When the flag drops the bullshit stops. Finally, with just days until the season-opening 2019 Australian Grand Prix, we’re about to get some concrete answers on just what kind of Formula One season we’re in for.
Kevin Magnussen leads a gaggle of midfield cars at the 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Formula One isn’t a two-tier racing category, but the 2018 season featured an undoubted class divide.

Haas will get a new name and livery from 2019 thanks to its new title sponsor.
Romain Grosjean on track at the 2018 Hungarian Grand Prix.
How has the midfield fared in F1 in 2018?
Haas principal Gunther Steiner
Gunther Steiner has warned F1 against growing and compacting the F1 calendar.
Kevin Magnussen in his pit box at the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
How is it that Haas has squandered such a good car on so few points?
Haas team principal Gunther Steiner has called on his team get it together after losing a podium place and a significant points haul in Azerbaijan.
Haas team principal Gunther Steiner says he was taken out of context when he urged F1 not to “dumb down like IndyCar racing,” but he insists the two sports should not be compared.
Kimi Raikkonen pulls away from a pit stop at the 2018 Bahrain Grand Prix.
Can F1 make pit stops safer without reducing the spectacle of a sub-three-second tyre change?
Daniel Ricciardo a the 2018 Chinese Grand Prix.
A knife-edge qualifying tyre decision could have a decisive impact on the race result.
Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnuseen on track at the 2018 Australian Grand Prix.
Haas's Ferrari-lite business model has never been more controversial than in 2018.
Romain Grosjean exits the pits at the Australian Grand Prix.
A lack of wheel gun practice undid what should have been a high-scoring weekend for Haas.
Romain Grosjean on track during practice at the Australian Grand Prix.
Romain Grosjean is quietly confident Haas is onto a good thing in 2018.
Valtteri Bottas testing in Barcelona
Has Mercedes got the title wrapped up already?
Esteban Ocon on track during the 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The question of $12 million of prize money is still to be settled in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Romain Grosjean speaks to reporters at the 2017 Japanese Grand Prix.
Romain Grosjean is at a loss to explain how his Haas car snapped away from his so suddenly during Q1.
Romain Grosjean mid-crash at the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix.
Romain Grosjean was unscathed after his dramatic tyre failure during practice in Malaysia.
Romain Grosjean is wheeled in his car to the grid.
Why would Haas, the lowest paid team on the grid, support F1's ongoing financial inequality?