Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen each issued a strong response to Ferrari, taking the top two spots on the timesheets in final practice for the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Ferrari had ended Friday looking in good form to return to their Saturday-dominating ways of recent months.

However, Hamilton was fastest of all in FP3, with Verstappen just two hundredths further down.

Charles Leclerc, who will serve a 10-place grid penalty in Sunday's race, was marginally quicker than Sebastian Vettel, but had to curtail a late effort at a lap after narrowly avoiding a crash with Carlos Sainz.

Leclerc and Vettel were around three tenths off Hamilton's leading time, which will keep tongues wagging ahead of qualifying, with the Scuderia's straight-line speed coming under intense scrutiny.

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Brazilian GP FP3 results

1. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1:08.320
2. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 1:08.346
3. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 1:08.611
4. Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) 1:08.664
5. Alexander Albon (Red Bull) 1:09.136
6. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) 1:09.201
7. Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso) 1:09.415
8. Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo) 1:09.462
9. Lando Norris (McLaren) 1:09.585
10. Carlos Sainz (McLaren) 1:09.588
11. Kimi Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo) 1:09.619
12. Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso) 1:09.625
13. Nico Hulkenberg (Renault) 1:09.650
14. Kevin Magnussen (Haas) 1:09.713
15. Daniel Ricciardo (Renault) 1:09.761
16. Romain Grosjean (Haas) 1:09.798
17. Sergio Perez (Racing Point) 1:09.995
18. Lance Stroll (Racing Point) 1:10.312
19. George Russell (Williams) 1:10.843
20. Robert Kubica (Williams) 1:11.205