7:00 AM ET Formula One doctor Ian Roberts and medical car driver Alan van der Merwe have tested positive for COVID-19 and will be replaced for this weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix, the sport said on Thursday. Formula One and the governing FIA said the pair had not travelled to Istanbul and a team from the

1:17 PM ET Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz will start from the back of the grid at the Turkish Grand Prix after the team decided to fit his car with a new power unit this weekend. The new complete power unit will take Sainz over his quota of engine and hybrid components for the year, meaning

5:29 AM ET Red Bull will run a one-off livery at the Turkish Grand Prix to pay tribute to its Japanese engine manufacturer, Honda, which is leaving Formula One at the end of the year. Red Bull and Honda had hoped to run the livery, which has yet to be revealed in full, at the

10:14 AM ET The Mercedes Formula One team has joined forces with British sailor Ben Ainslie in a quest to win the America’s Cup for Great Britain’s Royal Yacht Squadron. The America’s Cup is the oldest international trophy in sport, predating the Olympics by 45 years, but has not been won by a British team

3:30 AM ET Lewis Hamilton’s charity, Mission 44, has committed to supporting the recruitment of 150 Black science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers in English schools. Seven-time F1 champion Hamilton, the sport’s only Black driver, made a personal pledge of £20 million at the launch of Mission 44 in July. The charity was set

8:45 AM ET Lando Norris has opened up once again about the mental health struggles he faced when he made his Formula One debut in 2019, revealing how much he struggled with depression and anxiety. Norris, 21, has become a vocal advocate for mental health awareness in recent years. One of the grid’s most popular

6:40 AM ET Formula One wants to have the sprint qualifying format at one-third of its proposed 23 races in 2022. F1 will formally announce next season’s race schedule at the World Motor Sport Council meeting on October 15. The year is set to feature a record 23 races. In an interview with Sky Sports,

4:46 AM ET Formula One has confirmed it will race in Qatar later this year at the Losail Circuit and announced a 10-year deal for a race in the country from 2023. 1 Related This year’s Qatar Grand Prix will take place on Nov. 21 and will be round 20 of 22 in this year’s

10:03 AM ET Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is enjoying his rivalry with Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, saying the more the Austrian gets “wound up”, the “more fun it becomes”. Mercedes and Red Bull are in a head-to-head battle for this year’s constructors’ title, while their drivers, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, are fighting

5:15 AM ET Lewis Hamilton could stretch his record tally of race wins to 120 after becoming the first Formula One driver to reach a century, the sport’s managing director, Ross Brawn, said on Monday. The seven-times world champion, who will turn 37 in January, has two more seasons on his Mercedes contract and few