Lewis Hamilton put down a blistering 1:33.067, a new lap record, to top a Mercedes 1-2 ahead of qualifying for the Russian GP.

Conditions were near perfect as the Formula 1 drivers took to the Sochi Autodrom for the start of final practice on Saturday.

F1’s only Russian driver – at least for now as Toro Rosso have re-signed Daniil Kvyat for next season – Sergey Sirokin got proceedings underway with a 1:37.704.

Ferrari held down the early 1-2 as Sebastian Vettel, who struggled a bit on Friday afternoon, posted a 1:33.859 to sit 0.4s ahead of Kimi Raikkonen.

The duo, though, soon dropped down the order as Mercedes went 1-2 with Lewis Hamilton two-tenths up on Valtteri Bottas.