George Russell’s near-win in Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes sparks Formula One debate

McLaren 2007 season  Finished: 2nd  Wins and podiums: Four wins, 12 podiums (109 points) World champion: Kimi Raikkonen (110 points with Ferrari) It was a record-breaking year for Hamilton in his debut season where he came within a point of winning the world title as a rookie. However, in the penultimate race in China, Hamilton’s … Read more

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff admits Lewis Hamilton is ‘not great’ after positive coronavirus test 

Lewis Hamilton is ‘not great’ and still suffering from coronavirus symptoms after testing positive on Monday, his Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has said. Hamilton is currently recovering in bed while self-isolating and has been forced to miss this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix with George Russell, on loan from the Williams team, filling in for him. Hamilton, … Read more

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff admits Lewis Hamilton is ‘not great’ after positive coronavirus test 

Lewis Hamilton is ‘not great’ and still suffering from coronavirus symptoms after testing positive on Monday, his Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has said. Hamilton is currently recovering in bed while self-isolating and has been forced to miss this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix with George Russell, on loan from the Williams team, filling in for him. Hamilton, … Read more

JONATHAN McEVOY: F1 is gripped by the mystery of how Hamilton contracted Covid

How did the germ-freak Lewis Hamilton contract Covid? That is the question gripping the Formula One contingent away in Bahrain – with Mercedes super-sensitive about the issue. The world championship team’s hapless PR department is not even answering basic questions, which serves only to fuel the intrigue. Perhaps he was struck with the virus around … Read more

Lewis Hamilton has tested positive for coronavirus

F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton tests positive for coronavirus days after winning the Bahrain Grand Prix and will MISS this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix after a spell in isolation Mercedes said Lewis Hamilton has mild symptoms but is otherwise fit and well Hamilton will miss this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix after his diagnosis The seven-time … Read more

Lewis Hamilton has tested positive for coronavirus

F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton tests positive for coronavirus days after winning the Bahrain Grand Prix and will MISS this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix after a spell in isolation By Jonathan Mcevoy For Mail Online Published: 07:27 GMT, 1 December 2020 | Updated: 07:36 GMT, 1 December 2020 Lewis Hamilton has tested positive for coronavirus just … Read more

Lewis Hamilton will guest edit BBC Radio 4’s Today show over Christmas

Lewis Hamilton will guest edit BBC Radio 4’s Today programme over Christmas – just as his knighthood is expected to be confirmed, it was revealed today.  The Formula 1 star, 35, who won his seventh world title this year, is one of several big names who will run the corporation’s top radio news show for a day … Read more

Family asks Lewis Hamilton to help their father who is on death row

The wife of a Death Row prisoner wept when Lewis Hamilton said he had read a letter from her husband begging him to use Sunday’s Grand Prix in Bahrain to intervene in his case. Zeinab Ramadhan, 31, spoke after the British F1 driver said he wanted to ‘digest’ what he had read after being handed … Read more

Family asks Lewis Hamilton to help their father who is on death row

The wife of a Death Row prisoner wept when Lewis Hamilton said he had read a letter from her husband begging him to use Sunday’s Grand Prix in Bahrain to intervene in his case. Zeinab Ramadhan, 31, spoke after the British F1 driver said he wanted to ‘digest’ what he had read after being handed … Read more

Lewis Hamilton is a SEVEN-time world champion… but is he the greatest sporting Brit EVER?

It’s been the subject of sporting conversations across the land this week. In the aftermath of Lewis Hamilton’s seventh Formula 1 world title, is he now the greatest British sportsperson ever?  Hamilton made history on Sunday by equalling Michael Schumacher’s all-time title record and few would bet against him sealing a record-setting eighth world crown … Read more