Hamilton was among the quickest drivers on Saturday in the third practice session ahead of qualifying. Lando Norris of McLaren led with a time of 1 minute, 27.965 seconds. Teammate Oscar Piastri was only 0.026 behind. Hamition was in sixth, 0.559 behind Norris.

Lewis Hamilton has expressed his total confidence in Ferrari after the Italian Formula One team's double disqualification in China.

Lewis Hamilton and his new race engineer were involved in another bizarre exchange, as the Formula 1 champion was left bewildered at the Japanese Grand Prix. Hamilton's Ferrari move has not got off to the best of starts, with the seven-time world champion having only scored one point from his opening two full-length races in red.