Lewis Hamilton holds off Max Verstappen to start season in style

Defending world champion narrowly holds on to take curtain-raising GP in Bahrain

Verstappen ready for Hamilton duel after practice double in Bahrain

Seven-time world champion Hamilton says his Mercedes team is no longer the fastest on the grid

Fernando Alonso makes F1 comeback with titanium plates in his jaw

Mercedes struggle again as Lewis Hamilton spins in Bahrain testing

Max Verstappen wins F1 season finale in flawless drive at Abu Dhabi GP

Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas second and Lewis Hamilton in third

Verstappen leads Red Bull one-two in final Abu Dhabi GP practice

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton ended the one-hour running in sixth

Grosjean released from hospital after lucky escape at Bahrain Grand Prix

Haas driver sustained minor burns to his hands after car burst into flames following spectacular crash

Imperious Lewis Hamilton secures seventh world title in Turkey

Champion equals Michael Schumacher’s record in style as he wins from sixth in the wet

Lewis Hamilton equals Michael Schumacher’s record

Mercedes driver matches Schumacher’s record of 91 Formula One race wins

Valtteri Bottas wins Russian GP after Lewis Hamilton’s penalty

World champion hit with 10 second penalty for making practice starts in wrong area

Peerless Lewis Hamilton takes inaugural Tuscan Grand Prix

World champion now one short of Michael Schumacher’s record of 91 Grand Prix wins

Pierre Gasly earns maiden F1 win at Italian GP after Lewis Hamilton penalty

Mercedes driver penalised after pitting illegally following crash at Monza

Lewis Hamilton imperious in Belgium as a seventh title beckons

Defending world champion leads every lap from pole to secure fifth win of the season

Lewis Hamilton takes Belgian pole and dedicates it to ‘Black Panther’

Ferrari’s Leclerc was 13th with Vettel 14th in qualifying for Belgian Grand Prix

Bottas edges Lewis Hamilton to take pole at Silverstone

World champion misses out by 0.063 seconds ahead of 70th anniversary Grand Prix

Formula One turns 70 in an uncertain age

Fan-free races, and tracks in isolated bubbles. It’s all changed since F1 was a kid

Lewis Hamilton takes pole position at spectator-less Silverstone

Mercedes driver cements his status as pre-race favourite at British Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton puts in dominating drive to claim Styrian Grand Prix

Ferrari suffer nightmare as their two cars collide early in the race at the Red Bull Ring

Formula One: Valtteri Bottas sets his sights on historic Austrian double

Circuit is hosting back-to-back races for the first time due to coronavirus pandemic

Carlos Sainz set to take over from Vettel at Ferrari

He is believed to represent the ideal No 2 partner for the promising Charles Leclerc

Ferrari confirm Sebastian Vettel will leave at the end of the year

The German rejected new deal as potential chain reaction of driver moves is set off

Valtteri Bottas storms to win in Japan as Mercedes take constructors’ title

Lewis Hamilton finishes third to close in on his sixth world championship title

Charles Leclerc shoots the lights out to take Singapore pole

Ferrari driver keeps up fine form with dazzling qualifying lap

Lewis Hamilton wins record sixth British Grand Prix

World champion moves closer to another title in front of 141,000 at Silverstone

Lewis Hamilton denied top spot by team-mate in British Grand Prix practice

Valtteri Bottas comes out on top as Mercedes duo fend off Ferrari and Red Bull

Lewis Hamilton utterly dominant as he takes French Grand Prix

World champion leads from pole as Mercedes secure eighth consecutive victory

Lewis Hamilton fastest in opening Monaco practice

Mercedes are racing for the first time since the death of Niki Lauder earlier in the week

Valtteri Bottas blows away Lewis Hamilton to take Barca pole

Finnish driver qualifies a staggering 0.634 seconds clear of his Mercedes teammate

Lewis Hamilton leads World Championship after China victory

Defending world champion takes 1000th Grand Prix ahead of teammate Bottas

Hamilton almost certain of fifth world championship at Mexican Grand Prix

Mercedes driver has to finish only seventh to secure his fifth title, while Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel must win just to stay in the game

Raikkonen victory keeps Lewis Hamilton waiting for fifth F1 title

The victory was the Finn’s first since March 2013, as Mercedes driver finished third

Japan win puts Lewis Hamilton on verge of world title

Defending champion leads Sebastian Vettel by 67 points with four races remaining

Lewis Hamilton goes 50 points clear after Russian Grand Prix win

Valtteri Bottas obeys Mercedes team orders to let British driver in for win

Hamilton slip lets team-mate Bottas pip him for pole in Russia

Rare mistake proves costly as British driver misses out on 80th career pole in Sochi

Lewis Hamilton wins one against the head in Singapore

Defending world champion now 40 points clear of Sebastian Vettel with six races left

Lewis Hamilton shoots the lights out to take pole in Singapore

Defending F1 champion upsets the odds to take top spot on the grid

Lewis Hamilton denies Ferrari in dramatic Monza Grand Prix

Defending world champion crashes with Vettel and overtakes Raikkonen late on

Kimi Raikkonen records fastest ever Formula One lap to secure Monza pole

Vettel finishes second to give Ferrari first frontrow in home Grand Prix since 2000

Belgium win for Vettel puts pressure on Hamilton

Vettel’s victory at Spa cuts Hamilton’s lead in the title race to 17 points

Rain king Hamilton secures pole in Belgium after wet-weather masterclass

‘I went off the track twice, but I am so glad I managed to keep it together’

Lewis Hamilton wins in Hungary to stretch championship lead

Mercedes driver extends gap to Sebastian Vettel in final race before summer break

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