Austin — Lewis Hamilton may have partied in Texas with his Mercedes team after his US Grand Prix triumph but he has no intention of relaxing as he targets the title in Mexico this weekend. His fifth win in six races since the end of August has not only propelled him to within comfortable reach of his fourth world crown, but also squeezed the vigour from rival Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari’s challenge. As Mercedes celebrated their fourth consecutive constructors’ championship triumph following a Hamilton masterclass at the Circuit of the Americas, four-time former champion Vettel was left to admit he and his team lacked the speed to match them. "We were not fast enough and that’s it," said Vettel, visibly disappointed at failing to mount a challenge for victory once Hamilton had recovered from losing the initiative at the start and passed him on lap six. Vettel refused to concede that the title race was all but over — even though he smiled as Mercedes team chief Toto Wolff joked that ...
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