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Lewis Hamilton is dicing with danger from the authorities after his second reprimand of the 2021 season. He is now on the brink of receiving a 10-place grid penalty ahead of some of the biggest races of the campaign.

held on to take his fifth pole of the season in Jeddah after Max Verstappen hit the wall at the final corner on his last lap in Q3, having looked set to grab top spot at the finish.  The crash meant Verstappen will start the inaugural Saudi Arabian GP from third place behind a Mercedes front row lockout with Hamilton on pole from team-mate Valtteri Bottas, but Hamilton remains wary of Red Bull’s pace this weekend.

F1 hopeful Callum Ilott has been left devastated after missing out on a place on the starting grid in 2022 to Guanyu Zhou.Ilott, who is Ferrari's test driver and Alfa Romeo's second reserve driver, had been tipped to get his big break in the sport next season. But that opportunity will now go to Zhou, who received a message of support from Ilott on Instagram following the announcement.Sharing a picture of himself with the newly-promoted star, Ilott wrote: "All the best mate," and tagged his former F2 rival.

Lewis Hamilton's reaction after the Mexico City Grand Prix left his fans "heartbroken" as his rival Max Verstappen managed to secure the 18th win of his Formula One career.The Brit started the day in second-place on the grid with teammate Valtteri Bottas ahead in pole, but the two Mercedes drivers were left gutted in Mexico.Rivals Red Bull were expected to have more pace all weekend due to the higher altitude and only finished behind in qualifying due to individual errors in Q3.Verstappen and Sergio 'Checo' Perez soon corrected that as the former climbed from third to finish ahead of Championship rival Hamilton, becoming the first driver ever to win three Mexican Grand Prix races ahead of legends like Jim Clark.

Lewis Hamilton's reaction after the Mexico City Grand Prix left his fans "heartbroken" as his rival Max Verstappen managed to secure the 18th win of his Formula One career.The Brit started the day in second-place on the grid with teammate Valtteri Bottas ahead in pole, but the two Mercedes drivers were left gutted in Mexico.Rivals Red Bull were expected to have more pace all weekend due to the higher altitude and only finished behind in qualifying due to individual errors in Q3.Verstappen and Sergio 'Checo' Perez soon corrected that as the former climbed from third to finish ahead of Championship rival Hamilton, becoming the first driver ever to win three Mexican Grand Prix races ahead of legends like Jim Clark.

Lewis Hamilton raged down the radio after fellow Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas snatched victory at the Turkish Grand Prix.The Brit could be heard saying: "We shouldn't have come in. Massive graining man.

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!F1 star Lewis Hamilton has publicly welcomed the news that fellow Brit George Russell will join him at Mercedes next season by sharing a special moment between the pair when the latter was an aspiring young racer.

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!George Russell's move to Mercedes for the 2022 season has been all but confirmed as Valtteri Bottas has announced he is moving back to Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN on a multi-year deal.Russell earned his first podium at the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa thanks to an incredible qualifying run.However, he was unable to replicate his success in the Netherlands over the weekend.But Russell has still earned praise from across the paddock.Bottas, on the other hand, finished on the podium, but it wasn't enough to earn a seat at Mercedes next season as he has confirmed his exit on Monday lunchtime.The Finn, who has spent the last five years at Mercedes, said: "A new chapter in my racing career is

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!George Russell has reportedly signed a contract with Mercedes after he went to Toto Wolff's office following the finish of the Dutch Grand Prix.Valtteri Bottas is out of contract at the end of the season, and rumours have been circulating about who is going to join Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes for the 2022 campaign.And Nico Rosberg has claimed on Sky Sports F1 that Russell has signed with Mercedes after reports of a film crew being called to Wolff's office.Netflix's Drive to Survive documentary team were reportedly called to his office after being called to witness 'contracts being signed' Rosberg claimed."By the way on George Russell, I've got a rumour," the 2016 Drivers World Champion

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Mercedes are reportedly set to announce George Russell as Lewis Hamilton’s team-mate for 2022 - and the seven-time world champion is hardly pleased about it.In a statement last night, Kimi Raikkonen - the 2007 world champion - declared he will retire from F1 at the end of the current season, freeing up a seat at Alfa Romeo which Toto Wolff is reportedly keen to secure for Valtteri Bottas as compensation for his cooperation.Hamilton publicly backed Bottas and pushed for the Finn to remain at the team next season but Mercedes team principal Wolff has reportedly decided to hand the seat to Russell - which has left the seven-time world champion fuming, according to the MailOnline.A source

