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Mercedes team-mates Nico Rosberg (R) and Lewis Hamilton are duelling for the Formula One drivers' title

Hamilton and Rosberg ready for final battle

Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg have both come out fighting ahead of their Formula One world title showdown next weekend.

Motorsport • 14 Nov 14

The results of Mercedes pair Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg have earned the constructors' factory workers £10,000 bonuses

Mercedes team members due bonuses

Rank and file Mercedes team members are in line for average bonuses of £10,000 each after Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg brought home the Formula One constructors' title on Sunday.

Motorsport • 14 Oct 14

Lewis Hamilton (C) celebrates the constructors' title with Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg and chairman Nikki Lauda

Mercedes to offer Hamilton new deal

Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff is to offer Lewis Hamilton a new contract at the end of the year in a bid to keep him at the team beyond 2015.

Motorsport • 13 Oct 14

Nico Rosberg’s Mercedes is pushed off the front row after suffering from electronics issue

Mercedes drivers crave reliability

Mercedes team-mates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg are both in agreement that the destiny of the Formula One world championship must not be decided on reliability grounds.

Motorsport • 22 Sep 14

Mercedes insists there was no talk of 'pay back' before Lewis Hamilton's Italian GP win

Mercedes rubbish conspiracy theories

Nico Rosberg and Mercedes chief Toto Wolff have laughed off conspiracy theories suggesting Lewis Hamilton's Italian Grand Prix triumph was fixed.

Motorsport • 08 Sep 14

Lewis Hamilton has questioned the FIA's decision not to investigate the collision with team-mate Nico Rosberg at the Belgian Grand Prix

Wolff warns Mercedes drivers of future conduct

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has warned Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg that their futures at the team could be at risk if they cannot race against each other in the right manner.

Motorsport • 05 Sep 14

Lewis Hamilton (left) and Nico Rosberg (right) collided in Belgium

Rosberg apologises, disciplined for Hamilton crash

Formula One championship leader Nico Rosberg has apologised for colliding with team mate Lewis Hamilton during Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix and has been disciplined, his Mercedes team said today.

Motorsport • 29 Aug 14

Team-mates Lewis Hamilton (L) and and Nico Rosberg collided in just the second lap

Hamilton: Rosberg crashed into me deliberately

Lewis Hamilton has sensationally claimed Nico Rosberg deliberately crashed into him in today's controversial Belgian Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 24 Aug 14

Lewis Hamilton crashes into the hoardings at Hockenheim

Mercedes say Brembo not to blame for brake failure

The Mercedes Formula One team have cleared Italian brake manufacturer Brembo of blame for a disc failure that caused Lewis Hamilton to crash in qualifying for last month's German Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 24 Aug 14

Rosberg secures pole in Belgium

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

Motorsport • 23 Aug 14

Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg of Mercedes have dominated this year

Alonso: Mercedes have raised the bar

Fernando Alonso believes Mercedes to be the surprise of the Formula One season - and now the benchmark for Ferrari to aspire to.

Motorsport • 04 Aug 14

Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton have won nine of ten Grands Prix between them this season

Hamilton contract talks underway

Lewis Hamilton has already opened talks with Mercedes with regard to signing a new deal.

Motorsport • 21 Jul 14

Nico Rosberg currently leads the drivers championship

Rosberg signs new 'multi-year' deal

Nico Rosberg has signed a "multi-year contract extension" with Mercedes, the team have announced.

Motorsport • 16 Jul 14

Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes dominate qualifying in Spain

Hamilton reigns in Spain

Lewis Hamilton made it four pole positions in five races this season as he again left team-mate Nico Rosberg trailing as Mercedes once more locked out the front row of the Spanish Grand Prix grid.

Motorsport • 10 May 14

Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg celebrate with Toto Wolf (centre) after victory in Malaysia

Wolff: Ingredients right for F1 success

Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff believes the right ingredients put together over the last few years have finally turned the team into Formula One title contenders this season.

Motorsport • 17 Apr 14

Bell to leave Mercedes at end of season

Technical director Bob Bell is to leave Mercedes at the end of the Formula One season and will not be replaced.

Motorsport • 14 Apr 14

Mercedes have been sanctioned by the FIA over their involvement in a tyre test with Pirelli last month

Mercedes and Pirelli reprimanded over tyre test

Mercedes and Pirelli have each been reprimanded over their involvement in a tyre test at Barcelona last month, the FIA has confirmed. Mercedes have also been suspended from an upcoming young driver test.

Motorsport • 21 Jun 13

FIA want answers from Mercedes and Pirelli

The FIA has announced that Mercedes and Pirelli have a case to answer over a tyre-testing session carried out at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya last month.

Motorsport • 06 Jun 13