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In terms of predicting how a season will go, history shows it's a mistake to set too much store by what happens in Melbourne. For one thing, it's the first race of the year; for another, Albert Park is hardly a typical Formula 1 circuit.
That said, the events of last weekend suggested that the Barcelona tests did not lie, that - Saints Be Praised - at last the endless Mercedes domination is under genuine threat.
Yes, you can say that if Lewis Hamilton hadn't pitted early, then lost time behind Max Verstappen, he would have been ahead when Sebastian Vettel came back out after his stop, and you can throw in that 'track position' - with this latest generation of cars - is now more crucial than ever.
