Lando Norris snatched the fastest time in practice off his team mate with his final lap of the session.

The McLaren drivers ended the only practice session at Interlagos six tenths of a second ahead of the competition. However several of their closest rivals only set representative times on anything the hard tyre compound.

Norris set a best time of 1’09.974 on the medium compound. The closest anyone got to McLaren was Nico Hulkenberg, who took third place for Sauber, also on the medium rubber.

Only Red Bull ran the soft tyres during the session. However Verstappen abandoned his sole lap on softs and ended the session in 17th place.

The other Red Bull ended the session slowest of all. Yuki Tsunoda spun off at Descida do Lago early in the session, damaging his front wing on a barrier and ruining his set of hard tyres. He later returned to the track on a set of softs.

The Ferrari pair only ran on the hard tyres and separated the Red Bull drivers at the bottom of the times. Lewis Hamilton had a 720-degree spin at Mergulho on his worn hard tyres shortly before the chequered flag fell.

On his first visit to his home track, Gabriel Bortoleto ensured both Saubers appeared in the top five, taking fifth behind his manager Fernando Alonso.

George Russell convincingly set the pace early in the session on hard tyres but wasn’t quite as strong on the medium rubber. However he was only five-hundredths of a second off third place.

The opening session in Brazil was much better for Pierre Gasly than his first run in Mexico two weeks ago. He declared himself much happier with the A525 as he set the seventh-fastest time. He was followed by Carlos Sainz Jnr’s Williams, Isack Hadjar’s Racing Bulls and Interlagos newcomer Andrea Kimi Antonelli in the second Mercedes.

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2025 Brazilian Grand Prix first practice result

P. # Driver Team Model Time Gap Laps
1 4 Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes MCL39 1’09.975 31
2 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren-Mercedes MCL39 1’09.998 0.023 33
3 27 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari C45 1’10.594 0.619 32
4 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR25 1’10.606 0.631 26
5 5 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber-Ferrari C45 1’10.616 0.641 32
6 63 George Russell Mercedes W16 1’10.645 0.670 35
7 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine-Renault A525 1’10.681 0.706 33
8 55 Carlos Sainz Jnr Williams-Mercedes FW47 1’10.686 0.711 36
9 6 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT 02 1’10.707 0.732 31
10 12 Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes W16 1’10.744 0.769 37
11 30 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT 02 1’10.794 0.819 36
12 23 Alexander Albon Williams-Mercedes FW47 1’10.807 0.832 35
13 31 Esteban Ocon Haas-Ferrari VF-25 1’10.906 0.931 29
14 87 Oliver Bearman Haas-Ferrari VF-25 1’10.961 0.986 32
15 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR25 1’11.070 1.095 31
16 43 Franco Colapinto Alpine-Renault A525 1’11.160 1.185 30
17 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda RBPT RB21 1’11.368 1.393 31
18 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari SF-25 1’11.493 1.518 30
19 44 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari SF-25 1’11.526 1.551 28
20 22 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull-Honda RBPT RB21 1’11.763 1.788 20

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