Motorsport journalist and podcaster
Today, at last, a new Formula One season will begin in earnest with the first official timed session of the year at the 2018 Australian Grand Prix.
Sergio Perez is expecting Force India to have a tough time in its fight to retain fourth place in the constructors standings against a cashed-up opposition in 2018.
The setting is idyllic: an inner-suburban lake in a grassy public park encircled by palm trees and set against the Melbourne skyline.
Finally the 2018 season is upon us, and with just days to go until the cars take to Melbourne’s Albert Park street circuit, now is the time to get your season predictions in.
Testing is over and the numbers are in. Andrew Phillips, the brains behind F1 Metrics, runs me through what the data suggests the 2018 season has in store.