Crash.net's Top 10 F1 stories of 2013

With the New Year celebrations now at an end, we thought it was time to reflect on what you enjoyed most from our coverage of the 2013 F1 season.

As was the case last year, it was driver salaries that got you talking the most, with our most read story from 2012 actually coming second this time around as you looked to compare who was earning what in 2013 with twelve months earlier.

Elsewhere, no fewer than four of the top ten most read F1 stories are linked to the controversial Malaysian Grand Prix, with Mark Webber's retirement, Kimi Raikkonen's return to Ferrari and the sad death of Maria de Villota also featuring highly...

1. F1 2013 driver salaries published - 10 MayThe annual list of F1 salaries has again been published, and while Fernando Alonso remains top, he has now been joined by Lewis Hamilton.

2. F1 2012 driver salaries published - who earns the most? - 3 June 2012The annual list of F1 salaries has again been published, with Fernando Alonso again leading the way, while Sebastian Vettel is down in joint fourth, taking home the same as the likes of his team-mate, Mark Webber, as well as Nico Rosberg and current struggler, Felipe Massa.

3. Webber to consider F1 future - 24 MarchRed Bull's Mark Webber has hinted he could consider his future in the sport in the wake of the Malaysian Grand Prix, where team-mate Sebastian Vettel deliberately disobeyed team orders and stole the victory.

4. Webber to quit F1 - report - 6 MayRed Bull Racing's Mark Webber has decided to call time on his F1 career and will quit at the end of the 2013 F1 season, it has been claimed.

5. Vettel apologises to Webber, admits he made 'a mistake' - 24 MarchRed Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel has apologised to team-mate Mark Webber after he ignored team orders and passed the Aussie to claim victory in the latter stages of the 2013 F1 Malaysian Grand Prix.

6. Brundle: Red Bull has lost Webber trust - 25 MarchDriver-turned-pundit Martin Brundle believes that however Red Bull Racing handles the fall-out from Sunday's team orders affair, it is going to have its hands full trying to get its drivers working together for the good of the team.

7. Raikkonen linked with Ferrari return - 31 JulyKimi Raikkonen has been linked with a return to Ferrari in the latest twist in F1's silly season.

8. Ecclestone slams Red Bull over driver feud - 26 MarchBernie Ecclestone has hit out at Red Bull over the situation that has developed between Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel following the Malaysian Grand Prix - arguing that the defending champions have no-one to blame but themselves for imposing team orders on the pair.

9. Maria de Villota found dead - 11 OctoberMaria de Villota has been found dead in a hotel room in Seville, just days before she was due to launch the story of her life, and recovery from serious injury, in the Spanish city.

10. Latest F1 2014 driver line-up - 14 NovemberThe updated F1 2014 driver line-up after news that McLaren has confirmed its driver pairing