F1: Lewis Hamilton eyes fourth world title at Austin

Lewis Hamilton will seek a fifth win in six visits to Texas this weekend and hope for further Ferrari misfortune as he bids to clinch his fourth world title at the United States Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton will seek a fifth win in six visits to Texas this weekend and hope for further Ferrari misfortune as he bids to clinch his fourth world title at the United States Grand Prix.

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton

The Briton leads nearest rival Sebastian Vettel by 59 points with four races remaining and will take this year’s crown if he can outscore him by 16 points. In short, that means that if Hamilton wins, Vettel must finish in the top five to keep his own challenge alive -- a seemingly straightforward prospect if he and Ferrari can avoid the mishaps that have afflicted them in the last four races.

Ferrari have succumbed to a series of mechanical setbacks and mistakes that culminated, at the Japanese GP, in Vettel being forced to retire due to faulty spark plug.

Hamilton now has 306 points and Vettel, the only other man to have won at Austin, has 247.

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