Australian Grand Prix review for Motor Verso - The shock of the new

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So the new F1 is different after all. For a lot of the Australian Grand Prix weekend things looked rather like a film we'd seen before, up to Lewis Hamilton blasting off the line to lead early.

But then things changed, as Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari simply faced them down and won. Their pre-season hype was justified after all. And thus for the first time in a long time something other than a Merc is leading the F1 world championship. For the first time in about as long Mercedes was defeated in a race on pure pace rather than peculiarity. For the first time in a long time we have a multi-team fight for the world title. For now anyway.

I give my take on all of the Melbourne goings on in my first Motor Verso race review of the new campaign. You can read it here: http://www.motorverso.com/australia-gp-2017-review-shock-new/

Do check out the Motor Verso site too; you'll find motoring news, car reviews and features - the team on the site carry out week-long test drives of the latest cars - as well as photos and videos of the machines.