Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes enjoyed a big advantage in straight line speed in the Brazilian GP over their direct competitors even though they had high downforce settings that allowed them to perform well in corners - we bring an overview of top speeds in qualifying, sprint and race.

Lewis Hamilton will receive a five place grid penalty for changing the engine at the Brazilian GP after Mercedes opted for the fifth V6 engine ahead of the rest of the season.

Valtteri Bottas secured his first win of the season after a dominant run from pole position, with Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez completing the podium for Red Bull while Lewis Hamilton finished fifth.

Lewis Hamilton will receive a 10-place grid penalty at the Turkish GP for taking a fourth V6 engine, Mercedes confirmed during the first free practice session in Istanbul.

At the tenth race of the championship at Silverstone, Mercedes brought the long-announced package of aerodynamic improvements which could decide their chances of fighting the faster Red Bull who increased its advantage in the drivers' and constructors' championship - we bring an overview of changes to the Mercedes F1 W12.

The current world champions are preparing several improvements for their current F1 W12 car in the hope that this will also help them fight Red Bull, which has significantly improved its RB16B in the last few races.

Lewis Hamilton has signed a new two-year contract with the Mercedes F1 team that will keep him in Formula 1 at least until the end of 2023, the team confirmed on Saturday at the Austrian Grand Prix.

For the first time since the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix, Mercedes did not score points in the race, interrupting the currently longest active series in Formula 1, but this series is only the fourth longest in the history of Formula 1 - the longest held by Ferrari in the era of Red Bull domination.

Lewis Hamilton congratulated Max Verstappen and his team for doing a better job last weekend, but warns that he and his team must do everything to prevent such a bad weekend from happening again.

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in the second free practice for the Portuguese GP, where he was one tenth of a second faster than Max Verstappen in Red Bull, which kept Mercedes at the top after the first day in Portugal.