Saturday Quali day in Melbourne started with a prayer to the motorsport gods – both for Ferrari to erase the gap to Mercedes, and the 30% chance of rain at 5pm to actually happen. Either the motorsport gods were too busy (I hear Giedo van der Garde won’t stop asking for a drive) or like a Kimi Raikkonen interview, they weren’t really listening, because I got half an answer. A few sprinkles, a few tenths behind Lewis, but not quite enough to upend all the pre-season expectations. Still if you’re a Ferrari fan you’ve got to be happy Vettel is clearly on it, and beating Bottas is a huge victory. At the other end of the grid, I’m kind of worried about Lance Stroll. Most teenagers...
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