Norris Edges Out Oscar Piastri in Brazilian Practice
The British driver has beaten his teammate at all of the past five grands prix.
The McLaren driver just pipped fellow driver and title rival Oscar Piastri for the quickest lap in the dying seconds of the practice session at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
The British racer, who took the championship lead from his teammate by just one point after taking the win in the Mexican Grand Prix a fortnight back, topped the Australian by 0.023 seconds.
Until that point, Oscar Piastri had been the leading McLaren during the running before sprint qualifying due at 6:30 PM GMT.
Max Verstappen, the sole remaining contender in the points battle, lying with a 36-point deficit Norris, was classified in 17th position as his Red Bull team opted for a alternative strategy.
His teammate the Japanese driver was the only driver to have an incident, albeit lightly, when he rotated at corner four soon after starting.
Tsunoda slid over the exit kerbs before spinning across the gravel trap, and was fortunate to escape with just a light touch of the wall.
Ferrari's the seven-time champion also had a spin, at the very end of the session, spinning around through the high-speed Mergulho corner leading to the last turn on to the start-finish straight.
The seven-time champion finished practice in P19, trailing teammate the Monegasque driver.
Norris and Piastri were far ahead of the other competitors, with Nico Hulkenberg's car P3, over half a second behind Piastri's best.
The Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso was fourth quickest, with the Sauber of Gabriel Bortoleto fifth from the Mercedes of Russell and the Alpine of Pierre Gasly and the Williams of Sainz.
