11:36 AM ET ESPN staff SAKHIR, Bahrain — Fernando Alonso says his decision to test a McLaren Formula One car next week should not be interpreted as the first step towards a return to the series in 2020. Just four months after turning his back on Formula One, Fernando Alonso will return to the wheel

2:05 PM ET ESPN staff Fernando Alonso has continued dipping his feet into unknown waters with a test of Toyota’s Dakar Rally car in South Africa. The Spaniard, who won world titles in 2005 and 2006, drove the Toyota Hilux in the Kalahari desert. Alonso was at the wheel of the 2019-spec car which won

2:25 PM ET SAKHIR, Bahrain — Just four months after turning his back on Formula One, Fernando Alonso will return to the wheel of a contemporary McLaren F1 car on Tuesday as he takes part in a tyre test with the team in Bahrain. Fernando Alonso has hit back at popular F1 podcast ‘Off the

1:16 PM ET SAKHIR, Bahrain — Sebastian Vettel says Ferrari’s decision to tell teammate Charles Leclerc to hold position behind him at the Australian Grand Prix was not a “strong team order” and was overplayed in the media. Who’s hot and who’s not in Formula One? Jake Michaels ranks all 20 drivers ahead of this

6:30 AM ET Britain will have five drivers, more than any other nation, competing in an 18-woman field at the first edition of the all-female W Series. Jamie Chadwick, Esmee Hawkey, Jessica Hawkins, Sarah Moore and Alice Powell were all named on Thursday in the line-up for the six-round championship, which is due to start

1:48 PM ET Human rights groups called on Wednesday for Formula One and its governing body, the FIA, to seek the immediate release of a jailed female activist and blogger ahead of this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the London-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) were among 15 signatories

5:32 PM ET Fernando Alonso doesn’t seem to be missing F1 very much. The Spaniard stepped away from the championship for 2019 and had two primary reasons for doing so: he had grown tried of a succession of uncompetitive McLaren cars and this year is turning his full attention to other pursuits, such as his

12:12 PM ET ESPN staff Reigning Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has condemned the racist abuse several England players were subjected to in Montenegro during a qualifier for football’s Euro 2020 competition on Monday. England debutant Callum Hudson-Odoi said he heard monkey chants during the team’s 5-1 victory, while Raheem Sterling and England coach

10:08 AM ET The famous Williams team is in trouble. Williams faces a difficult start to the year after missing the first two days of testing, but it is a team used to fighting against the odds. Alarm bells started ringing shortly after the launch of its new car, when a cancelled track filming day