Mercedes star Lewis Hamilton said Thursday he relished the prospect of going “wheel-to-wheel” with his Ferrari rival Sebastian Vettel, who has seized the early lead in the Formula One drivers’ standings. Vettel’s convincing win in the season’s first race in Australia has set the stage for a duel this year of two drivers with seven … Read more
Formula One’s current season leader Sebastian Vettel on Thursday warned against tinkering with the sport to make it more fan-friendly under its new American owners, saying “too much change is wrong”. The Grand Prix circuit has entered a new era with its recent acquisition by US-based Liberty Media after decades under the helm of longtime … Read more
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has backed Lewis Hamilton to exact swift revenge at Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix after a chastening defeat in Formula One’s season opener in Australia. Sebastian Vettel’s comprehensive victory for Ferrari has put Mercedes on red alert ahead of the Shanghai race weekend but Wolff insists Hamilton has the steel to … Read more
Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes are vowing to come back hard in China after being ambushed by resurgent Ferrari in the Formula One season-opener in Australia. The German outfit, who have ruled the sport for the last three years, got a rude awakening in the first race of the new season when Sebastian Vettel beat Hamilton by … Read more
Sebastian Vettel out-manoeuvred Lewis Hamilton and the world champion Mercedes team with a stunning victory in the season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne on Sunday. Vettel won by almost 10 seconds from Hamilton and Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas in a commanding victory of tactics and speed around the Albert Street circuit. It was … Read more
The waiting is almost over for Formula One fans – a new season is upon us. But when the cars line up on the grid for Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix there will an added sense of expectation in Finland with homegrown heroes Kimi Raikkonen and Valtteri Bottas expected to be in title contention this year. … Read more
Lewis Hamilton won a tight battle for pole position between Mercedes and Ferrari at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Briton Hamilton took pole position by 0.268 seconds as Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel joined him on the front row. The German pipped Hamilton’s team-mate Valtteri Bottas by just 0.025secs as the new era of faster, more demanding … Read more
Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton will start off the pole in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix after winning qualifying on Saturday. Hamilton in a Mercedes clocked a record lap of one minute 22.188 seconds to take his 62nd career pole and sixth in Australia into Sunday’s race in Melbourne. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel was second with … Read more
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel trumped Mercedes duo Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton in practice ahead of Saturday’s qualifying for the Australian Formula One Grand Prix. Vettel unleashed a best lap of one minute 23.380 seconds to finish top of the timesheets in FP3 in the final hit-out before qualifying to decide the grid positions for Sunday’s … Read more
Lewis Hamilton said he was surprised how good his Mercedes felt during Friday’s practice at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Hamilton was 0.547 seconds clear of the field after a dominant performance and looks a strong favourite this weekend. “I am on it and I plan to keep it that way, Hamilton said. “It is … Read more
Lewis Hamilton laid down a marker as he led a Mercedes one-two in the new Formula One season’s first free practice at the Australian Grand Prix on Friday. The triple world champion outstripped his new team-mate Valtteri Bottas by the large margin of 0.583 seconds with his fastest lap of 1:24.220 at Albert Park. Finland’s … Read more
Lewis Hamilton has insisted Ferrari start the 2017 Formula 1 season as favourites. Hamilton’s Mercedes team have won three successive world championship doubles since 2014 but were consistently outpaced by the Scuderia in winter testing following the sport’s rules refresh. “Ferrari are the quickest at the moment, they’re definitely the favourites,” said Hamilton ahead of … Read more
Lewis Hamilton will look to put his stamp on the new Formula One season at this week’s Australian Grand Prix, as he seeks to regain the world title following the shock retirement of reigning champion Nico Rosberg. Ten years after his F1 debut at Albert Park, Hamilton arrives at the downtown circuit as the leading … Read more
At least 26 people have died of starvation in Somalia’s southern region of Jubaland, the government-owned Radio Mogadishu website has reported. It quoted regional interior minister and drought committee chairman Abdirahman Mohamed Hussein as saying the deaths were in the past 36 hours. He appealed for emergency aid to curb hunger, Radio Mogadishu reported. UN … Read more
Mercedes and Ferrari had impressive starts to pre-season testing as Red Bull and McLaren hit trouble. Lewis Hamilton was fastest as Mercedes completed 152 laps with both their drivers at Circuit de Catalunya. Hamilton was 0.113 seconds faster than Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari, which also ran reliably and used the slower medium tyre with the Mercedes … Read more
Lewis says he is looking forward to the challenge of his new partner Valtteri Bo Lewis Hamilton says he believes the new faster Formula 1 cars this year will be a “massive challenge”. The Mercedes driver said he had trained hard but had no idea whether he was fit enough for cars which could be … Read more
Forbes’ Sports Money Index has crowned Cristiano Ronaldo as the first footballer to take the lead in the list of highest paid athletes in the world in 2016. The Real Madrid forward beats his long time rival, Lionel Messi, as the world’s greatest player and his earnings are listed as $114.6 million in the survey, broken down … Read more
Lewis Hamilton rejected claims he used “dirty tricks” during the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as he tried to win the Formula 1 world championship. Hamilton drove slowly in an attempt to allow rivals to pass Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, but the German finished second to clinch his first title. Britain’s Hamilton, who won the … Read more
White and Case Partner Joshua Siaw has been named, for the second consecutive time, as one of Britain’s most influential people of African or African Caribbean heritage by the prestigious Powerlist 2017 publication. The Powerlist profiles the top 100 most influential black people in Britain, selected by an independent panel of judges and chosen because … Read more
Lewis Hamilton produced a masterful performance to win a wet, chaotic, crash-strewn Brazilian Grand Prix and take the title fight to the final race. His ninth win of 2016 came in a race with several high-speed accidents, two stoppages and five safety cars. The victory cut the lead of his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, who … Read more