4:32 AM ET Australian Grand Prix organisers and officials are discussing the schedule for the race with Formula One management, a government spokesman said on Tuesday, amid speculation the season-opener will be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With Australia maintaining strict quarantine controls on international arrivals, media reports have said the March 21 race

9:47 AM ET Red Bull reserve driver Alex Albon will race at select rounds of the DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters) championship this year. 1 Related The 24-year-old was replaced by Sergio Perez at Red Bull’s Formula One team for 2021, but remains contracted to the energy drinks brand as a reserve driver. Alongside his duties

7:49 AM ET The Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne looks set to be rescheduled from its season-opening slot to later in the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a tightening of local quarantine rules. Tickets for the March 21 race at Albert Park have yet to go on sale. A Formula One

5:41 PM ET Seven-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton was awarded a knighthood in the UK New Year’s honours list published on Wednesday. The 35-year-old this year became the most successful F1 driver of all time after equalling Ferrari great Michael Schumacher’s record seven titles and beating the German’s 91 race wins. The sport’s

8:45 AM ET The government of Catalonia has given the go-ahead for Spanish Grand Prix organisers to agree a contract extension with Formula One for 2021. The May 9 race at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya is listed as subject to contract on the sport’s record 23-round provisional calendar. The regional government said in a statement

11:47 AM ET Frank Williams, founder of the Williams Formula One team, has been discharged from hospital and is recovering at home, the F1 outfit said on Thursday. A family statement last week said the 78-year-old had been admitted in a stable condition for a private medical matter. We’re delighted to say that Sir Frank

5:54 AM ET Towards the end of the 2020 season, Lewis Hamilton was rewriting Formula One’s record books. In matching Michael Schumacher’s tally of seven world titles and surpassing his record of 91 race wins, Hamilton entered a statistical stratosphere in which there is very little resistance to a record-breaking eighth title next year and

8:12 AM ET Haas says it has dealt with the matter of Nikita Mazepin’s “abhorrent” video internally and reaffirmed he will race for the team in 2021. Mazepin, 21, posted a video to his Instagram on Dec. 9 which showed him touching a woman in the back of a car. The video was promptly deleted

5:22 AM ET Alexander Albon said he was dejected after being replaced by Mexican Sergio Perez at the Red Bull Formula One team for next season but is determined to get a race seat in 2022. 1 Related Perez, a winner for Racing Point in Bahrain this season, will slot in alongside Max Verstappen next

4:27 AM ET Reuters and ESPN Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto expects Mick Schumacher to have a tough Formula One debut with Haas next year before getting more up to speed in 2022. 1 Related Schumacher, the son of Ferrari great and seven times F1 world champion Michael, won the Formula Two title this year