Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix, starting at 4pm UK time.

Further rain IS expected later in qualifying - "it's a matter of when", Lotus engineers have just told Raikkonen over the radio. Honestly, this could be one of those sessions when anything happens, with changing conditions making it a bit of a lottery.

Q1 gets under way, with several cars going straight out onto the drying track trying to put in a time - the main contenders are happy to wait in the pits for the track to dry out.

We're moments away from the start of the session, and the big news is that there was a torrential downpour half an hour ago that has turned conditions on their head.

Welcome to our LIVE coverage of qualifying from Interlagos.