F1

British driver Lewis Hamilton clinched his third Formula One world championship after winning a thrilling and unpredictable US Grand Prix for Mercedes.

Former world champion Jenson Button is to stay on at McLaren next season, ending speculation of pending retirement from Formula One.

France's Romain Grosjean is leaving Lotus to become 'lead driver' at the new US-owned Haas Formula One team in 2016.

Lewis Hamilton won the Japanese Grand Prix to equal the late Ayrton Senna's tally of 41 Formula One victories and move 48 points clear of team-mate Nico Rosberg.

The Formula One team Red Bull will have a new engine partner next season after confirming that their fractious relationship with Renault was over.

Lewis Hamilton has won the Italian GP to take a 53-point Formula One lead, after team-mate and closest rival Nico Rosberg retired with his car in flames.

The formula one world champion Lewis Hamilton has held off a strong Ferrari challenge to seal his seventh pole position in a row.