🔗 Share this article Norris Tops Piastri in Brazilian Practice Session Lando Norris has outscored Oscar Piastri at each of the last five grands prix. Lando Norris edged out team-mate and title rival the Australian for the top spot in the dying seconds of the practice session at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. The British racer, who seized the title advantage from his teammate by one point after taking the win in Mexico City recently, outpaced the Australian by a mere 0.023s. Until that point, Oscar Piastri had been the quickest of the McLaren pair during the running before sprint qualifying scheduled for 18:30 GMT. The Red Bull star, the other racer in the championship fight, lying with a 36-point deficit behind Norris, ended up in P17 as his Red Bull team followed a alternative strategy. Verstappen's team-mate Yuki Tsunoda was the only driver to have an incident, if briefly, when he rotated at the fourth corner soon after starting. The Japanese slid over the track edges before sliding over the gravel trap, and was lucky to get away with just a light touch of the wall. Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton also had a spin, at the final moments of the session, rotating twice through the fast downhill corner leading to the final bend on to the main straight. Hamilton finished practice in 19th, one place behind teammate Charles Leclerc. The McLaren drivers were far ahead of the other competitors, with the German's Sauber P3, over half a second slower than the Australian's time. The Aston Martin of the Spanish driver was in fourth, with the Sauber of Gabriel Bortoleto ahead of Mercedes' Russell and the Alpine of Pierre Gasly and Williams' Carlos Sainz.