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Was Ferrari's win a gift from Mercedes?

The first Grand Prix to new regulations and with wider, more robust tyres brought about a complete change of approach in race strategy. With stronger tyres Melbourne is a one-stop race and that was the case for most runners this season. But strategy is still critical to race outcomes; at the front the race victory was decided by a strategy call from Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, who wanted to make an early stop and as he came out behind two cars and not into a gap, he lost the race win to Sebastian Vettel. Further back, track position proved to be the most valuable thing of all and overtaking proved hard, as Fernando Alonso managed to hold behind him the Force India of Esteban Ocon...
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