excited for the race today, full gas. We don't back off and that's it."

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While Charles Leclerc celebrated his third place in qualifying on Saturday, his Ferrari team-mate Lewis Hamilton was left scratching his head at another Q2 knockout.

The seven-time world champion said his car set-up felt good but the preparation of the tyres was what let the Scuderia down. “I didn’t have any rear end," he added.

Hamilton went from 11th to seventh in the sprint, picking up two points along the way. From 13th on today's grid, however, "I can’t do anything from there," he said.

As for Leclerc, he said the weekend so far for Ferrari has been "very, very difficult", so qualifying in P3 during the gusty pole shootout was a bonus. The Monegasque driver is aiming for his third podium in a row on Sunday following his second in Mexico and third in Austin.

"Just for information, this engine vibrates a lot less. Something to look at for sure."

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Former Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button says he has "no regrets" after the final race of his career.

The 45-year-old finished 16th in the 8 Hours of Bahrain race for Cadillac on Saturday.

Button retired from F1 in 2016, apart from a one-off appearance at the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix -

He won the 2009 F1 title for Brawn and also raced for Williams, McLaren and BAR/Honda among others in a 17-year career.

While also working for Sky Sports, he moved on to racing in various other disciplines including the endurance of Le Mans, supercars, Extreme E and rallycross.

He told Autosport: "I have no regrets at all. I've done everything I wanted to do in my career and more.

"It's the right time to stop. Racing takes a lot of commitment - travel, preparation, the mental load - and I want to spend that energy elsewhere now.

"My kids are growing up fast and I don't want to miss those moments."

Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent

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Lando Norris, who was challenged hard for the sprint victory by Kimi Antonelli, expects a similarly tough battle with the 19-year-old Italian in the grand prix.

Norris said: "I learned (in the sprint) that they're pretty quick. And I learned that Kimi pushes all the way to the very end.

"So, in some ways looking forward to it, some ways I'm not. I think it's going to be a big challenge. We have to see what the weather's going to do again, but so far this weekend's been clean. So, I'm hoping they don't ruin it."

Antonelli said he hoped the expected cooler conditions would play into the hands of Mercedes.

"The pace on Saturday was really strong," he said. "It was also quite cold and tomorrow should be kind of the same. So maybe that can help us a little bit more.

"But, you know, running in dirty air is never easy. Hopefully, we can have a strong pace and put pressure on them and hopefully we can fight for the win."

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A podium finish would cap off a stellar weekend in Sao Paulo for Kimi Antonelli. The Italian teenager has been second to Lando Norris in every session so far, also beating his Mercedes team-mate George Russell in the process, and now he gets the chance to shine from the front row of the grid for the first time in his maiden F1 campaign.

Antonelli, who finished runner-up in the sprint, is a first-timer at Interlagos, like most of the rookies this season. “I’ve been enjoying a lot driving around this track, definitely also the crowd has given me some extra motivation, some extra energy," said the 19-year-old.

"So I’m really looking forward to [the race] and hopefully we can finish the weekend on a high.”

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This year, Max Verstappen was aiming to match Michael Schumacher's achievement of winning five consecutive drivers' championship. Sadly for the Dutchman, despite hauling himself back into contention with a run of seven podiums, including two wins since the summer break, Sao Paulo has so far been a miserable weekend for Red Bull overall: Verstappen was also joined by team-mate Yuki Tsunoda on the Q1 scrapheap on Saturday.

Verstappen, who is now 39 points adrift of Lando Norris in third place, said of his title hopes after a P16 qualifying: "I can forget about that. Yes, for sure." He also added the team were at a loss as to why the car was behaving so badly around Interlagos.

Will the set-up changes bring the four-time world champ some joy today? If the heavens open again like they did last year, then Verstappen will certainly be a threat. He won the chaotic race in 2024 in spectacular style from 17th on the grid - one of the greatest victories of his career.

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The championship pressure has increased on Oscar Piastri in recent weeks. The Australian has seen his title lead slip away following his last win at Zandvoort and he's only made the podium - a third place at Monza - once since then. There have also been a few crashes along the way, his latest shunt coming in yesterday's sprint race.

"Just feels like things are not flowing that easily at the moment, you know?" said Piastri. "I've still got the belief that I can go out and win races and win the championship but, you know, obviously things are not coming as easy as I'd like them to."

The good news for the Aussie is after Brazil, there are still three races and one sprint event remaining. His first objective today, though, will be battling with Charles Leclerc to try to get into the podium places but also keeping rookie pup Isack Hadjar at bay, who is starting just behind in fifth.

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Who would've thought when Lando Norris' was sitting crestfallen on the sidelines in Zandvoort after retiring from the Dutch Grand Prix, 34 points behind winner Oscar Piastri in the title race, that six grands prix later he'd be in charge of the title fight following an impressive run of form.

"I just feel like I'm doing a good job. I'm driving well," said Norris on Saturday.

"Before, earlier in the season, I would just have weaknesses, and I feel like I've, let's say, I've maybe still got some here and there, but I've lessened them."

The momentum has shifted in Norris' favour since that disappointing day in the Netherlands. He's made the podium four times in the past five race weekends, including winning by a whopping 30-second margin at the Mexico City Grand Prix a fortnight ago.

The pit lane is open...

Mercedes are back in second place in the constructors' championship thanks to Kimi Antonelli and George Russell finishing higher than Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton in the sprint race. Ferrari drop to third, four points behind the Silver Arrows.

In the midfield scrap, Fernando Alonso's sprint points puts Aston Martin level on 72 points with sixth-placed Racing Bulls heading into today's grand prix. But Red Bull's sister team has the advantage at lights out, as both Liam Lawson and Isack Hadjar are starting in the top 10.

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So this is the state of play in the drivers' championship before we go racing for 71 laps.

The weekend has played perfectly into Lando Norris' hands so far and now the Briton sits nine points clear of McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri thanks to his victory in the sprint and the Australian's crash out.

The next leg of Norris' journey in Sao Paulo is to win today's race, which he's on pole position for. If he does that and Piastri finishes in fourth, he'll travel to Las Vegas in two weeks' time with a 22-point advantage.

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The weather doesn't know what to do with itself, so we could be in for an intriguing race if wind and rain decide to show up to the party.

Lando Norris is on pole, Kimi Antonelli second and Charles Leclerc in third - is this how the Sao Paulo will finish?

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Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent

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Max Verstappen will start the São Paulo GP from the pit lane after Red Bull changed his engine and made some set-up changes. He is sticking with the floor he used in qualifying, the team say, which is the design he used in Austin, not the new one introduced in Mexico.

Haas driver Esteban Ocon will join Verstappen in the pits; he also has a new engine. Like Verstappen, it's Ocon's fifth new engine this year, exceeding the limit of four.

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BBC Sport Journalist

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Hello, folks. Saturday was predicted to be wet and wild in Brazil and while we did see little puddles of kerb water cause some drivers problems in the sprint, the rest of the day was fairly settled. Cut to Sunday and rain has lashed the Interlagos circuit this morning but some blue spots are starting to open up in time for lights out.

The Sao Paulo Grand Prix goes green at 17:00 GMT.

Lando Norris starts on pole position for the sixth time this season after securing the best seat in the house following his victory in the sprint race. He's now nine points up on his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri, who starts fourth on the grid and spun out of the shorter dash, failing to pick up any points.

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Max Verstappen, meanwhile, had a dreadful time in qualifying (he's having a great time during the parade, though) and was a shock elimination in Q1 and booted on pure pace. The Dutchman was set to start P16 but he's now packing up his stuff and moving to a different spot...