Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton recently became a four-time world champion with a ninth-place finish at the Mexican Grand Prix, the race which was won by the Red Bull's Verstappen.
The Brit driver won the F1 championship by a margin of 46 points over Vettel whose campaign imploded with crashes and reliability issues and resulted in a series of poor results in Singapore, Malaysia and Japan.
Lewis Hamilton has won the F1 title in three of the past four seasons with Mercedes, losing out to former teammate Nico Rosberg last year.
Hamilton's winning margin of 46 points over Vettel does not reflect an often tense title battle, one in which Ferrari had a genuine chance of breaking Mercedes' stranglehold until Vettel's alarming dip.
Austin, Texas: Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton posted the fastest times in Friday's two practice sessions at the U.S. Grand Prix, but abandoned the second session with about 10 minutes to go to deal
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