There have been a few changes to the grid for the 2022 season.

George Russell is coming in for Valtteri Bottas at Mercedes. Bottas and Guanyu Zhou replace Antonio Giovinazzi and Kimi Raikkonen at Alfa Romeo. And Alex Albon is in for Russell at Williams.

Which one are you most looking forward to watching?

Formula 1 has been warned to not permit “preferential” communications between teams and the FIA.

Labour peer and Vice-Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Formula 1, told the Express: “There has to be integrity all around. There can’t be preferential communications with certain teams rather than others. I think that’s the important thing.

“There must be no repeat of this.”

There is only a “50-50” chance that Lewis Hamilton returns to Formula One for the 2022 season, according to four-time world champion Alain Prost.

“It’s difficult to put yourself in his place,” Prost told Le Journal du Dimanche. “He surely has as many reasons to stop as to continue. It’s 50-50.

“He took a hell of a blow to the head, but it would be really sad if he wasn’t here this season.”

The team finished their statement by adding:

“And lastly, even though this Drivers’ Championship did not end the way we hoped, we could not be prouder of our team.

“Lewis, you are the greatest racer in the history of Formula 1 and you drove your heart out for every lap of this incredible season. You’re flawless sportsman on and off the track and you delivered a faultless performance. As a pure competitor and as a role model for millions around the world, we salute you.

“Valetteri [Bottas], you have been such important part of this team, delivering five Constructors’ Championships in five seasons. Thank you for your remarkable contribution to our motorsport history.

“Finally, to every one of the skilled and passionate women and men of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team in Brackley and High Performance Powertrains in Brixworth; you’ve written a historic chapter in the Silver Arrow story by winning the eighth Constructors’ Championship -- in a row. This is an unprecedented achievement. In simple words: it’s awesome. You are awesome.”

A reminder that last month Mercedes revealed they would not appeal the outcome of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

A statement from the team read: "Dear Formula One community and fans. We left Dubai in disbelief of what we had just witnessed. Of course, it's part of the game to lose a race, but it's something different when you lose faith in racing.

"Together with Lewis, we have deliberated carefully over how to respond to the events at the Formula 1 season finale. We have always been guided by our love of sport and we believe that every competition should be won on merit. In the race on Sunday many felt, us included, that the way things unfolded was not right.

"The reason we protested the result on Sunday was because the Safety Car regulations were applied in a new way that affected the race result, after Lewis had been in a commanding lead and on course to win the World Championship.

"We appealed in the interest of sporting fairness, and we have since been in a constructive dialogue with the FIA and Formula 1 to create clarity for the future, so that all competitors know the rules under which they are racing, and how they are enforced. Thus, we welcome the decision by the FIA to install a commission to thoroughly analyse what happened in Abu Dhabi and to improve the robustness of the rules, governance and decision making in Formula 1. We will hold the FIA accountable for this process and we hereby withdraw our appeal.

"To Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing: we would like to express our sincere respect for your achievements this season. You made this Formula 1 Championship title fight truly epic. Max, we congratulate you and your entire team. We look forward to taking the fight to you on the track next season.

When will we learn our first pieces of information about the teams for the 2022 season? Well, here are the dates for the first and second rounds of testing.

First test: Barcelona, Spain - 23-25 February

Second test: Sakhir, Bahrain - 10-12 March

Provisional 2022 F1 calendar

20 March: Bahrain (Sakhir) 27 March: Saudi Arabia (Jeddah) 10 April: Australia (Melbourne) 24 April: Emilia Romagna (Imola) 8 May: Miami (Miami) 22 May: Spain (Barcelona) 29 May: Monaco (Monaco) 12 June: Azerbaijan (Baku) 19 June: Canada (Montreal) 3 July: Great Britain (Silverstone) 10 July: Austria (Spielberg) 24 July: France (Le Castellet) 31 July: Hungary (Budapest) 28 August: Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps) 4 September: Netherlands (Zandvoort) 11 September: Italy (Monza) 25 September: Russia (Sochi) 2 October: Singapore (Marina Bay) 9 October: Japan (Suzuka) 23 October: USA (Austin) 30 October: Mexico (Mexico City) 13 November: Brazil (Sao Paulo) 20 November: Abu Dhabi (Yas Marina)

• Mercedes; Lewis Hamilton and George Russell
• Red Bull: Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez
• Ferrari: Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz
• McLaren:Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo
• Alpine; Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon
• AlphaTauri: Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda
• Aston Martin: Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll
• Williams: Alex Albon and Nicholas Latifi
• Alfa Romeo: Valtteri Bottas and Guanyu Zhou
• Haas: Nikita Mazepin and Mick Schumacher

Honda motorsport boss Masashi Yamamoto believes the Japanese manufacturer will return to F1 in the future.

“Personally I hope and expect Honda will come back to Formula 1,” he told F1.com.

“It depends on young people in Honda being passionate about motorsport and if they can convince senior management to come back. But history repeats, so I hope it can happen.”

History made as Cem Bolukbasi becomes the first driver to move from Esports to Formula 2 for the 2022 season.