Lewis Hamilton on pole in Austin - reaction

Summary

Hamilton takes dominant pole, Vettel 2nd, Bottas 3rd
Hamilton could win title this weekend
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The fans are loving itpublished at 21:16 British Summer Time 21 October 2017
It's great to see Liberty Media encouraging more fan involvement at events.
This is the crowd that watched the fan forum, which was broadcast live on the official F1 Facebook page.
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Lasso Lewispublished at 21:14 British Summer Time 21 October 2017
Lewis Hamilton has kept himself entertained in the long build-up to tonight's qualifying session.
Posting on his Instagram live feed, Hamilton's task was to lasso a pretend bull in front of the watching crowds in Austin.
Did he succeed?...
Not even close!
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Look what they got roped intopublished at 21:11 British Summer Time 21 October 2017
The drivers have had some fun in the break after the end of the final practice session by taking part in a fans forum chat, which was broadcast on the F1 Facebook page.
A few drivers also had a go at pretending they were cowboys, with Mercedes pair Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas trying their luck before Renault's Nico Hulkenberg and McLaren's Fernando Alonso stepped up to the stage.
Alonso looks terrified. Absolutely terrified.
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And Bottas was less than impressed with this effort from Hamilton.
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Looking good, driving fastpublished at 21:09 British Summer Time 21 October 2017
Three crash helmets for three practice sessions. The ever colourful world of Lewis Hamilton.
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How they standpublished at 21:05 British Summer Time 21 October 2017
Who can stop Lewis Hamilton? He has won the United States Grand Prix in each of the last three years and has been the fastest man in all three sessions today and yesterday.
Can Sebastian Vettel pip him to pole position? He certainly needs to.
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Welcome backpublished at 21:01 British Summer Time 21 October 2017
Hello and welcome back to BBC Sport's live text commentary of the qualifying for the United States Grand Prix.
Hamilton aims for another pole positionpublished at 21:00 British Summer Time 21 October 2017
Three practice sessions and Lewis Hamilton was fastest in all of them.
Can he turn that practice dominance into yet another pole position?
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Back at 21:00 BSTpublished at 18:14 British Summer Time 21 October 2017
We have a bit of a lengthy break now before qualifying. That gets going at 22:00 BST and we will be back at 21:00 BST.
Andrew Benson's report from the final practice session is available here so we will say bye for now and see you in just under three hours' time.
Predict the futurepublished at 18:13 British Summer Time 21 October 2017
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Full resultspublished at 18:10 British Summer Time 21 October 2017
And here are the results in full for all you stat fans.
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Bottom 10published at 18:08 British Summer Time 21 October 2017
And here are the bottom 10. Haas' frustrations continue with Romain Grosjean 19th after ended up in the gravel and Kevin Magnussen only 16th.
Daniil Kvyat, praying for a decent weekend, was the slowest with car problems ruining his session.
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Top 10published at 18:06 British Summer Time 21 October 2017
This is how it ends in the final practice session.
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Hamilton fastest in final practice sessionpublished at 18:02 British Summer Time 21 October 2017
Breaking
Fastest in session one, fastest in session two and fastest in session three.
A perfect weekend so far for Lewis Hamilton, whose time of 1:34.478 is a track record.
Sebastian Vettel is just behind in 1:34.570, with Valtteri Bottas up to third. Kimi Raikkonen is fourth, while the Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo end fifth and ninth respectively.
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Postpublished at 17:57 British Summer Time 21 October 2017
A good few minutes for Renault as Nico Hulkenberg jumps up to sixth, with team-mate Carlos Sainz at seventh. Force India's Esteban Ocon also is moving up, to eighth and all this drops Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo all the way down to ninth.
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Kvyat's car needs workpublished at 17:56 British Summer Time 21 October 2017
Work to do for the Toro Rosso mechanics...
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'So gusty'published at 17:55 British Summer Time 21 October 2017
Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter in Austin
The wind is really picking up in the pit lane and these are not ideal conditions for anyone because it is so gusty.
Listen to BBC Radio 5 live by clicking on the play button at the top of this page.
Postpublished at 17:53 British Summer Time 21 October 2017
At the top, we have a similar scene to the drivers' championship with Lewis Hamilton first, Sebastian Vettel second and Valtteri Bottas third.
Bottas has just gone back out again for another crack at going faster.
Postpublished at 17:51 British Summer Time 21 October 2017
Ten minutes to go. Fernando Alonso is one of only four drivers on track and he is currently eighth, with Felipe Massa of Williams one place ahead of him.
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Get Involved #bbcf1published at 17:50 British Summer Time 21 October 2017
Times you met an F1 personality
Paul Davies‏: My friend met Gunther Steiner (Haas team principal) crossing the road in Oxford in March. Said "good luck for the season", he was amazed to be recognised!
Keep them coming in, via the hashtag #bbcf1. Any pictures of these meetings would be nice as well.
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Perez fastestpublished at 17:48 British Summer Time 21 October 2017
Perez has the top speed on the track, but is down in 13th overall, with his Force India team-mate Esteban Ocon in 10th.
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