>- Neither Ferrari/Vettel nor RBR/either mounted a serious
>challenge to Merc/Hamilton.

That's a tale of two halves. RBR really wasn't going to be a serious contender with that Renault engine, regardless of how good the aero setup was. And Ferrari was nip and tuck with Mercedes up until Germany, which proved to be a gap too far. After the summer break it was a wrap, but they weren't THAT far off speed wise. Next year, Tifosi faithful...

>- McLaren didn't improve, and may have gotten worse.
>- Williams didn't improve, and definitely got worse.

Can't call what's going on with either team. Especially Williams. How they made a Mercedes PU look so slow is beyond me

>- the new cars and regs didn't really produce more overtaking,
>except a bit on the high-speed circuits.

Still a WIP.

>- Haas didn't win best of the rest.

Had they not had the tire issues the first race, they would have had a shot. They're still trending up, which is a good sign

>- Ricciardo didn't win a lot of races.

OK, that sucked. Too many DNFs

>- F1 re-upped with Pirelli.

Maybe they run the thinner tires next year?

>On the plus side, LeClerc looks like the second coming, so
>that's cool. And fun to see Sauber become a points-scoring
>machine. Whoever designed that car is that dude.
>
>But I have faith in the lord savior Ross Brawn, so yea, the
>future is bright.