10:41 AM ET Six times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton says he is yet to start talks with Mercedes to extend his contract beyond this year, despite media reports they had stalled already over wage demands. The 35-year-old Briton denied the speculation in a post, subsequently deleted, on Instagram. “FYI (Team principal) Toto (Wolff)

5:56 AM ET Formula One’s governing body, the FIA, is monitoring the recent outbreak of coronavirus in China and is prepared to make changes to upcoming events if necessary. F1’s Chinese Grand Prix is scheduled to go ahead on April 19 in Shanghai and Formula E’s Sanya E-Prix is scheduled for March 21. Following the

4:48 AM ET Reuters and ESPN World champions Mercedes are not preparing to pull out of Formula One, Daimler Chief Executive Ola Kaellenius said on Wednesday. 1 Related Autocar and the racefans.net website reported Wednesday that the subject of whether Mercedes should leave the sport as a constructor would be discussed at the next board

6:25 AM ET Fernando Alonso is targeting a return to Formula One next year and is confident he will win the championship given the right car. Alonso left the series at the end of 2018 after four seasons with McLaren failed to yield results. Since then, he has won the Le Mans 24 Hours twice,

9:09 AM ET On paper, Ferrari has everything a Formula One team needs to succeed: huge resources, an in-house engine supply and a rich history capable of luring the most talented individuals in the sport onto its payroll. Yet for the past 11 years those ingredients have failed to yield a title success. You have

10:11 AM ET Renault has confirmed Pat Fry will join its team as technical director next month, taking on the role left vacant by Nick Chester at the end of last year. Renault announced Fry would join the team last November, a month before Chester’s departure had been confirmed, but did not elaborate on his

4:36 AM ET Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton was among those in the motorsport community who paid tribute to Kobe Bryant following the news of his death on Sunday. Bryant and his daughter Gianna were among several people killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, on Sunday, a source confirmed to ESPN. Bryant

5:43 AM ET Formula One, whose 2020 season starts in Melbourne on March 15, has announced an auction to help areas most affected by the Australian bushfires. The sport said in a statement that drivers, teams, partners and the governing body were contributing exclusive items and experiences to be auctioned from Wednesday and running through

5:14 AM ET Organisers of the Miami Grand Prix have made changes to their proposed circuit layout in order to appease opponents of the race. The circuit is located around the home of the Miami Dolphins, the Hard Rock Stadium, and has been tweaked so that it no longer uses public roads — a feature

4:19 AM ET Fernando Alonso will be free to drive for whomever he chooses at this year’s Indianapolis 500 after ending his relationship with McLaren. 1 Related The Formula One team confirmed on Monday that the double world champion’s contract had expired at the end of last year and was not renewed. “Fernando is a