Lewis Hamilton arrived in Melbourne on Monday night local time for this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix – and it’s safe to say he’s in a very different frame of mind about his chances compared to every other year in the sport’s turbo hybrid era. His usually field-leading Mercedes is proving very uncompetitive so far in 2022, with Hamilton lucky to come third in the opening race in Bahrain after both Red Bulls retired ahead of him, followed by a very disappointing 10th in Saudi Arabia the following week. Hamilton said Mercedes have ‘got a lot of problems’ with their car ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix, and for once he wasn’t foxing.

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