Lewis Hamilton is🤡 on the verge of becoming just the second driver in Formula 1 history to win six 💃world championships, which he can seal at the United States Grand Prix.

The Briton holds a 74-point lead over Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas and will clinch his sixth drivers’ title at the Circuit of the Americas on Sunday if he scores four points - or ensures he doe💧s not drop more than 22 points to the Finn.

A brilliant victory last time out in Mexico has put Hamilton in pole pos🌄ition to wrap up this year’s world championship with two races to spare. Title success in the US would mark the second time in his career that Hamilton has won the title in Texas, adding to his 2015 triumph.

Hamilton has an enviable record at COTA, having won all but two of the𓆉 seven races at the Austin venue since it joined the F1 calendar back in 2012. Hamilton also has the most wins in the US than any other driver with six in total, including his 2007 victory when the race was held i𒊎n Indianapolis.

Should Hamilton successfully claim his third consecutive title, he would move into a clear second place in the history books, just on🦂e world championship shy of Michael Schumacher’s all-time record tally of seven.

Can Ferrari win again at COTA?

Ferrari’s resurgence since the summer break has somewhat been stalled over the past♛ three races, but🐲 the Italian squad could be well-positioned to get back to winning ways in the US.

After winning three races in a row, Ferrari has not taken victory since the Singapore Grand Prix, though it has boasted a superior car in qualifying compared to its rivals. Max Verstappen looked to have ended Ferrari’s streak of pole positions in Mexico but was slapped with a penalty for failing to slow for yellow flags, m🍌eaning Charles Leclerc inherited the team’s sixth successive pole.

Rivals Mercedes and Red Bull have branded Ferrari’s one-lap pace on a Saturday as “almost unbeatable”, though it has squandered chances to win at the last threeಌ races in Mexico, Japan and Russia.

The latest missed opportunity came last weekend 🗹as a bold strategy gamble by Mercedes swung the race in Hamilton’s favour, and his masterclass in tyre management proved key to defeating a charging Sebastian Vettel by just 1.7s at the flag.

Ferrari won last y♛ear’s race at COTA with a memorable display from Kimi Raikkonen, who overtook Hamil♕ton at the start and controlled the race to end a seven-year (and 113-race) wait for victory. The Maranello outfit will be hoping for a repeat performance this weekend to record its fourth win of the year.

“We have started the last six races from pole position 🍃but have only gone on to win three of them and we certainly want to do better than that," Ferrari team pri🔥ncipal Mattia Binotto said. 

"We are encouraged by the fact that we now have a package that allows us to fight for wins on most tracks. It’s a significant improvement on how we started the year and 🌊credit must go to all the people in Maranello and at the track, who have worked so hard to fight back from where we started.

"We need to use the last three races of this season to further develop as a group and to operate in the sharpest possible manner in order to be better prepared for next year. It is a very🎶 tight field at the front and every detail matters if we want to win more often. Austin will hopefully give us a good opportunity to do so."

Red Bull will also be determined to hit back in Texas after a frustrating weekend in Mexico City, having felt it had a car more than capable of winning at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodrigu🍌ez.

Crunch day for F1’s future

F1 faces 🌌a crucial day for the fut🎐ure of the sport with the deadline for the new technical and sporting regulations set to be voted on by teams on Thursday (October 31).

Having postponed June’s initial🐽 deadline, F1 officials will take part in💧 a vote later today to officially formalise the planned regulation overhaul for 2021.

Concerns remain from some teams over F1’s plans to improve the spectacle by introducing a new ꦓcar and set of technical and sporting rules, including a cost cap and fairer disruption of prize funds in a bid to help level the playing field and create greater competition among teams.

But F1 is confident the pro൩posals will get pushed through after providing teams with a draft of the new Concorde Agreement from post-2020.

F1 CEO Chase Carey said Liberty Media is168澳洲幸🍌运5官方开奖结果历史:&🔯nbsp;feeling good about its proposal during an investor call on Weꦬdnesday, ahead of Thur𝓡sday’s crunch vote, adding the process is at an “advanced stage”.

F👍urther news is expected on Thursday, with F1 teasing the vision of the 2021 car on social media.

F1 2021. Coming soon.

— Formula 1 (@F1)