This year, the coronavirus-affected Formula 1 World Championship – if it gets underway at all – has already set a record. It will be the season that resumes after the longest winter break in the sport’s history (notwithstanding the quick trip to Australia in mid-March, when not a single lap was run before the race was cancelled). This means that all the races are now set to be concentrated in an extremely short space of time: just a few months. But Mercedes is still favourite.