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35 years on: Senna's inauspicious F1 debut belied the successes to come
Antonio Strini
Formula 1
Why Bahrain should help answer the questions around Ferrari
A look at where Ferrari was losing lap time to Mercedes in Melbourne and whether it will be the same at the next round in Bahrain.
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Ferrari
Mick Schumacher 'honoured' by comparisons to his father
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Formula 1
How long will Leclerc respect team orders at Ferrari?
Ferrari's awful Melbourne performance coincided with its first use of team orders in 2019. Our F1 team picks through that and the other major talking points from the Australian Grand Prix.
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How Bottas rediscovered himself and why we still don't know a thing about the real Ferrari
Laurence Edmondson
Story of the race: Ferrari falters, Bottas prospers
Ferrari was expected to come out swinging in Melbourne -- instead, while the Italian team struggled, it was under-pressure Valtteri Bottas who set down a marker to Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton for 2019.
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Formula 1
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australian GP
Mercedes and the art of throwing pie in everyone's face
Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes' surprising and ominous pace in qualifying shatters the preseason notion that Ferrari was the team to beat coming into 2019. A roundup of the main talking points from the Australian Grand Prix.
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Hamilton beats Bottas, Ferrari settles for third and fifth
A late Lewis Hamilton lap saw him take pole position for the Australian Grand Prix, as Ferrari settled for a distant third and fifth.
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- Ricciardo's 'stop being them' helmet explained
- Hamilton gets in on Ricciardo/Avocado meme
- Kubica has no regrets despite slow start
- Horner distances Red Bull from 2019 title talk
- Vietnam begins work on Hanoi's 2020 F1 venue
- Ricciardo drained by pre-race schedule
- Bottas ignored Merc order to get fastest lap point