Mercedes up front in first practice at Mexican Grand Prix
Formula 1 | October 27, 2017 23:22 ISTHamilton won in Mexico City last year and is chasing a fourth career season championship.
Hamilton won in Mexico City last year and is chasing a fourth career season championship.
Hamilton is currently maintaining a 66-point lead over Germany's Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari with three F1 races remaining, he is looking forward to claiming his fourth world championship this season.
The Finish driver refused to give up on Ferrari's season and stressed that his team is still capable of clinching victories in remaining four races of the season.
The Mercedes driver crossed the finish line 1.2 seconds ahead of Malaysia GP winner Max Verstappen to claim his eighth F1 victory of the season.
Mercedes is 118 points clear of Ferrari and close to sealing a fourth straight constructors' championship
Sudhir M Trehan, former Managing Director of electrical company 'Crompton Greaves', had met with an accident while riding E240 car, one of the models, on account of faulty frontal airbags.
The Briton, who won the Italian Grand Prix last Sunday, is currently standing at the top of the drivers' championship after winnings six out of 13 races this year.
Bottas is lagging just 41 points behind leader Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari and 34 points behind his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton.
Vettel and teammate Kimi Raikkonen finished behind Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas in both of Friday's opening practice sessions on the high-speed Monza circuit, which favours Mercedes' stronger power.
Hamilton's fifth win this season was his 58th overall, having equalled Michael Schumacher's pole position record of 68 in the qualifying race.
Although Hamilton has won four of 11 races this season so far, and Bottas has won two, Mercedes is experiencing more problems than before.
Kimi Raikkonen finishes in the second spot followed by Mercedes Valtteri Bottas in third and Lewis Hamilton in the fourth spot .
The four-time F1 champion clocked a best lap of 1 minute, 16.276 seconds, while Raikkonen was .168 behind in front of a large contingent of flag-waving Finnish fans.
Vettel leads the championship by just one point over Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, who struggled with oversteering and could only manage the fifth-best time.
The British driver is only one point behind F1 leader Sebastian Vettel ahead of Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix.
Last year, the 27-year-old had signed a one-year deal to replace suddenly-retired Nico Rosberg as Lewis Hamilton's new teammate at Mercedes for the ongoing season.
Hamilton is currently standing at the second spot in F1 standings, just a point behind four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel following 10 races.
Hamilton's victory at Silverstone took him level with Jim Clark and Alain Prost on five wins at the race.
Lewis Hamilton wins a record-equalling fifth British Grand Prix as Sebastian Vettel finished seventh after suffering a late puncture in the penultimate lap.
"The sport needs the rivalry and what we've seen has the ingredient of a great championship," quipped Mercedes head Toto Wolff.
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