There may not have been any thunder down under, but lightening quick was the Dutch boy wonder

Another Red Bull victory as we foresaw but the race wasn’t without its fair share of drama

Red Flags and crashes and spins and more, dreams crushed, hopes dashed perhaps worse than before

So was the case for Leclerc in turn one, where his car remained beached like whale in the sun

He can buy himself flowers, write his name in the sand, but a season start like this, he didn’t have planned

Albon’s trip through the beach was unexpected, driver error was the cause which is most likely suspected

Shame for Williams, who showed promise and pace, some points were likely in the season’s 3rd race

No shame for Lewis and Mercedes of course, who together were quicker than the prancing horse

A podium finish for the former champ, but not all is well in the Brackley based camp

While the Merc appears quicker and not quite the slowpoke, Russell’s engine did end up in a plumb of white smoke

And up in smoke too, went Alpine’s race, when their two drivers collided as they ran out of space

Out of space ran Carlos as he spun Nando around, two Spaniards bull fighting without making up ground

But the final red flag, done dirty did Sainz, who copped a five second penalty but luckily no fines

Piastri with points in his home GP, Lando too P6 in his McLaren would be  

So what did we learn from Albert Park, aside from that fact that RedBull is still the benchmark?

Well Mercedes is quicker than even they thought, and Max… despite gremlins, still couldn’t be caught

Aston Martin is also no flash in the pan, and Alonso’s showing no signs of age as F1’s old man

Regardless of Ferrari’s misfortunes in the race, that car has shown it actually does have good pace

But perhaps what we’ve learned most of all you’ll agree, is how strong the power of perception might be

Many argued the red flags were to improve the show, that a safety car could effectively lead the pack to tiptoe

So were these decisions really influenced by Netflix? Or are some just reaching for excuses and politics?

Well round three is behind us and it’s on to Baku, will someone else win? Or will RedBull win there too?