After ‘winning' the Formula 1 preseason testing, Ferrari were touted as having the fastest cars when Sebastian Vettel arrived in Melbourne with the intention of winning his third consecutive Australian Grand Prix. Instead, they leave without a podium place and, worryingly for the Scuderia faithful, after conceding a 57-second margin to Valtteri Bottas, who led Lewis Hamilton in a 1-2 finish for Mercedes on Sunday. More concerning for Ferrari was the 35-second gap to Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, who overtook Vettel on the outside and finished in third place. Four-time F1 world champion Vettel, who beat Lewis Hamilton here in the previous two years but finished second to the...
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