With his third world championship in the bag, and his place in the history of Formula One assured, Lewis Hamilton's attention will soon turn to his legacy.
The 2016 season will be the British driver's 10th in the pinnacle of motorsport and Hamilton, having achieved his lifelong ambition of matching Ayrton Senna's title tally, has revealed how he plans to approach the remaining years of his F1 career.
Hamilton has explained that when the time comes to walk away, he will not cling on to F1 and would be willing to stand aside to benefit young, emerging drivers, even setting a potential date for his eventual retirement.
At the age of 30, however, Hamilton is not yet at the stage where he should seriously consider retirement, but the same cannot be said for 34-year-old Felipe Massa.
Massa has recovered his reputation since his arrival at Williams, but the Brazilian, who missed out on the 2008 world title by a single point, has admitted the 2016 campaign could be his last in F1.
Until recently, it seemed 2015 would be Red Bull Racing's final season in F1 as the four-time world champions were left to scramble for a 2016 engine deal.
Red Bull finally appear to have found a solution, safeguarding their short-term future, but that has not stopped Ferrari from again offering their support to the Milton Keynes-based team.
Meanwhile, Force India are finally set to benefit from the support of a major manufacturer in 2016, with Aston Martin set to join forces with the modest, Silverstone-based team.
But despite the anticipation surrounding such a deal, which would lead to a complete change of identity, Force India deputy team boss Bob Fernley has insisted that no agreement is imminent.
Closing this week's roundup is former McLaren and Ferrari driver Stefan Johansson, who has been left disappointed by the friendly rivalry between Hamilton and Nico Rosberg in 2015, claiming modern drivers lack the old-fashioned ruthlessness of many F1 legends.
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