3:22 AM ET It’s the penultimate day of track action at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya. After an impressive start to testing, Ferrari has faltered this week, with setbacks encountered on each of the last two days. Can it recover on Thursday? The Italian team had Mercedes rattled in week one — read why its headline

1:55 PM ET MONTMELO, Spain — A random outbreak of the Fernando Alonso Show never seems far away when you’re near McLaren in the Formula One paddock. It only took until the sixth day of this year’s preseason for it to ramp up again at the two-time world champion’s home circuit. At the launch of

3:36 AM ET It’s the sixth day of the eight scheduled pre-season tests at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya. Can Ferrari continue it’s impressive start to pre-season? Will Mercedes be able to recover from a delayed Tuesday afternoon? The Italian team had Mercedes rattled in week one — read why its headline times caught the world

5:38 AM ET McLaren has confirmed Fernando Alonso will test its 2019 Formula One car at some point this year. Alonso stepped away from a racing role for this season but has remained affiliated with the team, which he will contest his second Indy 500 with in May. There had been speculation Alonso could test

1:54 PM ET MONTMELO, Spain — After his first chance to properly follow a rival on track in testing, Haas’ Kevin Magnussen said the early signs are that the changes made to Formula One cars in 2019 will improve racing. F1 fans have been promised an improvement to the spectacle this season with cars featuring

12:45 PM ET ESPN staff MONTMELO, Spain — McLaren started the second week of Formula One’s pre-season testing with the fastest time, after Lando Norris set a 1:17.709 in the final hour of the afternoon session. The time was 0.4s shy of the best lap from last week’s test and put McLaren at the top

11:35 AM ET Maurice Hamilton Close • Veteran F1 journalist, covering the sport since 1977• Motor racing correspondent for the Observer for 20 years• Has written several books and covered F1 for BBC Radio 5 Live F1 has opened applications to produce a standardised gearbox for all its teams to use between 2021 and 2024. This move would

5:14 AM ET ESPN staff ESPN will show live coverage of the 2019 Formula One season in the United States this year. The schedules for the upcoming races are listed below (all times Eastern): Rolex Australian Grand PrixPractice 1 – Thursday, March 14, 8:55 PM – ESPN3Practice 2 – Friday, March 15, 12:55 AM –

6:16 AM ET The makers of the upcoming Netflix documentary about Formula One have accused Mercedes and Ferrari of doing a disservice to the championship. The 10-part series Drive to Survive will be released on March 8, a week before the opening race of 2019 in Melbourne, the Australian Grand Prix. The Netflix crew followed

5:54 AM ET Ferrari left the opening week of testing looking like the benchmark for the rest of the field. But how will the final four days shape up? Ahead of the resumption of testing on Tuesday at the Circuit de Catalunya, we look at the five things we expect to see or learn by