On this day in 2008, Lewis Hamilton won his home race for the first time at rainy Silverstone after the first pole position of his team mate Heikki Kovalainen.

Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso locked out the front row for the second race in a row for McLaren on this day in 2007 with Briton again faster in Indianapolis where he won after resisting pressure from Alonso in the second stint.

Jenson Button celebrated his second win for McLaren in just fourth race for the team after he and Hamilton excelled in the rainy conditions and beat Red Bull and Ferrari drivers in 2010 Chinese GP.

World champion Lewis Hamilton says the 2019 Honda F1 engine is within 10 horsepower compared to Mercedes and Ferrari and expects Red Bull to be more dangerous than last year.

Lewis Hamilton took the record eighth pole position in Melbourne after defeating team-mate Valtteri Bottas in his last qualifying attempt while Max Verstappen split the Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc in fourth place for Red Bull.

Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas were surprised with Mercedes advantage over their competition in the first qualifying session of the new 2019 F1 season in Australia and believe that it's a consequence of a better understanding of the car and its settings since the pre-season testing in Barcelona.

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in the third free practice session for the Australian GP, but Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc got closer to the world champion and finished second and third fastest for Ferrari ahead of qualifying.

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in the first free practice session of the new 2019 F1 season in Melbourne, where he was less than a tenth of a second ahead of Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc.

Formula 1 World Champion Nico Rosberg believes Lewis Hamilton has more natural talent than Michael Schumacher despite German driver being the most successful Formula One driver of all time.

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.