10:32 AM ET Formula One’s second Virtual Racing Series event featured a former world champion, a World Cup winning cricketer and five of the existing grid. 1 Related Alexis Nunes, Nate Saunders and Laurence Edmondson discuss the latest F1 news amid the coronavirus pandemic and reveal their favourite of the paddock’s most animated characters. Listen
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8:53 AM ET Williams has become the second Formula One team to announce furloughs for some of its staff and pay cuts for its drivers. George Russell and Nicolas Latifi, who is yet to make his F1 debut due to the delayed start to the current season, join senior management in taking the pay cut,
Apr 6, 2020 Formula One is in “a very fragile state” due to the coronavirus crisis and risks losing some of its 10 teams unless some big changes are made, McLaren boss Zak Brown warned on Sunday. Alexis Nunes, Nate Saunders and Laurence Edmondson discuss the latest F1 news amid the coronavirus pandemic and reveal
6:41 AM ET In 1958, President Fulgencio Batista was trying to retain an air of normality in Cuba. Fidel Castro’s guerrilla forces were camped in the mountains to the east and their revolutionary presence was being felt via increasingly aggressive riots in the streets. But in downtown Havana, President Batista was keen for business —
5:03 PM ET Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc won his debut Virtual Grand Prix after dominating Sunday’s online esports race among F1 drivers past and present. F1 is holding an online race in lieu of every postponed or cancelled grand prix this year, and Leclerc was among six current F1 drivers taking part on Sunday evening. But
7:27 AM ET As part of ESPN’s Esports day on April 5, this weekend’s F1 Esports Virtual Grand Prix will be broadcast live on ESPN2. After the first eight races of the Formula One calendar were either postponed or cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, F1 is hosting Virtual Grand Prixs in place of the
9:06 PM ET ESPN News Services INDIANAPOLIS — Robert Wickens never gave up on his dreams. When his Formula One hopes fizzled, Wickens worked his way back through the ranks to compete in the IndyCar Series. When doctors told him he might not walk again following a horrific crash at Pocono in August 2018, he
8:46 AM ET MODENA, Italy — For more than 2000 years, the Via Emilia has connected Rimini on Italy’s Adriatic coast and the city of Piacenza in the north. Completed in 187 BC, the Roman road draws a diagonal line across the country, dividing the Appenine mountains to the south and Italy’s fertile plains to
5:01 AM ET ESPN and Reuters While he stopped short of shaving it completely, more than 36,000 people watched McLaren driver Lando Norris cut his hair live on Twitch after a coronavirus fundraiser last weekend. Alexis Nunes, Nate Saunders and Laurence Edmondson discuss the latest F1 news amid the coronavirus pandemic and reveal their favourite
6:18 AM ET England international cricketer Ben Stokes will join five current F1 drivers, including Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, in competing in this weekend’s F1 Esports Virtual Grand Prix. After the first eight races of the Formula One season were either postponed or cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the sport decided to set up esports