Lewis Hamilton's pole position lap provided the world with the first opportunity to see the latest generation Formula 1 car being pushed to its absolute limit. Around the sinuous Albert Park circuit the three-time world champion hustled the Mercedes, recording a time of 1:22.188, sealing pole by more than a quarter of a second from Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari and seemingly establishing himself at the top of the 2017 heap. It also highlighted a rather inconvenient fact; that despite all the hype and PR mumbo jumbo, the promised increase in speed has failed to materialise. Behind closed doors paddock insiders are unhappy with the latest generation of cars, which feature unsightly ‘shark...
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