7:38 AM ET The Canadian Grand Prix scheduled for June 14 has been postponed on request of its organisers because of the coronavirus pandemic, further delaying the start of the Formula One season. Montreal’s Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve is a semi-permanent circuit, and organisers had to make a call by this weekend due to the

7:04 AM ET Mercedes has repurposed its Formula One engine factory in Brixworth, England, into a facility to produce breathing aids to assist with the fight against coronavirus. Mercedes and University College London (UCL) have worked together to reverse-engineer a device known as Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP). It is hoped the device will ease

4:22 AM ET Formula One has furloughed 50 percent of its staff until the end of the season due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, with CEO Chase Carey among senior management to have taken a pay cut. F1 employs over 450 people across two locations in the UK, their headquarters in London and the TV

10:32 AM ET Formula One’s second Virtual Racing Series event featured a former world champion, a World Cup winning cricketer and five of the existing grid. 1 Related Alexis Nunes, Nate Saunders and Laurence Edmondson discuss the latest F1 news amid the coronavirus pandemic and reveal their favourite of the paddock’s most animated characters. Listen

8:53 AM ET Williams has become the second Formula One team to announce furloughs for some of its staff and pay cuts for its drivers. George Russell and Nicolas Latifi, who is yet to make his F1 debut due to the delayed start to the current season, join senior management in taking the pay cut,

5:28 AM ET Formula One is in “a very fragile state” due to the coronavirus crisis and risks losing some of its 10 teams unless some big changes are made, McLaren boss Zak Brown warned on Sunday. Alexis Nunes, Nate Saunders and Laurence Edmondson discuss the latest F1 news amid the coronavirus pandemic and reveal

6:41 AM ET In 1958, President Fulgencio Batista was trying to retain an air of normality in Cuba. Fidel Castro’s guerrilla forces were camped in the mountains to the east and their revolutionary presence was being felt via increasingly aggressive riots in the streets. But in downtown Havana, President Batista was keen for business —

5:03 PM ET Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc won his debut Virtual Grand Prix after dominating Sunday’s online esports race among F1 drivers past and present. F1 is holding an online race in lieu of every postponed or cancelled grand prix this year, and Leclerc was among six current F1 drivers taking part on Sunday evening. But

7:27 AM ET As part of ESPN’s Esports day on April 5, this weekend’s F1 Esports Virtual Grand Prix will be broadcast live on ESPN2. After the first eight races of the Formula One calendar were either postponed or cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, F1 is hosting Virtual Grand Prixs in place of the

9:06 PM ET ESPN News Services INDIANAPOLIS — Robert Wickens never gave up on his dreams. When his Formula One hopes fizzled, Wickens worked his way back through the ranks to compete in the IndyCar Series. When doctors told him he might not walk again following a horrific crash at Pocono in August 2018, he