Well if you give anyone a good car they can win. The Mercedes is still by far the best car in the paddock, so much faster than the rest. Most races they weren't even using full power, they were able to save their engines and keep the car going at the end of the season. Unlike Ferrari who had to get the most out of their car early on which resulted in reliability issues at the end of the season.

Red Bull won't be any better next season as their engine is still shite. Ferrari might improve but their reliability and race strategy was off this season. However much I like Kimi he should retire as he was nowhere near Vettel this season. Ideally Ricciardo should replace him at Ferrari but Vettel won't have a teammate who will steal the spotlight away from him back in Italy. They shouldn't have extended Vettel's contract and just let him sign for Mercedes.

As for Max, he got to stop crashing first. Was really impressed with Ocon this year as well, outshined Perez.