Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn described his team’s performance in the final qualifying session of the season as ‘reasonable’ after Nico Rosberg secured sixth place on the Interlagos grid and Michael Schumacher took tenth.

Sebastian Vettel said that he was ‘very happy’ after securing pole position in Brazil today and beating the driver record for the number of pole positions scored in one season.

Sebastian Vettel takes pole position at the Brazilian Grand Prix with a pole time of 1:11.918

Sebastian Vettel has set a new record for the number of pole positions in a season after taking number fifteen today in Brazil. Mark Webber will start alongside his team-mate on the front row of the Interlagos grid, but was over one tenth of a second slower than Vettel in qualifying today.

Sebastian Vettel was fastest for Red Bull in the final F1 practice session of the season in Brazil with a time of 1:12.460

Broadcasters Sky and the BBC have, in separate announcements, given more information about how UK fans will be able to watch Formula 1 in 2012.

Mark Webber said that, although his Red Bull team had a bit of a challenge setting up the car during Friday practice in Brazil today, he was pleased with how things had gone.

Fernando Alonso said that his Ferrari team are ‘a bit less competitive than usual’ in Brazil today after finished Friday practice fourth on the timesheets.

Lewis Hamilton was fastest in Friday practice for the Brazilian Grand Prix setting a time of 1:13.392 in FP2 at Interlagos. Mark Webber topped the timesheets in the morning session with a lap of 1:13.811

Michael Schumacher ended Friday practice the fifth fastest driver in Interlagos today with his Mercedes team seemingly pretty competitive at this end of season finale.

Romain Grosjean staked his claim for a Renault drive today in Brazil after setting a faster lap time than Bruno Senna during the first Friday practice session, and finished the session twelfth on the timesheets.

Williams had a relatively uneventful day of Friday practice in Brazil although Pastor Maldonado ended the day only seventeenth fastest and Rubens Barrichello was eighteenth.

Lewis Hamilton said that his McLaren team are ‘looking strong’ for the Brazilian Grand Prix after he set the fastest lap during Friday practice today in Interlagos.

Nico Hulkenberg, pole-sitter in Brazil twelve months ago, was back in the car at Interlagos today for Free Practice 1, and set a faster time than Paul di Resta. As Force India continue to deliberate over which two drivers they will select for next season, Hulkenberg did his chances of selection no harm at all with his performance in the 90-minute practice session.

Robert Kubica has informed Renault that he can not commit to driving for the team in 2012 and will miss at least the opening races of next season.

Czech driver Jan Charouz, who drove for HRT at the young driver test in Abu Dhabi last week, will be back in the car for FP1 in Brazil, the team have announced today.