Lewis won, what, half the races? Some by masterful driving, some by extreme fortune/misfortune of others. As close as Ferrari and Red Bull have come, he still managed to cap everything before the end of the season. Best car, best team talk can rage, but it's getting harder to argue best driver across the range. I'm betting the total race win record gets broken next year, and he's at least even odds to tie championships with Schumacher. Give this man his roses while he's here.

Tons of young talent in the pool to be sure. LeClerc and Verstappen are going to bang wheels for years. Albon made the most of his chance with his promotion to the top tier. Norris and Sainz are a great duo now, and if McLaren can build a car around the Merc PU (they didn't do too well with the Honda unit), they could be a force to be reckoned with. hell, Gasley acquitted himself a bit once he got demoted and pulled some decent drives (though RB top brass have to be sick knowing they could have beat Ferrari in the constructors if they made a move on the Gasley/Albon thing sooner. I get why they didn't, but still...)

Renault and Haas have some soul searching to do. Whether Renault is treading water until the 2021 regs hit (like Mercedes did before the hybrid era started) is unclear. They have two good drivers (or one and an unknown) with Ricciardo and Ocon. Their engine though? Not as reliable as needed. Even if they get the aero down in 2021, if that PU and gearbox combo is a dog, it won't matter. They'll be McLaren 2.0. Haas is more curious. Being a pseudo junior Ferrari team should have netted them some development cues, and they definitely had a PU to run with the big boys. But they could not get the car sorted out for the entire season. Couple that with drivers that seem to rather fight each other than race the field and you have issues on both sides. Considering they were set to be in play for best of the rest just last year, it's hard to say how to right the ship.

Williams has nowhere to go but up. At least they got a point. Flush this year and forget the results, but build on whatever positive things happened and, who knows, double your point total?

Happy trails to Hulkenberg and Kubica.

Be back in 3 months or so...