Lewis Hamilton, chasing an unprecedented eighth world title, goes into Sunday's season-closing race level on points with Verstappen.
Lewis Hamilton leads Max Verstappen during practice for the title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand PrixABU DHABI - Lewis Hamilton's quest to make Formula One history at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix began brightly with the Mercedes driver topping the timesheets after Friday's practice as challenger Max Verstappen struggled for pace.
It was the Dutch title contender who was quickest out of the blocks though, taking the honours in the morning. Alpine's Esteban Ocon led the chasing pack, 0.343sec adrift, followed by Valtteri Bottas on his last runout for Mercedes before moving to Alfa Romeo for next season. But Verstappen will prevail should they both end up all square -- or fail to score any on the strength of winning nine races to Hamilton's eight.
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