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Ferrari boss: Hamilton is 'frustrated not demotivated'

Despite Lewis Hamilton's recent comments referring to himself as "absolutely useless", Ferrari Team Principal Fred Vasseur defended the seven-time World Champion, saying he is "frustrated but not demotivated."

Motorsport • 04 Aug

Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Scuderia Ferrari is interviewed during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Hungary at Hungaroring on August 01, 2025 in Budapest, Hungary

'Useless' Hamilton says Ferrari should replace him

Lewis Hamilton said he is "absolutely useless" and claimed Ferrari need to replace him after he qualified 12th for the Hungarian Grand Prix - as team-mate Charles Leclerc took pole position.

Motorsport • 02 Aug

Lewis Hamilton (car no 44) and Charles Leclerc's cars were both disqualified for different infringements

Ferrari boss hits out at broadcasting of Hamilton radio

Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur took aim at Formula One's "joke" broadcast of the Chinese Grand Prix as he accused the sport of deliberately creating a show when Lewis Hamilton offered to move aside for Charles Leclerc.

Motorsport • 24 Mar

Piastri will start at the front of the grid for the first time in his career

Piastri takes maiden pole position in China

Oscar Piastri raised the stakes in his championship battle with Lando Norris by securing the first pole position of his career at the Chinese Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 22 Mar

Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton celebrates taking pole position after the sprint qualifying session at the Chinese Grand Prix

Hamilton takes pole position for Shanghai sprint race

Lewis Hamilton landed his first pole position as a Ferrari driver by taking top spot for Saturday's sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 21 Mar

Norris grabs season's first pole at Australian GP

Lando Norris took pole position for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix after he edged out McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri.

Motorsport • 15 Mar

The 2025 grid featuring six rookies, two forty-somethings and 13 combined drivers titles

F1 gladiators gear up for a 'last days of Rome' season

Raf Diallo sets the scene for the new Formula One season with plenty of change in the final season before the 2026 regulation overall.

Motorsport • 13 Mar

Lewis Hamilton moves to the Italian team after 12 years with Mercedes

Hamilton relishing his new partnership with Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton said he is realising his dream and starting a "new era" for Ferrari as he arrived at Maranello for his first official day with the Scuderia.

Motorsport • 20 Jan

Race winner Max Verstappen stops in parc ferme

Verstappen adds to title glory with victory in Qatar

Max Verstappen followed up securing his fourth world championship by winning a chaotic Qatar Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton suffered another miserable evening in his penultimate Mercedes appearance

Motorsport • 01 Dec 24

Lewis Hamilton had qualified in seventh position

Hamilton to start Azerbaijani GP from pit lane

Lewis Hamilton will start the Azerbaijan Grand Prix from the pit lane after Mercedes fitted a new engine ahead of the race.

Motorsport • 15 Sep 24

Team principal Toto Wolff with Kimi Antonelli who has now been promoted to F1

Mercedes confirm Antonelli as Hamilton successor

Teenager Kimi Antonelli has been named as Lewis Hamilton's replacement at Mercedes - 24 hours after his Formula One debut ended in the wall.

Motorsport • 31 Aug 24

Kimi Antonelli after crashing just 10 minutes into practice at the Italian GP

Antonelli set to be named as Hamilton's replacement

Teenager Kimi Antonelli is set to be named as Lewis Hamilton's replacement at Mercedes on Saturday – 24 hours after his Formula One debut ended in the wall.

Motorsport • 30 Aug 24

Lando Norris had 22.8 seconds to spare over Max Verstappen at the finish

Norris dominates Verstappen to take Dutch GP victory

Lando Norris beat Max Verstappen in the Dutch driver's backyard to ignite his hopes of winning the Formula One world championship.

Motorsport • 25 Aug 24

Lewis Hamilton was handed victory at the Belgian Grand Prix

Updated Hamilton awarded Belgian GP after Russell disqualified

George Russell's victory at the Belgian Grand Prix has been placed in significant doubt after his car was found to be below the minimum weight allowance.

Motorsport • 28 Jul 24

Oscar Piastri (centre) claimed victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix

Piastri takes first F1 win amid team orders row

Australian Oscar Piastri took his first Formula One win in a McLaren one-two at the Hungarian Grand Prix after Lando Norris reluctantly handed back the lead on team orders three laps from the end on an afternoon of high drama.

Motorsport • 21 Jul 24

Lewis Hamilton en route to victory at Silverstone

Hamilton rolls back years to win British Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton claimed his first win in 945 days and took a record-extending ninth British Grand Prix victory on a wet, wild and emotional afternoon at Silverstone.

Motorsport • 07 Jul 24

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff (L) with Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes told no criminal offence commited over email

Mercedes have been told no criminal offences were committed after the British-based Formula One team called on police to investigate an anonymous email which claimed Lewis Hamilton's car was being "sabotaged".

Motorsport • 25 Jun 24

Reigning triple world champion Verstappen extends his championship lead to 69 points

Verstappen fends off Norris to reign in Spain

Max Verstappen held off Lando Norris' late charge to win the Spanish Grand Prix and extend his championship lead.

Motorsport • 23 Jun 24

Mercedes F1 principal Toto Wolff denied the email had come from anyone within the team

Mercedes call in police after anonymous 'sabotage' mail

Mercedes have called in the police after an anonymous email purporting to be from an insider accused the Formula One team of sabotaging their departing seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton.

Motorsport • 21 Jun 24

Verstappen rages at Hamilton after Imola flashpoint

A furious Max Verstappen deliberately drove in front of Lewis Hamilton as the one-time rivals clashed in practice for Sunday's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola.

Motorsport • 17 May 24

Max Verstappen secured his seventh straight pole

Verstappen on pole in Miami after winning sprint race

Max Verstappen continued his crushing dominance of Formula One by taking pole position for the Miami Grand Prix, four hours after racing to victory in Saturday's sprint race.

Motorsport • 04 May 24

Lewis Hamilton will have only RB's Yuki Tsunoda and Williams' Logan Sargeant behind him on the grid

Highs and lows for Hamilton in China as Max takes pole

Lewis Hamilton's troubled start to the new season took another desperate twist on Saturday after he qualified a lowly 18th for the Chinese Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 20 Apr 24

Lewis Hamilton in action on Melbourne's Albert Park

Hamilton bemoans inconsistency as Verstappen takes pole

Lewis Hamilton said the inconsistency of his Mercedes "messes with the mind" following his worst qualifying performance in Australia for 14 years.

Motorsport • 23 Mar 24

Lewis Hamilton talks with FIA president Mohammed ben Sulayem prior to the 2022 Netherlands Grand Prix

Hamilton: I've never backed FIA chief Ben Sulayem

Lewis Hamilton said he has never supported Formula One's ruler Mohammed ben Sulayem - and believes the sport is sending out a "message that if you file a complaint, you will be fired" amid the Christian Horner controversy.

Motorsport • 21 Mar 24

Massa believes he is the rightful winner of the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship

Felipe Massa brings legal action over 2008 F1 title

Lewis Hamilton's first Formula One world championship is the subject of legal action after Felipe Massa filed a lawsuit against Formula One, its governing body the FIA and the sport's former supremo Bernie Ecclestone in London's High Court on Monday.

Motorsport • 11 Mar 24