EXCLUSIVE BY JONATHAN McEVOY: F1 bosses are expected to confirm in the next 48 hours that the race in Shanghai will not go ahead due to growing fears over the outbreak.

Red Bull's No 1 driver Max Verstappen, who is expected to seriously test Lewis Hamilton's dominance going forward, starred heavily during the documentary that premiered last month.

Italy is currently on on lockdown due to the spread of the coronavirus, with the country's prime minister Giuseppe Conte ordering 60 million citizens not to travel or even socialise in coming days.

FIA president Jean Todt accused the seven teams angered by their investigation into Ferrari's suspect engine of making 'false, injurious and defamatory' allegations.

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.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY JONATHAN MCEVOY: Bernie Ecclestone does not believe Lewis Hamilton should move to Ferrari and he is happy to reel off why. Ecclestone is enjoying a burger in a regular haunt.

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.

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.

EXCLUSIVE BY JONATHAN MCEVOY: Lewis Hamilton's future at Mercedes was cast into doubt when his boss Toto Wolff was absent from a heated conference call intended to save F1.

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.

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.

Schumacher is the most successful driver to grace the sport after winning seven world championship titles before retiring in 2012 but Jordan says his legacy is tainted by his single-mindedness.

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 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.

This week’s Celebrity Apprentice saw Team Forte and Team Unanimous handed the task of designing puppets and putting on an improvised performance for an adult audience.

Last week’s Celebrity Apprentice ended on a cliffhanger with either Clay Aiken, Arsenio Hall or Aubrey O’Day facing the chop.

Could not believe his luck

'We wouldn’t have done the "All-Star" concept unless we were able to get the right contestants back,' said Trump, the boardroom boss who will make and break these youngsters' dreams.

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.

Magician Penn Jillette says there's nothing magical about The Celebrity Apprentice or its creator, Donald Trump, ripping the tycoon who regularly Googles himself and 'desperately' cares what people think about him.

Maybe they'll have better luck the second time around.

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.

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.

Allegedly had a 'meltdown' after cameras stopped rolling

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

Country star Trace Adkins is the first ever All-Star Celebrity Apprentice. Penn Jillette's magic seemed to let him down as he was beaten out despite being the favorite in the contest of previous celebrity contestants.

Despite the fact they were on friendly terms prior to filming, the show has reportedly brought out the worst in them both, with the feisty women said to be 'at war' with one another

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.

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.

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 New Celebrity Apprentice rolled out its two-hour season premiere on Monday, drawing 4.9million viewers. The debut episode of Trump's final season drew 6.5million viewers.

Donald Trump Jr pursued Aubrey O'Day after meeting her on the set of Celebrity Apprentice and told her that he would leave his wife Vanessa so the two could be together according to a new report.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have finally reached the promised land of California and they are within kissing distance of Hollywood, no doubt their intended destination all along.

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?

Last November, the 26-year-old rapper enlisted in the artwoork of artist Huero, who spent 16 hours painting the lyrics to Tupac's Lord Knows on the the hood, roof, engine panel and rear bumper.

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 26-year-old rapper was dressed for the part in athletic shorts and high-top Nike sneakers as he hit the basketball court to film scenes for his new music video in Los Angeles.

The twenty-year-old model and her sister Kourtney's ex didn't speak to each other at the bash, which was held at Hyde in West Hollywood on Tuesday. Instead, Scott hung out with French Montana.

Brown was booked and released on a felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon on Tuesday.

On Saturday, Chris Brown shared a cute Instagram photo of his daughter Royalty dressed as Selena, prompting the songstress' brother to say 'it's beautiful' that 'she picked my superhero.'

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.

The  22-year-old model did a surprise guest rap at the end of Lil Dicky's new music video Freaky Friday which was released on Thursday and featured Chris Brown.

A woman is suing rapper Chris Brown because she claims she was raped at his Los Angeles house by a friend, Lowell Grissom, and forced to perform oral sex on another woman who was menstruating.

'For my daughter and my family this is so disrespectful and is against my character and morals,' Brown wrote in an all-caps caption to an Instagram post on Tuesday.

Chris Brown was released without charge following his arrest for rape on Monday. Police reportedly found the story unbelievable because the victim did not make enough effort to escape.

'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.

The 28-year-old Leach has Crohn's disease, which weakens his immune system, and as a result a bout of gastroenteritis became something much worse.

Heather Knight called on the ICC to change their rain rules after England's dream of reaching the T20 World Cup final was washed away in Sydney.

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.