
How different will F1 2015 be?
The anticipation is building ahead of the start of the 2015 Formula 1 season. JONATHAN NOBLE asks whether things have actually moved on since the end of last year
An exclusive battle at the front between Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton. Mercedes engines the benchmark. Teams at the back facing financial difficulties. The spectre of customer cars still alive and well.
You could be forgiven for thinking that Formula 1 begins its new season in Australia this weekend with not much having changed since the garages were packed up in Abu Dhabi last year. In fact, it seems that the margin between both ends of the grid has got wider.

Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.
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