- Carlos completed 34 laps in the opening Free Practice session, where he set a 1:10.662 to finish the morning as the first Renault in the time-sheets.
- Rain stayed away from the Autodromo José Carlos Pace, although black clouds covered the sky across the session.
- The Spaniard worked both on the soft and the supersoft tyre. On the first one, he completed two installation lap plus a 12-lap run. On the second one, one stint of 9 laps and nother one of 11.
