Perez led a super close first BrazilGP practice, finishing just 0.004s ahead of Leclerc and 0.008s ahead of Verstappen. Full report and results: F1
on their respective first runs, Perez brought the benchmark under the 1m15.0s bracket for the first time just before the end of the opening five minutes.
As Verstappen continued to pound around on the hards he bested Bottas again with a 1m13.646s and then a 1m13.575s as the session's opening quarter ended and the pack headed back to the pits to make adjustments. Verstappen was the next runner to complete a softs flier at the session's halfway point, with the world champion setting a purple first sector before fading back compared to Perez and ending up 0.008s adrift on a 1m11.861s, complaining that his car"doesn't turn" as he was"just waiting for the fronts".
Heading into the final 15 minutes, with the Ferrari drivers still pounding around on the mediums, Russell jumped up to fourth with his first run on the softs – he and Hamilton having been languishing near the foot of the times with their efforts on the harder compounds. After his, Russell, having completed a cool-down lap on his softs, went again and jump ahead of Sainz's best time on the mediums to close to 0.202s off Perez.
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