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Championship winner, drivers’? Luke Smith: Lewis Hamilton. Sebastian Vettel may have run Hamilton close last year, and Red Bull may have shaped up as a greater threat towards the end of the season, but I can’t look past a fifth world title for the Briton.

Upon arriving in a new city for a grand prix weekend, I’ve always found it interesting to note what the first sign is that Formula 1 is in town.

Formula 1 is back with the 2018 campaign nearly upon us for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.  Testing is over. Predictions have been made. But now it’s time for the racing to begin with Melbourne again acting as F1’s curtain raiser. 

View the best images from 2018 F1 pre-season testing at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya.

As Formula 1 pre-season testing came to a close on Friday in Barcelona, it was Ferrari who once again stole the headlines as Kimi Raikkonen finished more than one second clear of the field.

Sebastian Vettel may have obliterated the existing track record on the morning of day three of the final Formula 1 pre-season test in Barcelona, but a look at the numbers suggests Ferrari may not hold the advantage reflected in the end-of-day timesheets.

Six days down, two to go. Formula 1’s pre-season testing schedule in Barcelona is starting to wind down, yet after the freezing conditions that marred much of last week’s running, we are only just starting to see the teams and drivers stretch the legs of their new cars.

Formula 1 pre-season testing takes place at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain across the end of February and beginning of March, giving all 10 teams a chance to complete an extended run with their new cars for the first time.

Once upon a time, a donkey was being driven along a road leading down a mountain side.

Twelve months ago, Brendon Hartley seemed to have everything all laid out.

The countdown to the start of the new Formula 1 season will continue this week as the teams enjoy their final on-track running ahead of the opening race during the second winter test in Barcelona.

Just four days of testing down and it would be fair to conclude that 2018 looks set to at the very least be another tussle between last year’s title contenders, Mercedes and Ferrari.

Despite the very best efforts of the weather led Storm Emma’s Spanish cousin, day four of Formula 1 pre-season testing in Barcelona went by without any real hitch.

Formula 1 confirmed plans for its new over-the-top (OTT) streaming service - F1 TV - earlier this week in what is set to be a seismic shift in the sport’s broadcasting landscape, giving fans more ways than ever before to tune in.

You would be forgiven for thinking that it was all doom and gloom in Formula 1 nowadays. Be it the Halo, the liveries, the amount of overtaking or the management, there is always something to cry about. If you need to find a crisis, you'll find one.

After a damp, cold afternoon of running in Barcelona on Monday, there were a few concerned faces spotting the sleet gently falling when departing the Formula 1 paddock that evening.

Depending on your level of cynicism - typically quite high in the media centre - then you may have been inclined to ponder which Formula 1 team would be the first to hit trouble across the opening day of pre-season testing in Barcelona.

Force India becomes the last F1 team to reveal its 2018 car, the VJM11, in the pit lane at Circuit de Catalunya

F1’s launch season is in full flow for 2018 and this gallery is dedicated to the latest pictures and videos from each team launch.

After much speculation and promotion about the livery colour change McLaren delivered...

Hour after Mercedes launched it was the turn of Ferrari with its SF71H.

On a bumper Thursday, Mercedes were the first of the big two teams to reveal its 2018 F1 car, the W09, to a packed Silverstone full of media and guests.

Ferrari and Formula 1 is a synonymous combination which has been through thick and thin but the longest-standing and most successful team in the sport’s history is grumbling the word divorce in the light of the new Liberty Media era.

Toro Rosso has leaked its own 2018 F1 car after completing a shakedown test...