The British driver has beaten his teammate at each of the last five race weekends.
The McLaren driver narrowly beat team-mate and title rival Oscar Piastri for the quickest lap in the closing stages of the practice session at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
The British racer, who seized the points lead from his teammate by just one point after taking the win in the Mexican Grand Prix a fortnight back, topped the Australian by a mere 0.023s.
Before then, Piastri had been the leading McLaren for most of the session before sprint qualifying scheduled for 18:30 GMT.
The Red Bull star, the only other driver in realistic title contention, trailing 36 points behind behind Norris, ended up in 17th place as his Red Bull team ran a alternative strategy.
His teammate the Japanese driver was the only driver to crash, albeit lightly, when he spun at Turn Four soon after starting.
Tsunoda slid over the exit kerbs before sliding over the run-off area, and was lucky to avoid just a light touch of the barrier.
Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton also lost it, at the conclusion of the session, spinning around through the high-speed Mergulho corner approaching the final corner on to the pit straight.
The seven-time champion ended the session in P19, one place behind team-mate Charles Leclerc.
The McLaren pair were well clear of the other competitors, with the German's car in third, 0.619 seconds slower than the Australian's time.
Aston Martin's the Spanish driver was in fourth, with the Sauber of Gabriel Bortoleto fifth from Mercedes' Russell and the Alpine of Pierre Gasly and Williams' Carlos Sainz.
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