6:55 AM ET With 11 minutes remaining in Formula One’s pre-season testing, the FIA released a short statement saying it had investigated Ferrari’s power unit and reached a confidential agreement with the Italian team. The timing, brevity and unexpected content of the email immediately set alarm bells ringing in the paddock, not least because those

5:45 AM ET The promoter of Formula One’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix insists the race will go ahead as planned on March 15, despite concerns about the spread of coronavirus. A number of international sporting events have been cancelled or postponed in recent weeks due to the Covid-19 epidemic, including the opening round of the

BARCELONA, Spain — It’s always risky to ready too much into preseason testing time, but after crunching the numbers it is possible to rank the grid based on the information we have. It’s not necessarily the order that will line up on the grid in Melbourne (Albert Park is a very different type of track

4:50 AM ET Formula One’s governing body, the FIA, has concluded an investigation into the way Ferrari was operating its power unit and reached a settlement with the team. The FIA offered no further details about the findings of the investigation and said the subsequent agreement with Ferrari would remain private between the team and

12:22 PM ET BARCELONA, Spain – Mercedes recovered from its difficult Thursday to go quickest on the final day of preseason, but a late Max Verstappen lap meant Red Bull finished just 0.073s behind the world champions. Mercedes suffered its worst session of testing on the penultimate day, with an engine issue forcing its car

Feb 20, 2020 Formula One’s preseason continues on Thursday with the final day of testing at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya. ESSENTIAL READING LIVE BLOG (All Central European Time) 0945: Romain Grosjean runs wide at Turn 1. Haas made a change to its schedule this morning and both Grosjean and Magnussen will have a stint in

The coronavirus epidemic is giving Formula One teams a logistical headache as they prepare for a new season and the run of long-haul races scheduled to start in Australia on March 15. The Chinese Grand Prix on April 19 has been called off but the first three races involve the teams traveling from Europe to

11:59 AM ET BARCELONA, Spain – An engine issue curtailed Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes’ running on the penultimate day of Formula One’s preseason tests, while Sebastian Vettel went quickest in the Ferrari. With reigning champion Hamilton at the wheel in the afternoon session, Mercedes was uncharacteristically slow to emerge from the garage as work took

9:08 AM ET The Zandvoort circuit set to host the Dutch Grand Prix has released images of the banked corners it hopes will become an iconic feature of the new race. Banked corners are commonplace in oval racing but are rarely used on modern F1 circuits. Zandvoort has already revealed its two banked corners will

Feb 20, 2020 Formula One’s preseason continues on Thursday with the second day of testing at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya. ESSENTIAL READING LIVE BLOG (All Central European Time) 11:35: Verstappen has beached it! He’s in the gravel at the same spot Bottas went off a short while ago. He’s not going anywhere so they’re going