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Ferrari’s one-two finish in Melbourne gives Formula One a much-needed lift

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Ferrari's Carlos Sainz Jr (front centre left) and second-placed Ferrari's Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc (front centre right) celebrating with their team after the Australian Grand Prix.

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz Jr (front, centre left) and Charles Leclerc (front, centre right) celebrating with their team after the Australian Grand Prix on March 24.

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Hands up, who among us doesn’t love a fairy tale? Especially one in which a beleaguered Spaniard – the dashing Carlos Sainz, of course – rose from his sick bed after the

recent removal of his appendix,

and roared to a superb victory?

And, no disrespect to Max Verstappen and Red Bull, who for the first time since Australia 2022 suffered a mechanical retirement – who didn’t feel that a Ferrari one-two gave Formula One a much-needed lift Down Under?

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