The seven-time world champion, who has just six races remaining in 2022 to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:save his F1 record of winওning at least one grand pဣrix in every season he has contested, left it late to edge out Verstappen to the fastest time in FP1 by just 0.084s. 

Hamilton had complained of poor driv﷽ability earlier in the session but posted his headline-ꦍgrabbing time during the soft tyre runs in the closing stages. 

Ahead of F1’s first return to Singapore in three years, Ha𒐪milton spoke of hoping to replicate his stunning pole lap he set around the Marina Bay Street Circuit in 2018.

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Champion-🍸elect Verstappen looked set to make a perfect start to a weekend he can seal his second successive world title and dominated the opening hour of running prior to Hamilton’s late effort.

The Dutchman leads Ferrari’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc by 116 points and will wrap up the 2022 ꦑF1 championship with five races to go if he wins on Sunday and his nearest rivals score lowly. 

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Leclerc ended up third-fastest, four-tenths adrift of Hamilton, ahead of and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell, who fiꦯnished a second down on his Mercedes teammate. 

There were early problems for Leclerc who lost nearly half of the session while his team investigatedꦑ a brake issue before he was able to return to the track. 

Ferrari teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz was sixth, while Alpine’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Esteban Ocon, Aston Martin driver 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lance Stroll, AlphaTauri’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pierre Gasly and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Alonso completed the rest of the top-10. 

Stroll brought out a brief red flag when he clonked the wall at Turn 5 and stopped꧅ on the track with a damaged car.