F1 Sao Paulo GP: Carlos Sainz leads Ferrari 1-2 in sole practice as Lando Norris and Nico Hulkenberg collide
Ferrari left it late to put their drivers on the soft tyre for a qualifying simulation run, with Sainz edging out teammate Leclerc by 🗹just 0.108s to set the pace in a vital hour of practice.
Mercedes driver Russell, who claimed his maiden grand prix victory in B🔜razil last year, was third-fastest on medium tyres, just 0.133s off the pace.
Hulkenberg, running the sof🐎t tyre, took fourth after surviving a bizarre collision with McLaren’s Norris mid-way through the session.
Norris was on a quick lap when he caught the Haas driver dawdling on the racing line at the enཧtry to Juncao. The Briton went up the inside and the pair banged wheels, but both were able to continue.
The incident is be𓄧ing i🎃nvestigated by the Sao Paulo stewards.
Alex Albon also used softs to finish fifth for Williams, ahead of Aston Martinꦛ’s La🥃nce Stroll and Alpine’s Pierre Gasly.
Zhou Guanyu, Logan Sargeant and Kevin M𒉰agnussen completed the top-10 for Alfa Romeo, Williams and Haas respectively.
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton was 12th while the Red Bull pair of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez finished an unusually-low 16th an🎶d 18th in the order as both teams opted against running the soft tyre.
Norris and Osca💫r Piastri teased the potential pace in their McLaren car but did not complete their soft tyre laps as they ended up bottom of the timesheets in 19th and 20th🧸.
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