Compared to the year before, the 2021 Formula 1 season was much more ‘normal’. Not ‘completely back to normal’, as we’ve all said and hoped for so many times during these infernal pandemic times, but closer than many may have thought this time 12 months ago. There was no mass cancellation of events – only five of the originally planned calendar had to be dropped (China, Canada, Singapore, Japan and Australia) – and just one repeat track visit this time around. Two drivers tested positive and missed races, down from three in 2020, and at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, a re …