Hamilton retires and sells wooden luxury boats on Lake Como via a company he bought from George Clooney.

Ferrari pay out RBR and secure Verstappen with unrejectable amounts of money, but build him the most fucked up car on the grid. Leclerc retires in anger from F1 just one day out from the last race in Abu Dhabi with just 4 points across the entire season.

Checo rejoins RBR alongside Bottas. Tsunoda becomes RBR reserve driver.

Flavio Briatore flaunts an unnamed “dark pool money sponsor” and buys Mercedes for an undisclosed sum after Toto is charged with causing grievous bodily harm during a sale negotiation meeting between two in Sardinia. Toto is taken into custody by Italian authorities immediately and subsequently sentenced to six months imprisonment on Elba island. Susie Wolf files for divorce and becomes FIA president. Russel wins WDC, and the team secures the WCC in Qatar.

Bernd Mayländer and Ron Dennis buy Cadillac and rebrand to Sturmforce after GM files for bankruptcy prior to the begin of the season, signing Mick Schumacher and Robert Kubica. Chips company Chio becomes the primary team sponsor after shrewd negotiations by Mayländer’s “family connections”.