Mercedes' team boss Toto Wolff has expressed his amazement at Lewis Hamilton winning the Drivers' Championship title for the seventh time. read more »
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Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes race engineer Pete Bonnington has conceded the Briton's title-winning display in Turkey surprised even him despite their many years together. read more »
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Mercedes technical chief James Allison says Lewis Hamilton "doesn't have off-days" - and that has enabled the team to raise the bar so high. read more »
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Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says there is no issue with Lewis Hamilton being polarising in order to speak out about important issues and use his platform read more »
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Valtteri Bottas is already turning his attention towards 2021 and enjoying the final three races of the season now that the pressure is off having lost the F1 title fight to... read more »
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Mercedes has explained why it was so far off the pace during qualifying at the Turkish Grand Prix before Lewis Hamilton stormed to victory on race-day. Drivers were forced to... read more »
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Lewis Hamilton says he did not come close to signing a deal with Ferrari despite holding initial talks to understand what might be possible with the Italian team. read more »
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Lewis Hamilton has revealed some of his desires that will form part of his negotiations over a new contract with Mercedes in F1. read more »
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Lewis Hamilton has revealed he was once told to "go back to your country" as part of the racist abuse he was forced to endure and that fired him up to become a... read more »
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From the unrivalled late drama of 2008 to a record-equalling triumph in 2020, we rank all seven of Lewis Hamilton's world championship triumphs in F1. read more »
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Lewis Hamilton feels that "unsung heroes" are more worthy of a knighthood than he is, despite his record-equalling seventh Formula 1 world championship title. read more »
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Coming from a pit stop behind to win the Turkish GP by 31 seconds, Andrew Shovlin says Lewis Hamilton showed why he's a "seven-time champion" read more »
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Peter Bonnington, Lewis Hamilton's race engineer, says the Brit is better now than he was when the pair started working together in 2013. read more »
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Lewis Hamilton has revealed he held talks with Ferrari in the past but that their respective "positions have never aligned". read more »
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Ex-Mercedes Formula 1 team technical director Paddy Lowe offers his views on whether Lewis Hamilton's seventh title is down to his ability or the Mercedes W11 in... read more »
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Aware of the continued scepticism over his 'best car' success, Lewis Hamilton says he wants more weekends like Istanbul. read more »
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Mercedes chairman Ola Kallenius has paid tribute to Lewis Hamilton, expressing admiration for how the World Champion keeps finding ways to improve. read more »
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Lewis Hamilton has spoken passionately of his desire to have more difficult races like the Turkish GP so he can prove "I deserve my respect" and that his historic... read more »
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It was the drive that confirmed that Lewis Hamillton was a bonafide future star. Will Buxton sat down with the now 7-time champion to watch his incredible recovery drive in a... read more »
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World Champion Lewis Hamilton says he wants more Formula 1 race weekends similar to the Turkish Grand Prix to "show what I'm able to do", after claiming victory... read more »
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Lewis Hamilton has revealed he held talks with Ferrari about potentially driving for F1's most famous team, but says he was "never really close" to joining. read more »
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We take a look back at some of the key moments that swung the 2020 F1 title battle in Lewis Hamilton's favour and enabled him to wrap up an early championship... read more »
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Lewis Hamilton won a record-equalling seventh world championship last week, but F1 still keeps its coveted trophy out of the limelight. We look at why that is and when Hamilton... read more »
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New seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has been named the most influential black person from the UK. read more »
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Is F1's next top star Max Verstappen or Charles Leclerc? And is Fernando Alonso better than Lewis Hamilton? PlanetF1 readers have their say read more »
Japanese Grand Prix
29th of March 2026
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| Pos | Driver | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Russell | 51 |
| 2 | Kimi Antonelli | 47 |
| 3 | Charles Leclerc | 34 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | 33 |
| 5 | Oliver Bearman | 17 |
| 6 | Lando Norris | 15 |
| 7 | Pierre Gasly | 9 |
| 8 | Max Verstappen | 8 |
| 9 | Liam Lawson | 8 |
| 10 | Arvid Lindblad | 4 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercedes | 98 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 67 |
| 3 | McLaren | 18 |
| 4 | Haas F1 Team | 17 |
| 5 | Red Bull Racing | 12 |
| 6 | Racing Bulls | 12 |
| 7 | Alpine | 10 |
| 8 | Audi | 2 |
| 9 | Williams | 2 |
| 10 | Cadillac | 0 |