Lewis Hamilton is in dreamland after a strong qualifying session for Mercedes saw the driver and team-mate George Russell prepare to start third and second on the grid respectively in Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix. After the session, Hamilton could barely believe the team’s success in Melbourne. 2007’s iteration of the race saw Hamilton capitalise on trouble at Turn 1 from his fourth-place start to swipe third and cap his grand prix debut with a podium finish. One detail from qualifying could give Hamilton pause and disrupt his good mood, as Saturday’s qualifying marked the third race this season that Russell finished ahead of his storied team-mate. Over the radio after securing his third-place grid start, Wolff told his star driver that ‘slowly but surely’, the team was improving.

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