Hamilton leads Vettel in practice

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton leads first practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix to suggest he could continue his good form after winning the last race in Germany.

Button and car were always one step ahead

Jenson Button was still repeating his "I'm the world champion!" mantra in the early hours of yesterday morning, as the dawn's early light filtered across the skyline of Sao Paulo, the frantic city whose Interlagos race track has, by one of those tricks of coincidence, for the past two seasons yielded the world championship crown to the fifth-placed driver of car No 22.

I could have been as good as Button says former team-mate

Derek Hayes hasn't set foot on a race track in over five years; indeed the closest he gets now is occasionally tuning in to Formula One on TV.

Briatore expelled for life as Renault escape ban

Flavio Briatore's spectacular fall was completed yesterday as Formula One's governing body took the unprecedented step of banning the former Renault team principal for life.

Valencia's road race passes its grand prix driving test

In the end, all the scare stories proved wide of the mark, and the first day of running on Valencia's new "urban" circuit was judged a great success. There had been fears that a slight mismatch in height between the track surface and the swivelling section of the bridge between Turn Nine and 10 might generate hard enough impact loadings to create punctures, or that the drivers would be unhappy with the run-off areas at turns Eight, 12 and 17.

Lewis Hamilton wins German Grand Prix with dominant drive

Lewis Hamilton had just produced a drive of breathtaking brilliance to win the German Grand Prix and, having finished all the podium celebrations, the winner's press conference and assorted television interviews, was about to walk back into his team's motorhome.