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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
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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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Exciting start as Bottas passes Hamilton; Ricciardo loses front wing
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Verstappen secures podium with impressive Vettel overtake
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'Why are we so slow?' - Vettel can't get answers from Ferrari
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Mercedes
Bottas: Car was so good I could just do my thing
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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.
What's in the mind of an F1 driver?
Take an emotional journey with Lewis Hamilton into the thoughts of a Formula 1 driver ahead of the new season.
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How Lewis claimed another pole in Melbourne
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Gasly gets eliminated in Q1
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Where has Ferrari's pace gone in Australia?
Laurence Edmondson
Formula 1
Albon wrecks in practice debut
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Bottas pulls a U-Turn after going off
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Hamilton and Raikkonen react to positive practice
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F1 2019 predictions: Don't lose faith in Ferrari
Our Formula One team put their necks on the line and make some bold predictions about the upcoming season, where Ferrari and Mercedes look set to do battle for another championship.
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Top Headlines
- 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
- Ferrari explains rationale behind Leclerc call
- Bernie: Whiting death hurts more than any driver's
- 'Why are we so slow?' - Ferrari's race radio