7:29 AM ET A round-up and gallery of all the 2019 car launches ahead of the new season. Pre-season testing begins in Barcelona on February 18. View all the key dates of the upcoming season here. Yet to launch: Racing Point (Wednesday), McLaren (Thursday), Ferrari (Friday), Alfa Romeo (Monday). Mercedes Valtteri Bottas put the first

1:25 PM ET MARANELLO, Italy — Kimi Raikkonen clocked up his first 100 kilometres in the new Alfa Romeo Formula One car on Thursday, after completing 33 laps of Ferrari’s Fiorano test track. The pre-season shakedown and filming day caught the residents of nearby Maranello by surprise, with the team hitting the track four days

3:00 PM ET WOKING, U.K — A lot has changed at McLaren in the 12 months between the unveiling of last year’s car and its predecessor, the MCL34. The most obvious was who wasn’t present at the launch, held at the team’s Woking headquarters on Thursday — Fernando Alonso was absent and in his place

7:15 AM ET ESPN staff McLaren has unveiled the car which will contend the 2019 Formula One season without Fernando Alonso at the helm. The British team has struggled in recent years and goes in to the new season with its least experienced driver line-up in recent memory — Spaniard Carlos Sainz will team up

10:50 AM ET ESPN staff Racing Point has launched its first car since officially changing the name of its team from Force India. Last year Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll led a consortium to save Force India from administration. Stroll’s son Lance has joined for 2019 from Williams and will partner Sergio Perez, who has been

7:22 AM ET ESPN staff Red Bull has offered the first glimpse of its 2019 F1 car, the RB15, in an eye-catching one-off livery. The car was launched in a striking dark blue and red livery, which the team confirmed was just for the RB15’s first shakedown at Silverstone on Wednesday. A more traditional Red

11:59 AM ET ESPN staff Mercedes’ 2019 F1 car, the W10, has hit the track for the first time at Silverstone. A round-up and gallery of all the 2019 car launches ahead of the new Formula One season. A look at the various changes to regulations for 2019 and their likely impact on racing. 1

2:36 PM ET ENSTONE, U.K. — When Renault returned to the sport in 2016 it outlined a six-year plan. The first three years would be spent rebuilding a factory that had been crippled by a lack of funding under its previous ownership and the following three years would be spent putting the French manufacturer back

8:38 AM ET ESPN staff Toro Rosso has released the first images of its 2019 Formula One car, the STR14, one week ahead of its testing debut in Barcelona next Monday. The most visible changes to the car from last year’s are those mandated by 2019’s new technical regulations, including a wider, simplified front wing,

5:12 AM ET A round-up and gallery of all the 2019 car launches ahead of the new season. Pre-season testing begins in Barcelona on February 18. View all the key dates of the upcoming season here. Yet to launch: Mercedes, Red Bull, Racing Point (Wednesday), McLaren (Thursday), Ferrari (Friday), Alfa Romeo (Monday). Haas Haas F1