Lando Norris topped the one follow session on the Sao Paulo Grand Prix as title rival Max Verstappen had a grid penalty confirmed for Sunday’s race in Brazil.
Norris produced a 1:10.610s lap within the closing moments of the session to raised Mercedes’ George Russell by virtually two tenths of a second, providing promise for the McLaren driver forward of Dash Qualifying in a while Friday at Interlagos.
Verstappen, who leads Norris by 47 factors within the Drivers’ Championship with 4 rounds of the season remaining, aborted his solely try at a flying lap on mushy tyres and completed fifteenth.
As had been anticipated, affirmation arrived through the session that Purple Bull had put in a brand new engine on Verstappen’s automobile, which can lead to a five-place grid penalty on Sunday.
Oliver Bearman impressed for Haas to finish a British one-two-three, after stepping in at brief discover for the unwell Kevin Magnussen, and can proceed instead of the Dane for each Dash classes.
Norris’ team-mate Oscar Piastri underlined McLaren’s power by taking fourth, however the topsy-turvy nature of the order advised the timesheet ought to be considered with some warning.
Alex Albon was fifth for Williams forward of Ferrari duo Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, who’ve moved the Italian squad to inside 29 factors of McLaren on the prime of the Constructors’ Championship after a win every within the final two races.
Lewis Hamilton was sixteenth for Mercedes after opting to not use the mushy tyre in any respect through the session, whereas Verstappen’s struggling team-mate Sergio Perez was nineteenth regardless of doing a run on the quickest tyre compound.
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Look again at among the most dramatic moments to have taken place on the Sao Paulo Grand Prix
Friday November 1
4.30pm: Staff Principals’ Press Convention
6pm: Sao Paulo GP Dash Qualifying (qualifying begins at 6.30pm*)
Saturday November 2
1pm: Sao Paulo GP Dash build-up
2pm: Sao Paulo GP Dash
3.30pm: Ted’s Dash Pocket book
5pm: Sao Paulo Qualifying build-up
6pm: Sao Paulo GP Qualifying
8pm: Ted’s Qualifying Pocket book
Sunday November 3
3.30pm: Grand Prix Sunday: Sao Paulo GP build-up
5pm: THE SAO PAULO GRAND PRIX
7pm: Chequered Flag: Sao Paulo GP response
8pm: Ted’s Pocket book
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