SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) β Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton warmed up for qualifying at the Bahrain Grand Prix with the fastest time in the third practice session Saturday.
Hamilton, the championship leader after winning two of the opening three races, aims for a fourth straight pole position in the evening qualifying session.
The Mercedes driver clocked a best lap time of 1 minute, 34.599 seconds, with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel second best in 1:34.668 and Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg third in 1:34.968.
Rosberg is looking for his first pole position and first win of the season.
The German took pole the past two seasons in Bahrain.
Hamilton has never taken pole here, but the British driver beat Rosberg by one second to win last year’s thriller β held under floodlights for the first time.
