11:42 AM ET Ralf Schumacher’s son David will step up to Formula Three this season, putting him one rung behind Michael Schumacher’s son Mick on the ladder to Formula One. Mick, 20, is a Ferrari Academy driver and will be starting his second season in Formula Two with the Prema team. Brothers Michael and Ralf
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4:32 AM ET ESPN and Reuters Formula One will discus the status of April’s Chinese Grand Prix on Wednesday as speculation mounts the event will be cancelled amid the coronavirus epidemic. The April 19 event, the fourth on the 22-race 2020 F1 calendar, is currently looking uncertain to go ahead as planned — the World
6:37 AM ET Former Renault academy driver Jack Aitken has been named Williams’ reserve driver for the 2020 season as he continues his push to make the Formula One grid. Aitken, 24, left Renault ahead of what will be his third season in feeder category Formula 2. He won three races in 2019 on route
4:12 AM ET Max Verstappen believes he can thwart Lewis Hamilton’s bid for a seventh Formula One title this season if Red Bull give him the tools to do the job. The 22-year-old Dutch driver won three races last year, finishing third overall in the championship, and is not about to be awed by anyone’s
11:38 AM ET Red Bull has confirmed it will launch its new car, the RB16, on February 12, meaning all 10 Formula One teams have set a date for the unveiling of their cars for the upcoming season. Red Bull’s launch, which will be an online reveal, clashes with Renault’s season launch in Paris next
7:06 AM ET The all-electric Formula E motor racing series has abandoned plans for a race in the Chinese city of Sanya next month because of the coronavirus epidemic. The sport will continue to work with its regional partner and local authorities to study the viability of potential alternative dates should the situation improve, the
5:28 AM ET Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll has agreed to buy up to 20% of Aston Martin and rename his Racing Point Formula One team after the 107-year-old company. The agreement, which was made on Friday, will see Racing Point become the Aston Martin F1 Works team from the 2021 season. A decline in sales
10:41 AM ET Six times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton says he is yet to start talks with Mercedes to extend his contract beyond this year, despite media reports they had stalled already over wage demands. The 35-year-old Briton denied the speculation in a post, subsequently deleted, on Instagram. “FYI (Team principal) Toto (Wolff)
5:56 AM ET Formula One’s governing body, the FIA, is monitoring the recent outbreak of coronavirus in China and is prepared to make changes to upcoming events if necessary. F1’s Chinese Grand Prix is scheduled to go ahead on April 19 in Shanghai and Formula E’s Sanya E-Prix is scheduled for March 21. Following the
4:48 AM ET Reuters and ESPN World champions Mercedes are not preparing to pull out of Formula One, Daimler Chief Executive Ola Kaellenius said on Wednesday. 1 Related Autocar and the racefans.net website reported Wednesday that the subject of whether Mercedes should leave the sport as a constructor would be discussed at the next board