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The break has been far longer than expected, but at last the season is starting. The calendar may still change somewhat during the year, but we start off with Austria, and then go all the way to Austria.

I made the mistake of reading every single reply to F1’s tweet announcing the #WeRaceAsOne initiative, and I am frankly disgusted in some F1 ‘fans’.

Formula 1’s 2020 calendar was supposed to be its most diverse, its longest and most extensive – travelling to an all-new street circuit at Hanoi, as well as a revamped tight and twisty Zandvoort – a circuit with plenty of F1 heritage. Due to the unforeseen circumstances that have affected the globe, those events are set to not happen in 2020.

The ongoing global situation has sent the 2020 Formula 1 calendar into anarchy. What was originally supposed to be a 22-round calendar has been severely affected due to the catastrophe that has affected the lives of almost everybody on this planet.

14 race wins, 12 pole positions, 54 podiums and twice a runner-up in the world championship from 101 starts so far. Sebastian Vettel’s stint at Ferrari has, at least on paper, looked strong in comparison to recent incumbents of one of those famous red seats. Only Niki Lauda and Michael Schumacher have achieved more. The glaring omission from his stretch …