Listen to Brazilian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton is hoping to become the first driver to win the Formula One title in his debut season at the Brazilian Grand Prix and you can listen to the race live online.

The BBC's 5 live Sports Extra will broadcast qualifying live and uninterrupted from 5pm on Saturday and on Sunday it offers full race commentary live from 5pm.

Hamilton, the 22-year-old Formula One rookie, needs to finish at least second to guarantee the championship. He takes on McLaren team-mate and reigning champion Fernando Alonso and Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen in the title-deciding showdown at the Interlagos track in Sao Paulo.

Earlier this week, it emerged that a Spanish Mercedes-Benz employer had reportedly vandalised Lewis Hamilton's profile at online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Mercedes confirmed that the IP address linked to the changes belonged to parent company Daimler Chrysler in Spain.

One change doctored a quote from Michael Schumacher which said if Hamilton "keeps this up I'm sure he will reach F1" to "I know that he is quite ugly, but if he keeps this up I'm sure he will reach F1."

In another, Hamilton was blamed for causing an accident in the Japanese Grand Prix which resulted in a post-race investigation. The entry said: "He caused a crash between Mark Webber and Sebastien Vettel, as a result of his bizarre, dangerous and illegal manoeuvres while he was following the safety-car."

At Wikipedia, Lewis Hamilton's page states: "Editing of this article by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled until October 20, 2007 due to vandalism".

You can watch a video clip of Lewis Hamilton's first-ever professional kart race at Larkhall in 1998 at YouTube.

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