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Lewis Hamilton's Belgian Grand Prix weekend almost got off to a torrid start as he had to take fast evasive action to avoid smashing into the back of another car.The first session back after F1's summer break was a wet one – a sign of things to come at Spa-Francorchamps over the course of the weekend.And it almost ended in disaster for the seven-time world champion, whose quick braking was the only thing that stopped him going into the back of Nicholas Latifi at high speed on Friday.Hamilton was hunting down the best time set by team-mate Valtteri Bottas, and moved to overtake the Canadian just before the final chicane of his flying lap.The Williams man seemed entirely oblivious to the

bans discussion of LGBTQ people in schools and media.Read More: Hungary passes law banning schools and media from talking about LGBTQ peopleThe Aston Martin driver was one of four reprimanded for not removing their shirts during the Hungarian national anthem, alongside teammate Lance Stroll, Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas, and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz who each wore “We Race As One” shirts, part of Formula One’s global initiative to fight against racism and inequality, Reuters reports. All of the drivers were found to have violated the FIA’s International Sporting Code, which requires drivers to only wear their race suits during national anthems, and issued with non-driving reprimands.However, Vettel responded by saying he’d wear the t-shirt again,

Lewis Hamilton has provided a health update following a bout of blurred vision and dizziness after the Hungarian Grand Prix. The Brit claimed second place on a turbulent afternoon in Budapest, after Sebastian Vettel was disqualified for failing to comply with post-race fuel regulations.

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!The Hungarian Grand Prix had a dramatic start after a huge collision of various cars in the first corner - and Lewis Hamilton was lucky enough to escape untouched.Championship leader Max Verstappen was hit after Hamilton's Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas sparked the crash.Bottas' blunder that saw him ram into McLaren's Lando Norris resulted in Ferrari's Charles Leclerc being ruled out the race.Aston Martin's Lance Stroll was also a victim of the opening lap carnage as his car had to be lifted away.Red Bull's Sergio Perez was the fifth to see his race end from the collision.Officials subsequently suspended the Grand Prix as the race was red-flagged.Verstappen suffered damage to his car

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Lewis Hamilton received a hostile reception after clinching pole for the Hungarian Grand Prix - and Formula One's interviewer had to beg fans not to boo the seven-time world champion.The British star took top spot ahead of team-mate Valtteri Bottas, who handed Mercedes a front-row lockout in Saturday's qualifying for the Budapest showdown.Hamilton lapped the sweltering Hungaroring in one minute, 15.419 seconds, 0.315 seconds quicker than Bottas.Crucially, he was 0.421 seconds quicker than title rival Max Verstappen, who is leading the title standings but could only manage to put his Red Bull third on the grid for Sunday's race.

Lewis Hamilton will start down in seventh.The Ferrari star had put his car on provisional pole in the first run, with Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas just behind him.Verstappen was on a fast lap before cameras cut to Leclerc, whose car was parked in the barrier at the swimming pool chicane.His crash brought an immediate red flag to the session, meaning all drivers on hot laps had to scratch their times.Fortunately Leclerc came out of the crashed unscathed, and the Monacan inadvertently secured his first pole position of the season at his home race.It is a bitter pill for Verstappen and Bottas to swallow, as both men were on course to post faster lap times when the red flag ended the session.Qualifying was also disappointing for Hamilton,

JUST IN:Lewis Hamilton accidentally confirms F1 2022 plans"I heard about his post and apology and I read it," said Bottas at Portimao. "But to be honest we haven't spoken after the race, after the stewards.

Lewis Hamilton’s relentless F1 success is making life “difficult” for Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas, says former racing star Felipe Massa.Bottas has spent the last four years with Mercedes after departing previous team Williams, but he is yet to get his hands on an F1 championship.The Finland driver has twice been denied by team-mate Hamilton, who has enjoyed a four-year stranglehold on the championship and claimed six titles since 2014 to move level with F1 icon Michael Schumacher in the history books.Given he is struggling to emulate the Brit’s achievements, Massa believes Botta is now feeling the pressure amid reports suggesting Mercedes are plotting a shake-up of their driving team.With both him and Hamilton out of contract at the

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has hinted he will have words with George Russell following his incident with Valtteri Bottas at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.Russell reportedly furiously called Bottas a 'f***ing p****' after a crash at Imola which left both out of the race.He made the comments on his radio, saying to his team: "What the f*** was he doing? Honestly.

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colleagues: "What the xxxx was he doing?! Honestly is he a xxxx or what?!!!"Lewis Hamilton remained in the race despite a series of errors, but recriminations are ikley to take place when F1 chiefs take at look at the incident between Russell and Bottas.We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story as it unfolds.For all the latest news, make sure you visit: dailystar.co.uk/sport/footballAnd you can stay up to date with all the must-see headlines, pictures, analysis, opinion and video on the stories that matter to you.Don't forget to follow us on Twitter @DailyStar_Sport - the official Daily Star & dailystar.co.uk Sport Twitter account - providing real news in real time.We're also on Facebook