After 145 days of waiting, the new season of Formula 1 is finally ready to begin. Nobody can accurately predict what's going to happen, so here's our guide to what to look out for during the Australian Grand Prix

If you were to scribble down a wish list for what you'd like to see in a new Formula 1 season, what would it include?

The promise of unpredictability would be up there, along with a shake-up of the established order. Possibilities for more overtaking wouldn't hurt, and nor would the opportunity to see what a precocious talent can do when handed a sub-standard car for the first time. And of course, we'd all like to see a weird new circuit that requires the cars to drive through an underground tunnel while exiting the pits (you never saw that at Clermont-Ferrand!). In short, you'd draw up something very much like 2009-spec F1.

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