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Lewis Hamilton top in United States GP first practice

Lewis Hamilton started his US Grand Prix weekend as he means to go on with an imposing fastest time in a wet first practice session. The Mercedes driver, who can clinch a fifth title on Sunday, was 1.3 seconds clear of team-mate Valtteri Bottas. Hamilton will be champion if he scores eight points more than Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, who was fifth, nearly two seconds off the pace. Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo were third and fourth. The day started with torrential rain in south Texas, but it had eased by the start of the first 90-minute session and cars were able to run from the start. Red Bull set the early pace, before Bottas displaced them, only for Hamilton to move the...
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