Russell wins F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix sprint - as it happened

Ricciardo will be Red Bull reserve driver for 2023

BREAKING NEWS

Daniel Ricciardo deve assinar com a Red Bull para ser piloto reserva da escuderia austríaca em 2023!

Assista ao segundo treino livre do #GPdeSãoPaulo em: https://t.co/3Vxhln2J07#F1naBand#F1#EsporteNaBand#BrazilGP#Formula1#Fórmula1pic.twitter.com/LkXpDh2OvE

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Alonso makes it two Alpines in the top four, 0.4s off the pace.

Schumacher moves up to seventh on a 1m15.684s, 1.0s off Ocon's top time.

Ocon, Russell, Hamilton, Perez, Gasly, Magnussen, Sainz, Leclerc, Ricciardo and Latifi.

Fastest driver in the first half of final practice...
 @OconEsteban#BrazilGP#F1pic.twitter.com/kpkebOxmFw

— Formula 1 (@F1) November 12, 2022

Hamilton improves to a 1m15.137s, 0.5s off Ocon.

Ocon is quickest with a 1m14.604s, 0.3s ahead of Russell. The Frenchman was on new softs.

Brazilian motorsport royalty 

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Russell is still on top ahead of Perez, Gasly, Hamilton, Magnussen, Leclerc, Sainz, Ocon, Bottas and Norris.

Sao Paulo smoke show

Latifi finds the grass in the final sector#BrazilGP#F1pic.twitter.com/8QnyRNT05i

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Gasly moves up to third with a 1m15.636s, 0.7s off Russell.

Russell, Perez, Hamilton, Magnussen, Leclerc, Sainz, Ocon, Bottas, Verstappen and Alonso.

Russell smashes the current benchmark with a 1m15.115s, 0.4s ahead of Perez.

Perez goes top with a 1m15.539s, 0.3s ahead of Leclerc. A tidy lap on the hards.

Leclerc improves again to a 1m15.868s on the softs. A tenth ahead of Sainz on the mediums.

Perez slots into third on the hards.

Sainz is now on top with a 1m16.014s - a tenth ahead of Leclerc.

Bottas is now 0.4s off the pace set by the Ferraris.

Bottas takes to the top with a 1m16.463s, 0.4s ahead of Zhou.

Zhou takes to the top with a 1m17.059s, 0.5s ahead of Schumacher.

Vettel, Stroll, Bottas, Sainz, Leclerc, Schumacher, Zhou, Sargeant and Perez are on track.

Estou muito feliz em anunciar que agora faço parte da família RedBull! Muito obrigado Dr. Marko e Christian Horner pela oportunidade.
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I’m very happy to announce that I will be joining the RedBull Family! Thank you Dr. Helmut Marko and Christian Horner for the opportunity! pic.twitter.com/CqglwfVnWk

— Enzo Fittipaldi (@enzofitti) November 12, 2022

Looks like final practice will be in dry conditions.

There will be a driver change down at Williams with Logan Sargeant getting another outing for the team ahead of his debut next year.

Second practice (the most pointless session of the weekend) kicks off in just under 15 minutes. 

The F1 sprint is at 7:30pm UK time.