2:06 PM ET Formula One is still considering holding races at venues not on the original 2020 calendar and is also toying with the idea of using an alternative layout in Bahrain should a second race be held at the circuit. 1 Related The first eight races of the revised calendar were announced earlier this

6:02 AM ET Ferrari has set up a joint initiative with motorsport’s governing body, the FIA, to find the next female racing star. 1 Related As part of a four-year deal, the Ferrari Driver Academy (FDA) will partner with the FIA’s Girls on Track – Rising Stars programme with the aim of finding female racers

11:38 AM ET Reigning Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton completed his first laps of a Formula One car since February on Tuesday at a private Mercedes test at UK circuit Silverstone. 1 Related Mercedes booked a two-day test to gain an experience of the safety procedures for the behind-closed-doors races that will start the 2020

11:38 AM ET Valtteri Bottas completed the first laps of a Formula One car since preseason testing in a Mercedes test at Silverstone on Tuesday. In the first of two days allocated to the reigning world champions, Bottas took the team’s 2018 title-winning car (decked out in the 2020 livery) around the circuit set to

4:58 AM ET Formula One motorsport boss Ross Brawn is confident the new rules laid out for the sport over the next few years will help the Williams team attract a new buyer. The ESPN F1 Podcast team looks back on one of Formula One’s most intense rivalry, with behind-the-scenes stories and analysis of the

6:11 AM ET Reigning Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has called on governments across the world to copy the example of the protesters who tore down a statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol at the weekend. The ESPN F1 Podcast team looks back on one of Formula One’s most intense rivalry, with behind-the-scenes

3:22 PM ET Williams driver George Russell completed a hat trick of esports wins on Sunday to knock Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc off the top of Formula One’s virtual Grand Prix standings with one race remaining. 1 Related The Briton, who failed to score a point on the real racetrack last year in an uncompetitive car

8:29 AM ET Some of the European circuits due to host races without spectators on Formula One’s initial 2020 calendar have been given one-year contract extensions to compensate for lost revenues. Organisers of the Hungarian, Italian and Belgian Grands Prix, which stand to lose out on tickets sales, revealed new deals. Formula One, whose season

8:17 AM ET Six-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton says the ongoing protests around the death of George Floyd have brought back “vivid memories” of the racism he has faced through his life. The ESPN F1 Podcast team looks back on one of Formula One’s most intense rivalry, with behind-the-scenes stories and analysis of the

6:12 AM ET After Covid-19 lockdown and months of virtual racing, McLaren’s Lando Norris has got behind the wheel for real by taking a Formula Three car for a spin at Silverstone. 1 Related The 20-year-old Briton linked up with his old Carlin team this week as he prepared for the much-delayed season to start