The Brazil GP Practice in 10 Tweets

The story of FP1 and FP2 in brief as Hamilton emerges fastest, some drivers continue to suffer bad luck and the rain stayed away until the very end

FP1:

In FP1 we had a dicey moment for Hamilton before he romped to the track record:

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"That was very dangerous of Hulkenberg," says Hamilton
SSF1: https://t.co/BNikV8W5jq
Blog: https://t.co/W4Jk8Z66xd #SkyF1 #BrazilGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/9iI8RZ7KG0 — Sky Sports F1 ???? (@SkySportsF1) November 10, 2017

Toro Rosso and Gasly suffering continuing reliability woes:

Gasly’s car in a few hundred pieces at the moment. No running for Toro Rosso then. — F1 Madness ???? (@F1_Madness) November 10, 2017

How it feels when it starts to become a young man's game...

Verstappen was only the fourth-youngest driver in FP1. I feel old. — Phillip Horton (@PHortonF1) November 10, 2017

The best view on the track for Brendon Hartley. Shame his engine was on fire at the bottom of this hill...

After having his engine expire earlier in #FP1, @BrendonHartley takes some time out to enjoy the view - and take advantage of his hill top position.

(Pic: @SuttonImages) #F1PP pic.twitter.com/kTZhC53IBE — F1 Paddock Pass (@F1PaddockPass) November 10, 2017

FP2:

Marcus Ericsson loses control but manages to restart!

Ericsson spins off into the wall

#SkyF1 #BrazilGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/A6i25XjhCv — Sky Sports F1 ???? (@SkySportsF1) November 10, 2017

Romain Grosjean also enjoying a spin!

Replay shows Grosjean loses the car under braking.

"His engineer says that they've got a lot of vibrations" #FP2 #BrazilGP #F1 — F1 Madness ???? (@F1_Madness) November 10, 2017

Bottas, chasing second place in the driver's championship, edged tantalisingly close to Hamilton's lead...

BOT is just 0.048s behind HAM ? #BrazilGP ???????? #FP2 pic.twitter.com/ljHVh5DmLe — Formula 1 (@F1) November 10, 2017

But couldn't quite topple the champ, who remains fastest.

???? END OF FP2 ????

TOP TEN
HAM
BOT
RIC
VET
VER
RAI
OCO
MAS ????
HUL
ALO#BrazilGP ???????? #FP2 pic.twitter.com/Y2MjqeLBiu — Formula 1 (@F1) November 10, 2017

And some sweet rhyming to finish off the session. The predicted weather arrived - eventually.

light rain on the pitlane#BrazilGP ???????? #fp2020 — ThePitCrewOnline © (@PitCrew_Online) November 10, 2017