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SAUBER

Full Team Name: Sauber F1 Team
Country: Switzerland
Base: Hinwil, Switzerland
Team Chief: Monisha Kaltenborn
Technical Chief: Jorg Zander
Chassis: C36
Power Unit: Ferrari
First Team Entry: 1993
World Championships: 0 (Best 2nd as BMW)
Highest Race Finish: 1 (x1)
Pole Positions: 1
Fastest Laps: 5

With proper financial backing on board the team is looking to move forward but using last year’s Ferrari engine will be costly as the season goes on; restructuring and rebuilding is still in progress so can expect little more as yet than bringing up the rear.

Sauber slipped to the back in recent years due to myriad financial problems. These were finally resolved in mid-2016, and the new C36 in its smart new blue, white and gold colours is reflective of a new start in the post-Peter Sauber era. Marcus Ericsson and incoming Manor refugee Pascal Wehrlein are both capable of helping the popular Swiss team to climb back into the midfield battle.
 

                                                                    Marcus Ericsson(Swe, 26)

No9; Debut Australia, 2014; Wins 0; Best finish 8th; Poles 0; Best qualifying 9th; Titles 0; Best championship finish 18th; Last season 22nd
Quick on a good day and aggressive when he needs to be, Ericsson now has three years experience to his name – so it is time to show the consistency and level-headedness needed to turn that into points whenever they are on offer.

                                                                    Pascal Wehrlein(Ger, 22)

No94; Debut Australia, 2016; Wins 0; Best finish 10th; Poles 0; Best qualifying 12th; Titles 0; Best championship finish 19th; Last season 19th
Another Mercedes junior driver and with recognised pace, now has a better machine than last year’s Manor and the chance to prove he has the licks in trading places as well. Will expect to, and probably can, outshine his team-mate.

 

 

 

 

 

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                                                                    FERRARI

 

Full Team Name: Scuderia Ferrari
Country: Italy
Base:  Maranello, Italy
Team Chief: Maurizio Arrivabene
Technical Chief: Mattia Binotto
Chassis: SF70H
Power Unit: Ferrari
First Team Entry: 1950
World Championships: 16 (1961, 1964, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008)
Highest Race Finish: 1 (x225)
Pole Positions: 201
Fastest Laps: 236

Superb grip, a strong engine and the quickest times – Ferrari had it all in testing; if it translates to race pace they will be contenders. But the team must step up strategically with coherent, clear leadership and organisation to take the fight to the others.

Hamilton has already gone on record saying that Ferrari are the current favourite, as the most noticeable apparent improvement came from their new SF70H with its unique and elegant sidepods. Both Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen were fast straight away and remained so. Vettel disagreed with Hamilton’s view and said there was still plenty of work to be done, but many suspected, especially on the seventh day of testing, that Ferrari were sandbagging and could have gone faster. Outwardly their new car is not dissimilar to others, with its thumb print nose, wider front wing, lower rear wing and shark fin, but the Scuderia have been very adventurous with the design of the sidepods and the work seems to have paid off. The result is a car that looks to have plenty of the aerodynamic grip that its three predecessors lacked in comparison with Mercedes and Red Bull.
Vettel referred to the new rules as an “aspirin” when he gave his first opinions about the machine with which he seeks a fifth world title.
"From a driver's point of view it's better everywhere,” he said. "Braking is better, cornering is better, you've got more grip. Then in low-speed corners when arguably the downforce effect is less big, you have more grip from the tyres.
"It works pretty much like an aspirin, it fixes pretty much everything.”
Team mate Raikkonen was a little more circumspect.
"We are pretty optimistic every year, but then how it turns out at the end of the year is hard to say. I think we learned our lessons from the past years. The team has done a good job over the winter, and if it's good enough we will see during the year.”
That’s the thing with testing. You only know your own fuel loads and engine settings. Qualifying and racing tells the truth.
 

                                                                    Sebastian Vettel(Ger, 29)

No5; Debut USA, 2007; Wins 42; Poles 46; Titles 4 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013); Last season 4th
Anger and frustration behind the wheel affected his performance last season, but if the car has the pace it showed in testing, he is still capable of matching it; would be far more focussed if given a genuine chance of being competitive.

                                                                    Kimi Raikkonen(Fin, 37)

No7; Debut Australia, 2001; Wins 20; Poles 16; Titles 1 (2007); Last season 6th
Surprisingly strong in the second half of 2016 and still a masterful driver who knows how to win, Kimi has nothing to prove and is driving for pleasure; so while his motivation may be questioned his talent will out, especially in a decent ride.

