Mercedes' Toto Wolff has explained the details of the new contract for Lewis Hamilton after various rumors surfaced in recent weeks in the absence of real information about the new contract.

Lewis Hamilton has finally signed a new contract with Mercedes that will be valid for this season after winning his seventh championship title and sixth with Mercedes last season.

Lewis Hamilton explained the most important decision of his career when he decided to move to Mercedes in 2012 and says that it was important for him to contribute in development of the team to be able to compete for the titles.

Valtteri Bottas admits he won’t have many more chances to beat Lewis Hamilton in the same car and that next year could be crucial as he has a contract with Mercedes for just one more year.

Lewis Hamilton won the first F1 race in Austin on this day in 2012 after he defeated Sebastian Vettel in Red Bull who started from pole position, overtaking him on the longest straight with DRS assistance.

Lewis Hamilton won the 2014 US GP after he beat his team mate Nico Rosberg on track and moved closer to his second world championship.

On this day in 2008, Lewis Hamilton finished fifth in the last race of the 2008 F1 championship in Brazil after he overtook Timo Glock in Toyota in the last lap and became the youngest F1 champion of all time.

The 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix was first of all significant for the first victory of a F1 hybrid car - McLaren MP4-24 with a Mercedes 2.4-liter V8 engine equipped with a KERS Kinetic Energy Recovery System, but will also be remembered for Massa's accident.

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.