Lewis Hamilton was fastest in both of Friday's practice sessions for the Brazilian GP as Mercedes made a faultless start to the penultimate weekend of the F1 season. Improving on the new track record he had set in Practice One, the newly-crowned world champion set the pace at Interlagos with a lap of 1:09.515. Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas was just a tenth behind Hamilton on an ominously-impressive day for the Silver Arrows. Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo also lapped within two tenths of Hamilton but the Australian is facing a 10-place grid drop due to an unscheduled engine change. Sebastian Vettel was fourth quickest for Ferrari and only three tenths down on Hamilton's Mercedes....
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