Going from on your couch to the actual F1 paddock is a surreal experience. A place for the drivers, team personnel, the ultra-rich, ultra-connected, and media blowhards – yet at least this weekend, I am one of those blowhards. So with that in mind, I thought I’d keep a diary of just what went down in Melbourne. Thursday Press conferences tend to be a bit hit and miss in F1 – usually, they’re dull, meandering affairs where drivers try their darndest to say nothing of consequence. Thankfully, the first one of the season provided something of an exception, mostly thanks to Fernando Alonso. He cuts a fascinating figure nowadays, and his joke about “equal engines” was...
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