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Lewis Hamilton finished second to Sebastian Vettel at the season opening Australian Grand Prix

Focused Lewis Hamilton ready for title battle

A determined Lewis Hamilton has said he wants to win the world title more than ever before, and claimed his hunger has doubled this season as he prepares for a battle royale with Sebastian Vettel.

Motorsport • 27 Mar 17

Sebastian Vettel went from third to fifth following the penalty

Ferrari seek to overturn Vettel's Mexico penalty

Ferrari sought a review of Sebastian Vettel's Mexican Grand Prix penalty on Thursday after saying new evidence had emerged since the decision was made 11 days ago.

Motorsport • 10 Nov 16

Vettel escapes rant punishment

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel has escaped sanction after apologising to Formula One race director Charlie Whiting and the sport's governing body for Sunday's expletive-laden Mexican Grand Prix rant.

Motorsport • 01 Nov 16

Sebastian Vettel publicly told ace director Charlie Whiting Whiting to "f*** off"

Calls for Vettel to be punished after outburst

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has heaped pressure on Formula One's governing body to sanction Sebastian Vettel for his expletive-fuelled outburst against race director Charlie Whiting on Sunday.

Motorsport • 31 Oct 16

Lewis Hamilton celebrates his pole at Monza

Lewis Hamilton cruises to Italian Grand Prix pole

Lewis Hamilton extended his dominance of the Italian Grand Prix into a third successive year by claiming an emphatic pole position ahead of his championship rival Nico Rosberg.

Motorsport • 03 Sep 16

Lewis Hamilton takes pole for Bahrain GP

Lewis Hamilton broke the lap record in Bahrain to secure pole position for Sunday's race ahead of his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg.

Motorsport • 02 Apr 16

Lewis Hamilton has dominated Formula One in his Mercedes over recent seasons

Vettel warns that champions' dominance is damaging

Lewis Hamilton's winning streak at Mercedes has become a turn-off for Formula One fans according to former world champion Sebastian Vettel.

Motorsport • 15 Feb 16

The Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg touch wheels at the first turn in Austin

Vettel hoping that Hamilton and Rosberg crash out

Mischievous Sebastian Vettel has called on Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg to crash into each other at the opening corner of Sunday night's Mexican Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 01 Nov 15

Sebastian Vettel celebrates his victory in Malaysia

Vettel seals Ferrari triumph in Malaysia

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.

Motorsport • 29 Mar 15

Sebastian Vettel (l) takes over from Fernando Alonso

Vettel replaces Alonso at Ferrari

Quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel will replace Fernando Alonso at Ferrari next season after signing a three-year deal.

Motorsport • 20 Nov 14

Red Bull chief Christian Horner backing Sebastian Vettel

Horner defends struggling Vettel

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has defended outgoing champion Sebastian Vettel after another race in which he again played second fiddle to team-mate Daniel Ricciardo.

Motorsport • 08 Sep 14

Sebastian Vettel (r) on the podium in Malaysia last Sunday with winner Lewis Hamilton

Horner defends swearing Vettel

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has launched a vigorous defence of Sebastian Vettel after the reigning world champion used an expletive to describe Formula One's latest sound.

Motorsport • 01 Apr 14

Sebastian Vettel is the Laureus Sportsman of the Year

Vettel and Franklin win top Laureus Awards

Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel and American swimming sensation Missy Franklin were named Laureus Sportsman and Woman of the Year on Wednesday.

Other sport • 26 Mar 14

Sebastian Vettel: 'Drivers, fans and experts are horrified'

Vettel: Double points scheme 'absurd'

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel insists fellow Formula One drivers and race fans are "horrified" at plans to award double points at the final race of next season.

Motorsport • 11 Dec 13

Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel race together at the annual race of Champions event as Team Germany

Schumacher hails record-breaker Vettel

Seven times world champion Michael Schumacher hailed Sebastian Vettel's record-breaking Formula One season today and said the gulf between his fellow German and his Red Bull team mate Mark Webber had been 'shocking'.

Motorsport • 29 Nov 13

Vettel on pole for US Grand Prix

Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel will start tomorrow's United States Grand Prix on Pole position, ahead of team-mate Mark Webber and Lotus’ Romain Grosjean.

Motorsport • 16 Nov 13

Sebastian Vettel wrapped his fourth world title on the trot

Vettel proud of his winning record

Sebastian Vettel has rejected suggestions the Formula One public has become apathetic to his domination of the sport.

Motorsport • 07 Nov 13

Sebastian Vettel lapped the Yas Marina circuit with a time of one minute 41.349 but team-mate Mark Webber was faster

Webber and Vettel claim top spots at Abu Dhabi

Red Bull locked out the front row of the grid for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix but it was Mark Webber and not Sebastian Vettel who secured pole position.

Motorsport • 02 Nov 13

Daniel Ricciardo (left) will partner Sebastian Vettel next year

Ricciardo tipped to shine by Red Bull boss

Red Bull boss Christian Horner believes Australian Daniel Ricciardo will cope with the "daunting" task of joining the reigning constructors' champions as Sebastian Vettel's team-mate next year.

Motorsport • 01 Nov 13

Sebastian Vettel is champagne-soaked by Nico Rosberg (L) third placed Romain Grosjean (R)

Vettel claims fourth Formula One crown

Sebastian Vettel became only the fourth man in history to win four Formula One drivers' titles by easing to a dominant victory in today's Indian Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 27 Oct 13

Sebastian Vettel: 'As for the championship we have a good gap, so we'll still keep pushing'

Vettel moves closer to title with Japan GP win

Sebastian Vettel edged closer to the Formula One world title after winning his fourth Japanese Grand Prix in five years.

Motorsport • 13 Oct 13

Sebastian Vettel is set to wrap up the 2013 Drivers' Championship

Vettel ready to put F1 championship to bed

At the end of a week in which he has been accused of sending Formula One fans to sleep, Sebastian Vettel can put the championship to bed on Sunday.

Motorsport • 09 Oct 13

Sebastian Vettel's dominance may be harming F1 according to Lewis Hamilton

Vettel dominance is boring: Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton fears Sebastian Vettel's Formula One dominance is becoming as much of a television turn-off for some fans as Michael Schumacher's relentless success was a decade ago.

Motorsport • 07 Oct 13

The win was the 34th of Vettel's F1 career

Vettel cruises to Korea Grand Prix win

Sebastian Vettel stands potentially seven days away from becoming a four-time Formula One champion after another cruise in Korea.

Motorsport • 06 Oct 13

Sebastian Vettel celebrates winning at the Autodromo Nazionale circuit in Monza

Vettel is victorious in Italian Grand Prix

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel won the Italian Grand Prix at a canter on Sunday to move 53 points clear of Ferrari's Fernando Alonso in the Formula One championship after six victories from 12 races.

Motorsport • 08 Sep 13