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The 34-year-old Briton finished second at the Circuit of the Americas to become only the second driver after retired Ferrari great and seven-times champion Michael Schumacher to win six titles.
The Dutchman was furious as he lost his third place in Austin after FIA steward Garry Connelly handed him a five-second penalty for passing Kimi Raikkonen with all four wheels off the track during the last lap.
The 20-year-old, who has signed a new contract to stay with Red Bull until 2020, was demoted from a podium finish in US Grand Prix for driving off the track to pass Kimi Raikkonen.
Hamilton, presented with the winner`s trophy by former U.S. president Bill Clinton, now looks sure to finish off the job and become Britain`s first four times world champion in Mexico next weekend.
His storming time of one minute 34.668 seconds was the fastest ever at the Texas track and the Briton, winner of four out of five races to date there, was the only driver on the timesheets below the 1:35 mark.
Lewis Hamilton usually feels at ease in the U.S. And why not? It’s pretty easy to be happy when he’s usually finishing first.
Mercedes driver Hamilton, who can clinch his fourth title on Sunday if he finishes first or second and other results go his way, might also be giving the Jamaican a quick passenger ride in a road car earlier in the day.
Bernie says they will sort their finances out so that race can happen.
The Austin circuit is Formula One`s first purpose-built track in the United States.
Lewis Hamilton says he is humbled at having equalled childhood hero Ayrton Senna's record of three Formula One titles.
Sergio Perez's finished fifth, while Nico Hulkenberg could not complete the race.
Hamilton realised a lifelong ambition to equal the tally of his boyhood idol Ayrton Senna.
With hardy fans huddling in the grandstands, teams and drivers did their best to keep spirits up with a range of pitlane antics.
Hamilton leads the drivers' championship standing by 66 points.
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