Ben Stevens looks at the teams contesting the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship which gets underway with the Australian Grand Prix weekend at Albert Park in Melbourne, from 24-26 March. Mercedes  Since the V6 Turbo era started in 2014, Mercedes AMG Petronas have known one thing – winning. Never threatened by anything more than a tantrum from either Lewis Hamilton or the now-departed Nico Rosberg, they put together the most dominant three-year run in F1 history. Now they move into a new era, with Hamilton joined by Valtteri Bottas and a formula that shifts the emphasis back towards aerodynamics – yet while all good things end some time, it’s hard to see it happening for...
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