Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton led the field in the final free practice before this afternoon's Brazilian Grand Prix qualifying at Interlagos. Hamilton - like most of his rivals - ran exclusively on the soft tyre in the 60-minute session, the Briton's benchmark time edging the best effort by Red Bull's Max Verstappen by 0.026s. Ferrari's Chares Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel concluded their dress rehearsal third and fourth, the Scuderia pair appearing to gain on the straights whatever time was lost on their Mercedes and Red Bull rivals in the twisty section. Alex Albon and Valtteri Bottas closed out the top six, the Finn struggling to match the performance of his pace-setting teammate. 2019...
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