Early warning signs that all was not well at Ferrari came to a head on Sunday as the would-be Formula 1 contenders flopped in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. While Valtteri Bottas claimed a dominant win for Mercedes and his teammate Lewis Hamilton held off Red Bull's Max Verstappen for second place, Ferrari's drivers were left scrambling for minor points in a sobering start for the Scuderia. Ferrari had been the quickest car at winter testing, just edging champions Mercedes, but Barcelona must have felt a distant memory as Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc crossed fourth and fifth, nearly a minute behind Bottas. Vettel sounded alarm bells after Friday practice...
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