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Mercedes looked a lot more competitive in Melbourne with Hamilton and George Russell flying in qualifying and driving well in the race, but it remains to be seen if their better fortunes will continue

Mercedes star Hamilton has been tipped by many to consider a Ferrari switch to give him the best chance of another title before retiring, in a move which could see Leclerc come the other way

After the Australian Grand Prix, Mercedes star Russell suggested Red Bull might be hiding the true pace of their cars to try to prevent FIA intervention in the championship

Zak Brown was in a buoyant mood following the Australian Grand Prix following a better showing from McLaren, and afterwards he decided to call out Mercedes boss Toto Wolff

Most Formula 1 teams have things to be concerned about early in this new season with only Aston Martin not currently embroiled in crisis, in the view of Alain Prost

Red Bull are clearly in a league of their own in terms of car performance, and that looks unlikely to change unless the FIA intervenes to tweak the Formula 1 rules

Usually F1 team members head to parc ferme to celebrate with the drivers who finish on the podium, but very few Mercedes staff were present when Hamilton came across to greet them

Verstappen won the race in Melbourne, but his mind was clearly on an earlier clash he had with Hamilton as he claimed the rules were not applied to the Mercedes star

Max Verstappen started the Australian GP on pole with George Russell and Lewis Hamilton in his mirrors, while Fernando Alonso was also lurking in hope of an opportunity

Verstappen was very upset with Hamilton's actions on two occasions in the first 10 laps of the race in Melbourne, and made sure to vent his feelings over the radio

Russell took the lead on the first lap of the race in Melbourne, but that was as good as his day got as his strategy was ruined by a red flag before an engine fire ended his race

Leclerc ended up beaching his Ferrari in the gravel on the first lap of the Australian GP, while George Russell took the lead and Lewis Hamilton banged wheels with Max Verstappen

Lewis Hamilton was delighted with his result in Australian Grand Prix qualifying, even though Mercedes team-mate George Russell went one better to start on the front row

Lewis Hamilton and George Russell were thrilled with their results in a good qualifying session for Mercedes, which prompted a snarky comment from Fernando Alonso as he faced the TV cameras

Alonso and Hamilton as team-mates was a recipe for disaster in the one year they spent together at McLaren, but the Spaniard would like to give it another go before he retires from F1

Few people know Lewis Hamilton's F1 routine better than Angela Cullen, who worked as his physiotherapist and close ally in the paddock before they parted company last month

Russell was thrilled with his qualifying result, but was interrupted while talking about it after spotting a large car fire break out in the pit lane in Melbourne

Hamilton qualified third in Australia behind only pole-sitter Verstappen and Mercedes team-mate George Russell, and the Brit was thrilled with that result as he spoke after the session

Red Bull racers Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez were hoping to make it three poles in a row between them, but Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were among those lying in wait as the rainclouds gathered in Melbourne

Hamilton recently said that Red Bull's RB19 is the fastest F1 car he has ever seen, but fellow veteran Alonso thinks the Brit has forgotten about some of his old Mercedes machines

Former Formula 1 race director Masi is back in the paddock at the Australian GP this weekend for the first time since the Abu Dhabi fiasco which cost him his job at the FIA

George Russell beat Lewis Hamilton in their first season together and one former Formula 1 title-winner thinks the timing is right for the younger Brit to "get ahead" of the seven-time world champion

Lewis Hamilton always enjoys riding the waves when he heads Down Under for the Australian Grand Prix, but this time came a little too close to comfort to an unwelcome meeting with a shark

Russell beat his Mercedes team-mate Hamilton last time out at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and, on the eve of the race weekend in Australia, Chandhok thinks a repeat could be on the cards

Hamilton announced on the eve of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix weekend that he and his long-serving Formula 1 ally Angela Cullen would no longer be working together