Formula 1: Nothing working for Mercedes at Albert Park, says Hamilton

Mercedes have been wrongfooted by major aerodynamic rule changes this year, with their W13 car bouncing, or 'porpoising', on straights as downforce comes and goes. The performance issues led to disappointing results in the first two races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, and team boss Toto Wolff said there would be no magic fix in Melbourne.

Russell said his car had the worst porpoising he had ever experienced along the sweeping, lightly curved section of Albert Park where drivers hit high speed before turn nine. "We’re not in the position where we want to be," he told Sky. "We need to keep digging into the data and understand. We’ve sort of gone from left, right and centre with the set-up and all have resulted in a similar outcome so we need to try and get on top of things and understand why."