Hamilton pips Verstappen in 1st practice as Stroll crashes

The seven-time world champion, who has just six races remaining in 2022 to save his F1 record of winning at least one grand prix in every season he has contested, left it late to edge out Verstappen to the fastest time in FP1 by just 0.084s. Hamilton had complained of poor drivability earlier in the session but posted his headline-grabbing time during the soft tyre runs in the closing stages. Ahead of F1’s first return to Singapore in three years, Hamilton spoke of hoping to replicate his stunning pole lap he set around the Marina Bay Street Circuit in 2018.FP1 is not…

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