Lando Norris Leads Oscar Piastri in Brazilian Practice
Lando Norris has outperformed his teammate at each of the last five race weekends.
Lando Norris edged out team-mate and title rival the Australian for the quickest lap in the dying seconds of practice at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
The British racer, who took the points lead from his teammate by one point after taking the win in Mexico City recently, outpaced the Melbourne-born driver by a mere 0.023s.
Until that point, Oscar Piastri had been the quickest of the McLaren pair during the running before the sprint shootout set to begin at 18:30 GMT.
Max Verstappen, the other racer in realistic title contention, lying 36 points behind Norris, finished in P17 as his Red Bull team ran a alternative strategy.
His teammate the Japanese driver was the sole competitor to go off, though minor, when he rotated at corner four early in the session.
The Japanese slid over the exit kerbs before spinning across the gravel trap, and was fortunate to avoid just a light touch of the wall.
The Ferrari of the seven-time champion also spun, at the final moments of the practice, rotating twice through the fast downhill Mergulho turn leading to the final corner on to the pit straight.
Hamilton ended the session in P19, one place behind teammate Charles Leclerc.
The McLaren drivers were far ahead of the rest of the field, with the German's car in third, 0.619 seconds off the Australian's time.
Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso was fourth quickest, with Sauber's Gabriel Bortoleto fifth from the Mercedes of Russell and the Alpine of Gasly and the Williams of Sainz.
