For 12 seasons, Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes penned one of the most fabled stories in the history of Formula One.

Addressing the media, Wolff confirmed he had spoken to Hamilton, stating: "Lewis and I speak - we have always done so - and a sentence that correlates or a sentence that then happens is being made public on the weekend, particularly where he has not been satisfied about his driving and about the car, then one plus one then makes it look bad.

Mercedes Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton has issued an emotional tribute to one of motorsport's most iconic figures. Mary McGee, a female racing pioneer and subject profiled in an Oscar-contending documentary “Motorcycle Mary,

George Russell led growing criticism of FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem in the F1 paddock on Thursday night, calling for “greater clarity and stability” at motorsport’s world governing body on a day when two more senior figures departed, with one of them claiming he was “sacked by text message”.

The action starts today (Friday, November 29) with FP1 at 4:30pm local time (AST), which will be the one and only practice session of the weekend. Sprint Qualifying will follow at 8:30pm on Friday to set the grid for Saturday's race which gets underway at 5:00pm.

Formula One statistics for the Qatar Grand Prix, penultimate round of the 24-race season which also features the sixth and last Saturday sprint of 2024: Lap distance: 5.419km. Total distance: 308.611km (57 laps) 2023 sprint winner: Oscar Piastri (Australia) McLaren 2023 pole position: Max Verstappen (Netherlands) Red Bull One minute 23.