Hamilton fastest in Brazil practice but faces a grid penalty. Racing News – Times of India

Sao Paulo: Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton Ran fastest for Mercedes in Sao Paulo practice formula One Grand Prix on Friday after taking a five-place grid penalty for Sunday’s race.
Britain had a best lap of 1:09.050 with Red Bull’s championship leader Max Verstappen Second in Interlagos and 0.367 slow with the occasional drop of rain and lots of empty seats in the stands.

Verstappen leads Hamilton, who took the penalty for an engine change and complained that the front end of his car was “really bad”, with 19 points with four races to go, including Brazil.

red bull mexican Sergio Perez Hamilton was third in the timesheet with teammate Valtteri Bottas in the day’s only practice session before qualifying for Saturday’s sprint race.
The 100km sprint provides points for the top three in the 3-2-1 order and Hamilton’s penalty will only apply to Sunday’s starting grid.
of alphatauri Pierre Gasly Was fifth fastest ahead of Ferraris carlos sanzo And Charles Leclerc,
Ferrari finished third overall behind McLaren in the last race in Mexico and are looking to extend their advantage.
McLaren had Lando Norris 15th and Australian Daniel Ricciardo 19th, but they were running a different schedule for the others.

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