4:56 PM ET Formula One mechanics could take twice as long to change an engine under new measures to protect them from COVID-19 and reliability will be key, according to Racing Point technical director Andrew Green. The new protocols come into force when the season starts in Austria on July 5 and Green told reporters

12:55 PM ET Associated Press ROME — Race car driver-turned-Paralympic champion Alex Zanardi has been seriously injured again. Police told The Associated Press that Zanardi was transported by helicopter to a hospital in Siena following a road accident near the Tuscan town of Pienza during a national race Friday for Paralympic athletes on handbikes. A

12:55 PM ET Associated Press ROME — Alex Zanardi, the Italian race car champion who transitioned into a gold medalist Paralympian after losing both of his legs, was seriously injured in a handbike race on Friday. Zanardi was transported by helicopter to Santa Maria alle Scotte hospital in Siena following a crash near the Tuscan

7:18 AM ET Mercedes hopes to have upgrades on its Formula One car in time for the Austrian Grand Prix, the opening race of the delayed 2020 season. Mercedes, winners of the past six world championships, came out of February’s preseason testing looking like the team to beat for another season. The coronavirus pandemic led

12:54 PM ET McLaren drivers Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris tested F3 cars at British circuit Silverstone on Thursday in preparation for Formula One’s return to racing. Ahead of the start of the season, Haas boss Guenther Steiner opens up on the future-proofing measures taken by F1 to ensure the long-term stability of the sport

6:24 AM ET McLaren is considering selling a minority stake in its once-dominant Formula One team to raise funds to help the company weather the COVID-19 crisis, Sky News reported on Wednesday. Ahead of the start of the season, Haas boss Guenther Steiner opens up on the future-proofing measures taken by F1 to ensure the

5:20 AM ET Charles Leclerc kicked off Ferrari’s preparations for the return of Formula One by driving its 2020 car through the streets of Maranello, Italy. At dawn on Thursday, Leclerc drove the car out of the team’s famous F1 factory. He drove through the town to Ferrari’s test circuit at Fiorano. Charles Leclerc driving

12:39 PM ET Racing Point became the first Formula One team to hit the track since the coronavirus pandemic put things on pause, holding a private Silverstone test on Wednesday with its current race car. Ahead of the start of the season, Haas boss Guenther Steiner opens up on the future-proofing measures taken by F1

5:41 AM ET The all-electric Formula E series will hold six races in nine days at Berlin’s former Tempelhof airport in order to finish a season interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, organisers said on Wednesday. All the races, on Aug. 5-6, 8-9 and 12-13, will be held without spectators. “We’re heading to Berlin Tempelhof, a

8:52 AM ET Haas boss Guenther Steiner says the measures Formula One has taken steps to future-proof itself during the coronavirus pandemic has exposed just how financially flawed its model has been. Ahead of the start of the season, Haas boss Guenther Steiner opens up on the future-proofing measures taken by F1 to ensure the