The Dutch driver, heading into his seventh season in Formula One, lost control and spun around, going off the track at turn five. He was unharmed in Thursday morning's session in Barcelona.

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.

JONATHAN MCEVOY: Seven Formula One teams have threatened to take Ferrari and the governing body, the FIA, to court for hushing up a potentially illegal Ferrari engine.

On Wednesday, seven of Formula One's 10 teams published a joint statement expressing surprise and shock at the FIA's confidential agreement with Ferrari.

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.

It is understood that the team member reported symptoms associated with the disease in the Albert Park paddock on Wednesday morning.

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.

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.

EXCLUSIVE: Bernie Ecclestone is locked down at his coffee farm in Brazil. At 490 acres it is literally the size of Monaco, and, with coronavirus lurking, staff living on site go out a couple at a time to shop.

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.

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.

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

In 2006, Donald Trump fired pro-wrestler Maria Kanellis-Bennett for using the word 'crap' on Celebrity Apprentice, calling it 'locker room' talk that had no place in his 'boardroom.'

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.

Piers Morgan has revealed his Christmas card for this year which is a photograph of him sat next to president-elect Donald Trump above the caption 'Relax, everyone - I've got this'.

The former reality TV star skewered his replacement on the hit show at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, where he was introduced by Apprentice producer Mark Burnett.

Ryan Babel scored twice as a rampant Holland claimed a comfortable 4-0 victory over Estonia in their Euro 2020 Group C qualifier on Monday.

He included the factoid as one of '25 things you don't know about me' in a list published in this week's issue of Us Weekly .

His most fervent admirers insist he is a man of many talents.

Police says they want to question Chris Brown and his entourage after a woman filed a third-degree assault charge, saying she was tossed off his tour bus during filming of a new music video at a strip club.

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.

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.

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.

Chris Brown forced to cancel his upcoming One Hell Of A Nite Australia and New Zealand tour after he failed to receive a visa due to his past conviction for domestic violence related offences.

Chris Brown's scheduled appearance on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah was canceled at the last minute this week.

The rap and pop singer was home at the time but did not come out, according to TMZ. This comes just months after his grandmother was held at gunpoint by burglars who took $50,000.

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

The ex-girlfriend of AFL great Wayne Carey was sipping champagne with troubled singer Chris Brown the night before his 11-hour stand-off with police at his $4 million mansion.

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

The 27-year-old is speaking up after rumors that Child Protective Services was investigating him began to circulate. In a now-deleted video he said: 'I take care of my daughter fully.'

The model stated that the singer - who was arrested after beating up Rihanna in 2009 - had threatened to kill her, according to a Tuesday report from TMZ. The couple split in 2015 after dating for years.

The recording artist will play a popular rapper named Rich Youngsta who is employed by Anthony Anderson's Dre for a new advertising campaign.

That's one birthday message he probably didn't want. The singer was handed the court papers by a process server as he was leaving Grooves nightclub in Houston in the early hours of Friday

After months evading court papers, Chris Brown was served a restraining order from ex Karrueche Tran early Friday. And now the actress is getting ready to testify against the Beautiful People singer in court.

The 29-year-old was not able to appear in court herself as she has filming duties in New Orleans reported TMZ on Tuesday.

Nia Guzman has been receiving death threats by Shakur Sozahdah against her and the child she had with the singer, a daughter named Royalty, according to a Tuesday report from TMZ.

He's just spent a relaxing Christmas day Down Under with his wife of 21 years Deborra-Lee Furness.

Chris Brown was arrested Thursday evening in West Palm Beach, Florida in connection with an outstanding warrant, police told TMZ . Brown, 29, went directly from his concert into police custody.

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.

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.

PAUL NEWMAN IN COLOMBO: Dom Sibley begins the latest leg of his journey towards becoming an established Test opener confident he can adapt to the very different conditions in Sri Lanka.

PAUL NEWMAN IN KATUNAYAKE, SRI LANKA: England were only facing an inexperienced Sri Lanka Cricket XI but Parkinson bowled with accuracy and varied his pace intelligently.

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

England's cricketers would not play any rescheduled Test series against West Indies in the Caribbean until December at the earliest, it has emerged.

As with every other sport, cricket has been thrown into crisis by the coronavirus pandemic. Here, Sportsmail's Nasser Hussain answers the key crisis questions...

There may be no cricket at present, but there is still much to discuss, and Sportsmail columnists Nasser Hussain and David 'Bumble' Lloyd are on hand to answer some important questions.

Professional Cricketers' Association remain resistant to pay cuts for their membership as counties seek to lessen the financial burdens pressed upon them by the coronavirus crisis.

Late last year, and with a heavy heart, I was rereading Bob Willis's Diary of a Cricket Season, written in 1978. After only three paragraphs, Bob was in off the long run.

PAUL NEWMAN: If cricket returns this summer, one key proposal by the ECB is for the Test and white-ball sides to play at the same time to enable as much action as possible to take place.