Leaderboards lie. Trust them at the end of the season, but at this stage they are not to be believed.
Even amid the smoke and mirrors of pre-season testing, it might seem churlish to discount the team that topped the times and the driver who clocked the most laps. After all, aren't they two of the most sought after gains from testing?
But dig a bit deeper and you can discard the timesheet from the second day at Barcelona. Red Bull was not the winner.
The driver who can wreck F1's "super exciting" 2020 silly season Most of the top drivers in Formula 1 are facing intriguing 2020s. If things go one way, there could be a much-changed grid in '21. But, as Scott Mitchell explains in his final Autosport column, that's only if one racer doesn't get everything right this season F1
The major lesson Ricciardo learned in Renault's poor 2019 Daniel Ricciardo's decision to give up a race-winning car at Red Bull raised eyebrows in the summer of 2018 and his first season with Renault indeed passed without a podium. Nevertheless, he learned a vital lesson from a trying campaign F1
Why Honda's true progress will only be seen in F1 2020 Honda and Red Bull joined forces in Formula 1 2019 - a year on from the former's high-profile split from McLaren. There were wins, but no title challenge. Here we explain why that was never the expectation F1
The high-pressure job Leclerc completed in 2019 Charles Leclerc started his first season at Ferrari knowing the team expected Sebastian Vettel to lead its title challenge. But Leclerc made it his mission to change that view, which he did, vanquishing his world champion team-mate in the process F1
What you need to know about F1 2021 Formula 1 won't get its big new regulations this year, but there are still plenty of changes to keep track of on the technical, team/driver and calendar fronts. Here's our guide to all the important details F1
How Ogier achieved a fitting Monte Carlo farewell Against pandemic-shaped odds, the World Rally Championship season opener went ahead in Monte Carlo last weekend as a familiar face again took top spot. But for an emotional Sebastien Ogier, his record-breaking eighth win meant more than most WRC
The Formula Vee maverick who has reached the top For a second consecutive year, a self-built machine has won the Formula Vee championship. But James Harridge's 'Maverick' comes from the very humblest of origins - with some parts even salvaged from a skip National
The point-less F1 teams of 1991 Six of the 18 teams that appeared in the 1991 Formula 1 season failed to score a point, whether through lack of funds to build and test new parts, under-par engines or management musical chairs. Here are their little-known stories F1
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