Lewis Hamilton insists he will come out fighting after his pit-stop blunder cost him a shot at victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel threw down the championship gauntlet to Lewis Hamilton after completing a practice double for the Bahrain Grand Prix on Friday.

He walked away from the terrifying crash with only a cut on his ankle.

"I was really ecstatic about the first-corner move, to get the lead, and from then I was sure it was my race to win," a frustrated Rosberg said.

Nico Rosberg beat Lewis Hamilton in emphatic fashion to claim his sixth consecutive pole position for Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton praised his own pit-stop calls as he won an entertaining British Grand Prix and completed a hat-trick of home victories.

Concerns over security at China’s Shanghai International Circuit have been raised after a ’fan’ ran across the track during the second practice session.

Leo Varadkar says he does not think the Government is getting bad value for money with the deal for free GP care for the under 6s and over 70s, a 13-year-old boy who murdered a 53-year-old Irish man in north London is to be sentenced today and a nurse motivated by his desire for patient safety has been placed off duty. These are some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com.

Sebastian Vettel feels it will be "a shame" if he is unable to run in qualifying ahead of Sunday’s US Grand Prix but admits his hands are tied by the regulations.