After taking a stunning victory in Brazil last time out, the Dutchman narrowly pipped Hamilton to the fastest time as he looks for back-to-back wins for the first time in his career.

The two-time world champion departed the grid at the end of the 2018 season, opting to continue his career away from the sport, since winning the prestigious Le Mans 24 hour race for Toyota.

JONATHAN McEVOY AT YAS MARINA: His trainer was hanging Lewis Hamilton's laundered overalls on the balcony railing while inside his boss speculated over a move to Ferrari.

All 10 Formula One teams have unanimously voted to keep the current specification of Pirelli tyres after testing and analysing results of a new prototype in Abu Dhabi, the sport's governing body (FIA) said.

Max Verstappen rattled the top of the drivers' market on Tuesday by committing his future to Red Bull for £40million a year and the promise of a title-winning car.

The prospect of a woman competing in F1 for the first time in 44 years has moved a step closer, when the W Series announced that its 2020 champion will receive 15 points towards a 'super licence'.

Red Bull's 22-year-old star Max Verstappen is convinced that, with the right car, he can become Formula One's world champion in 2020 as he insists rival Lewis Hamilton 'is not God'.

They will come face to face when Hamilton, whose contract is due for renewal at the end of the season, returns to work at the Silver Arrows' Northamptonshire factory on Tuesday morning. 

Lewis Hamilton has hit back at criticism from Red Bull rival Max Verstappen , calling the Dutchman's comments 'a sign of weakness' after he recently lit the fire ahead of the upcoming season.

The Grove outfit endured a turbulent 2019 in which they failed to make the start of pre-season testing before finishing last in the constructors' championship with just one point.

The Dutch driver, heading into his seventh season in Formula One, lost control and spun around, going off the track at turn five. He was unharmed in Thursday morning's session in Barcelona.

WILL JEANES IN MARRAKESH: Felipe Massa says the future of gas-guzzling Formula One is under threat due to the climate emergency.

Red Bull's No 1 driver Max Verstappen, who is expected to seriously test Lewis Hamilton's dominance going forward, starred heavily during the documentary that premiered last month.

JONATHAN McEVOY IN MELBOURNE: The season-opening race has been abandoned here in the early hours of Friday morning after a McLaren mechanic was diagnosed with coronavirus.

Max Verstappen admitted he is focused on winning the Formula One Championship this year with Red Bull and believes he now has the experience to do so. 

Carey's salary figure is a guarded secret but it is thought to be several million pounds a year. The London -based company have put half of their 500 F1 staff on furlough this week, it can be revealed.

Nico Rosberg (right) has praised Max Verstappen (left)'s role and influence in F1 - but has called the Red Bull racer one of the most annoying rivals he faced in Formula One.

So far nine Formula One Grand Prix meetings have been postponed or cancelled with the French GP likely to follow. F1 bosses however hope to start the season in Austria in July.

Sebastian Vettel is feeling the lockdown strain as yet another would-be Formula One race weekend breezes by with drivers still holed up at home. Vettel should be in Shanghai for round-four of the season.

The French Grand Prix became the 10th race to be postponed or cancelled this season with the pandemic decimating the sporting calendar worldwide.

The coronavirus pandemic has put Formula One's plans to start the season on hold but they races in Austria in early July before potentially two more at Silverstone are being lined up.

Stuart Broad and Ben Stokes will compete in the Brazilian F1 Virtual GP against the likes of Charles LeClerc, Alex Albon, George Russell and AC Milan captain Alessio Romagonoli.

The Dutch Grand prix may have to wait that little bit longer for its return, but that didn't stop Max Verstappen and Alex Albon taking their Red Bull racers out for a spin and embarking on an epic trip.

The Covid-19 pandemic means that the 2020 season has yet to get under way, but the current plan is to begin racing behind closed doors in Austria on July 5.

The six-time Formula One world champion says the British Grand Prix won't be the same without spectators but he is still raring to go after months of waiting due to the coronavirus pandemic.

To right hand woman and daughter Ivanka, 30 , Trump is obviously just a teddy bear, as today, she was spotted gently brushing flecks from her father's overcoat before cameras rolled in Manhattan.

This week’s Celebrity Apprentice saw Team Forte and Team Unanimous handed the task of designing puppets and putting on an improvised performance for an adult audience.

The contestants on Celebrity Apprentice tonight were seen putting their noses to the grindstone as they were tasked with creating a slogan and an in-store display for Donald Trump's new cologne.

'We wouldn’t have done the "All-Star" concept unless we were able to get the right contestants back,' said Trump, the boardroom boss who will make and break these youngsters' dreams.

Magician Penn Jillette says there's nothing magical about The Celebrity Apprentice or its creator, Donald Trump, ripping the tycoon who regularly Googles himself and 'desperately' cares what people think about him.

Katherine Webb, who shot to fame after ESPN's cameras panned to her as she cheered on her quarterback boyfriend in the BCS Championship game, let the news slip on Twitter on Thursday.

Dennis Rodman will never forget how to spell the name of Donald Trump's wife again.

Calm after the storm

Lil Jon also fired

Country star Trace Adkins is the first ever All-Star Celebrity Apprentice. Penn Jillette's magic seemed to let him down as he was beaten out despite being the favorite in the contest of previous celebrity contestants.

'I think what definitely will come out here is that I'm not a pot stirrer, I'm definitely not a drama-starter,' The Kate Plus 8 matriarch told Us Weekly at a press conference in New  York in March.

They're competing against each other on the upcoming season of The Celebrity Apprentice.

Joan Rivers was back on U.S screens last night in her final ever TV appearance. She was at Donald Trump's side to share her much-missed acerbic wit.

Her orange dress couldn't have been much tighter.

NBC is on the hunt for a new Celebrity Apprentice host after cutting ties with Donald Trump late last month, but it appears that person will not be Mexican-American comedian George Lopez.

The New Celebrity Apprentice rolled out its two-hour season premiere on Monday, drawing 4.9million viewers. The debut episode of Trump's final season drew 6.5million viewers.

The duo were seen enjoying another double date night on Wednesday with their wives Ola Jordan and Heidi Montag in tow, stumbling out of London's Libertine nightclub in the early hours of the morning.

Aubrey O'Day filmed the video as part of a remake of Gotye hit Somebody That I Used To Know in 2012 but rewrote the lyrics to be about her alleged affair with Don Jr, it has been reported.

Paddy McNair is hoping Holland underestimate Northern Ireland in their Euro 2020 qualifier in Rotterdam. Northern Ireland need to win in order to keep their dreams of reaching the finals alive.

The Dutch captain played 90 minutes against Northern Ireland on Saturday as Holland qualified for Euro 2020, but has withdrawn from their final game due to 'personal circumstances.'

JAN MOIR: Like Downton, Belgravia starts with a tragedy - only this one develops into a secret that threatens to engulf two families in scandal and could start or end a dynasty.

JAN MOIR: If only victualler's daughter Sophia Trenchard (Emily Reid) and posho Lord Edmund Bellasis (Jeremy Neumark Jones) had been in control of their lust, we wouldn't be here at all.

JAN MOIR: My sister and I Face Timed for the first time ever yesterday. We've had the technology to do so for years.

JAN MOIR: The new leak in the royal moat has emanated via the unlikeliest of sources - from no nonsense, plain-speaking Princess Anne herself in an interview with a glossy magazine.

JAN MOIR: They sang You Can't Always Get What You Want from rooms that suggested, actually they could - and did. Celebs perform live for 'One World: Together At Home' by Global Citizen.