4:01 PM ET McLaren’s Lando Norris was second fastest in second practice for Formula One’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Friday and almost as quick in playing down his team’s prospects. “We looked quick today but it’s fairly obvious what’s going to happen tomorrow. It’s going to be kind of the usual front four cars

5:07 AM ET Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said he had spoken to Bahrain officials about human rights in the country after promising last year he would not let any abuses go unnoticed. 1 Related The Mercedes driver, who will be chasing a record eighth world title in a season that starts in the

1:45 PM ET Lewis Hamilton will continue to take a knee ahead of Formula One races this year in the hope it will spark more “uncomfortable conversations” on issues related to racism. Throughout the 2020 season, F1 invited all 20 drivers to unite against racism ahead of the start of each race. Not all drivers

1:39 PM ET Lewis Hamilton said his newly signed one-year deal with Mercedes should not be seen as him keeping the door open to leave Formula One at the end of the year. 1 Related Hamilton and Mercedes only agreed his 2021 extension earlier this year, although the final duration was much shorter than most

6:09 AM ET Sixty British parliamentarians joined campaigners on Wednesday in urging Formula One to commission an independent inquiry into the human rights impact of the Bahrain Grand Prix. Rights groups said in an open letter to chief executive Stefano Domenicali that they also wanted him to seek “redress for those victims of abuses directly

12:41 PM ET Formula One drivers will gather again in a moment of unity on the starting grid pre-race this season but in support of wider social and environmental issues than a sole focus on anti-racism. The sport this week announced international advocacy organisation Global Citizen as a charity partner of Formula One’s WeRaceAsOne platform,

11:43 AM ET Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 The Formula One season starts with the Bahrain Grand Prix on March 28. While

10:00 AM ET Mick Schumacher is unbelievably calm for someone carrying such a weight of expectation. You might even say unreasonably calm. He is set to make his Formula One debut with American team Haas this year, aged 21, but it feels like people have been expecting big things of him for a long time.

7:22 AM ET Williams driver George Russell has replaced Romain Grosjean as the director of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA). Grosjean’s departure to IndyCar this year opened up a vacancy. Russell, 23, will work alongside fellow director Sebastian Vettel and chairman Alexander Wurz. The GPDA represents the interests of all 20 F1 drivers. Russell,

11:29 AM ET Ugo Ugochukwu, a 13-year-old go-karting star from the U.S.A., has signed a long-term deal with McLaren to develop his career through the junior categories of motorsport. 1 Related Ugochukwu started karting in New York State in 2013 and last year won the 2020 FIA OKJ European karting championship. The deal gives McLaren