🔗 Share this article Norris Leads Piastri in Sao Paulo Practice Lando Norris has outperformed his teammate at all of the last five race weekends. The McLaren driver narrowly beat team-mate and title rival Oscar Piastri for the fastest time in the final moments of practice at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. The British racer, who grabbed the title advantage from his teammate by one point after winning in Mexico City recently, outpaced the Melbourne-born driver by a tiny margin of 0.023secs. Before then, Oscar Piastri had been the leading McLaren during the running before sprint qualifying set to begin at 6:30 PM GMT. Max Verstappen, the only other driver in the points battle, lying with a 36-point deficit Norris, was classified in 17th place as his team opted for a alternative strategy. His teammate the Japanese driver was the only driver to have an incident, though minor, when he rotated at the fourth corner soon after starting. Tsunoda spun out over the track edges before sliding over the escape zone, and was lucky to get away with just a light touch of the barrier. Ferrari's the seven-time champion also spun, at the final moments of the practice, turning around through the quick descending Mergulho corner approaching the final corner on to the start-finish straight. Hamilton finished practice in 19th, just behind teammate the Monegasque driver. Norris and Piastri were well clear of the other competitors, with the German's car in third, 0.619 seconds behind Piastri's best. Aston Martin's the Spanish driver was fourth quickest, with the Sauber of Gabriel Bortoleto ahead of Mercedes' George Russell and the Alpine of Pierre Gasly and Williams' Sainz.