Lewis Hamilton completed a hat-trick of P1 results in Formula 1 p🐼ractice for the United States G﷽rand Prix by topping the third and final open session of the weekend on Saturday afternoon in Austin, edging out Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel.

Hamilton swept practice on Fr😼iday, finishing four-tenths of a second clear of the pa🍬ck in FP2, but faced much stiffer competition through final practice courtesy of championship rival Vettel.

Vettel was able to lay down an impressive benchmark on the ultra-soft tyre entering the closing minutes of the session, only for Hamilton to dig deep and go 0.092 s♓econds faster, with his time of 1:34.478 going unbeaten to the end of the session.

The time goes down as a new track record and come💞s as an added boost to the four-time Circuit of The Americas race winner on a weekend that could see him be crowned world champion for a fourth t🍌ime.

Valtteri Bottas was once again unable to match Hamilton's pace in the sister Mercedes,💙 finishing third-fastest, two-tenths of a second adrift, while Kimi Raikkonen took fourth place for Ferrari.

Red Bull strug🅘gled to repeat i💟ts impressive Friday pace as Max Verstappen took fifth overall, six-tenths of a second behind Hamilton at the top, with teammate Daniel Ricciardo finishing down in ninth.

Williams' Felipe Massa was the leading midfield driver in sixth place, finishing ahead of the Ren⛎ault pair of Nico Hulkenberg and Carlos Sainz Jr., while Sergio Perez of Force India followed in P10 b🌄ehind Ricciardo.

The session went by without any major incidents, with the most notable moment being a spin for🔯 Romain Grosjean that saw him beach his Haas car, bringing his session to an early end and triggering a Virtual Safety Car period.

Qualifying for the Unite▨d States GP begins at 10p🅘m BST on Saturday.