Formula One News — April 2020

Ferrari may struggle to improve its car once racing gets underway in 2020 due to the shortened calendar, Charles Leclerc has admitted.

Even the 2020 Japanese GP is now in doubt.

Austria's health minister says the strength of the "security concept" put in place by Formula 1 will determine whether the sport gets racing again from July.

At least two teams are at risk of collapse as F1's shutdown period for the coronavirus pandemic continues.

Sebastian Vettel may decide to reject Ferrari's "immoral" contract offer and instead switch to McLaren.

The Austrian government is showing a tentative green light to Red Bull and F1's plans to host back-to-back races in Spielberg in July.

Daniil Kvyat says "pressure" is just a natural part of being a driver in Red Bull's notorious F1 program.

Kevin Magnussen says he isn't interested in becoming a prominent 'virtual' racing driver.

Luca di Montezemolo says that if he was still Ferrari president, he would re-sign Sebastian Vettel for 2021.

Italian GP official Angelo Sticchi Damiani has slammed as "fake news" reports that Monza will not be on F1's new 2020 race calendar.

Toto Wolff says he will not attend every race once the 2020 season finally gets up and racing.

Hockenheim has emerged as a potential race host on F1's new 'corona calendar' for 2020.

Spa-Francorchamps boss Vanessa Maes has denied that the Belgian GP will definitely not take place in 2020.

Red Bull's enthusiasm about re-starting the stalled 2020 season is a "positive statement", according to Dr Helmut Marko.

Former Pirelli boss Paul Hembery has slammed F1's "reckless" plan to get racing amid the corona crisis.

Carlos Sainz insists he is "not going to tell you anything new" as rumours grow that he is high on Ferrari's wish-list for 2021.

Esteban Ocon has admitted his "huge disappointment" that he will not be able to contest his home grand prix in 2020.

Ferrari should leave Formula 1 if it is not willing to drastically reduce costs amid the corona crisis.

Lando Norris says he would like to take part in an Indycar race - in the real world.

"The sentiment of the public" will be part of Zandvoort's deliberations about hosting a Formula 1 race behind closed doors later in 2020.

Amid the corona crisis, the German touring car series DTM has been left in tatters with Audi's shock decision to withdraw after 2020.

With F1 sidelined and the DTM series on the brink of collapse, the world of motorsport is in its worst ever crisis by far.

The Formula One Group has announced early plans to reconstitute a calendar for the remainder of the 2020 F1 season, starting this July.

Silverstone has confirmed that the Formula 1 British Grand Prix is to be held without fans in attendence.

The French Grand Prix organizers have confirmed that the event will not take place for 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.