Formula One

Double world champion Fernando Alonso, 39, lapped fastest in a controversial appearance for Renault in Formula One's post-season 'young driver' test at Abu Dhabi's Yas Marina circuit on Tuesday.

Max Verstappen brought the curtain down on the 2020 Formula One season with a lights-to-flag cruise to victory on Sunday in the year-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Team by team analysis of Sunday's season-ending Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at Yas Marina (listed in championship order):

Max Verstappen broke Mercedes' stranglehold on the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with victory in Formula One's season finale on Sunday, but his Red Bull team will want to wrest a bigger prize from the dominant champions next year.

Lewis Hamilton wrapped up the Formula One season in Abu Dhabi on Sunday with his 165th podium finish and the after-effects of COVID-19 making themselves felt on his aching body.

Four times Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel bowed out of Ferrari on Sunday with one last, slightly wobbly, song of thanks over the radio in Italian and a large trophy as a parting gift.

The Formula One season ended in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, with 17 races in a season disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The following looks at some of the winners and losers of 2020:

The McLaren Group is optimistic about the prospects for its luxury sportscar maker after the COVID-19 pandemic dealt a big hit to revenues this year, executive chairman Paul Walsh said on Sunday.

U.S.-based investment group MSP Sports Capital is taking a significant minority stake in McLaren Racing in a deal the Formula One team said would give them the tools to return to the top of the sport.

McLaren are selling a minority stake in their Formula One team to a consortium of U.S.-based investors in a deal that will value the British racing outfit at 560 million pounds ($740.49 million), Sky News reported on Saturday, citing sources.