Norris Tops Piastri in Sao Paulo Practice Session
Lando Norris has outscored Oscar Piastri at all of the past five race weekends.
The McLaren driver just pipped fellow driver and title rival the Australian for the fastest time in the dying seconds of practice at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
The British racer, who seized the points lead from his teammate by one point after taking the win in Mexico City recently, topped the Australian by a tiny margin of 0.023secs.
Earlier in the session, Oscar Piastri had been the quickest of the McLaren pair throughout the hour before sprint qualifying due at the evening session.
Max Verstappen, the other racer in the championship fight, sitting 36 points behind behind Norris, was classified in 17th position as his team opted for a alternative strategy.
His teammate the Japanese driver was the sole competitor to have an incident, though minor, when he lost control at the fourth corner soon after starting.
Tsunoda slid over the track edges before rotating through the escape zone, and was fortunate to avoid just a minor contact of the fence.
Ferrari's the seven-time champion also lost it, at the conclusion of the practice, spinning around through the high-speed corner approaching the final corner on to the start-finish straight.
The veteran ended the session in 19th, just behind team-mate the Monegasque driver.
The McLaren drivers were significantly quicker of the rest of the field, with the German's car in third, 0.619secs slower than 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 Williams' Carlos Sainz.
