Few Formula 1 followers would disagree the 2021 season was among the most remarkable campaigns in the sport’s 71-year history.
这是我们在整个22场比赛中得出的结论，这些结论都像以前一样激动和两极分化。
There will never be another season like 2021
Max Verstappen says he and Lewis Hamilton did "hate" each other at times this season.https://t.co/37Ex65pz3L#F1pic.twitter.com/s5trIhPHpA
— PlanetF1 (@Planet_F1)December 18, 2021
So how do you top that? We’d like to think it was possible but, realistically, can any future season ever reproduce the drama we experienced all the way through from March to December?
肯定不是。绝对的待遇就是品尝。
Looking back, we would say around three-quarters of the 22 grands prix had something to identify them as either a classic or a race that truly did stand out from the ordinary.
当然，大多数以令人难以置信的亲密驾驶员的冠军争斗为中心Max Verstappen和刘易斯·汉密尔顿.
It began back in Bahrain when there was only 0.745sec between them at the chequered flag in Hamilton’s favour after Verstappen could not quite make a legal move on his rival stick.
当然，当体育赛季以如此令人兴奋的方式开始时，您总是希望它会以同样的方式继续下去 - 但通常不会欺骗。
Not this year, though. It was amazing how that race at Sakhir absolutely set the tone for what lay ahead – ultra-close racing between the best two drivers in the two fastest cars, and even a whiff of controversy over exceeding track limits. Although, unlike on other occasions later in the year, the driving in Bahrain was very fair between the two titans.
当然，我们都知道Silverstone和Monza发生了什么事，而美国大奖赛的每场比赛都由最终在Verstappen和Hamilton之间脱颖而出。
The Abu Dhabi finale arrived with them level on points and just when you thought such a bonkers season was about to have a relatively run-of-the-mill ending with Hamilton winning comfortably to clinch a record-breaking eighth Drivers’ title, another curveball was thrown.
And given everything that had gone before, we should not have expected anything less than that last-gasp twist in the tale.
但是2021年并不全都Mercedesv红牛. Alpine and McLaren also had their day, via Esteban Ocon and Daniel Ricciardo in Hungary and Italy respectively, while ‘wingmen’Sergio Perez和Valtteri Bottas还轮流打断了Verstappen-Hamilton的统治。
Then what about Belgium? That wrote its own story as Formula 1, rather like Abu Dhabi, did itself no favours as a spectacle with a farcical Sunday afternoon when the powers-that-be gave every impression they were making it all up as they went along as rain washed out the prospect of any actual racing.
如果有一个关于F1 2021的故事的剧本，那么它只能在最生动的想象中梦dream以求。
他们肯定有一天会拍电影 - 表明真理确实比小说更陌生。
There is room for two at the top
Verstappen will go down as the 2021 Drivers’ champion, but nothing should be taken away from Hamilton and surrendering his title should not be seen as a watershed moment for the Briton.
每位运动员的职业生涯都有一段时间，无论他们的至高无上都开始消失，他们一直在占主导地位。但是本赛季汉密尔顿的表演没有什么可以表明时间到了。
Questionable calls from race director Michael Masi in Abu Dhabi are the only reason Hamilton is no longer champion, and the 36-year-old Mercedes man will know he has nothing to berate himself about.
Instead, he simply has a rival now who has risen to his level of brilliance and also possesses more than a sprinkling of aggression on track to go with his raw pace.
2022年的新法规将意味着汽车之间的性能差异，但是除非乔治·罗素（George Russell）在搬到梅赛德斯（Mercedes）时会很快做一些壮观的事情，否则您可以期望汉密尔顿和Verstappen再次证明自己是其余的班级。
Ferrari are on the way back
They were never going to be in the doldrums for too long and after a dismal 2020,Ferraribegan to climb quite quickly back up towards the title-contending teams.
在本赛季的各个阶段出现了积极的迹象 - 查尔斯·莱克莱克（Charles Leclerc）在初夏享有背靠背的杆位 - 秋天毫无疑问，斯卡德里亚（Scuderia）会击败McLarento P3 in the Constructors’ Championship thanks to an engine upgrade they hope has put them on the right track for 2022.
虽然他没有做任何轰动，但四个领奖台的回归卡洛斯·塞恩斯（Carlos Sainz）在Scuderia的第一年表现出色。考虑到西班牙人的进展方式也许对查尔斯·莱克莱克（Charles Leclerc）的不祥, who was already fully ensconced with the team.
It would be no surprise to see Ferrari at the very least consolidate their ‘best of the rest’ status in the next campaign – and maybe even get into the mix with Mercedes and Red Bull, if the new regs do not cause too big a shake-up.
一些俏皮话s to finish with
从第一天起，正式完成✌2021赛季就很棒。感谢所有参与并支持我们的人！我会想念这个办公室。pic.twitter.com/K9TlvFSogY
— PIERRE GASLY (@PierreGASLY)December 15, 2021
– Pierre Gasly showed with his qualifying displays especially that he has outgrown AlphaTauri and it is surely a matter of time before a bigger team again comes calling for him.
– Lando Norris saw his chance of a maiden victory pass him by in Russia, but you sense that was only delayed. Despite Sainz’s improvement, Norris or Russell look most likely to be F1’s next first-time winner.
- 费尔南多·阿隆索（Fernando Alonso）仍然知道。2022年的一个巨大希望是，阿尔卑斯山为两倍前世界冠军提供了足够的竞争能力，足以挑战普通领奖台的最低限度，这将鼓励他在2023年坚持下去。
- 但是，尽管塞巴斯蒂安·维特尔（Sebastian Vettel）是阿隆索（Alonso）的少年六年，但他的迹象看起来更令人担忧。阿斯顿·马丁（Aston Martin）令人失望的2021年似乎只会增加塞布（Seb）可能称其为职业的可能性，而这是一个出色的职业 - 如果情况并没有像球队希望的那样快地改善。