Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc both retired from the previous race in Brazil two weeks ago
Lewis Hamilton said it "can't get much worse than that" after qualifying last for the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
The seven-time champion's performance was the first time he has been last on pure pace in his 19-year Formula 1 career.
Hamilton lacked pace throughout in the wet, conditions in which he has scored some of his greatest victories, and ended up 2.301 seconds slower than team-mate Charles Leclerc in the first session.
It is another low for Hamilton in a first season at Ferrari that he described as "a nightmare" after he retired from the Sao Paulo Grand Prix two weeks ago.
