F1 Q&A: Andrew Benson answers your questions before Australian GP

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BBC Sport's chief F1 writer Andrew Benson answers your questions as teams get ready for the Australian Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen has made a strong start to the season, winning both the Bahrain and Saudi Arabia Grands Prix.

Of course, there are many more great names through history who would have been fascinating to talk to, but those are the two who stand out on a personal level. They have done some of that - but Red Bull started with an advantage and it has, if anything, grown over time rather than diminished. I fear no-one will catch up before the new rules in 2026.This is a really interesting story. Honda announced in late 2020 that it would pull out of F1 at the end of 2021.

Meanwhile, without a power-unit supplier for 2026, Red Bull set up its own engines division, only for Honda to decide in 2023 to stay in F1 from 2026 under the new rules and do a deal to move to Aston Martin,Mercedes' target will be to end the season as best of the rest - they already pretty much admit that Red Bull are uncatchable this year, certainly in terms of the championship.

If the competition for race wins fails to materialise for the rest of the field, what else do we have to look forward to this season?This is a tough question, and I know lots of people are feeling it. The fact of the matter is that the Red Bull is the best car in the field, and Max Verstappen is an all-time great driver who is operating at an incredibly high level and has been for some time, and it is very difficult to see him being beaten at the moment.

In short, the simulation data said it should be producing a certain amount of downforce, and it was not producing anything like it.The bottom line is that something is happening with the Mercedes floor which the team cannot get their heads around.As Wolff put it in Jeddah: "The thing is, it's been two-and-a-half years that we are chasing this fundamental. It is not by lack of trying.

 

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