• Mercedes driver can win title in Sunday’s race
The second practice session in rainy Austin looked set to be a damp squib until Lewis Hamilton emerged for a 10-minute period that underlined why he is poised to win his fifth Formula One title at a circuit he routinely dominates.
With the surface sodden and slow it looked doubtful that Hamilton would even leave the garage. But with only a few minutes left on Friday he immediately set the fastest lap by a second, three seconds better than his title rival, Sebastian Vettel.
Written by Tom Dart at the Circuit of the Americas, Austin
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/oct/19/lewis-hamilton-fastest-wet-us-grand-prix-practice-f1 under the title “Lewis Hamilton fastest in US Grand Prix practice as Sebastian Vettel is punished”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
