So the second season of V6 hybrid turbo Formula 1 is underway, and already there are complaints that Mercedes is too far ahead and the competitive advantage it has spent so much time, energy and money accruing is now so great it is damaging the sport.
Leading the charge was Red Bull boss Christian Horner, whose star driver Daniel Ricciardo (a three-time winner last season) finished a lapped sixth as Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg collected yet another one-two finish for the Brackley/Brixworth/Stuttgart alliance.
Mercedes won at a canter, Ferrari and Williams were nowhere near, Red Bull has slipped back because its Renault engine is even less effective (relative to the opposition) than last year, and McLaren-Honda? Well, the less said about that situation the better...