Interlagos, 31st October

First and third in the morning session and second and fourth in the afternoon free practice for the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro duo. In both the 90 minutes of free practice, Felipe Massa was quicker than Kimi Raikkonen.

Renault's late season return to form will apparently continue this weekend, as Fernando Alonso posted the fastest time of the day in the afternoon, when the session was affected by light drizzle which made the track surface particularly slippery. This and the usual unknown factor of the different fuel loads, means the times are harder than usual to interpret. The two F2008s completed a total of 115 laps, 65 for Felipe and 50 for Kimi. Both drivers were happy with the way the car's dealt with this notoriously difficult anti-clockwise track. This afternoon, Jarno Trulli in the Toyota split the two Ferraris in third place, while Mark Webber was fifth in the Red Bull Renault ahead of Sebastian Vettel in the Toro Rosso Ferrari. Although he was second fastest in the morning, Felipe's only rival for the Drivers' crown, Lewis Hamilton slipped to ninth in the afternoon, with his McLaren-Mercedes team-mate, Heikki Kovalainen down in fifteenth spot.

Meteo France, who supply a weather forecast to all teams are currently predicting a slim one in five chance of rain tomorrow, with the chance of a repeat of today's drizzle in the morning. However, for race day, the chance moves up to three in five with "real risk of thundery showers in the afternoon." Once again, the weather could provide plenty of excitement on Sunday afternoon, with the added spice of the championship titles being up for grabs.