MELBOURNE, Australia -- We wrote yesterday that 2019 needed to start with someone other than Lewis Hamilton on the top step of the Australian Grand Prix podium -- his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas duly obliged on Sunday, turning in the drive of his career to kick off the most important year of his career in style.
But joy for Mercedes was a stark contrast to Ferrari's weekend, and that's where our round-up of the good, the bad and the ugly of this race must begin.