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Three in a row: Mercedes secures constructors' title

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Mercedes secured a hat-track of constructors' championships at the Japanese Grand Prix, officially marking itself out as the class of the field with another victory. It was almost overshadowed by the protest of the race result, which was subsequently withdrawn, but the official race result confirmed the title.

It has been another dominant season for Mercedes, and here F1i looks back at how the year has seen both outstanding performances and more than a hint of controversy...

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Mercedes found itself seriously challenged by Ferrari in Melbourne, but Nico Rosberg took victory in the opening race of the season, leading home pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton - who had a poor start - in a one-two.

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.

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