– Sebastian Vettel opened the season with victory at the Australian Grand Prix, setting up the prospect of a title battle with Lewis Hamilton. GPUpdate.net presents through its winners and losers from Melbourne.Winners This wasn't a driver or team lucking into Mercedes' misfortune; aside from the anomalous Singapore 2015 weekend, this was the first time in the V6 era that Mercedes has been legitimately defeated on pure pace. Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari were tentatively labelled as favourites in some quarters, the blistering test form weighed against trepidation, stemming from Ferrari's history of failing to deliver. This year, though, Vettel qualified on the front row, despite...
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