At first glance, the opening race of the 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship appears to distil to a straight fight between Red Bull and Ferrari, just as in 2010. But there is plenty of spice ready to be added to what promises to be another fascinating season.

McLaren have brought MP4-26s to Melbourne with heavily revised rear ends in an effort to overcome their testing difficulties, and Ross Brawn’s expression yesterday suggests that the upgrade that Mercedes took to the last Barcelona test really has got the team as excited it was when it came here as Brawn two seasons back

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