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Lewis Hamilton maintains dominance by going fastest in final practice for Australian Grand Prix 

Lewis Hamilton retains control by becoming the fastest in the final training for the Australian Grand Prix

Alexander Britton, Press Association

Published: 4:56 GMT, March 16, 2019 | Updated: 05:08 GMT, March 16, 2019

Lewis Hamilton continued where he left off on Friday by becoming the fastest in the final training prior to qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix.

Vettel put down a marker late in the session, put on a new set of soft tires and went 0.8 seconds faster than Hamilton, clocking one minute 22.556 seconds

Lewis Hamilton ended the last training session last Saturday for Mercedes [ But the five-time champion gave Mercedes the advantage with a 0.264 second lead over the Ferrari driver.

Vettel & # 39; s teammate Charles Leclerc finished the session in third place.

Hamilton clocks the fastest first and third sector, goes 0.2 seconds faster than Vettel in the first part of the round and 0.1 seconds faster in the last. , 0.457 seconds left Hamilton, while the Haas link between Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen was the top five.

Valtteri Bottas set the seventh fastest time with one minute 23,422 seconds, behind Pierre Gasly's Red Bull, 1,075 seconds behind Hamilton

Daniil Kvyat, Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo round the top 10 off.

AUSTRALIAN GP FINAL PRACTICE

1 Hamilton (Gbr ) Mercedes 1: 22,292

2 Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1: 22,556

3 Leclerc (Fra) Ferrari 1: 22,749

] 4 Grosjean (Fra) Haas 1: 23,112

5 Magnussen (Den) Haas 1: 23.334

6 Guest (Fra) Red Bull 1: 23.367

Fin) Mercedes 1: 23.422

10 Kvyat (Russian) Toro Rosso 1: 23,442

9 Verstappen (Hol) Red Bull 1: 23,481

1: 23,695

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13 Sainz (Spa) McLaren 1: 24,049

11 Hulkenberg (Ger) Renault 1: 23,737

12 Giovinazzi (Ita) Alfa Romeo 1: 23,831

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17 Raikkonen (F in) Alfa Romeo 1: 24,402

18 Norris (Gbr) McLaren 1: 24,568

[1945901519Russell(Gbr)Williams1:25944

(Pol) Williams 1: 26,589

As was the case in the Friday sessions, the midfield was full of less than a second splitting Magnussen and Alex Albon for Toro Rosso in 15th.

It was largely an incident-free session under the blue sky of Albert Park, although Robert Kubica had cut his Williams in the pit lane.

The Williams clutch of George Russell and Kubica was more than 3.5 seconds faster than the British rookie. a fastest lap of one minute 25,944 seconds, while the pole, which returned from F1 after eight years, lagged 0.6 seconds further.

Lando Norris, another British who made his debut in Australia, ended the session in 18th, 2,276 seconds behind Hamilton

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