Hacking, Russian oligarchs, Tom Brady, James Bond it all sounds like something from Hollywood, doesn t it?
But it was actually just Formula One s 2021 launch season, done within the confines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
All 10 teams have launched their new cars for the new season and here we look at the best and worst of the cars and the events which launched them.
Best and worst livery
This is always a tricky one as it s purely subjective.
As with last year, Formula One has some striking liveries on show this season. Some were largely in line with what they had previously: Mercedes kept its predominantly black car from last year and added some more striking shades of red and green, Red Bull and AlphaTauri stayed true to their stunning designs of previous years, McLaren stuck with papaya and Alfa Romeo basically inverted their red and white colours.