The Mexican clocked a time of 1:11.845 and was far from the time recorded by Lando Norris, who dominated the first trial.
Sergio Pérez‘s bad streak continues. The Mexican driver did not have a good performance in Practice 1 of the Brazilian Grand Prix by finishing in 19th place, only above Zhou Guanyu de Kick Clean.
On the other hand, English Lando Norris (McLaren) -second in the competition- set the best time in the first and only free practice for the Gran Premio de Sao Paulo (Brazil), the twenty-first of the Formula One World Championship and the penultimate with a sprint format, which is held on the Interlagos circuit.
In the best of its turns, Norris He covered the 4,309 meters of the Interlagos track in one minute, ten seconds and 610 thousandths, 181 less than his compatriot George Russell (Mercedes) and with 195 compared to another Englishman, Oliver Bearman, Haas substitute for the indisposed Dane Kevin Magnussenwhich marked his fast turn, like the previous ones, with the soft compound tire.
Sergio Pérez was second to last in the first practice of the Brazilian Grand Prix. Getty Images
The Dutch triple world champion Max Verstappen (Red Bull) – who leads Norris by 47 points – set the fifteenth time, one second and 102 thousandths behind, with the medium compound and after aborting his supposed fast lap in the only test of the weekend.
Qualifying for this Saturday’s sprint test will take place at three in the afternoon.
