A frustrated Lewis Hamilton lost further ground to Nico Rosberg in the championship race after he finished only fifth on Formula One's inaugural visit to Azerbaijan for Sunday's European Grand Prix.

Nico Rosberg would have "suffered" had he not beaten Lewis Hamilton in yesterday's season-opening Australian Grand Prix, Mercedes boss Niki Lauda has said.

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Two years after Niki Lauda’s miraculous story was depicted in Ron Howard’s Rush, a new documentary takes a closer look. Formula One’s most famous survivor talks to Susan Griffin

Two years after Niki Lauda’s miraculous story was depicted in Ron Howard’s Rush, a new documentary takes a closer look. Formula One’s most famous survivor talks to Susan Griffin

Sky Sports News were left looking silly when they chose the worst possible moment to cut to Niki Lauda during a live broadcast.

Lewis Hamilton believes signing a new contract with Mercedes will be “a formality” after clinching his second Formula One world title.

Lewis Hamilton believes signing a new contract with Mercedes will be "a formality" after clinching his second Formula One world title.

Lewis Hamilton believes signing a new contract with Mercedes will be “a formality” after clinching his second Formula One world title.

Toto Wolff and Niki Lauda are confident they can resolve the latest crisis involving warring drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.

Lewis Hamilton believes the controversial collision with Mercedes rival Nico Rosberg in today’s Belgian Grand Prix has made it very tough to overtake the German in the Formula One drivers’ championship and said: “I don’t know why he hit me but I’m sure he’ll leave here happy.”

Niki Lauda has questioned the wisdom of Flavio Briatore’s return to Formula One as the potential head of a group designed to increase the sport’s popularity.

Nico Rosberg appreciates his Mercedes bosses have endured a "very difficult" time handling his relationship with Lewis Hamilton this season.

Niki Lauda claims Lewis Hamilton has now accepted his Monaco Grand Prix defeat to Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, but has warned the situation remains "tricky".

“Happiness is the enemy,” says Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl) during Rush (15A), and you fear that Ron Howard’s movie about the rivalry between 1970s Formula 1 stars Lauda and James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) is going to descend into simplistic tale of Hunt’s cavalier flair triumphing over Lauda’s dour efficiency.

To truly excel in a chosen field, you need to be challenged, pushed to the limit of human endurance to find previously untapped reserves of strength and courage.

'Rush' stars Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Bruhl "invented" a "romantic comedy" between their characters.

Lewis Hamilton finally grabbed his first victory with Mercedes by taking a record-equalling fourth chequered flag in Hungary.

Red Bull has launched an official protest against Mercedes in the wake of their rivals conducting a secret tyre test with Pirelli.

Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda has revealed the role he played in luring Lewis Hamilton to make the switch from McLaren, reiterating the move was all about providing the British driver with a new challenge.

Lewis Hamilton has taken a swipe at his detractors as he gets in a fighting mood for this weekend's British Grand Prix.

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh believes Lewis Hamilton should continue to go for broke in his bid for success.

THREE-TIMES Formula One world champion Niki Lauda believes Lewis Hamilton will end up killing someone on a race track if he does not calm down.

Ferrari have returned fire on outspoken critic Niki Lauda after he again slammed the Maranello marque this week for their race-fixing tactics.

Former world champion Niki Lauda does not believe Michael Schumacher will make a full-time return to Formula One with Mercedes next season.

NIKI LAUDA feels Michael Schumacher will be looking on his return to Formula One as “nothing more than an interesting experiment”.

Richard Branson has made Brawn GP an offer to become principal sponsor, but finds himself in a battle for branding following the team’s remarkable success this season.

FORMER world champion Niki Lauda has slammed the decision that saw Lewis Hamilton stripped of his Belgian Grand Prix win as “the worst judgement in the history of F1”.

Austrian former Formula One champion Niki Lauda has received a kidney from his girlfriend in a transplant operation, it was reported today.

Former world champion Niki Lauda claims Juan Pablo Montoya is the man to end Michael Schumacher’s dominance of Formula One.

ROOKIE Antonio Pizzonia insists he will ignore all the speculation surrounding his future when he bids to keep hold of his Formula One seat in Spain this weekend.

SACKED Niki Lauda hit out at an English conspiracy after being dumped as Jaguar Racing’s team chief yesterday.

Former world drivers’ champion Niki Lauda is poised to be replaced as boss of Formula One team Jaguar Racing.

EDDIE IRVINE was fighting to save his career yesterday after losing his Jaguar seat to the ‘Jungle Boy’ of Formula One.

TEAM bosses Niki Lauda and Eddie Jordan have urged Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone to “take a firm hand” and force through change to make the sport more entertaining.

THREE-TIME world champion Niki Lauda revealed last night that he would have quit Formula One had he been as dominant as Michael Schumacher.

Eddie Irvine believes Jaguar Racing could snatch fifth place in the World Championship if he can finish the final two races of the season in the points.

Niki Lauda is optimistic Jaguar can build on the long-awaited points they scored two weeks ago in Belgium when the grand prix circus heads to Italy this weekend.

Declan Colley reports on the reinvention of a major player in Grand Prix

Jaguar have today continued their behind-the-scenes reshuffle with the appointment of two new aerodynamicists.

Jaguar Racing chief Niki Lauda has been racking up the miles on the test track to put himself in the best position to help drivers Eddie Irvine and Pedro De La Rosa.

Eddie Irvine believes former world champion Niki Lauda’s takeover has boosted Jaguar Racing’s chances of becoming one of Formula One’s top teams.