Lewis Hamilton said he “should have been on pole” but “didn’t do a good enough job” as he could only qualify 10th on the grid for Saturday night’s Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton rues Las Vegas qualifying mistakes - Hamilton will start only 10th in Sin City on Saturday night after he made mistakes on each of his flying laps.

Seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton paced both of Thursday night’s practices at the Las Vegas Grand Prix just two weeks after one of the worst races of his career.

Legendary Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton admitted this week that there was a moment during the Brazilian Grand Prix earlier this month where he felt

Lewis Hamilton has admitted his cryptic post-race radio message in Brazil earlier this month, when he suggested he might have raced for Mercedes “for the last time”, was genuine and that he really did consider sitting out the final three races of the season.

Lewis Hamilton, George Russell and Toto Wolff speak after Mercedes dominate P1 & P2 in Las Vegas.

Hamilton topped the opening practice times after saying he wanted to quit Mercedes following 10th place in Brazil.

Lewis Hamilton bounced back from his “disaster of a weekend” in Brazil to top practice in Las Vegas, heading a British one-two-three in both sessions, as Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff said he was proud of the way the pair had managed to remain “professional” this season.