Lewis Hamilton's future with Mercedes is under increasing threat and the British driver could join Ferrari in 2021. He has one more season with the Silver Arrows on his £40million-a-year deal.

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'.

Lewis Hamilton has switched up his look ahead of Formula One's pre-season winter testing period, with the six-time world champion Mercedes driver revealing a scruffier style. 

Although Liberty Media, the sport's owners, left open the possibility of the Chinese GP being rescheduled, the chances of finding a replacement date look remote to non-existent.

Lewis Hamilton fired a warning shot to his rivals, saying he is feeling 'on another level physically and mentally' ahead of the Formula One season. 

Hamilton, whose Mercedes contract is set to expire at the end of the year, had held informal talks about joining Ferrari last year but any move now looks dead in the water.

McLaren have unveiled the car they hope will take them another step forward on their journey back to the front of the Formula One grid.

Lewis Hamilton has unveiled the new Mercedes he hopes will fire him to a record-equalling seventh Formula One world championship.

Lewis Hamilton has said he needs to figure out his next 'five to 10-year plan' before signing a new contract with Mercedes. Hamilton joined Mercedes from McLaren back in 2013.

Nico Rosberg has backed one of Formula One's crop of exciting youngsters to make a breakthrough this season and seize the Formula One title.

JONATHAN McEVOY IN MELBOURNE: Lando Norris lef for Melbourne without a care, other than to avoid company. Nothing to do with coronavirus, it is just that he insists on isolating himself.

Here are all the major changes that have happened over the winter ahead of the 2020 Formula One campaign which begins on Sunday with the Australian Grand Prix.

EXCLUSIVE BY JONATHAN MCEVOY IN MELBOURNE: Todt has told Formula One's teams he took the decision to strike a settlement with his old team over their allegedly illegal engine.

Pre-season testing has left us with more questions than answers as the new F1 campaign prepares to get underway at the Australian GP. Here are the 10 biggest talking points for the new season.

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.

F1 confirmed the next two races, in Bahrain and Vietnam, are off, meaning the first four races of the season will not take place as planned after April's Chinese Grand Prix was earlier postponed.

After Sunday's season-opener in Melbourne was called off, the FIA and the sport's owners Liberty Media are seeking a new timetable including the key Grand Prix in Monaco.

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.

Formula One bosses on Wednesday took the first step to save the sport from financial meltdown by bringing forward the summer break from August to now.

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.

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. 

The boss of the British Grand Prix has told Formula One's owners that he needs to know by the middle of next month whether the showpiece event is going ahead on July 19.

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.

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

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.

F1 team Haas have placed the majority of their UK staff on furlough as coronavirus continues to impact on major sports teams. Haas' drivers have also agreed to wage cuts.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Norris was competing in an eSports event via the iRacing simulation video game and looked to be on course for victory at the digital equivalent of the world famous Indianapolis motor speedway circuit.

Formula One boss Ross Brawn has spoken to the directors of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA) in an attempt to win their approval for a return to racing in Austria on July 5.

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 star was promoting an event during a task for the show in which he is using to raise money for his nominated charity, Starlight Foundation

She was tweeting words of wisdom last week as she prepared to make a second attempt at Celebrity Apprentice by participating on their All-Star programme. And on Tuesday it looked like Lisa Rinna was well on her way to victory as she got stuck into some work at The Meatball Shop in New York City.

With some of the long running show's top contenders and craziest characters about to once again hit television screens, Celebrity Apprentice judge Ivanka Trump had her game face on in New York on Wednesday evening.

Add another feather to oddball actor Gary Busey’s cap - modern artist!

Lil Jon also fired

Geraldo Rivera, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Brandi Glanville, Kenya Moore, and Kate Gosselin are 'among cast members' in the mix, according to TMZ.

They're both used to dealing with families - although one is a lot bigger than the other.

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.

'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.

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.

Leeza Gibbons, 57, has made it halfway through Celebrity Apprentice, and now she has something else to celebrate. She is set to introduce her newest line of jewelry Wishes & Dreams.

The rocker, 54, is the first to commit to the show that will air in September.

The singer seems to be getting ready to re-enter the limelight as she has been making several posts on Instagram. On Sunday the 47-year-old star went for shock value as she went makeup free.