Lewis Hamilton's decision to get out of the car saw a red flag deployed on the session so that the car and the British driver could be retrieved and taken back to the Mercedes garage before action resumed.
WILL JEANES IN MARRAKESH: Felipe Massa says the future of gas-guzzling Formula One is under threat due to the climate emergency.
His comments came as the FIA admitted on Thursday they were not convinced last year's Ferrari was always legal, but took no further action because it was too complex to prove.
Formula One boss Chase Carey has issued a public apology for the last-minute cancellation of the Australian Grand Prix. It was called off 90 minutes before first practice.
Many drivers are out of contract at the end of the season, including Vettel and his former Red Bull team-mate, and Renault fear Ricciardo could leave for Ferrari if they fail to make significant progress.
The three latest races to be called off take the grand total of postponed events to seven, with Australia, Bahrain, Vietnam, China, Holland, Spain and Monaco all now falling foul of the virus.
Formula One will run a series of virtual races, with some current drivers taking part, to replace a string of grands prix postponed by the coronavirus outbreak.
Daniel Ricciardo reveals he is still benefitting from a good training regime despite coronavirus disrupting plans for the 2020 Formula One calendar.
McLaren now have all their employees home from Australia after a period in quarantine following a positive test at the cancelled season-opener in Melbourne.
England cricket star Ben Stokes endured a tough time behind the wheel in the second Formula One Essports Virtual Grand Prix.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY JAMES SHARPE: In normal times, George Russell would ready to belt up and take on Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel at the Chinese Grand Prix.
Europe has spent weeks in lockdown in a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus but Formula One bosses are optimistic the sport could restart on July 5th at the Austrian Grand Prix.
Although the 'Silverstone Grand Prix' is a suggested title for this additional event, there is support for naming it after Sir Stirling Moss, who died earlier in April.
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.
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.
She may have stunned passerby while donning a wedding dress on the streets of New York City, but Kate Gosselin did it all for charity.
The movie star, 69, takes over from Donald Trump on the NBC reality show and appeared at the promotional event wearing a large knee-high medical boot on his right leg.
The 69-year-old Terminator star is hoping viewers will forget the contentious election campaign and give his version of NBC's reality show a fair shake when it returns to NBC after a two-year break on January 2..
The Celebrity Apprentice host told the Men's Journal he suggested the idea to his assistant when he proposed organizing a one-hour meeting with his predecessor.
The New Celebrity Apprentice has lost half of its 12 sponsors amid the ongoing #GrabYourWallet campaign, sources claim.
SPORTS AGENDA - EDITED BY LAURA WILLIAMSON: Sky Sports will come under pressure to make the Cricket World Cup final free to air should England reach the Lord's showpiece on July 14.
SPORTS AGENDA - EDITED BY LAURA WILLIAMSON: Amazon have parked their tanks on the BBC's lawn at Queen's by paying close to £100,000 to secure the bigger, better studio.
On Monday, Zinchenko helped his side to Euro 2020 qualification with a win over Portugal in Kiev and his week got even better when his girlfriend, Vlada Sedan, agreed to marry him.
The Brazilian midfielder left the field in tears after reacting to the abuse in Sunday's game by showing an obscene gesture and kicking the ball in the direction of Dynamo's fans.
Chris Brown has vented his frustrations at his baby mama after police issued a a wanted alert for her boyfriend. The singer, 26, accused Nia Guzman of being a hypocrite.
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.
The reclusive son of Kris Jenner wrote alongside the close up photo of the model: 'I like when she send me pictures.' Whether he is or he isn't, it seems Kardashian wants folk to they're dating.
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.
The legal battle between the singer and Nia Guzman over their daughter has been resolved with Brown getting Royalty 12 days a month in unsupervised visitation.
GetUp! says its campaign to block Chris Brown from entering Australia 'supported a racist narrative men of colour are more violent than their white counterparts'.
'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.
Her hair tied and her flawless skin completely make-up free, the model looked ready to work up a sweat as she hit a fitness centre with a female friend.
The ex-girlfriend of Chris Brown showed up at the trendy celebrity haunt Mr. Nice Guy in West Hollywood probably without a clue that the Canadian musician was inside.
I really can't f*** all these b*****s without you,' Scott pleads with Chris, before yelling at the half-naked women to get off his precious Lamborghini. He later parties with Chris and French Montanta.
The 27-year-old was reportedly livid after network execs stepped in to reject his role as a drug dealer on friend 50 Cent's series Power, after the rapper promised him the role.
The rapper, 27, has two-year-old daughter Royalty, who was at the house according to the website
Chris Brown must be supervised by ex Nia Guzman when visiting their daughter Royalty, according to reports.
The 27-year-old hammed it up for the camera at Mokai Lounge in Miami Beach, Florida, on Monday.
In February of 2009, Chris Brown assaulted his now ex girlfriend Rihanna after leaving a pre-Grammy party. And the 28-year-old singer opened up about the fateful night in his upcoming documentary.
After years of being on and off, his relationship with Karrueche Tran came to a nasty end when she filed a restraining order against him, citing threats of violence.
Nick Cannon is making a movie to 'empower women'. The 37-year-old star, who will direct, write, produce and appear in She Ball, was seen on set of a photo shoot for the film ahead of production.
Vanessa Carlton made it clear on Thursday that she doesn't care for Chris Brown after he shared an appreciation post about her song A Thousand Miles.
A 25-year-old woman has accused Brown, pictured in Paris on Saturday night, of raping her on the evening of January 15 at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in the French capital.
'It is not inevitable at this stage that the epidemic will trigger a meltdown, but if it does, the most likely transmission mechanism is a tsunami of corporate debt', says Ruth Sunderland.
PAUL NEWMAN IN KATUNAYAKE: Crawley, 22, was again composed and classy on Sunday as he scored 91 in the first warm-up of England's Sri Lanka tour before getting out carelessly.
Northamptonshire's decision to travel to Singapore on Monday for a 12-day warm weather trip led Nottinghamshire to scrub it, fearful that facing such opponents invited unnecessary risk.
EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: The ECB could face a legal battle with Sri Lankan officials to determine how the World Test Championship points for their postponed series are allocated
A number of English players, including Alex Hales, Tom Banton and James Vince, would have been involved in the semi-finals but they had already left the country due to the coronavirus pandemic.