Lando Norris has beaten his teammate at each of the previous five race weekends.
Lando Norris edged out team-mate and title rival the Australian for the quickest lap in the final moments of practice at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
The British racer, who grabbed the championship lead from Piastri by just one point after his victory in Mexico City recently, outpaced the Melbourne-born driver by 0.023 seconds.
Earlier in the session, Oscar Piastri had been the quickest of the McLaren pair for most of the session before the sprint shootout due at 6:30 PM GMT.
Max Verstappen, the other racer in the championship fight, sitting 36 points Norris, finished in 17th place as his team ran a different programme.
Verstappen's team-mate the Japanese driver was the only driver to have an incident, albeit lightly, when he lost control at corner four soon after starting.
Tsunoda slid over the exit kerbs before spinning across the gravel trap, and was lucky to escape with just a slight brush of the fence.
Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton also spun, at the final moments of the session, turning around through the fast downhill corner leading to the last turn on to the pit straight.
The seven-time champion finished practice in P19, just behind team-mate Charles Leclerc.
The McLaren drivers were significantly quicker of the rest of the field, with Nico Hulkenberg's Sauber third fastest, 0.619secs off Piastri's pace.
Aston Martin's the Spanish driver was fourth fastest, with the Sauber of Bortoleto fifth from the Mercedes of Russell and the Alpine of Gasly and the Williams of Carlos Sainz.
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