Nico Rosberg fastest in practice at US Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg fastest in practice at US Grand Prix Nico Rosberg fastest in practice at US Grand Prix Equation One title pioneer Nico Rosberg put more weight on partner and opponent Lewis Hamilton by posting the speediest lap in Friday's practice sessions as he looks to fix his hold on a potential first title. Hamilton drove the morning session before Rosberg returned the evening with a lap of 1 moment, 37.358 seconds. Hamilton was third toward the evening session, however his morning lap of 1:37.428 was second-snappiest on the day. "I wasn't happy in the second session," Hamilton said. "We made a few (braking) changes ... we were attempting to complete a lap. We'll be fine tomorrow." Hamilton trails Rosberg by 33 focuses heading into the last four races, beginning Sunday. Early speed from time to time is an indicator for the complete line in Texas. Rosberg began from the post each of the most recent two years just to see Hamilton win. Hamilton's 2015 triumph secured his second continuous Formula One title. In the event that Rosberg can get a win in any of the last four races, he will join Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel and Hamilton as the main drivers with 10 triumphs in a solitary season. Furthermore, if Rosberg wins Sunday, it puts him inside scope of the single-season record of 13 triumphs shared by Schumacher (2004) and Vettel (2013). Hamilton, who has won three times in four years at the Circuit of the Americas, has called the track "great chasing ground" for him. He needs to pile on wins down the extend to catch his partner. In any case, Rosberg can win the season title with three second-put completes and a third regardless of the possibility that Hamilton closes the season on a tear. All things considered, Rosberg has said he won't make due with the wellbeing of second place and will push Hamilton for the win. The group prowling behind Mercedes is Red Bull. Daniel Ricciardo, who completed third here in 2014 and quickly drove last season's rain-splashed race, was third-speediest Friday bearing in mind the end goal of increasing additional time in Saturday's qualifying. His Red Bull auto impacted through the long straights and indicated control Mercedes might not have expected in their back view reflect. "I'll take that yet I'll lean toward shaft (position) and a win. I don't realize what Mercedes is doing, however I feel like we have more pace to get. Our long runs looked the best," Ricciardo said. "I thought it could have been something more, yet perhaps Nico and Lewis say the same."