Red Bull’s Sergio Perez Lead Practice At The Sao Paulo Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel of Aston Martin led the midfield runners, which included Mick Schumacher's Haas, Valtteri Bottas of Alfa Romeo, and Pierre Gasly of Alpha Tauri.

Sergio Perez was only 0.004 seconds faster than the Ferrari, but he set his time half an hour earlier than Leclerc, when the track would have had less grip.

World champion Max Verstappen was third fastest, 0.004secs behind Sergio Perez, with a lap set at the same time.

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Carlos Sainz of Ferrari finished fourth, ahead of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell.

Russell was 0.202secs behind Perez and Hamilton was 0.187secs off the pace in the Mercedes.

Sebastian Vettel of Aston Martin led the midfield runners, which included Mick Schumacher’s Haas, Valtteri Bottas of Alfa Romeo, and Pierre Gasly of Alpha Tauri.

Fernando Alonso finished 11th in the Alpine on the medium tyre, the session’s fastest driver who did not use the soft rubber at all.

The session was the only hour of practice before qualifying for the season’s final’sprint’ event.

Qualifying will set the grid for a shorter race on Saturday afternoon, which will determine the starting positions for the grand prix.

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Throughout the session, Verstappen complained about a lack of front grip, while Hamilton said his car felt “floaty” and lacked rear grip.

Sainz will start the race from the back of the grid after Ferrari fitted his car with a new internal combustion engine, his sixth of the season, when only three are allowed for each driver.

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