7:19 AM ET SHANGHAI, China — Ferrari has confirmed Sebastian Vettel will continue receiving priority treatment, despite his underwhelming start to the season. The Scuderia’s driver policy has come into question in the wake of Leclerc’s stunning weekend last time out in Bahrain, where the 21-year-old proved he is more than capable of beating his

10:14 AM ET SHANGHAI, China — Daniil Kvyat was bemused after copping a drive-through penalty for his opening lap collision with Lando Norris at the Chinese Grand Prix. The pair tangled at Turn 6 in Shanghai after Kvyat had bumped into Norris’ McLaren teammate Carlos Sainz. While it initially looked like a racing incident, the

9:04 AM ET SHANGHAI — Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto defended his team’s controversial decision to enforce team orders on its drivers during the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday. Another race, another head-scratching performance from Ferrari. A look at how Ferrari bungled another Formula One race and whether it is fair to assume the team

10:48 PM ET SHANGHAI, China — At the conclusion of pre-season testing in Barcelona, the general consensus was that Ferrari had a significant pace advantage over the rest of the field. The SF-90 looked to be the benchmark car with both one-lap and long run pace, and with that, Ferrari became the clear favourites to

11:30 AM ET ESPN staff Lewis Hamilton has paid tribute to NBA legend Dwyane Wade, citing the retiring star as an inspiration for his own career. Wade has called time on a 16-year career, which was predominantly spent with the Miami Heat and included three championships. His decision has prompted a wave of tributes across

4:51 AM ET Ferrari came to the Chinese Grand Prix with raised expectations following a dominant performance in Bahrain and, despite being dubbed favourites by Mercedes, it was the reigning world champions who locked out the front row of the grid in Shanghai. We look at the reasons behind that result and the other major

5:13 AM ET ESPN staff Renault teammates Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg are among the drivers to have rolled back the years to commemorate Formula One’s 1000th world championship race this weekend. F1 is celebrating the milestone at the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai this weekend and has given its driver’s permission to bring a

8:54 AM ET SHANGHAI, China — The performance advantage between Mercedes and Ferrari swung massively between Australia and Bahrain, but the early signs are that it might level out in China. Despite Ferrari’s strong performance two weeks ago in Bahrain, reliability issues scuppered Charles Leclerc’s first shot at a race win, and despite fixes being

7:41 AM ET SHANGHAI, China — Mick Schumacher’s approach to racing is very similar to his legendary father, Michael, according to Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto. Mick, the 20-year-old son of seven-time Formula One world champion Michael, enjoyed his first day inside the cockpit of a Ferrari at last week’s Bahrain test, completing 56 laps