The Latest Breaking News from Ted Kravitz

Mercedes have lacked the pace of rivals Red Bull during the opening two races of this season with Lewis Hamilton already 24 points behind Max Verstappen in the driver's championship

American F1 viewers can watch every race live on ESPN channels commercial-free from lights-out to checkered flag in 2023. The races are broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC channels, with all practice sessions and qualifying – also shown live – moving around its channels (including ESPNU or ESPNews).

Sky Sports pit lane reporter Ted Kravitz made a throwaway remark about Valtteri Bottas' weight when speaking to the Finn in Bahrain, without realising he had spoken recently about an eating disorder

Sky Sports reporter Ted Kravitz has responded to George Russell's assertion that F1 should make a testing change and believes the current schedule is perfectly fine

Mercedes racer Hamilton was investigated by the FIA over the nose studs he is wearing in Bahrain, though he has since been granted a medical exemption to keep them in

Sky Sports pit lane reporter Ted Kravitz caused a bit of a stir among F1 fans this week as he voiced a paddock rumour asserting that F1 rules were changed "to stop Mercedes dominance"

Rising F1 star Lando Norris signed a new multi-million deal with McLaren last year, contracting the driver to the British team until the end of the 2025 campaign

Mercedes had won every constructors' championship title from the start of the Hybrid Era in 2014 right through to the 2021 season, but rule changes last year put an end to that streak

Sky Sport pundit recently reported that Mercedes have a 'plan B' car design in reserve if they start the 2023 F1 season poorly again which would abandon the 'zeropod' concept