Silverstone bosses have promised fans a full refund if the British Grand Prix on July 19 is called off. The first seven races of the F1 season have been cancelled over coronavirus pandemic.

Eight rounds have been postponed, and more look likely to follow with countries in lockdown, but F1 bosses have said they hope to get back on track some time in the European summer.

The rules which would have effectively started a new era for F1 by pushing the reset button were set to come into force for 2021 before the coronavirus pushed their introduction back a year to save costs.

Formula One is in a 'very fragile state' as a result of the coronavirus crisis and needs big changes to survive, says McLaren boss Zak Brown. 

McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl has warned that a number of Formula One teams could fold if a crisis meeting on Thursday does not endorse money-saving plans.

The Monegasque was speaking as Formula One bosses devise a rescheduled programme to fit between 15 and 18 races into the second half of the year after the coronavirus hiatus.

The decision to cancel the French GP on June 28 seemed unavoidable after French president Emmanuel Macron placed a ban on mass gatherings in the country until at least mid-July.

The Hungarian government has said that no event in front of more than 500 people can take place before August 15, with the Grand Prix at the Hungaroring scheduled for August 2.

The 28-year-old television star opted for a pair of retro-style high waisted bottoms that did nothing to flatter her voluptuous figure.

It remains to be seen how they will fare on the 14th forthcoming season of Celebrity Apprentice.

The stars on Monday night took on their latest challenge of producing a fashion shoot for women's magazine Cosmopolitan and some were showing off their amazing bodies.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's staff have refused to rule out the possibility that the Terminator star is considering a run for the Senate in 2018 bringing him to the national political stage.

After bowing out of the 2015 iteration of The Celebrity Apprentice, Tim Dormer, Tegan Martin and Richard Reid relived old times on Tuesday, reuniting for a hug-filled lunch

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.

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.

Before the tournament begins Gareth Southgate's side will travel to Vienna on June 2 to play Austria, before returning to England for a tie against Romania at an undecided English stadium.

The X Factor judge released the full version of the racy visual on her Twitter page on Tuesday evening much to the delight of her 4.92 million followers.

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.

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 star was attacked by her then boyfriend inside his Lamborghini the night before the 2009 Grammys, with photos of her bruised and swollen face subsequently leaked to the website TMZ.

The hip hop star was leaving the Argyle Club with his crew when a scuffle broke out. It seems someone knocked a cell phone out of a pal's hand as the crowd surged around Brown's sports car.

Baylee Curran, the woman claiming Chris Brown pulled a gun on her, was stripped of the Miss California Regional 2016 title after a series of alarming incidents in the two months of her reign.

Baylee Curran, who accused singer Chris Brown of pointing a gun at her, has a history of making up death threats her former room mate has claimed.

The rapper, 27, has two-year-old daughter Royalty, who was at the house according to the website

A woman who hit the headlines in August when she claimed Chris Brown pulled a gun on her was left red-faced at a beauty pageant after the DJ put on one of the star's songs as she hit the runway.

Chris Brown is alleged to have assaulted the in-house photographer during a promotional appearance at a nightclub.

The 27-year-old hammed it up for the camera at Mokai Lounge in Miami Beach, Florida, on Monday.

Chris Bown's child, Royalty, is to be the face of new unisex fashion range, Royalty Brown Clothing, which she has supposedly 'helped to design with her mother'.

Chris Brown has been photographed seemingly choking a female companion during what the star claims was a lighthearted moment of horseplay.  

The allegations against Grissom were presented to Los Angeles prosecutors on Tuesday, according to the New York Daily News. Grissom has previously denied the accusations.

The 30-year-old singer took to Instagram to reveal the name of the newborn baby boy he welcomed with ex-girlfriend Ammika Harris by sharing a photo of himself.

The recent stock market falls have been the worst since the financial crisis and, just as then, we are in new and sobering territory.

Rishi Sunak should stick with plans drawn up by his predecessor Sajid Javid, who was lining up a cut in income tax from 20p in the pound to 18p.

'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.

RUTH SUNDERLAND: It hasn't helped that the first to hold out the begging bowl is Virgin, which is part-owned by US giant Delta and partly by billionaire Sir Richard Branson.

RUTH SUNDERLAND: How bad can it get? That's the question on the lips of investors, from the largest Wall Street operators to the most modest pension saver.

As we enter one of the worst financial disasters this country has ever known, the two men in charge of saving the economy have been in their jobs for less than two months between them.

RUTH SUNDERLAND: The airline industry can be accused of many sins. It is infested with brassy billionaires, such as the avaricious Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder of EasyJet (pictured).

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Once again, the banks are in the dock, this time for letting down hundreds of thousands of firms in their hour of direst need.

Covid-19 should be the trigger for wholesale change. Once and for all, there must be a reckoning with the morally bankrupt moguls who put profits before the safety of their staff.

Logical thinking is one of the first casualties in situations of great stress, which must be the explanation for the way dividends are being demonised in the pandemic.

Coronavirus must be beaten everywhere, or it is not beaten at all. If we can get the virus under control, the IMF reckons that world economy could start to recover by the end of this year - but that is a big if.

The Chinese economy is suffering badly from coronavirus and a draconian lockdown, but this is unlikely to curb its onward march for very long - and that should concern us all.

Even before coronavirus, the World Economic Forum was increasingly irrelevant and seen as a byword for the narcissism of an elite. The creed of globalisation is under challenge.

It was only ever meant to be a bridge to tide employers over a short-term loss of trade. And however much we might hope not, a wave of redundancies seems inevitable.

RUTH SUNDERLAND COLUMN: If ministers let Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic crash into the ground, we will all be the poorer for it.

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has injected a very welcome dose of hope into an atmosphere of almost unrelenting despair since replacing Mark Carney.

Woakes was picked up by Delhi Capitals for £160,000 at the tournament draft in December but has opted to pull out in a bid to keep himself fresh for the international summer.

Defending champions Australia claimed their fifth Women's Twenty20 Cricket World Cup title after thrashing India by 85 runs in Sunday's final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

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.