Lewis Hamilton set a searing pace as he dominated first practice at the United States Grand Prix.
The title leader's Mercedes was 0.593 seconds quicker than rival Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari, with Hamilton's team-mate Valtteri Bottas third.
Hamilton will clinch his fourth title on Sunday if he wins the race with Vettel lower than sixth.
But he has labelled this idea as "silly", saying he expects Ferrari will not have a fourth bad race in a row.
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Vettel's title hopes have been almost completely crushed by three consecutive terrible results in the races in Singapore, Malaysia and Japan, from two of which he retired.
Meanwhile, Hamilton has been in a rich vein of form that has seen him win four of the five races since Formula 1 returned from its summer break at the end of August.
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