3:32 AM ET AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly said on Sunday he had tested positive for COVID-19, meaning six of Formula One’s 20 race drivers have now contracted the virus. The 24-year-old Frenchman, who recently posted pictures on Instagram of training in Dubai, made the announcement on Twitter. “I wanted to let you know that I tested
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6:38 AM ET Formula One has released its race start times for the 2021 season and announced an end to races starting at 10 minutes past the hour. When Liberty Media took control of F1 in 2018 it shifted races away from traditional 2pm race starts for European races in favour of a later slot
2:45 PM ET Mick Schumacher completed an afternoon of testing with Ferrari at Italian circuit Fiorano ahead of his rookie Formula One season. Schumacher, son of seven-time world champion Michael, is part of the Ferrari driver academy and will race for American team Haas this season. Ferrari has booked out its Fiorano race track for
7:13 AM ET ESPN and Reuters Spanish motor racing team boss and former Minardi Formula One driver Adrian Campos, who helped compatriot and double world champion Fernando Alonso reach the top, has died aged 60. Campos Racing, who have teams in the Formula Two and Three support series, said in a statement on Thursday that
9:16 AM ET Formula E on Thursday cancelled its Paris race due to restrictions linked to the COVID-19 pandemic and said E-Prix races planned for Seoul and the Chinese resort of Sanya remained uncertain. The seventh season of the all-electric series, now an FIA-sanctioned world championship, starts in Saudi Arabia on Feb. 26 and 27
6:23 AM ET Carlos Sainz completed his first laps for Ferrari at a private test at the team’s Italian circuit Fiorano on Wednesday. Sainz, who joined from McLaren for this season, drove a 2018 F1 Ferrari car at the test. His appearance is part of a week-long test schedule, which saw Sainz’s teammate Charles Leclerc
12:16 PM ET McLaren has fired up its new Mercedes Formula One engine for the first time. McLaren and Mercedes have rekindled their former partnership for 2021 and beyond. McLaren ran Renault engines from 2018 until last year. New signing Daniel Ricciardo will join Lando Norris in spearheading McLaren’s new era as it looks to
6:47 AM ET At the age of 26, Carlos Sainz has completed six seasons in Formula One. He has driven for four teams in that period, raced in 118 grands prix and scored 372 career points. But none of that will prepare him for the next chapter in his career: a move to Ferrari. It
4:44 AM ET Hollywood legend Robert de Niro and Star Wars’ John Boyega will feature in a fictional crime movie set in the world of Formula One. The Netflix production, called The Formula, will be about an American F1 driver who becomes involved in the mafia and has to be a getaway driver in order
6:54 AM ET Mercedes Formula One team boss and co-owner Toto Wolff has revealed he tested positive for COVID-19 and had to isolate in Austria this month but is now out of quarantine. The 49-year-old told Austria’s ORF television in an interview at Sunday’s Kitzbuehel Alpine skiing World Cup downhill that he had no symptoms.