10:35 AM ET BARCELONA, Spain — The biggest talking point from the first week of Formula One’s preseason tests has been an innovative contraption designed by world champion Mercedes. You might have heard about something called dual-axis steering, or DAS, over the past few days, as it has produced quite a buzz. Here’s everything you

Feb 20, 2020 Formula One’s preseason continues on Friday with the third day of testing at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya. Follow it all live here with us. ESSENTIAL READING LIVE BLOG (All Central European Time) 0930: It’s aero rake time again. Here’s Sebastian Vettel running one of the aero devices — used to measure air

4:10 PM ET BARCELONA, Spain — Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel believes Mercedes’ new Dual-Axis Steering system (DAS) would make for an uncomfortable feeling in the cockpit. Mercedes caught the attention of the paddock on the second day of preseason testing when it became apparent that its car featured a novel system operated by pushing and

Feb 19, 2020 ESPN staff ESPN will show all 22 races of the 2020 Formula One season live and commercial free on either ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC. ESPN’s F1 rights deal for the U.S. has been extended until the 2022 season. Australian Grand Prix Practice 1 – Thursday, March 12 – 8.55PM – ESPNEWSPractice 2

9:38 AM ET BARCELONA, Spain — Mercedes has caught the attention of the Formula One paddock after a novel system was spotted on the team’s car at pre-season testing. The world champions started the second day of testing with Lewis Hamilton at the wheel and it soon became apparent he was using the steering wheel

Feb 17, 2020 The Formula One season unofficially starts right here, with the opening day of testing at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya. We’ll be with you every step of the way. ESSENTIAL READING TESTING SO FAR LIVE BLOG (All Central European Time) 10:40: Here are two of the cars causing the most intrigue this week.

2:07 PM ET BARCELONA, Spain — The first day of testing never gives away too many secrets of the upcoming season, but there are still lessons to be learned. 1 Related Here, we look at the main talking points from a productive day of track action for all ten teams. The fastest F1 cars of

1:41 PM ET McLaren have closed their paddock hospitality at Formula One testing in Barcelona to anyone who has visited China in the past two weeks as part of measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus. One Chinese motorsports journalist, who arrived on Tuesday after mentioning his departure from Shanghai on social media, said

12:07 PM ET Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes started the opening day of preseason exactly where they finished the 2019 campaign — comfortably top of the order. The reigning world champion set a 1:16.976 early in his afternoon stint in Mercedes’ car. Hamilton had taken over from teammate Valtteri Bottas after lunch but the Finn still

9:59 AM ET Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo paid tribute to the late Kobe Bryant on his race helmet during the opening day of Formula One’s preseason. 1 Related Ricciardo stood on the grid for a promotional F1 video in the morning with a plain purple lid, but had additions made in the hours between then and