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What we also got was one hell of a title battle – Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button and Vettel all claimed victory in the opening three rounds in Bahrain, Australia and Malaysia respectively.

There was plenty of excitement coming into it as Michael Schumacher made his return to the sport with Mercedes, while Hispania, Lotus and Virgin arrived to make it a 24-driver grid. We also saw the emergence of a chap called Max Verstappen in 2016 as he claimed victory on his Red Bull debut in Spain after Hamilton and Rosberg took each other out on the opening lap.įor our runner-up in best season of the decade we skip back to the season which kicked it off, 2010.

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It was a season of scruffy moments and bad luck for Hamilton, but after taking full advantage Rosberg would famously retire from F1 rather than returning to defend his title. Mercedes’ clear instructions to stop would be ignored by Hamilton, though his plan failed to deliver as Rosberg crossed the line P2 behind the Briton to claim his only World Championship crown by five points. Hamilton secured pole and led from the start, and it would lead to one of the craziest F1 moments of the decade as Hamilton slowed considerably to back Rosberg into Vettel in hope that the Ferrari man could make the overtake. Two years later Hamilton and Rosberg were at it again, and Abu Dhabi would prove to be the decider once more, though this time Rosberg had a 12-point cushion over his team-mate. His memory will remain in the sport forever. Hamilton entered the last round with a 17-point advantage over his team-mate, and electrical problems for Rosberg coupled with the thankfully short-lived double-points rule saw Hamilton crowned World Champion for the second time in his career.Ģ014 was also the year of Jules Binachi’s crash in Japan with his injuries sadly later proving fatal.

So with 2014 in came the very quiet turbo-hybrid V6 engines and the arrival of this dominant Mercedes outfit we now know.īehind the Silver Arrows it was left to the likes of Williams, Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren to battle to establish some supremacy – Daniel Ricciardo achieved that to beat Vettel in his first season at Red Bull and send the four-time champ packing for Ferrari.Ī thrilling back and forth duel between Nico Rosberg and Hamilton in Bahrain, followed by identical power issues in Canada and a collision at Spa added some extra spice as the Mercedes pair battled all the way until the season-ending Abu Dhabi GP. Still, it did him little harm with his achievements seeing him recognised by the Laureus World Sports Awards as the Sportsman of the Year. One of those wins of course came under very controversial circumstances as Vettel ignored team orders to stay behind Mark Webber in Malaysia, instead passing his team-mate for victory in what became known as the “Multi 21” controversy. That streak was a new record of consecutive victories in F1, while his tally of 13 wins for the campaign tied Michael Schumacher’s 2004 record. Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull would secure their fourth straight respective titles and last together, while the German’s run of nine straight wins to the end of the season sent the Vettel days out with a bang. Not only was 2013 the end of the V8 era in F1, but it was also the end of an era of dominance from one man and his team. So, looking back in time, Planet F1 ranks the best seasons of the decade, moving on to the top half as we crown the No.1 campaign…

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This is a scenario that can happen in the new F1 game too, as poor performances from yourself or AI drivers could lead to a mid-season change.ĭriver transfers are more likely to occur at the end of the season of course, and provides the possibility of some of the current crop – including the likes of Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel – chopping and changing, making career mode feel unique and far more realistic over 10 seasons.Īlthough seeing Hamilton move to Red Bull for 2020 did feel a little odd.The 2019 Formula One season officially brought an end to the F1 action in this decade, 10 years which certainly left us with many memories. There’s plenty of talk of him being switched for the more-experienced Daniil Kvyat before the season is through.

To put it plainly to the uninitiated, the young Frenchman has failed to live up to the hype that saw him rise from their feeder team Toro Rosso last year into the boiling pot that is Red Bull for the current campaign. Lewis Hamilton moving to Red Bull? It can happen!įor those of you following the F1 season this year, you’ll probably know all about the current predicament Red Bull find themselves in with Pierre Gasly.

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