Friday practice results suggested that at the weekend when he can claim his sixth world title, Lewis Hamilton seems to have the best pace both over one-lap and in race trim. Setting the benchmark with a lap time of 1m33.232, no other driver could get near that time of the championship leader. Mercedes in control – The reigning world champion team continued to set the pace in Texas, a location of many where it dominated the proceedings in the hybrid era. After the first free practice session which produced a slightly different pecking order due to Pirelli’s 2020 tyres, Lewis Hamilton proved fastest both during the qualifying and the race simulation. Mercedes technical chief James...
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