Lewis Hamilton is the favorite to break several records held by Michael Schumacher, though the most important one he can only equate - we bring a preview of what records are in jeopardy this season and what are the chances of Hamilton breaking them.

The Japanese engine manufacturer Honda for the first time since their 2015 comeback had an opportunity to collect with two cars as they clocked more laps than engines from Mercedes and Renault while Ferrari is convincingly on top with its customers Alfa Romeo and Haas.

Lewis Hamilton continues to dominate Formula 1 and write new pages of F1 history - this season he won the fifth world championship title, but also added some other records - which means it is the right time to see how Hamilton stands against the greats of this sport.

Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel have equalized the Senna-Prost record in a number of starts from the front row while Hamilton in Abu Dhabi targets another record which is currently held by Vettel.

The winner of the first two Formula 1 races of the 2018 F1 season Sebastian Vettel has great chances to become a world champion, at least if we are to believe in the F1 history that teaches us that drivers in his situation mostly became champions in that year - MAXF1 brings you a historycal analysis who managed to win the title after winning the first two races and who failed.

The World Champions Mercedes were the best team in reliability terms too with the most mileage of all teams while their customers Force India and Williams secured second and third place.

Lewis Hamilton wrote history by winning the fourth World Champion title and equalled himself with Prost and Vettel, but he also managed to score points in all the races of the season, just like Michael Schumacher has done in 2002.

Lewis Hamilton won another award in this year's Formula 1 World Championship as he drove most fastest laps in 20 races.

Although top speeds ahead of the braking zones are not fully representative for the engine power evaluation due to unknown levels of downforce, and therefore air resistance each individual car has, let's see who was fastest on the speed traps in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix.

New cars are faster than ever, the track record was improved by more than a second, and the goal of achieving five seconds faster times compared to 2015 is fulfilled- is the new Formula 1 really the fastest in history?