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Lewis Hamilton clinched his fifth Formula 1 world championship despite a difficult Mexican Grand Prix that saw him finish fourth amid tyre struggles, as Max Verstappen took a dominant victory for Red Bull.

Lewis Hamilton is confident that everyone in the Mercedes Formula 1 team will "kick ourselves up the backside" following their defeat to Ferrari in Sunday's United States Grand Prix as the drivers' championship title race continued for another week.

Kimi Raikkonen charged to his first Formula 1 victory in over five years in Sunday's United States Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton was forced to postpone celebrations for a fifth world championship after finishing only third in Austin.

Lewis Hamilton needed just one flying lap to finish at the top of the timesheets in the second Formula 1 practice session for this weekend's United States Grand Prix on Friday afternoon, gapping the field by over a second.

Lewis Hamilton headed up a one-two finish for Mercedes in opening practice for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka on Friday, beating Formula 1 teammate Valtteri Bottas by four-tenths of a second.

Toto Wolff is taking no comfort in Mercedes’ points buffer to Ferrari or Lewis Hamilton’s advantage over Sebastian Vettel in the Formula 1 constructors’ and drivers’ championships as the German marque bids for a fifth successive title sweep in 2018.

Mercedes junior and recent Formula 1 driver Pascal Wehrlein will part ways at the end of the 2018 season after the German manufacturer was unable to secure him a competitive drive for next year.

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff has slammed rival teams for the “hidden agendas” and “lies” over the summer that left junior driver Esteban Ocon facing a year on the sidelines in 2019.

Toto Wolff feels the 2018 season has been a "marvellous advertisement" for Formula 1 to date thanks to the close competition both at the front-end of the pack and in the midfield, offering a number of surprise results.

Toto Wolff believes there are five interested parties bidding for control of Force India after the Formula 1 team entered administration last week, but says Mercedes is not among them.

Having tasted so much success throughout his Formula 1 career, there would seem to be very little that Lewis Hamilton can do that one may consider a surprise.

Following two close-fought practice sessions on Friday and a washout of FP3 to start proceedings on Saturday, we entered Formula 1 qualifying for the German Grand Prix anticipating a close, three-team battle for pole at the head of the field.

Lewis Hamilton began his home Formula 1 race weekend in convincing fashion by setting the fastest time for Mercedes through opening practice for the British Grand Prix on Friday, finishing three-tenths of a second clear of teammate Valtteri Bottas.

Valtteri Bottas called the Mercedes Formula 1 team's response to the issues that caused both its cars to retire in Austria "very impressive" as the Finn looks to end his poor run of luck at the start of the 2018 season.

Lewis Hamilton is excited by the prospect of Mercedes' first "serious" car upgrades for the 2018 Formula 1 season as he looks for another boost in the title fight ahead of this weekend's Austrian Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton pulled out a 0.7 second gap over the rest of the Formula 1 field during second practice for the French Grand Prix on Friday afternoon at Paul Ricard as Sergio Perez suffered a frightening wheel failure while running at high speed.

Lewis Hamilton headed up a one-two finish for Mercedes in opening practice for the French Grand Prix on Friday as Formula 1 made its long-awaited official return to Paul Ricard.

Mercedes will not be debuting its updated Formula 1 power unit as planned at this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix due to a "quality issue", forcing the team to postpone its introduction until France in two weeks' time.

Toto Wolff has dismissed suggestions Pirelli’s changes to its Formula 1 tyres for this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix were made to aid Mercedes, calling the speculation “rubbish”.

Lewis Hamilton is refusing to read too much into his headline time during Formula 1 practice for the Spanish Grand Prix on Friday afternoon, predicting that Ferrari will make a step forward ahead of qualifying on Saturday.

Valtteri Bottas surged to the head of the pack for Mercedes in the opening Formula 1 practice session ahead of this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix as Robert Kubica made his official race weekend comeback with Williams.

Mercedes is currently "not in a good place" trying to manage tyres with its W09 Formula 1 car according to team boss Toto Wolff after ranging between running too hot and too cold over the Chinese Grand Prix weekend.

Valtteri Bottas felt disappointed to see his hopes of winning Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix slip away after being passed for the lead with 12 laps to go by Red Bull Formula 1 rival Daniel Ricciardo.

Mercedes remains confident Lewis Hamilton's Formula 1 engine remains in "good shape" despite his decision to ease off in the closing stages of last weekend's Australian Grand Prix to help preserve his power unit.