Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has rejected suggestions from Grand Prix supremo Bernie Ecclestone that the racist abuse he suffered this year could be brushed off as a "joke."
Lewis Hamilton's achievement in winning the Formula One World Championship has been recognised by a letter of commendation from Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.
Lewis Hamilton awoke on Monday in his hotel room in Brazil as Formula One's first black and youngest champion - to face global acclamation of his feats and predictions that he will be the world's highest paid sports star.
An emotional Lewis Hamilton admitted he was virtually lost for words and did not know he had succeeded on Sunday when he became the youngest man to win the Formula One drivers' world championship.
Britain's Lewis Hamilton won the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday but was denied the world championship by title rival Felipe Massa, who finished second.
Britain's Lewis Hamilton drove a dramatic last lap on Saturday to snatch pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix, where he is aiming to become Formula One's youngest ever champion.- Britain's Lewis Hamilton led the way from title rival Felipe Massa in opening practice on Friday for Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix, the penultimate race of the season.
Brazilian Felipe Massa has declared himself innocent of deliberately ramming into Lewis Hamilton during a heated aftermath to Japanese Grand Prix.
Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso claimed his second victory of the season on Sunday when he drove to a comfortable triumph in a drama-packed Japanese Grand Prix.- World championship leader Lewis Hamilton secured pole position on Saturday for the Japanese Grand Prix with a dazzling last-gasp lap in qualifying, leaving rival Felipe Massa in fifth.
- McLaren's Lewis Hamilton threw down the gauntlet to world championship rival Felipe Massa on Friday in opening practice for the Japanese Grand Prix, topping the timesheets.
Felipe Massa says that staying positive will be crucial at the Japan Grand Prix this week as he attempts to close the gap on world championship leader Lewis Hamilton.
Spain's two-time world champion Fernando Alonso, who won Formula One's first night race in Singapore on Sunday, said on Monday that he expects there will be more nocturnal Grand Prix.
Ferrari's Felipe Massa put in a stunning final lap in Saturday's qualifying session to steal pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix from championship rival Lewis Hamilton.
Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso stunned Lewis Hamilton to grab the fastest time in opening practice for the Singapore Grand Prix on Friday, driving supremely under lights for the first time.- World championship leader Lewis Hamilton insisted on Thursday the drama of his Belgium Grand Prix appeal had not affected his preparations for Singapore, saying he was oozing confidence.
Defending world champion Kimi Raikkonen admitted on Thursday that his hopes of retaining the title were now out of his hands, but vowed to do all he could to haul himself back into the race.- Lewis Hamilton on Tuesday lost his appeal to have his win at the Belgian Grand Prix reinstated after the FIA ruling body confirmed a 25-second sanction against him for cutting a chicane.
- Lewis Hamilton insists he's not thinking about being crowned Formula One world champion just yet, with four races left and six drivers still mathematically in the hunt.
- Lewis Hamilton arrived in Paris on Sunday to appear before a three-man FIA tribunal hearing his Belgian Grand Prix appeal.
- Lewis Hamilton and his McLaren-Mercedes team enter Monday's appeal against a Belgian Grand Prix penalty in a confident mood, with the British Formula One driver declaring himself "not guilty."
- Hamilton said he intends to use the widespread sense of injustice that has followed his loss of victory in Belgium last weekend as a source of energy to keep him and the McLaren team on the attack in this weekend's Italian Grand Prix.
- Lewis Hamilton's McLaren team confirmed on Tuesday that they were appealing against the controversial decision of stripping the British Formula One driver of his victory in last weekend's Belgian Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton was stripped of victory in the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday after being penalised 25 seconds by the race stewards. Ferrari's Felipe Massa was promoted to race winner.
The close-fought race for the Formula One driver's championship is developing into a two-way contest between Britain's Lewis Hamilton and Brazil's Felipe Massa.
