Lewis Hamilton remains hopeful of signing his bumper new Mercedes contract before he opens the defence of his Formula One championship in Melbourne next weekend.

Lewis Hamilton is hopeful of putting pen-to-paper on a lucrative new deal with Mercedes before he opens the defence of his Formula One championship in Australia next month.

World champion Lewis Hamilton must be considered as the overwhelming favourite to win his fifth Formula One title this season, according to Nigel Mansell.

Lewis Hamilton will take the wraps off the Mercedes he hopes will fire him to a fifth Formula One championship next month.

All of Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton's Instagram posts have been deleted, just days after he was criticised for a video he uploaded to the social media platform.

The speed in which Lewis Hamilton felt the ire of the digital world was something to behold, writes Alison O’Connor

Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has apologised after sharing a video on Instagram of him chastising his nephew for wearing a princess dress.

Hamilton has been beaten to pole position for the final race of the year.

The Mercedes driver goes from third for the Mexican Grand Prix - where he only needs a finish of fifth or higher to secure the title.

Vettel won a dramatic qualifying session at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

Lewis Hamilton insists he is better prepared than ever to sew up a fourth Formula One crown and surpass Sir Jackie Stewart as Britain's all-time greatest driver.

Lewis Hamilton has insisted he is putting the world championship title to the back of his mind despite being just nine points away from glory.

Lewis Hamilton will not kneel during United States national anthem ahead of Sunday's Formula One race in Texas.

Lewis Hamilton took a major step towards a fourth world title with victory at the Japanese Grand Prix as championship rival Sebastian Vettel retired.

Lewis Hamilton stormed to pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix as title rival Sebastian Vettel could not get close to the Mercedes.

Lewis Hamilton revelled in his role as pantomime villain of the Italian Grand Prix after he crushed rival Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari’s home race to take charge of the title battle for the first time this year.

Lewis Hamilton has hinted that Formula One’s race officials attempted to manipulate the result of the Belgian Grand Prix following an “unnecessary” safety car.

Lewis Hamilton has cast his future into doubt by dropping another hint that he could walk away from Formula One at the end of the season.

A defiant Lewis Hamilton has promised to win this year’s Formula One championship “the right way” after his clash with title rival Sebastian Vettel in Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton has accused Sebastian Vettel of acting like a “disgrace” after he was deemed to have deliberately crashed into his title rival during a chaotic Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Hamilton finished just 0.051 seconds ahead following a frenetic qualifying session.

A dejected Lewis Hamilton admitted on Sunday night that he needs to rediscover his speed after an abject display in Russia saw him fall further behind rival Sebastian Vettel in the championship race.

Lewis Hamilton will have it all to do to win Sunday's Russian Grand Prix as he qualified only fourth while title rival Sebastian Vettel secured his first pole position in nearly two years.

Sebastian Vettel increased the pressure on championship rival Lewis Hamilton after he clocked the fastest time in final practice for the Russian Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton has rebuffed Sebastian Vettel's claim that Mercedes are not showing their true speed - and insisted that it his championship rival who holds the real advantage heading into Sunday's Russian Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton believes it is advantage Sebastian Vettel for the Russian Grand Prix after he finished a distant fourth behind his Formula One World Championship rival in practice on Friday. 

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.

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.

Lewis Hamilton has predicted the closest title battle of his career after he joined Sebastian Vettel at the summit of the Formula One championship following a crushing victory in China.

Lewis Hamilton has predicted the closest title battle of his career after he joined Sebastian Vettel at the summit of the Formula One championship following a crushing victory in China.

Sebastian Vettel has underlined Ferrari's championship credentials after beating Lewis Hamilton to win the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.

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

The new Formula One season roared back into action on Friday and there was an all-too familiar name at the top of the order after Lewis Hamilton clocked the fastest time in opening practice for the Australian Grand Prix.

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.

He wants fresh life breathed into the sport.

"I'm probably one of the only people that it was not a surprise to."

Lewis Hamilton lost out on the Formula One drivers' championship to Nico Rosberg despite winning a tense final race in Abu Dhabi.

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.

Hamilton delivered a wet-weather masterclass at a chaotic Brazilian Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton claims he ordered his Mercedes team to withdraw a protest which could have seen the Briton promoted to second in Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix.

Mercedes have discovered the cause of the engine failure which has left Lewis Hamilton facing a race against time to win his fourth championship.

Mercedes dismissed suggestions of sabotage to Lewis Hamilton's car as "ridiculous and stupid" after another engine failure robbed the world champion of certain victory in Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix.