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LIVE: Brazilian Grand Prix - FP1

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Follow live coverage of the first practice session for the Brazilian Grand Prix from Interlagos with F1i.

2015 drivers' champion Lewis Hamilton will be keen to get down to business after an eventful week for the Mercedes driver off the track. Hamilton has been unwell with a fever and delayed his arrival in Brazil, while he yesterday revealed a car crash in Monaco was the result of a hectic lifestyle since the Mexican Grand Prix.

Nico Rosberg will be keen to take advantage of any weaknesses in Hamilton's state of mind this weekend having beaten his team-mate in Mexico. However, Ferrari is likely to provide a stronger challenge after both Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen crashed out of the last race.

Red Bull is running an updated Renault power unit for the first time this season, with Daniel Ricciardo taking the new engine during Friday practice. Ricciardo played down the expected gains in terms of lap time yesterday, but admits any clear signs of improvement could influence Red Bull's thinking regarding 2016.

Jolyon Palmer drives for Lotus once again in FP1 as the only driver change on Friday morning, with hot weather potentially set to give way to thunderstorms in the afternoon.

You can follow all the live coverage on F1i's live page, which can be bookmarked as it will provide commentary on every session of the 2015 F1 season.

LIVE: Brazilian Grand Prix FP1

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Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.