There are certain inevitabilities in Formula One, and its European journalist corps crowing of their departure from their winter-ravaged continent for the warmer climes of Australia is amongst the most predictable.

The McLaren-Honda project is on the cusp of learning the difference between ‘if’ and ‘when’.

Peter McGinley is tickled pink by the upcoming Australian Grand Prix and Andre Rieu but not by McLaren-Honda’s performance or the ABC’s pronunciation of his name. We also talk about acid reflux and the South Pacific nation of Tokelau.

When the 10 Formula One cars roared back into life after 92 days of off-season silence, they looked little like the machines of yesteryear.

If there’s one thing more simultaneously engrossing and frustrating than trying to understand F1’s driver market silly season, it’s attempting to decipher Formula One preseason testing.