Lewis Hamilton has decided not to back out of on-track battles when he believes he has a right to the corner, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff says. read more »

Red Bull driver Verstappen is currently in his first F1 title battle, leading seven-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton by five points at the top of the drivers'... read more »

Give Charles Leclerc a choice between fighting Max Verstappen or Lewis Hamilton and he'll take the former as it is "on the limit". read more »

Toto Wolff believes it is wrong to expect Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen to wear "velvet gloves" when fighting for the F1 drivers' title. read more »

Valtteri Bottas edged out Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen in the opening free practice session of the Russian Grand Prix weekend on Friday. read more »

Valtteri Bottas, a two-time winner at Sochi, outpaces teammate, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen as Russian Grand Prix weekend gets underway. read more »

Valtteri Bottas leads Lewis Hamilton in a Mercedes one-two in first practice at the Russian Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas made a fast start to the Russian Grand Prix weekend by topping opening practice from Mercedes Formula 1 teammate Lewis Hamilton. read more »

Mercedes have never been beaten in Sochi, winning every race since the first at the Winter Olympics venue in 2014. The Anglo-German team seemingly intends to continue this... read more »

Valtteri Bottas led a Mercedes 1-2 during the opening practice session for Formula 1's Russian Grand Prix at Sochi Autodrom. Bottas clocked a time of 1:34.427s to finish... read more »

Valtteri Bottas was the Mercedes driver to beat in Friday's first practice for the Russian GP, two-tenths up on Lewis Hamilton. read more »

Former McLaren boss Ron Dennis has tipped Max Verstappen to beat Lewis Hamilton to this year's Formula 1 world championship title. read more »

Rules regarding practice starts at the Russian Grand Prix have been revised following Lewis Hamilton's penalty last year. read more »

Lewis Hamilton is hoping he can exploit Max Verstappen's inexperience in this year's F1 title fight after claiming his rival "won't admit" to feeling... read more »

The man who brought Lewis Hamilton to F1, Ron Dennis is tipping Max Verstappen to win the 2021 world championship title. read more »

Max Verstappen says there are a "lot of hypocrites" after he was criticised for walking away from Lewis Hamilton at Monza. read more »

Max Verstappen has laughed off claims from seven-time world champion rival Lewis Hamilton that he is feeling the pressure of his first F1 title fight this season. read more »

Max Verstappen says Lewis Hamilton's claim that the Dutchman may be nervous fighting for his first title shows the Briton "doesn't really know" him. read more »

Former McLaren boss Ron Dennis is tipping Max Verstappen to beat his former protégé Lewis Hamilton to the 2021 Formula 1 drivers' championship title. read more »

Valtteri Bottas said he would 'take one for the team' if Mercedes asked him to let title contender Lewis Hamilton overtake in Sunday's Russian Grand Prix. read more »

Max Verstappen has called people who suggested he walked away without checking on Lewis Hamilton in Monza 'hypocrites', while also questioning why his title rival was... read more »

Max Verstappen says he has moved on from his crash with title rival Lewis Hamilton at the Italian GP and is not planning to change his approach in wheel-to-wheel battles. read more »

Max Verstappen says Lewis Hamilton's suggestion that he could be feeling the pressure of the intensity of his first proper Formula 1 title battle "shows that he... read more »

Max Verstappen rejects Lewis Hamilton's suggestion that he could be feeling the pressure of their title fight. read more »

Max Verstappen reacts to title rival Lewis Hamilton's claim that the pressure of battling for the title is getting to him. read more »