Sebastian Vettel Pole After a Rather Uniform Formula One 2011 Australian Opener

Of course my heart goes out to Bahrain for all of the turmoil the country is in, but from a purely Formula One perspective, I’d be lying if I told you I was anything but pleased to see F1 2011 kick off in Australia. After a very interesting set of preseason tests it looked as if Red Bull and Ferrari were the teams to beat. McLaren were floundering with a poor car and the mid-field looked the best in years. This was, however, not the situation in Melbourne. Whilst McLaren seemed to have pulled together to turn their car around in an astonishingly short space of time, Ferrari seem to have forgotten the meaning of speed. Now I must admit, though I hoped for more exciting qualifying in 2011, I think I knew in the back of my mind that litt...

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