It has been reported that Hamilton could pocket around £60million from a new deal with Mercedes but he and Wolff both claimed that they have not yet spoken about figures.

Lewis Hamilton's decision to get out of the car saw a red flag deployed on the session so that the car and the British driver could be retrieved and taken back to the Mercedes garage before action resumed.

Lewis Hamilton has said he needs to figure out his next 'five to 10-year plan' before signing a new contract with Mercedes. Hamilton joined Mercedes from McLaren back in 2013.

Formula One's most prominent woman, Claire Williams, has criticised the sport's 'disgraceful 19th Century' accusation that her becoming a mother has caused her team's decline.

WILL JEANES IN MARRAKESH: Felipe Massa says the future of gas-guzzling Formula One is under threat due to the climate emergency.

Red Bull's No 1 driver Max Verstappen, who is expected to seriously test Lewis Hamilton's dominance going forward, starred heavily during the documentary that premiered last month.

The seven teams, which includes Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes, Red Bull and McLaren, are concerned that that FIA's probe does not identify whether Ferrari bent the rules.

His comments came as the FIA admitted on Thursday they were not convinced last year's Ferrari was always legal, but took no further action because it was too complex to prove.

Nico Rosberg has backed one of Formula One's crop of exciting youngsters to make a breakthrough this season and seize the Formula One title.

Mercedes have reinvented the wheel - for now. Their new DAS system took onlookers by surprise when cockpit cameras showed Lewis Hamilton tugging on his steering wheel.

Here are all the major changes that have happened over the winter ahead of the 2020 Formula One campaign which begins on Sunday with the Australian Grand Prix.

Italy is currently on on lockdown due to the spread of the coronavirus, with the country's prime minister Giuseppe Conte ordering 60 million citizens not to travel or even socialise in coming days.

EXCLUSIVE BY JONATHAN MCEVOY IN MELBOURNE: Todt has told Formula One's teams he took the decision to strike a settlement with his old team over their allegedly illegal engine.

Pre-season testing has left us with more questions than answers as the new F1 campaign prepares to get underway at the Australian GP. Here are the 10 biggest talking points for the new season.

Hamilton said it was 'shocking' that the Australian Grand Prix could go ahead amid the threat of the coronavirus and suggested organisers had put financial concerns ahead of people's health.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY JONATHAN MCEVOY: Bernie Ecclestone does not believe Lewis Hamilton should move to Ferrari and he is happy to reel off why. Ecclestone is enjoying a burger in a regular haunt.

After Sunday's season-opener in Melbourne was called off, the FIA and the sport's owners Liberty Media are seeking a new timetable including the key Grand Prix in Monaco.

Many drivers are out of contract at the end of the season, including Vettel and his former Red Bull team-mate, and Renault fear Ricciardo could leave for Ferrari if they fail to make significant progress.

Formula One bosses on Wednesday took the first step to save the sport from financial meltdown by bringing forward the summer break from August to now.

EXCLUSIVE BY JONATHAN MCEVOY: Lewis Hamilton's future at Mercedes was cast into doubt when his boss Toto Wolff was absent from a heated conference call intended to save F1.

Formula One star Lewis Hamilton has warned the public they must self-isolate in order to reduce the threat of the coronavirus.

Liberty Media announced they would aim for up to 18 rounds, crammed into the back half of the year. Sportsmail understands the championship could even be extended into 2021.

Daniel Ricciardo reveals he is still benefitting from a good training regime despite coronavirus disrupting plans for the 2020 Formula One calendar. 

McLaren now have all their employees home from Australia after a period in quarantine following a positive test at the cancelled season-opener in Melbourne.

EXCLUSIVE: Bernie Ecclestone is locked down at his coffee farm in Brazil. At 490 acres it is literally the size of Monaco, and, with coronavirus lurking, staff living on site go out a couple at a time to shop.

The rules which would have effectively started a new era for F1 by pushing the reset button were set to come into force for 2021 before the coronavirus pushed their introduction back a year to save costs.

Formula One and Silverstone admit they have until the end of April before they find out if the British Grand Prix could be held this year.

Formula One is in a 'very fragile state' as a result of the coronavirus crisis and needs big changes to survive, says McLaren boss Zak Brown. 

England cricket star Ben Stokes endured a tough time behind the wheel in the second Formula One Essports Virtual Grand Prix.

The reigning Formula One champion is waiting to agree terms over a new contract with Mercedes, with his current £40million-a-year deal expiring at the end of this season.

Sportsmail recounts Ian Wooldridge's thrilling escapades alongside motor racing legend Sir Stirling Moss, who has passed away aged 90, in the 1991 Mille Miglia motor race...

Stirling Moss was among F1's first stars in its 1950s golden era racing against the likes of Juan Manuel Fangio. But the dangerous decade also claimed the lives of many famous drivers in their prime.

McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl has warned that a number of Formula One teams could fold if a crisis meeting on Thursday does not endorse money-saving plans.

Sebastian Vettel is feeling the lockdown strain as yet another would-be Formula One race weekend breezes by with drivers still holed up at home. Vettel should be in Shanghai for round-four of the season.

Schumacher is the most successful driver to grace the sport after winning seven world championship titles before retiring in 2012 but Jordan says his legacy is tainted by his single-mindedness.

Mercedes chief Toto Wolff has bought a stake worth about £37million in Aston Martin, the British sports car company that will return to the Formula One grid as a works team next year.

The 20-year-old was involved in the sickening crash at Donington, and Monger posted a video on his third 'happy alive day' paying tribute to the staff that helped him continue to chase his dreams.

The coronavirus pandemic has already led to the postponement or cancellation of nine grands prix, and the income shortfall generated has led to speculation some teams could go under.

Nine races have already been called off and with the British GP due to be on July 19, more could follow - but Pringle says Silverstone could host two successive races without any spectators.

Last year teams agreed to a budget cap of 175million US dollars (£142million) for 2021 but there have been suggestions that could be cut further.

The Monegasque was speaking as Formula One bosses devise a rescheduled programme to fit between 15 and 18 races into the second half of the year after the coronavirus hiatus.

McLaren boss Zak Brown has claimed Formula One can live without Ferrari if they refuse to go along with a lower budget cap.

The decision to cancel the French GP on June 28 seemed unavoidable after French president Emmanuel Macron placed a ban on mass gatherings in the country until at least mid-July.

Although the 'Silverstone Grand Prix' is a suggested title for this additional event, there is support for naming it after Sir Stirling Moss, who died earlier in April.

The French Grand Prix became the 10th race to be postponed or cancelled this season with the pandemic decimating the sporting calendar worldwide.

McLaren's young driver Lando Norris says there is no way to prepare his body for the 'shock' it will face when returning to Formula One after lockdown. Currently, F1 is set to return on July 5

Sir Frank Williams, like the rest of the world, was watching on as Ayrton Senna lost control of his car and slammed into barriers at 190mph. Now 26 years on, the heartache still lingers for Williams.

The coronavirus pandemic has put Formula One's plans to start the season on hold but they races in Austria in early July before potentially two more at Silverstone are being lined up.

Stuart Broad and Ben Stokes will compete in the Brazilian F1 Virtual GP against the likes of Charles LeClerc, Alex Albon, George Russell and AC Milan captain Alessio Romagonoli.

It was the six-time world champion who broke the racing-must-go-on consensus ahead of the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, saying it was 'shocking' to press ahead.