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FIA race director Michael Masi, and not the drivers, courted controversy at the season finale in Abu Dhabi.

Are Red Bull right to feel aggrieved after the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, PlanetF1 delivers its verdict on Sunday's penalties.

Max Verstappen won Lewis Hamilton's favourite race and in doing so extended his lead to 12 points in the Drivers' Championship.

There must always be a place for Monaco in Formula 1 PlanetF1 20/01/2021 What sets Formula 1 apart as the pinnacle series of motor racing? The best drivers, certainly. The most technologically advanced cars, if not necessarily the fastest. And for sure the greatest array of circuits that forms an ever-expanding calendar. History also helps, of course. F1 celebrated its 70th anniversary last year and Sky documentary series ‘The Race To Perfection’ took us back through the ages, reliving th...

Conclusions from the 2020 season: Part 2 PlanetF1 22/12/2020 © Getty Images Sergio Perez, Max Verstappen Formula 1 defied the global health pandemic to stage a 17-race 2020 World Championship – an achievement of which everyone involved in making it happen can be proud. But what were the key takeaways from a season which was unconventional but a breath of fresh air at a time when the world was starved of live sport? In the first batch of our conclusions, we reflected upon Lewis Hamilton, ...

Conclusions from the 2020 season: Part 1 PlanetF1 21/12/2020 © Getty Images Mercedes celebrate the seventh World Championship for Lewis Hamilton It was far from easy, and hats off to everyone who made it happen, but somehow Formula 1 managed to put together a 17-race 2020 World Championship. And how happy are we that they did?! In those worrying months when live sport was shut down worldwide, F1’s return in early July was just the boost its fans needed. Despite being anything but a conve...

Vettel at Ferrari: The good, the bad and the ugly PlanetF1 20/12/2020 © Getty Images Sebastian Vettel Ferrari Sebastian Vettel’s move to Ferrari was designed to recreate the golden era of his idol, Michael Schumacher. Instead, it promised more than it delivered. The German moves on to Aston Martin for 2021 having described his six years with the Scuderia as a “failure” in the sense of not having added to the four World Championships he won consecutively for Red Bull. We take a look b...

Team reviews: Mercedes, Red Bull, McLaren PlanetF1 18/12/2020 © Getty Images Mercedes Red-Bull McLaren In the final part of our 2020 team reviews, we look at the top three – who were separated by large gaps in the constructors’ World Championship standings. Mercedes Best qualifying position: P1 Constructors’ Championship points: 573 (2019 points: 739) Points per driver: Lewis Hamilton 347, Valtteri Bottas 223, George Russell 3 This was not quite a season Mercedes will consider pe...

Team reviews: Racing Point, Renault, Ferrari, AlphaTauri PlanetF1 17/12/2020 © Getty Images In the second part of our three 2020 team reviews, we take a look at the midfield – including those who would have just missed out on the medals if F1 was an Olympic sport. Given their pedigree and World Championship challenges of recent years we did not expect, going into the season, to have Ferrari in this section at all, let alone so far down… Racing Point Best qualifying position: P1 Const...

Conclusions from the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix PlanetF1 14/12/2020 © Getty Images Max Verstappen led from start to finish as Mercedes’ monopoly of Yas Marina victories in the turbo-hybrid era came to an end. Here are our conclusions from an Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that brought down the curtain on a remarkable 2020 season unlike any other in Formula 1 history. Mercedes below their magnificent best 13 wins — Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) December 13, 2020 This was not the Merc...