Norris Leads Piastri in Brazilian Practice Session
The British driver has outperformed his teammate at all of the past five grands prix.
The McLaren driver just pipped fellow driver and title rival Oscar Piastri for the top spot in the dying seconds of practice at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
Norris, who took the title advantage from Piastri by a single point after winning in the Mexican Grand Prix recently, beat the Melbourne-born driver by a mere 0.023s.
Until that point, Oscar Piastri had been the quickest of the McLaren pair throughout the hour before the sprint shootout scheduled for 18:30 GMT.
The Red Bull star, the other racer in the points battle, sitting 36 points behind Norris, finished in P17 as his team opted for a alternative strategy.
His teammate the Japanese driver was the only driver to crash, if briefly, when he spun at Turn Four during the early running.
Tsunoda spun out over the exit kerbs before sliding over the escape zone, and was blessed to escape with just a minor contact of the fence.
Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton also spun, at the very end of the session, turning around through the fast downhill Mergulho corner before the final corner on to the start-finish straight.
The veteran wrapped up in 19th place, just behind team-mate Charles Leclerc.
Norris and Piastri were significantly quicker of the other competitors, with the German's Sauber P3, 0.619 seconds off Piastri's best.
Aston Martin's the Spanish driver was in fourth, with Sauber's Gabriel Bortoleto in front of the Mercedes of Russell and Alpine's Pierre Gasly and Williams' Sainz.
