The biggest challenge now facing Mercedes in F1

The all-conquering Mercedes team celebrating a Formula 1 constructors' championship victory well ahead of a season finale is not unusual. But there were a few aspects about last weekend's triumph at Imola that stood out from the six that had come before.

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And, buried in all the bonhomie, was a lingering problem - which Mercedes is now tasked with addressing.

First of all, Mercedes' 2020 constructors' title is more momentous than the rest. The team has won the championship in this terrible year of years, where so many previously predictable scripts have been ripped up and replaced thanks to the wretched pandemic. That there is a 2020 championship taking place at all is incredible.

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Author Alex Kalinauckas

Alex Kalinauckas is Autosport's Grand Prix Editor, covering every Formula 1 race since the start of 2020. After completing a master's degree in journalism at Goldsmiths College University of London in 2014, he worked for a range of motorsport and technology publications while covering national racing as an Autosport freelancer.

A lifelong motorsport fan - no one in his family can explain quite how or why such a development first occurred - Alex joined the Autosport staff in April 2017 as the magazine’s Assistant Editor covering Formula 2 and GP3, before being made Formula E correspondent and Autosport.com’s Plus Editor in March 2018. He lives in north-east London and is constantly frustrated by the Central Line.