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With a final round-up from the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez following Sunday’s Mexican Grand Prix, Crash.net F1 Digital Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook.  

The coronation of only the third five-time champion in Formula 1 history may be the major news following Sunday’s Mexican Grand Prix, yet it was secured in anything but the fashion Lewis Hamilton would have liked it to have been.

One of my favourite souvenirs acquired over my years in Formula 1 is a jacket given to me by the organisers of the Mexican Grand Prix a couple of years ago - that iconic black bomber with ‘Mexico is the shit’ written on the back.

With all of the news and notes from the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez following qualifying for the Mexican Grand Prix on Saturday, Crash.net F1 Digital Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook.

When Max Verstappen burst onto the scene in Formula 1 at the tender age of 17 back in 2015, he looked poised to tear up the record books and set new benchmarks within the sport’s history.

Recapping all of the news and notes following a busy Friday in Mexico, Crash.net F1 Digital Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook.

Free Practice 2 rarely offers much in the way of excitement in Formula 1, such is the nature of teams’ programmes to set things up for the rest of the weekend, but Friday’s session ahead of the Mexican Grand Prix offered signs of potential for an unpredictable weekend ahead.

The Formula 1 fiesta began at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on Thursday as media duties got underway ahead of the Mexican Grand Prix. Recap all of the latest news and updates in Crash.net F1 Digital Editor Luke Smith’s paddock notebook.

Formula 1 heads to Mexico City for this weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix, an event which could mark a championship coronation for the second successive year.

Lewis Hamilton will be crowned the 2018 Formula 1 world champion if he finishes inside the top seven at this weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix.

2018 has been Williams’ annus horribilis in Formula 1. After being a consistent force in the upper-midfield through the V6 turbo era, the team’s fortunes took a significant dip this year, leaving it rooted to the foot of the constructors’ championship table.

Running through the Formula 1 field after a thrilling United States Grand Prix on Sunday, Crash.net F1 Digital Editor Luke Smith brings you his driver ratings. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - 8

With a final round-up from the Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas, following Sunday’s United States Grand Prix, Crash.net F1 Digital Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook.

It’s very rare for the Formula 1 media centre to break out in applause at the result of a race, but such is the rarity of a Kimi Raikkonen victory nowadays, there was little surprise the assembled journalists (yours truly included) showed a sign of congratulations to the Ferrari man upon the cheq

Rounding up all of the additional news and notes from the Circuit of The Americas on Saturday, Crash.net F1 Digital Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook.

Saturday’s qualifying for the United States Grand Prix saw some long-awaited positive signs of life from Ferrari in the fight with Mercedes for the Formula 1 championships in 2018.

After a damp day in Austin, Crash.net F1 Digital Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook,

- The main driver news coming out of Thursday at the Circuit of The Americas was confirmation that Sergio Perez has re-signed with Force India for the 2019 season.

Lewis Hamilton could win the 2018 Formula 1 drivers’ world championship at this weekend’s United States Grand Prix in Austin.

Formula 1 makes its annual visit to the United States of America this weekend for the possible coronation of only the third five-time world champion in its history.

And so another bright talent of the Formula 1 world prepares to bid farewell to the grandest stage in motorsport.

One of the off-track highlights of attending the Japanese Grand Prix weekend at Suzuka is roaming around the fan area outside of the paddock, which is unrivalled for atmosphere in Formula 1.

Throughout Lewis Hamilton’s Formula 1 career similarities have been drawn to his boyhood idol Ayrton Senna.

The final round of qualifying for the 2018 Japanese Grand Prix marked a fitting reward for Honda’s toils over the past four years in Formula 1.