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Hamilton leads the many storylines of a remarkable 2020

PEREZ GETS THE NOD AS RED BULL OUSTS ALBON

Alonso beats the youths in Abu Dhabi running

FIA reveals 23-race F1 calendar, plus reserves

Fernley takes single-seat role

Wolff increases Mercedes share

Frank Williams stable in hospital

Aston Martin pulls out of WEC for 2021

Corvette mastermind Fehan stands down

Jean ‘Beurlys’ Blaton 1929-2020

IN THE HEADLINES

IN THE HEADLINES

Ingram leaves Speedworks

Yamamoto snatches third SF title at the last gasp

Latvala replaces Makinen at helm of Toyota

Well done F1, but what next? • Organisers worked wonders to make the 2020 F1 season happen in a year of crisis. But their event management skills look certain to be tested once again in the new year

The car is a woman • That’s what the laws of language dictate. So why does motor racing continue to betray half of humanity, even in this supposedly enlightened modern age?

YOUR SAY • As both Russell and Perez demonstrated in Bahrain, great drivers will always shine through, take their opportunities and bring us joy with their demonstrations of talent

The factors that led to Hamilton’s and Mercedes’ record-breaking 2020 • The delayed start to the season aided F1’s all-conquering squad, the opposition’s efforts fell short, and the greatest driver of his era found yet more ways to up his game

Race by race

The driver market and Hamilton’s future

Charting the rise and fall of the F1 movers and shakers

Those who missed the cut

WIN WORTH MORE THAN £1000 LEWIS HAMILTON GLOVES

The bosses’ top 10

Teams react to moving goalposts • Mercedes led the technical arms race once again, but like every team on the grid in 2020 it faced unexpected challenges as F1 adapted to a world in turmoil

‘Nearly’ is not enough • This was supposed to be the season when Red Bull gave Mercedes a run for its money. Instead, the next-best team fell short – until the final race of 2020 in Abu Dhabi

Verstappen in no man’s land

The end of Vettel’s Ferrari mission • Sebastian Vettel ended his six-year spell at Ferrari with a painfully difficult season, while team-mate Charles Leclerc made the best of an underperforming F1 car

Ferrari’s (not so) new hope

How McLaren won Formula 1’s ‘Class B’ battle • Three years ago the famous Woking squad finished ninth in the constructors’ standings in disarray. This season its recovery continued in fine style

Ricciardo champion without F1’s ‘big three’

How Gasly resurrected his career in 2020 • Dumped by Red Bull during 2019, the Frenchman became one of the star performers with AlphaTauri – and it wasn’t just about his Monza win

Why Gasly didn’t return to Red Bull

End of an era but the start of a new hope • The Williams family bid farewell to close an F1 chapter, but fresh investment and new leadership offer genuine belief that a revival in form is possible

Russell continues his rise

The best race drives of 2020

United, yet disunited • They ‘raced as one’, and drew praise for helping fight COVID. But the F1 teams couldn’t help themselves when they got back to competition

Top 10 Formula 1 autosport.com stories of 2020 • A run-through of the most-read stories of the year from across...