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World Champion Lewis Hamilton Sets Pace at Pre-season Testing at Barcelona

Lewis Hamilton clocked a best time of 1min 16.976sec off a total of 94 laps in Barcelona.




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Small Details, Big Picture, Key to Lewis Hamilton's Next F1 Deal

Lewis Hamilton, who has been at Mercedes since 2013, sees no need to hurry despite lingering speculation he could move to Ferrari.




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Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas Sets Fastest Time of Opening Test Week

Valtteri Bottas recorded the fastest time in the opening session of pre-season F1 testing.




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Formula One: Mercedes DAS Steering Wheel to Be Outlawed after This Season

Mercedes's new Dual-Axis Steering system will be effectively ruled out after indications of a change in the technical regulations.




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Formula One: Mercedes Suspect Ferrari are Playing Down Their True Pace

Mercedes suspect Ferrari are actually faster than what they are letting on in Formula One's first pre-season test.




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Formula One: Lewis Hamilton has Michael Schumacher's Biggest Records in Sight

Lewis Hamilton has his sights firmly set on Michael Schumacher's record of 91 wins and seven titles.




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Formula 1: Bahrain Grand Prix to Be Held Without Spectators Due to Coronavirus

The Bahrain Grand Prix, which is scheduled to be held March 20-22, will be without spectators due to th4e coronavirus outbreak.




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No Fans, No Way: Australia F1 Rules Out Ban of Spectators in Wake of Bahrain Grand Prix Move

Australian Grand Prix will take place in the presence of fans despite the threat of coronavirus affecting sporting events around the globe.




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'Heartbreaking': Lewis Hamilton Describes Fire-ravaged Australia After Visit

Lewis Hamilton visited the New South Wales countryside to see the devastation due to months-long bushfires.




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Two More Haas Formula One Staff Isolated Over Coronavirus Fears

Coronavirus fears have spread around the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.




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'Cash is King': Lewis Hamilton Slams Plans to Hold Australian F1 Despite Coronavirus Pandemic

Australian Grand Prix is set to go ahead despite five Formula One team members being in quarantine over coronavirus fears.




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For Formula One, Coronavirus Means Less is More in 2020. Here’s How

Formula One races in Bahrain, Vietnam, China, Netherlands and Spain have also been shelved but F1 organisers are hoping to shoehorn them into a breathless finale after the coronavirus passes.




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Formula One Drivers to Stage Virtual Reality Races Amid Coronavirus Lockdown

Formula One drivers will compete in ESports Virtual Grand Prix series as the season remains suspended due to coronavirus.




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F1 Champion Lewis Hamilton Says He's Self-isolating After Attending Event with Idris Elba

Lewis Hamilton was at a charity event in London on March 4 also attended by actor Idris Elba and Sophie Grgoire Trudeau.




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India's First F1 Track Buddh International Circuit to be Used as Shelter Home for Migrant Workers

Buddh International Circuit, which is India's first Formula One racing track, is being readied to be used as a shelter home and quarantine facility for migrant labourers leaving Delhi-NCR after Central Government announced a 21-day lockdown




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Red Bull Official Wanted Drivers to Deliberately Catch Coronavirus

Red Bull Formula One team consultant admitted he wanted the drivers to catch coronavirus.




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Formula One in 'Very Fragile State', Warns McLaren Boss Zak Brown

McLaren boss warned that four teams could be driven out of business due to coronavirus pandemic.




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Formula One Faces New Reality Amid Coronavirus Crisis: FIA President Jean Todt

Nine Formula One Grand Prix races have been cancelled or postponed and the next race scheduled is the French GP on June 28.




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Lewis Hamilton Salutes 'Racing Legend and Comrade' Stirling Moss

Lewis Hamilton paid a tribute to Stirling Moss, who was regarded as one of Formula One's greatest drivers.




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Damon Hill Hails Stirling Moss as F1 'Great' Despite Lack of World Title

Stirling Moss died on Sunday aged 90 following a long illness.




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Formula E Teams Up with UNICEF on Coronavirus Appeal

Formula E have already suspended its season, which runs from December to July, last month.




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Max Verstappen to Race in Virtual Aussie Supercar Series as a Wildcard

Max Verstappen was announced a wildcard entrant in the V8 Supercars All-Stars Eseries.




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McLaren Boss Says Coronavirus is Final Wake-up Call for 'Unhealthy' F1

McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl said the coronavirus is the perfect call up for Formula One and the sport's 'unhealthy' ways.




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Sebastian Vettel Hints at New Ferrari Deal Before F1 Season Begins

Sebastian Vettel will be out of contract at the end of 2020.




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Mercedes F1 Boss Toto Wolff Takes a Stake in Aston Martin

Mercedes F1 spokesman said Toto Wolff's move was purely an investment and would be diluted by a rights issue on Monday from 4.77% to less than 1%.




