6:20 AM ET Reuters / ESPN LONDON — The family of seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher have assured fans the Ferrari great is being well cared for as they prepare to celebrate his 50th birthday. Schumacher, who retired from racing in 2012, has not been seen in public since he suffered severe head

4:37 AM ET Formula One has always been a sport of compelling narratives. Though new ones will emerge during the new season, there are several topics we know we will be talking about for much of the year — we’ve outlined the biggest below. Vettel verses Leclerc Charles Leclerc will partner Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari

6:49 AM ET Daniel Ricciardo says he found it difficult and frustrating to work out which teams had genuine interest in signing him while he weighed up his options in the driver market this year. In August, Ricciardo’s shock move to Renault for 2019 was confirmed. It followed several months of the Australian driver considering

5:57 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 The CBE awarded to Professor Gordon Murray in the 2019 Queen’s New Year Honours is for ‘Services to Motoring’. That may be

5:12 AM ET ESPN staff McLaren boss Zak Brown believes his team is on a path back to the front of the grid but is refusing to set specific targets for 2019. McLaren finished sixth in 2018 but failed to make the progress it had expected ahead of the year having switched from Honda to

9:56 AM ET Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 ESPN rates the top five drivers of the 2018 Formula One season — a

7:36 AM ET ESPN staff Lewis Hamilton has been invited to attend a Stevenage football game to show support to his home town after controversial comments he made about it last week. Hamilton has apologised for a statement he made during the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award show, where he said: “It was

9:43 AM ET McLaren has revealed a special edition P1 GTR which pays homage to Ayrton Senna, 30 years on from his first Formula One world championship title. Designed by McLaren Special Operations, the bespoke division of McLaren Automotive, the hypercar features the famous red and white colours associated with Senna’s stint with the Formula

7:31 AM ET Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 The first half of our ranking of the top ten drivers of Formula One’s

7:21 AM ET Mercedes team boss, Toto Wolff, has questioned Formula One’s desire to attract new engine builders to the sport when it already has four committed manufacturers involved. At the end of 2017, F1 outlined a vision for 2021 in which it planned to address critcism levelled at the current set of engine regulations.