Hamilton completes a clean sweep in US GP practice - MotorSportsTalk

Lewis Hamilton has completed a clean sweep of the practice sessions for this weekend’s United States Grand Prix after edging out Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg once again in FP3 on Saturday morning.

The British driver posted a fastest lap time of 1:37.107 to finish 0.8 seconds ahead of Rosberg in second place as he looks to secure a fifth straight win in Austin this weekend and extend his lead at the top of the drivers’ championship.

The final practice session at the Circuit of The Americas on Saturday saw drivers split their running between long-run race simulations and low-fuel qualifying runs, and yet again, the Mercedes drivers were the class of the field.

In FP2 on Friday, just 0.003 seconds had separated the championship protagonists, but Hamilton enjoyed a slightly bigger advantage in FP3 after Rosberg struggled with a brake disc problem, forcing Mercedes to make a change on his car.

When the German driver eventually posted a fast lap time, he was some eight-tenths of a second down on his teammate, with Felipe Massa of Williams a further three-tenths adrift in third place.

Valtteri Bottas and Fernando Alonso both enjoyed brief spell at the top of the timesheets in FP3, only to eventually finish up in fourth and fifth place respectively. Daniel Ricciardo bounced back from a difficult Friday to finish sixth ahead of Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg and Adrian Sutil, with the latter’s result certainly coming as a surprise. Kimi Raikkonen and Jenson Button rounded out the top ten.

Qualifying begins at 2p ET today, and you can watch the entire session live on NBC with a re-air of FP3 starting at 1p.

NBC/NBCSN SCHEDULE FROM UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX

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With three multiple winners now vying for the championship, the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series heads to Round 11 at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington.

Chase Sexton earned his second victory of the season in Detroit when Aaron Plessinger fell on the final lap. Though he was penalized seven points for disobeying a flag, Sexton is third in the championship race. The Honda rider trails leader Cooper Webb (two victories) by 17 points, and defending series champion Eli Tomac (five wins) is three points behind Webb in second with seven races remaining.

Tomac won last year in Seattle on the way to his second season title.

Honda riders have a Supercross-leading 20 victories in the Seattle event but none at Lumen Field since Justin Barcia in 2013. Tomac and Barcia are the only past 450 Seattke winners entered in Saturday’s event.

Here are the pertinent details for watching Round 11 of the 2023 Supercross season in Seattle:

(All times are ET)

BROADCAST/STREAMING SCHEDULE: TV coverage of Round 11 will begin Saturday at 10 p.m. ET streaming on Peacock with a re-air Monday at 1 a.m. ET on CNBC. The Race Day Live show (including qualifying) will begin on Peacock at 4:30 p.m. ET Saturday.

NBC Sports will have exclusive live coverage of races, qualifiers and heats for the record 31 events in SuperMotocross. The main events will be presented on Peacock, NBC, USA Network, CNBC, and NBC Sports digital platforms.

Peacock will become the home of the SuperMotocross World Championship series in 2023 with live coverage of all races, qualifying, and heats from January to October. There will be 23 races livestreamed exclusively on Peacock, including a SuperMotocross World Championship Playoff event. The platform also will provide on-demand replays of every race. Click here for the full schedule.

POINTS STANDINGS: 450 division l 250 division

ENTRY LISTS: 450 division l 250 division

EVENT SCHEDULE (all times ET):

Here are the start times for Saturday’s Supercross Round 11 in Seattle, according to the Monster Energy Supercross schedule from the AMA:

4:50 p.m.: 250SX Group B Qualifying 1
5:05 p.m.: 250SX Group A Qualifying 1
5:20 p.m.: 450SX Group A Qualifying 1
5:35 p.m.: 450SX Group B Qualifying 1
6:25 p.m.: 250SX Group B Qualifying 2
6:40 p.m.: 250SX Group A Qualifying 2
7:55 p.m.: 450SX Group A Qualifying 2
8:10 p.m.: 450SX Group B Qualifying 2
10:06 p.m.: 250SX Heat 1
10:20 p.m.: 250SX Heat 2
10:34 p.m.: 450SX Heat 1
10:48 p.m.: 450SX Heat 2
11:22 p.m.: 250SX Last Chance Qualifier
11:34 p.m.: 450SX Last Chance Qualifier
11:54 p.m.: 250SX Main Event
12:28 a.m.: 450SX Main Event