Red Bull’s Max Verstappen led Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel in an unrepresentative first practice session at the United States Grand Prix.
Verstappen’s quickest time was set on the standard ‘soft’ tyre, while Vettel ran the test tyre for his best lap.
Hamilton, who was 1.382 seconds off the pace, will win the championship this weekend as long as team-mate Valtteri Bottas does not win the race and the Briton finish lower than eighth.
Vettel’s team-mate Charles Leclerc set the second-fastest time but had it deleted for exceeding track limits at Turn 19.

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