Listen to this article After a tempestuous winter for Formula 1, the new era action gets underway with pre-season testing which starts in Barcelona on Wednesday. F1’s launch season is almost complete, while the fallout from the controversial end to the Abu Dhabi GP has seen sweeping changes including the removal of Michael Masi as race director and new protocols introduced, which means focus on 2022 takes centre stage as teams get ready to run the new cars and show off what technical innovations each squad has decided upon under the new technical regulations. The majority of team launches were an array of smoke and mirror presentations, or in some cases a use of a show car entirely to keep the real thing under wraps for as long as possible, meaning the pre-season tests will be the first time all of the new F1 cars will be seen as fully intended. All 10 F1 teams will be in action at both pre-season tests which provide the first real insight into which teams have got it right and which teams have work to do. While never fully taken as the true pecking order, due to teams hiding outrigh …