England cricket star Ben Stokes endured a tough time behind the wheel in the second Formula One Essports Virtual Grand Prix.

The reigning Formula One champion is waiting to agree terms over a new contract with Mercedes, with his current £40million-a-year deal expiring at the end of this season.

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.

The Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal has joined a growing list of Formula One races postponed due to the new coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, with the 2020 season yet to get on the starting grid.

JONATHAN McEVOY: The French Grand Prix is about to become the 10th Formula One race, of 22, to be postponed or cancelled owing to the coronavirus outbreak.

JONATHAN McEVOY: Grand Prix races are falling like green bottles. Nine so far have been postponed or cancelled, and the event in France on June 28 looks set to topple.

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.

Mercedes chief Toto Wolff has bought a stake worth about £37million in Aston Martin, the British sports car company that will return to the Formula One grid as a works team next year.

Last year teams agreed to a budget cap of 175million US dollars (£142million) for 2021 but there have been suggestions that could be cut further.

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

Hockenheim ring manager Jorn Teske has admitted talks have taken place with F1 about staging a race this year after the German Grand Prix was originally axed for this season.

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.

She's recently gone from blonde to cherry red, and now Aubrey O'Day has gone one step further by dying her dogs' hair, as well.

He returned to the show as conquering hero. So it came as shock when former Celebrity Apprentice winner Bret Michaels was the first contestant to be eliminated on the All Star version of the show.

Calm after the storm

He has never been one to mince his words. So Celebrity Apprentice fans will be thrilled to learn Donald Trump has promised the show's forthcoming grand finale is going to be 'nasty.'

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

Serial cougar Vivica A. Fox is dating her Chocolate City co-star Robert Ri'Chard, 31. Ri'chard plays a college student recruited to be a stripper in the film - Fox plays his mother

Keshia Knight Pulliam, best known for playing Rudy Huxtable on The Cosby Show, was the first star sacked on the latest season of Celebrity Apprentice.

The 37-year-old human-rights lawyer and wife of George Clooney is reportedly at the top of a list that also includes Jessica Alba and Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg.

Hotel manager Dane Bouris, 34, was pictured this weekend, barefoot and covered in blood, walking down New South Head Road in Double Bay in Sydney's east.

Much like a similar challenge she faced on Celebrity Apprentice Australia last year, Tegan Martin appeared on Today Extra in an advertorial for cosmetic brand 1000 Hour.

In 2006, Donald Trump fired pro-wrestler Maria Kanellis-Bennett for using the word 'crap' on Celebrity Apprentice, calling it 'locker room' talk that had no place in his 'boardroom.'

Donald Trump forced employees of his hit reality television show The Apprentice to return to work in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, ex-staffers said on Monday.

Jamie O'Hara and Bianca Gascoigne could perhaps have become even more intimate with each other than first thought.

SPORTS AGENDA - EDITED BY LAURA WILLIAMSON: There were raised eyebrows in the England women's camp when a picture of the men's Under 21s on a private jet emerged.

Ryan Babel scored twice as a rampant Holland claimed a comfortable 4-0 victory over Estonia in their Euro 2020 Group C qualifier on Monday.

The former Everton boss has been leading his national side since February 2018 after being sacked by the Toffees in 2017 following a run of poor results.

JAN MOIR: Are you panic buying yet? I was tempted to stick another pack of loo rolls in my supermarket trolley yesterday but resisted the impulse. Why? Because I want to be British about this.

JAN MOIR: Many top chefs and cooks have turned to the internet to rustle up tasty films showing how they are cooking and caring for their families during the lockdown.

Even a pandemic can't stop Meghan Markle and husband Prince Harry in their grandiose scheme to save the world, writes Jan Moir, as they announce plans to open a new charity named 'Archewell'.

JAN MOIR: The lockdown is not going to end any time soon and I for one am profoundly grateful for that. Surely it would be too hasty and too rash to peel away now from the path of self-isolation?

JAN MOIR: You can say what you like about our teadrinking habits, our passion for Yorkshire puddings and wearing socks with sandals, but laughing at our most beloved condiments?

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.

JAN MOIR: Yes, my friends. We are in the middle of something unknown, something that will change lives and history forever. Where will it all end?

Over the past several months, the 26-year-old Liquor singer has been in a custody and child-support dispute with one-year-old Royalty's mother, Nia Guzman.

The 26-year-old revealed his red boxers to the crowd after splitting his trousers during a rigorous dance routine.

The America's Got Talent host and singer have gone head to head on their social media accounts as they compete over who has the biggest shoe fetish.

Paul Briley was one of the five people hit by bullets during a party hosted by the 26-year-old in San Jose in January. Lawyers siad the Grammy winner failed to implement adequate security

Chris Brown is scheduled to play in three concerts in Australia this year, but may not be able to play the Vector Arena show he has booked for December 18th in Auckland.

The 18-year-old Keeping Up With The Kardashians star went back to her dark roots as she stepped out with her head covered by a baseball cap - after her hair was reportedly the focus of the attacker's attention

Hitting the court at the Galen Centre in Los Angeles, the 26-year-old singer brought his daughter on court to mingle with his team before the celebrity match got underway, on Sunday.

It appears American singer Chris Brown might be unable to perform at his scheduled Australian concert dates after comments made by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

The father-of-one now has 28 days to plead his case, as tickets for his December gigs set to go on sale on Monday.

Arriving with a glamorous female friend, the former lover of Chris Brown, 27, looked incredible as she arrived at the venue wearing a form-fitting ruched nude dress.

Tickets for Chris Brown's concert One Hell Of A Nite have gone on sale, even though he has been banned from performing in Australia after his conviction for beating up ex-girlfriend Rihanna.

'I was very protective of him. I felt that people didn’t understand him. Even after,' the singer said in a new interview with Vanity Fair. 'I don’t hate him. I will care about him until the day I die,' she said.

Chris Brown got to work with his adorable daughter Royalty during a fun photoshoot this week.

Chris Brown has demonstrated what an incredible father he is since embracing his daughter, Royalty into his life earlier this year.