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WHO ARE McLAREN’S NEW INVESTORS? • The deal, which will help the cash-strapped F1 team pay for much-needed infrastructure upgrades, also points toward the future for F1 itself

20 THE COST OF COVID • As the onset of the coronavirus pandemic wrought havoc around the world, Formula 1 had to get creative to survive. The financial and human cost has been heavy, but quick thinking and urgent action has allowed F1 and its stakeholders to bring the championship back from the brink of catastrophe…

EYES OF THE TIGER • What makes the very best drivers in Formula 1 stand out among what is already a highly elite bunch? Let’s take a closer look at those with the special blend of skill, judgment, feel and attitude that sets only a select few apart from the rest

AN UPHILL BATTLE • It’s been an uneasy ride for Esteban Ocon since his Formula 1 comeback – and fresh challenges lie in wait as he’s joined by double world champion (and renowned agitator) Fernando Alonso in the newly rebranded Alpine team…

HOW TO FIX FERRARI • From challenging Mercedes for world titles, Ferrari abruptly reverted to the kind of shambles not seen since the early 1990s over the course of a disastrous 2020 campaign. Putting the Scuderia back on track won’t be the work of a moment…

JOHN HOGAN 1944-2021 • This quietly spoken and unassuming Australian was one of the most influential men in the F1 paddock for nearly 40 years

GP RACING AWARDS 2020 AS VOTED FOR BY YOU • We all had high hopes for 2020 before COVID-19 did its nasty work. We looked forward to a new race in Vietnam, the return of Zandvoort, and hoped Ferrari and Red Bull would challenge Mercedes. But those races bit the dust, Ferrari lost its power advantage, and Red Bull got lost developing the RB16. Thus, Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes dominated. But they weren’t the only stars of this unusual season. Here we celebrate your F1 heroes of 2020.

NIGEL ROEBUCK’S FORMULA ONE HEROES

TYRRELL 001 • The first in a line of world beaters was designed in a back bedroom and then constructed in a shed

PICTURES OF THE YEAR • Come rain or shine – or, indeed, a blizzard of nasopharyngeal swabs – Motorsport Images had the past season covered

THIS IS MOTORSPORT IMAGES • Motor racing’s biggest and best image resource boasts an archive covering over a century of racing and motoring

RACE DEBRIEF • F1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 17

ESSENTIALS • Enhance the F1 experience with the latest must-have products or feast your eyes on a new F1 documentary

FLAT CHAT • FULL THROTTLE MUSINGS WITH STUART CODLING