After 12 days of pre-season testing and with only a week and a half until the action gets started for real in Melbourne, I've seen nothing to suggest that Mercedes won't go into the Australian Grand Prix weekend set to lock out the front row and dominate the race.
That's a real shame from the fans' perspective, but things do look very similar to last year after Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton topped the final Barcelona test. There is a hint of one potential weakness, though.
What interested me is the fact that both Rosberg and Hamilton complained a little about the balance of the car, and that suggests to me that the W06 Hybrid might be a little more nervous at the rear than last year's car.