From the hope Mercedes would be challenged, to its eventual intra-team title fight, a disastrous and temporary qualifying format, a buyout, and the ongoing rise of future stars, Formula 1 was not short of talking points in 2016.
And that was before Nico Rosberg announced his retirement just five days after winning the world championship...
We asked our team in the paddock to review the year's highlights, low points and much more.
Ranking the 10 best Audi DTM drivers Audi last week announced it would be exiting the DTM at the end of 2020, bringing the curtain down on 20 years of continuous participation since the series' reboot in 2000. Autosport's expert panel ranks its 10 best drivers from the period DTM
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The keys to KTM's meteoric rise in MotoGP KTM has dominated every motorsport discipline it has entered throughout its history, but faced an entirely new challenge in MotoGP. Five years on, with huge investment in personnel and technology, here's how the Austrian brand has reached the summit MotoGP
How an overlooked F1 talent found his true calling Formula E's six-race Berlin finale was billed as the most intense in motorsport history, and expected to go down to the wire in true FE style. But it was decided two races early, for the first time ever, as one driver showed his F1 rejection hadn't defined him FE
How F1's COVID goodwill broke apart on its birthday weekend When Formula 1 was forced into hibernation by the coronavirus pandemic, teams came together in unprecedented fashion. The mudslinging that occurred off-track last weekend at Silverstone suggests such cooperation won't be seen again for a while F1
Ask Tim: Why the FIA was right and wrong on Racing Point Following an eventful weekend on and off the track at the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix, Autosport's technical expert answers your questions on the Racing Point controversy, Sebastian Vettel's continued poor form and a missing past phenomenon F1
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