Formula One will be bigger next year, with a record 23 races including a first in Miami, but it will be hard pushed to be better than 2021 for drama and excitement.
The season that ended seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton's reign and handed the crown to Dutch youngster Max Verstappen amid raging controversy was one that had it all and just kept on giving.
The closest of battles went down to the very last lap of the last race, Red Bull's Verstappen and Mercedes' Hamilton level on points and going wheel-to-wheel seven corners from the final checkered flag.
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