Looking forward for Kimi and Vettel... Verstappen kuda too good for his age 

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Need to know: Australia

The essential race details

Melbourne's Albert Park is hosting its 22nd Grand Prix this year, and for the 20th time it's also the season opener. It's autumn in Australia, so the late afternoon start time means the drivers often have to cope with a low sun shining in their eyes. Note, too, the number of safety-car appearances - something which could have a key impact on strategy in Sunday's race.

 

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Melbourne masters

Mercedes have won the last three races in Melbourne, but Lewis Hamilton has only one of those wins - his other Australian victory came with McLaren in his first championship-winning season of 2008. Kimi Raikkonen is the only other current member of the grid with more than one win - and was the last man to take victory not at the wheel of a Silver Arrow. His current team Ferrari? They haven't won in Australia since 2007 when who was at the wheel? None other than the Iceman himself...

 

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Historic front-row threats

With five poles to his name, Lewis Hamilton is just one shy of equalling Michael Schumacher's Australia record. Sebastian Vettel, meanwhile, has only converted one of his three poles into victory - in 2011. Again, Mercedes have dominated the front row in Melbourne since the current turbo-hybrid engine regulations came into place in 2014. In that time, only Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo (second on the grid in 2014) has broken the Silver Arrows' stranglehold.

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Rostrum records

If Lewis Hamilton scores another podium this weekend, he'll move ahead of Michael Schumacher for the most rostrums on Australian soil. The Briton has a five-race podium streak going entering the 2017 season, but he's not the only one with a knack for cracking the top three in Australia. Alonso, Raikkonen and Vettel all have five podiums to their name - the latter from just nine starts at Albert Park. The question is, how many of the above will feature this year? Haas enjoyed a debut to remember last year with sixth, but Kevin Magnussen will do well to repeat his maiden race podium heroics of 2014 with his new team.

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Rostrum records

If Lewis Hamilton scores another podium this weekend, he'll move ahead of Michael Schumacher for the most rostrums on Australian soil. The Briton has a five-race podium streak going entering the 2017 season, but he's not the only one with a knack for cracking the top three in Australia. Alonso, Raikkonen and Vettel all have five podiums to their name - the latter from just nine starts at Albert Park. The question is, how many of the above will feature this year? Haas enjoyed a debut to remember last year with sixth, but Kevin Magnussen will do well to repeat his maiden race podium heroics of 2014 with his new team.

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Quote unquote

Make no mistake, they may have dominated the last three championships, but Mercedes are under no illusions that they will be out front on their own in Australia. In fact, as team chief Toto Wolff indicated in the run-up - pre-season testing suggests it'll be extremely tight at the sharp end in Melbourne, with the Silver Arrows, Ferrari and Red Bull all expected to be vying for supremacy. The first blows will be traded on Friday, but we won't know for sure who holds the early pace advantage until Q3 on Saturday - and even then, qualifying pace is one thing, race pace quite another...

 

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This weekend's big number

Daniel Ricciardo (above) thought he'd laid Australia's barren podium streak on home soil to rest in 2014 when he crossed the line in second - but the Red Bull man was subsequently disqualified after his car was found to have breached the fuel flow limit. Will this be the year that Ricciardo makes the rostrum for good?

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Former glories

McLaren have the best record of any team in Australia, with six of their wins coming since the switch from Adelaide to Melbourne in 1996. However, they've not won anywhere since 2012 and not finished on the podium since Kevin Magnussen and Jenson Button's 2-3 at Albert Park in 2014. On the evidence of testing, it'll take something truly remarkable for either drought to end this Sunday, with Fernando Alonso saying he's braced for a 'difficult' weekend. Indeed, given their reliability woes in pre-season, making the chequered flag would be considered something of victory at this point...

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Former glories

McLaren have the best record of any team in Australia, with six of their wins coming since the switch from Adelaide to Melbourne in 1996. However, they've not won anywhere since 2012 and not finished on the podium since Kevin Magnussen and Jenson Button's 2-3 at Albert Park in 2014. On the evidence of testing, it'll take something truly remarkable for either drought to end this Sunday, with Fernando Alonso saying he's braced for a 'difficult' weekend. Indeed, given their reliability woes in pre-season, making the chequered flag would be considered something of victory at this point...