Before the Australian Grand Prix, here’s DW’s survival guide for the 2017 F1 season. “I’m finding the car is much more physical to drive than in the past,” Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton said during testing. Read: F1 testing shows Ferrari may be ready to challenge Mercedes. Behind the leaders, Mercedes-powered team Williams looked like the benchmark in the battle to be “best of the rest,” but performance data suggested a closely-matched midfield. It’s hard to know who to sympathize with more: double world champion Fernando Alonso doomed to another season of mediocrity, or promising Belgian rookie Stoffel Vandoorne – who likely won’t have the hardware necessary to make a splash in his first full F1 season.

Source: Daily News Egypt March 24, 2017 00:33 UTC