Lewis Hamilton faces a tall order to retain the lead of the Formula One championship after he qualified a lowly fifth for Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix as his rival Sebastian Vettel stormed to pole position.

Williams driver Felipe Massa posted the fastest time of a rain-hit final practice session for Sunday's Italian Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton was pipped to the top of the time sheets by his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas in second practice for the Italian Grand Prix.

Kimi Raikkonen has topped the time sheets in opening practice for the Belgian Grand Prix today.

Formula One may have headed for its traditional summer hibernation, but the future for a number of its star drivers remains unclear.

Sebastian Vettel carried on where he left off in Australia by leading the way in practice for the Chinese 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 kept his slim championship hopes alive by claiming pole position for Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix ahead of his title rival Nico Rosberg.

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

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.

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.

Lewis Hamilton pulled off a tactical masterstroke and benefited from a Red Bull pit-stop blunder to win the Monaco Grand Prix yesterday and get his championship challenge firmly back on track.

Championship leader Nico Rosberg extended his incredible winning streak to seven races with a comfortable lights-to-flag victory at the Russian Grand Prix.

World champion Lewis Hamilton dominated the opening free practice sessions of the new Formula One season yesterday as his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg hit early trouble at the Australian Grand Prix.

Dubliner Willie Coyne (Vauxhall Nova) emulated brother Noel by clinching the McLoughlin’s Industrial Flooring Irish Rallycross Championship at Mondello Park yesterday.

Lewis Hamilton has been crowned Formula One world champion after winning the US Grand Prix in the most dramatic of circumstances.

Lewis Hamilton has one hand on the Formula One world championship after he won the Russian Grand Prix today.

Lewis Hamilton says he is in dreamland after he matched his boyhood hero Ayrton Senna’s victory tally with an exhibition drive in Japan.

Lewis Hamilton hailed Pirelli’s decision not to push ahead with their proposal to introduce a substantial hike in tyre pressures for this week’s Italian Grand Prix.

Nico Rosberg emerged unscathed from a catastrophic tyre failure in practice for Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix.

An emotional Sebastian Vettel paid tribute to Jules Bianchi by dedicating his thrilling Hungarian Grand Prix triumph to the fallen Formula One star.

Lewis Hamilton blamed a poor start to the Austrian Grand Prix for costing him a shot at victory.

Lewis Hamilton returned to winning ways as he held off Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg to win the Canadian Grand Prix.

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel gave Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes something to think about ahead of qualifying after topping the timesheet in the final practice session in Monaco.

Nico Rosberg finally got the better of Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton as he sealed pole position at the Spanish Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton made it pole position for the fourth time in a row for the first time in his Formula One career with a storming performance in the desert in Bahrain.

Ferrari are back as Sebastian Vettel ended the famous marque’s 34-race drought without a victory by taking a well-deserved chequered flag in Malaysia.

Nico Rosberg is “100 per cent” convinced he can snatch the Formula One world title from the grasp of Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton.

Lewis Hamilton made British Formula One history as he won the United States Grand Prix for the second time in three years and took another significant stride towards this season’s title.

Nico Rosberg upset the apple cart by claiming his ninth pole position of the season ahead of the United States Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton continued his domination of the inaugural Russian Grand Prix to claim the 38th pole position of his Formula One career, but only after a major error from Williams’ Valtteri Bottas.

Lewis Hamilton admitted he “enjoyed the ride” as he won and extended his championship lead at a wet Suzuka – but it was a serious injury to Marussia’s Jules Bianchi which overshadowed the Japanese Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton secured a third successive win to open up his championship lead at an incident-filled Japanese Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton pipped title rival and Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg by just seven thousandths of a second after a nail-biting qualifying session for the Singapore Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton was back on form as he comfortably topped the timesheet ahead of the Italian Grand Prix as Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg was the one left looking on.

Nico Rosberg edged Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to grab pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix from a wet qualifying session.

Lewis Hamilton produced a bruising practice performance in Spa that put even Formula One title rival and team-mate Nico Rosberg in the shade.

Lewis Hamilton's bid for a fifth pole position in Hungary literally went up in flames today as his car caught fire early in qualifying.

Nico Rosberg of Mercedes will start the German Grand Prix on pole position after qualifying fastest at Hockenheim. Williams driver Valtteri Bottas was second quickest while Ferrari’s Felipe Massa was third.

Mercedes played the strategic game to perfection to help Nico Rosberg claim his third victory this season and spearhead a sixth one-two as title rival Lewis Hamilton was forced to settle for second best.

Lewis Hamilton insists he has cleared the air with team-mate Nico Rosberg, but in the aftermath of the Monaco Grand Prix there is an overwhelming feeling the toxicity remained.

Nico Rosberg returned to the top of the Formula One podium with a lights-to-flag Monaco Grand Prix victory as a left-eye problem for Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton put the blinkers on his challenge.