DUBAI: “The fastest car always wins.” That’s the problem with Formula 1 you see. Nothing ever happens. There’s no excitement. The fastest car always wins. Lewis Hamilton. Max Verstappen. Valtteri Bottas. Mercedes. Red Bull. Mercedes. The podium finish at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix may have had a distinct business as usual look to it. For those that keep a causal, sometimes cynical, eye on Formula 1, here was yet more proof that the more things change the more they stay the same. Once again, it seems, we are in for season of a valiant Red Bull challenge to the supremacy of Mercedes, with reigning champion Lewis Hamilton ultimately winning an expected, record eighth F1 title.