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Charles Leclerc Wins Virtual China Race, Celebrates With Pasta Not Champagne

Charles Leclerc started on pole in the Formula One Esports Virtual Grand Prix championship and finished ahead of Red Bull's Alex Albon and Guanyu Zhou.




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Lewis Hamilton Ready to Stick with Mercedes 'Dream Team'

Lewis Hamilton was linked with a move to Ferrari after the six-time world title winner revealed in January he had yet to open talks over a new deal with Mercedes.




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Spanish Grand Prix: F1 Will Renegotiate Fees for Races Without Fans

Joan Fontsere, yhe general manager of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, said said Spanish Grand Prix organizers at this moment are not even considering a race with fans.




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Would be Happy for Sebastian Vettel to Continue at Ferrari: Charles Leclerc

Sebastian Vettel has hinted he may have a new deal with Ferrari before the Formula One season begins post the covid-19 pandemic.




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FIA Safeguard Clause Could Facilitate Lower Formula One Budget Cap

F1 teams have agreed verbally to lower the 2021 budget but some are pushing for further cuts to reflect the global financial crisis caused by Covid-19.




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British Grand Prix Will Not Take Place in Front of Fans: Silverstone

July 19 British Grand Prix has not yet been postponed or cancelled but organisers have confirmed that fans will not be allowed.




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Lewis Hamilton Misses Being Out of Racing Action For the 1st Time Since He was Eight

Lewis Hamilton said there was a big void in his life right now since he is unable to race due to coronavirus shutdown.




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There's Definitely a Big Void: Lewis Hamilton on Formula One Shutdown

Lewis Hamilton said that he is missing racing everyday as coronavirus stalls sports around the globe.




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Formula One Extends Shutdown Period For Second Time To a Period Of 63 Consecutive Days

Teams normally take most of August off, but that period has now been freed up to give Formula One room to reschedule a string of races postponed due to the new coronavirus.




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This Day 26 Years Ago, F1 Racing Legend Ayrton Senna Passed Away

Formula One legend Ayrton Senna died in a horrific crash on this day in 1994




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F1 Agrees $145 Million Cap for Teams in 2021: Managing Director Ross Brawn

Formula One managing director Ross Brawn said after a teleconference with teams and the governing FIA that a much fairer prize fund would feature in a new commercial agreement due by the end of this year.




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Two of the 10 German Football Coronavirus Cases Are at Moenchengladbach: Report

Local newspaper reported an unnamed Moenchengladbach player and physiotherapist had tested positive for the coronavirus.




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Claire Williams Scared of Formula One Team Shutting Down Due to Covid-19 But Won't Risk Staff's Health

Claire Williams said that it was scary that if racing doesn't restart soon due to coronavirus, Formula One could lose an 'awful lot of teams'.




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F1 Looking to Host Races at New Circuits to Save Season after Covid-19 Setback

In the wake coronavirus pandemic, the first 10 races of the 2020 calender have either been called off or postponed.




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PM Modi discusses coronavirus situation with Aung San Suu Kyi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed India's readiness to provide all possible support to Myanmar to mitigate the health and economic impact of COVID-19.




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Afghanistan likely facing coronavirus 'health disaster': US watchdog

The spread of Covid-19 has significantly impacted Afghanistan from complicating the peace initiative to forcing border crossing closures that have disrupted commercial and humanitarian deliveries, according to a a watchdog report to the US Congress.




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Rohingya refugees relocated to controversial Bangladesh island after weeks at sea




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Coronavirus: Nepal records 16 new cases; most in contact with man who attended Tablighi event in India

Sixteen people, including 15 who came in contact with a religious leader who returned after attending the Tablighi Jamaat gathering in Delhi in March, have been tested positive, Nepal's health ministry said. All the 16 people were found Covid-19 positive on Sunday, it said, adding that the total number of coronavirus cases in Nepal now stands at 75.




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Lankan Tamils raise release of political prisoners issue with PM Mahinda Rajapaksa

A delegation of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), Sri Lanka's main Tamil party, met the prime minister on Monday for a separate discussion on the prisoners issue after attending an all-party meeting convened by Mahinda Rajapaksa.




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Why China's maneuvers in Nepal politics worry India




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Covid-19: Nepal extends lockdown till May 18, suspends cross-border movement until May 3




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Bangladesh lifts curbs on mosque prayers as lockdown eases




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Afghanistan says it has found 17 bodies of migrants drowned by Iran border guards




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Nepal lawmakers being tested for coronavirus ahead of Parliament session

All lawmakers in Nepal are being tested for the novel coronavirus as a precautionary measure ahead of the Parliament's budget session beginning on Friday. The swab samples of the members of Lower House and Upper House were collected for testing through Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) method, at the Parliament building on Thursday, according to officials.




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Rohingya stranded on boat for weeks taken to Bangladesh island