Lando Norris Tops Oscar Piastri in Brazilian Practice

McLaren drivers in action

The British driver has outscored Oscar Piastri at all of the past five grands prix.

Lando Norris just pipped fellow driver and championship contender the Australian for the fastest time in the dying seconds of the practice session at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

The British racer, who took the title advantage from his teammate by a single point after winning in Mexico City two weeks ago, beat the Australian by a mere 0.023s.

Earlier in the session, Oscar Piastri had been the quickest of the McLaren pair during the running before the sprint shootout scheduled for 18:30 GMT.

The Red Bull star, the sole remaining contender in the points battle, trailing with a 36-point deficit Norris, ended up in P17 as his team followed a alternative strategy.

Verstappen's team-mate Yuki Tsunoda was the sole competitor to go off, albeit lightly, when he spun at corner four early in the session.

The Japanese spun out over the curbs on exit before rotating through the gravel trap, and was lucky to escape with just a minor contact of the fence.

Ferrari's the seven-time champion also spun, at the very end of the session, rotating twice through the quick descending corner leading to the final corner on to the start-finish straight.

The veteran finished practice in P19, trailing teammate Charles Leclerc.

Norris and Piastri were far ahead of the remaining drivers, with Nico Hulkenberg's car in third, 0.619secs off Piastri's best.

The Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso was fourth quickest, with the Sauber of Bortoleto fifth from the Mercedes of George Russell and Alpine's Gasly and Williams' Sainz.

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