Personalities from the sporting world have been on social media to congratulate Lewis Hamilton after the Briton secured his fourth world championship on Sunday evening.

A ninth-placed finish was good enough for the 32-year-old as title rival Sebastian Vettel failed to pass the chequered flag in the top two in Mexico which would have delayed title glory for Hamilton for a further race.

Here, Press Association Sport looks at some of the messages sent to Britain’s most successful F1 driver by the world’s biggest sports stars: