Nico Rosberg improves on his previous time and remains the fastest man on track at the end of the free practice two here in Brazil.
Nico Rosberg beat Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton in both Friday practice sessions at the Brazilian Grand Prix and the German was 0.221 seconds quicker than Hamilton was in the first session and 0.213secs ahead in the second.
Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen was third while his teammate played a fireman role after his engine caught fire in the last twenty minutes of the session causing yet another red flag.
Daniel Ricciardo was fourth for Red Bull just ahead of Valtteri Bottas who completed the top five for Williams.
| Pos. | Drivers | Teams | Time | Laps |
| 01. | 06 –  Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes AMG Petronas | 1:12.123 | 36 |
| 02. | 44 –  Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes AMG Petronas | 1:12.336 | 36 |
| 03. | 07 –  Kimi Raikkonen |
Scuderia Ferrari | 1:12.696 | 32 |
| 04. | 03 –  Daniel Ricciardo |
Red Bull Racing | 1:12.956 | 24 |
| 05. | 77 – Valtteri Bottas |
Williams Martini Racing | 1:13.035 | 31 |
| 06. | 19 –  Felipe Massa |
Williams Martini Racing | 1:13.099 | 27 |
| 07. | 14 –  Fernando Alonso |
Scuderia Ferrari | 1:13.122 | 20 |
| 08. | 26 –  Daniil Kvyat |
Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:13.254 | 35 |
| 09. | 01 – Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull Racing | 1:13.333 | 28 |
| 10. | 20 –  Kevin Magnussen |
McLaren F1 | 1:13.479 | 33 |
| 11. | 13 –  Pastor Maldonado |
Lotus F1 Team | 1:13.497 | 33 |
| 12. | 08 –  Romain Grosjean |
Lotus F1 Team | 1:13.714 | 37 |
| 13. | 27 – Nico Hulkenberg |
Sahara Force India | 1:13.882 | 32 |
| 14. | 21 –  Esteban Gutierrez |
Sauber F1 Team | 1:13.902 | 25 |
| 15. | 99 – Adrian Sutil |
Sauber F1 Team | 1:14.204 | 36 |
| 16. | 22 – Jenson Button |
McLaren F1 | 1:14.209 | 31 |
| 17. | 25 – Jean-Eric Vergne |
Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:17.171 | 5 |
| 18. | 11 – Sergio Perez |
Sahara Force India | no time | 0 |
