– The 2014 F1 season opener in Australia is now very close and the third and final pre-season test has come and gone. It is just over ten days until first practice at Melbourne’s Albert Park and while testing is never a truly reliable indicator of what is ahead, it does give some indication and here GPUpdate brings you a few pointers... 1. Mercedes Arguably now the pre-season favourite, Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg appear to be sitting in the hot-seats. Mercedes managed the most laps over the three pre-season tests and were consistently at the top end of the times, finishing the final test second and third on the combined times. 2. Red Bull Red Bull, in contrast to Mercedes and...
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