March 25: Australian GPMercedes came into the season opener as heavy favourites despite giving little away at pre-season testing, and backed that tag up in Melbourne qualifying as Lewis Hamilton blew the competition away, taking pole by 0.6s. A confident Hamilton even told last year's title rival Sebastian Vettel, who qualified third behind team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, that he hoped to "wipe the smile off your face" with his lap. But it was Ferrari and Vettel who had the last laugh come race day. It was all going so well for Hamilton, who had built up a three-second advantage over Raikkonen and Vettel at the time of his Lap 19 pit-stop, before a Virtual Safety Car was deployed...
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