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Lewis Hamilton on course for greatness

With four world titles under his belt, the Formula One star is on track to match Schumacher’s record

Lewis Hamilton waves the Union flag with the words ‘Hammer time’ in celebration after winning the world championship at Abu Dhabi on November 23 2014.

‘King of F1’ Hamilton takes championship with victory at Abu Dhabi

Now two-time world champion Lewis Hamilton was lauded by Britain’s Prince Harry as being a "legend", while media branded him the king of Formula 1.

Hamilton, Rosberg take F1 championship down to the wire

All Lewis Hamilton has to do to clinch this year’s F1 championship is to win the next race but teammate Nico Rosberg will not go down without a fight.

Celebrations were muted on the podium with news already having filtered through of Bianchi’s crash.

Hamilton wins Japanese Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton beat his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg to claim victory in Japan, but Sunday’s race was overshadowed by Jules Bianchi’s crash.

F1 championship could come down to reliability

Lewis Hamilton regained the championship lead after four months at the Singapore GP, but the title fight could eventually be decided by reliability.

Rosberg’s wrong turn a new twist in F1 championship

Overall leader Nico Rosberg feels the pressure as Lewis Hamilton keeps the F1 drivers’ championship open with his victory at the Italian Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton wins Italian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton recovered from a poor start to win the Italian Grand Prix ahead of Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg on Sunday.

Rosberg wins Monaco Grand Prix, snatches F1 lead from Hamilton

Nico Rosberg came home 9.2 seconds clear of fellow Mercedes team-mate, Lewis Hamilton, who battled with loss of vision in one eye.

Rosberg nabs first F1 victory

Rosberg nabs first F1 victory

Mercedes’s Nico Rosberg has claimed his first Formula One victory in 111 tries as he led from pole position to take the Chinese Grand Prix in style.

Schumacher admits the joy is no longer there

Michael Schumacher gave a hint on Sunday that he is no longer enjoying Formula One and sparked rumours that he may be considering ending his career.

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Alonso, Webber lose out on F1 Championship

For Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber, their dreams of winning the Formula One Championship were lost in the pits.

Heidfeld joins up with Mercedes

Nick Heidfeld joined the Mercedes Formula One team as test and reserve driver on Thursday, completing a trio of Germans in the new team’s line-up.

Rosberg to make first Mercedes GP test

Nico Rosberg, and not Michael Schumacher, will have the honour of driving the first laps with the new Mercedes GP Formula One car next month.

F1 return will not be easy for Schumacher

Nico Rosberg believes seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher will find it difficult to return to the fast lane after an absence of four years.

Massa takes Turkish hat-trick for Ferrari

Ferrari’s Felipe Massa won the Turkish Grand Prix from pole position for the third year in a row on Sunday after tyre concerns slowed Lewis Hamilton’s challenge. The Brazilian…

Massa answers critics in winning style

Brazilian Felipe Massa stormed to victory on Sunday for his second successive victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix and answered his mounting bank of critics as his Ferrari team…

Hamilton wins amid the chaos in Australia

McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton avoided the mayhem around him to open the Formula One season with a pole-to-flag victory in a crash-strewn Australian Grand Prix on Sunday. The…

Hamilton starts season in pole position

Lewis Hamilton got an early psychological edge over Kimmi Raikkonen, winning pole position for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix while the world champion will start near…

Formula One set for exciting 2008

Ferrari are back on top, Lewis Hamilton is a title contender and two-time Formula One champion Fernando Alonso is back with Renault. Add night racing to all that and one of F1’s…

Excitement, scandal back in Formula One

The 2007 Formula One season went down as one of the most thrilling to date, with a three-way race for the title that ended with Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen edging McLaren teammates…