The Australian GP preview
The longer-than-expected wait is finally over, as the 2011 season kicks off this weekend in Australia. Mark Glendenning previews the first race of what promises to be an unforgettable year
Well, this should be interesting.
It's standard fare at this time of the year to declare that we stand on the verge of one of the most exciting Formula 1 seasons in recent memory.
AUTOSPORT's F1 editor Edd Straw wrote of "unprecedented interest" in the 2010 curtain-raiser in Bahrain, what with Michael Schumacher coming back, Fernando Alonso making his Ferrari debut and McLaren wheeling out an all-champion line-up of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button. And in light of the way that last year unfolded, Edd had a point.
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