George Russell topped remaining follow on the Las Vegas Grand Prix as Mercedes continued to indicate spectacular tempo forward of qualifying.

After Russell’s team-mate Lewis Hamilton topped each practices a day earlier, Mercedes had been robust once more because the pair spent a lot of the session on the high of timesheet earlier than the previous emerged quickest from a flurry of laps within the closing phases lower brief by a pink flag.

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri was second, two locations forward of team-mate Lando Norris, with the pair cut up by the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz.

Having been left annoyed by his struggles for a lot of the session, Max Verstappen offered a lift to his hopes of sealing the world championship this weekend by exhibiting improved late tempo to take fifth.

Verstappen might win his fourth successive drivers’ title with two races to spare by merely ending forward of Norris within the race, whereas the Dutchman would even be topped if he prevented dropping three factors or extra to the McLaren driver.