Champion-elect Lewis Hamilton finished second to Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas in opening practice for the Mexican Grand Prix.

Jenson Button has announced he will not be racing in Formula One next season.

HONDA has long been regarded as one of the most innovative and ingenious of all the motor manufacturers in the world and thus, when the company announced a return to the pinnacle of motor sport with a new hybrid Formula One engine, it was expected that the Japanese company would make an immediate and sustained impact, writes Declan Colley

Fernando Alonso spent last night in hospital after suffering concussion in a heavy crash in testing in Barcelona.

Bernie Ecclestone believes one of his most trusted female aides could succeed him as Formula One supremo, almost a decade on from suggesting a woman’s place was in the kitchen rather than a race track.