Lewis Hamilton continued Mercedes' strong start to the Brazilian Grand Prix by topping Friday's second practice session ahead of Valtteri Bottas as he had in FP1.
Hamilton, the newly-crowned 2017 champion, cut a relaxed figure during Thursday's press sessions despite reports ahead of the weekend surrounding his tax affairs back in the UK. He showed no signs of that news story disrupting his first weekend as a four-time world champion, setting an Interlagos lap record -- a 1:09.515 -- in the process to go quickest in FP2.
Valtteri Bottas rounded off the top two on a weekend Mercedes, having already wrapped up both championships with two races to spare, is testing 2018 concept parts.