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It’s been 23 unforgettable weeks since the green lights went out in Austria back in July. We’ve visited new tracks, welcomed maiden race winners and collectively held our breath witnessing Grosjean’s terrifying crash in Bahrain. In a year where Formula 1 celebrated its 70th anniversary, this one will truly be remembered as a season like no other.
From Lewis Hamilton becoming the new all-time-win record holder to Mercedes becoming seven-time World Champions, it’s been a record-breaking year in Formula 1. It seems only fitting, therefore, that this week Formula 1 announced its intent to break another record with the release of the 2021 race calendar.
It once seemed like an untouchable feat, yet on a grey and chilly Sunday afternoon in Germany, Lewis Hamilton took victory at the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix and achieved the previously unthinkable; matching Michael Schumacher’s all-time win record of 91 Grands Prix.