F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix 2023 - As it happened

Verstappen, Norris, Alonso, Hamilton, Russell, Perez, Stroll, Sainz, Gasly, Ocon, Tsunoda, Hulkenberg, Bottas, Zhou, Sargeant, Piastri and Ricciardo.

Verstappen keeps his lead into Turn 1 ahead of Norris.

Alonso gets past Hamilton into Turn 4.

Verstappen, Norris, Hamilton, Alonso, Stroll, Russell, Perez, Sainz, Ocon, Tsunoda, Gasly, Bottas, Zhou, Sargeant, Hulkenberg, Piastri and Ricciardo.

A correction, all cars on the softs except Piastri, who is on the mediums.

All cars out on the softs for this next standing start.

FIA confirm it will be a standing start when the race gets back underway.

"Any cars that were worked on in their garage during red flag period would be permitted to leave the pits with the field, but instead of going to the grid must return to, and take the restart from, the pit lane."

This will apply to Piastri and Ricciardo.

F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix red-flagged as Albon and Magnussen crash out

Confirmed by the FIA: Verstappen, Norris, Hamilton, Alonso, Stroll, Russell, Perez, Sainz, Ocon, Tsunoda, Gasly, Bottas, Zhou, Sargeant, Hulkenberg, Piastri and Ricciardo.

The clear up continues...

DRIVERS OUT
Leclerc (crashed on formation lap)
Magnussen
Albon

Piastri and Ricciardo both suffered car damage. Mechanics are working to fix while the red flag continues#F1#BrazilGPpic.twitter.com/cpiiFywZsZ

— Formula 1 (@F1) November 5, 2023

Looks like Piastri and Ricciardo could be out of the race as well.

Verstappen, Norris, Hamilton, Alonso, Stroll, Russell, Perez, Sainz, Ocon, Piastri, Tsunoda, Gasly, Bottas, Zhou, Sargeant, Ricciardo, Hulkenberg.

OUT: Leclerc, Magnussen and Albon.

A storming start from Norris has allowed him to move up to second ahead of Hamilton.

Alonso and Stroll complete the top five.

Leclerc, Magnussen and Albon are all out of the race now.

A big shunt off the start. Looks like Albon and Magnussen was involved.

It's lights out and away we go!

Leclerc is out of the race but the race is set to start very shortly.

A disaster for Leclerc on the formation lap, who has spun off into the barriers.

Verstappen leads the pack away for the formation lap.

71 laps ahead of us.

"I think a lot of people learned from yesterday, so I definitely expect a lot more people to be close today."  

With 15 minutes to go, it's now time for the national anthem of Brazil.

Russell's brakes are getting some serious attention on the grid. A number of mechanics have been working at the front of his Mercedes.

Just under 25 minutes until lights out.