Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes have scored an unexpected hat-trick of topping the final practice session for Mercedes ahead of Saturday qualifying at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, edging Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. Hamilton lapped the Albert Park circuit in 1:22.292, leading Vettel by 0.264 seconds to top the timesheets in all three practice sessions Down Under. The Briton's lap was more than three-tenths of a second quicker than his fastest in the second session on Friday but Vettel also improved dramatically on his previous mark in an encouraging sign for the Scuderia. Vettel's new teammate Charles Leclerc was third quickest, less than half a second behind Hamilton, with Romaine...
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