Lewis Hamilton has apologised to Max Verstappen in an attempt to defuse their ongoing row.

The Formula One season is all over after another year of thrills and spills.

Lewis Hamilton may have won the British Grand Prix, but he has cast his future into doubt by dropping another hint that he could walk away from Formula One at the end of the season.

Roger Federer has taken one step closer to Wimbledon glory after securing a place in the final.

Lewis Hamilton believes he can race on until he is 40 after rejecting his own suggestion that he could stun Formula One by retiring at the end of the season.

Valtteri Bottas sprung the biggest surprise of the season so far after he beat Lewis Hamilton in Bahrain to secure the first pole position of his career.

Lewis Hamilton’s so-called ‘bromance’ with Sebastian Vettel has become a defining storyline of the new season, but the Briton is not anticipating a messy break-up even if their title battle goes the distance this year.

Renault driver Niko Hulkenberg has the kind of name that sounds like big could be his thing.

Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel traded blows as the battle to win this year’s Formula One crown began with words.

Valtteri Bottas will head into Formula One’s season opener still in dreamland after securing the hottest seat in the sport - but the Mercedes new boy insists he is ready to take the world championship fight to Lewis Hamilton this year.

A frustrated Fernando Alonso was left ruing another disappointing start to the first day of his Formula One pre-season as history repeated itself in Barcelona today.

Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes team have confirmed that they will not change his mechanics for the forthcoming Formula One season.

Mercedes are expected to start the new year with a big announcement imminent about who is going to replace retired world champion Nico Rosberg alongside Lewis Hamilton.

Nico Rosberg joked he could help Lewis Hamilton learn to speak German now he has retired, while Hamilton said he hoped to remain a Formula One driver for the next decade as the duo addressed Mercedes fans at the constructor's end of season event in Stuttgart.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Lewis Hamilton is in hot water with Mercedes after defying team orders at the championship-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

An emotional Nico Rosberg admitted that beating his long-term rival Lewis Hamilton to the world championship made his maiden Formula One title triumph all the more satisfying.

Formula One rivals Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg can’t even shake hands.

Lewis Hamilton has conceded it is now unlikely he will stop Nico Rosberg from winning the Formula One title after claiming his rival is “doing all he has to do” to get over the finish line to seal his maiden championship.

Lewis Hamilton has rued Red Bull's strategical mistake to pit Max Verstappen and gift-wrap second place, and potentially the Formula One championship, to Nico Rosberg following a chaotic Brazilian Grand Prix.

A laid-back Lewis Hamilton insisted he was “just chilling” as he delivered a wet-weather masterclass to triumph in a chaotic Brazilian Grand Prix and take the championship battle to the deciding race of the season.

Lewis Hamilton heaped the pressure on championship rival Nico Rosberg by claiming pole position for the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Championship leader Nico Rosberg edged out Lewis Hamilton in final practice for the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Following back-toback races in America and Mexico, Formula One heads south to Sao Paulo for the Brazilian Grand Prix. Here are the key talking points ahead of the penultimate round of the championship.

Lewis Hamilton insists he will fight championship rival Nico Rosberg until the "bitter end" as the British driver bids to pull off one of the greatest comebacks in Formula One history.

Lewis Hamilton kept his slim championship hopes alive by claiming pole position for Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix ahead of his title rival Nico Rosberg.

World champion Lewis Hamilton trailed Red Bull driver Max Verstappen in final practice for the Mexican Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton will start the United States Grand Prix from pole position after holding off his championship rival Nico Rosberg in Austin.

Lewis Hamilton will not be able to stop Nico Rosberg from winning the championship unless the German hits trouble in the remaining four races of the season, according to Mercedes chairman Niki Lauda.

Lewis Hamilton’s championship challenge is now out of his hands after yet another horror start saw him slip even further behind Nico Rosberg in the title race.

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes Nico Rosberg is in the form of his career after the German usurped a beleaguered Lewis Hamilton to take control of the Formula One World Championship.

Germany’s Nico Rosberg celebrated his 200th Formula One race by retaking the championship lead from Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton after a pole-to-flag win in Singapore yesterday.

Nico Rosberg may have secured pole position in Singapore today, but everyone was talking about the giant lizard that appeared at the Marina Bay street circuit.

Nico Rosberg left a beleaguered Lewis Hamilton trailing in his wake after he secured pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix in emphatic fashion.

Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes team have admitted they are not the favourites to win Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix after being off the pace at the street circuit last year.

Lewis Hamilton extended his dominance of the Italian Grand Prix into a third successive year by claiming an emphatic pole position ahead of his championship rival Nico Rosberg.

World champion Lewis Hamilton ended the final practice session at the top of the pile as he bids to win his 50th grand prix and complete a historic hat-trick in Monza.

A jubilant Lewis Hamilton hailed his record-breaking drive at the Belgian Grand Prix as the best result he could have hoped for after storming from the back of the pack to the podium.

Nico Rosberg insists he is not struggling with a lack of self-belief despite seeing Lewis Hamilton turn his 43-point championship lead into a 19-point deficit by virtue of the Briton's fourth consecutive victory on Sunday.

Lewis Hamilton will head into Formula One’s summer holiday with a smile on his face after extending his lead in the championship to 19 points by winning yesterday’s German Grand Prix.

Although he did get a bit frustrated with Esteban Gutierrez at one point in the race.

Lewis Hamilton delighted his home crowd by completing a hat-trick of consecutive British Grand Prix wins yesterday.