Sports Desk,
The 35-year-old Briton set a best time of 1:28.971 under the lights at the Bahrain International Circuit in Free Practice 2, 0.347s better than Dutchman
Hamilton's teammate,
Sixth place in FP2 went to Frenchman Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri), ahead of
Then came
Vettel's Monegasque teammate,
In FP2, each driver had to complete six timed laps on prototypes of the tires Pirelli is planning to use in the 2021 season and the situation was further complicated by two red flags: one for Albon's crash, the other because a dog wondered onto the track.
When the session resumed after the second interruption, Hamilton put the pedal down to surpass Verstappen, who trails Bottas by just 27 points in the battle for second place in the driver standings.
Mercedes secured their record seventh consecutive constructor's championship weeks ago and
Despite his dominant performance, Hamilton was not entirely happy with how the day went.
"The track's quite slippery and gusty. This track works the tires completely - night and day - differently to the last race in
"It's frustrating. Thankfully, Alex is OK, that's the main thing," he said.
When a reporter asked about the cost of the crash, Horner responded: "It's difficult to quantify in money but it's a significant amount because obviously the car's been pulled into the barrier and it's done at least three corners, if not all four corners - rear wing, front wing, nosebox - so it's a significant amount." EFE arh/dr
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