What we learned in Friday practice at the Australian GP
Pre-Australian Grand Prix predictions have played out correctly on the Friday timesheets, but as is always the case in Formula 1, digging a little deeper reveals the true picture as Ferrari and McLaren tussle for supremacy. But will the weather throw out that form entirely?
Should Australia's skies find themselves desaturated of their celeste tones on Sunday, then Friday's findings in Formula 1's practice sessions will become devalued into mere statistics.
Naturally, the season opener offered the first chance to truly decipher the relative pace of each car; testing, as ever, was suffused by the fog of war as the 10 teams all ran to their own agendas. That Charles Leclerc set the quickest time on Friday will have rewarded Ferrari's finest with a hit of dopamine, and the sense that the scarlet cars can challenge for honours on a Saturday afternoon, but single-lap pace does not mean the season is done and dusted.
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