Mercedes continued their strong form from the morning free practice session to end the afternoon quickest of all, with Lewis Hamilton a tad faster than teammate Valtteri Bottas on the first day of practice of the Brazilian Grand Prix weekend. Hamilton's best time of 1:09.515 was a couple of tenths shy of the best time he set in the morning, but good enough for top spot on the timing screens at the end of the ninety minutes session at Interlagos. Bottas was a mere five hundredth of a second off his teammate's best as Mercedes were rapid ‘out the box' on Friday. Red Bull's strong form carried over from Mexico with Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen at the sharp end of proceedings...
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