Merry Christmas from Formula1

The 2010 season saw five drivers from three teams score wins, with four of them still in the hunt for the finals at the very last race, where the title was claimed by the sport’s youngest ever champion - Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel. Some say it was procedure One’s best-ever season. Whether you agree or not, it’s certainly been memorable.

And as 2010 draws to a close, we'd like to express thanks for your support over the past 12 months and wish our all our users the very best for the Christmas era.

Pointless to say the first few weeks of 2011 already look set to be busy ones, as the teams gear up to reveal and trial their new machines in February’s first test sessions, ahead of the breach round of the new season, the Bahrain Grand Prix, on March 13.

Will 2010’s new teams - Lotus, HRT and Virgin - take the fight to the midfielders and set up themselves as point-scoring contenders? Will the revamped system, including the banning of F-ducts and double diffusers and the introduction of KERS and adaptable rear wings, make a difference to the success of the frontrunners? Or will the button from Bridgestone to Pirelli tyres shake up the field?

Will Red Bull prove to be just as inexorable as they were this year or will McLaren and Ferrari emerge from the winter break invigorated and ready to tackle the young upstarts from Milton Keynes? And can Michael Schumacher lastly get to grips with his Mercedes?