️ Updates from Austin; start 10pm BST, 4pm local️ Giles Richards’ preview | Mail PhilipIn Saturday’s final session, Lewis Hamilton made it a Ferrari hat-trick:The seven-time world ⁠champion had trailed ⁠Leclerc a ​day earlier, complaining about the bumps and the setup direction of his upgraded car, but he seemed to have ⁠got it back to what he wanted.The 41-year-old lapped in a best time of 1min 34.893sec, 0.168 quicker than his Red ⁠Bull rival Max Verstappen and 0.234 faster than Leclerc, to complete the Ferrari practice ​sweep before Saturday’s qualifying, with ‌the team chasing a first ‌pole of 2026.In first practice at the Circuit of the Americas, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc topped the timesheets from Verstappen, with Lando Norris third for McLaren and Russell and Antonelli in fourth and fifth. Ferrari had brought their final swathe of upgrades to the race and on the early showing they had found some extra pace.In the afternoon running Leclerc was once more on top, four hundredths clear of Antonelli in second. Verstappen was in third, from Hamilton in fourth. Continue reading...