The innuendo in the comments of Lando Norris on landing pole in Melbourne says it all for me.

McLaren has a great car, and they could prove very difficult to beat for a few of these opening rounds. Here is Norris:

💬 “Big congrats to the team. An amazing job to continue from where we were at the end of last season to start with a one-two — but it’s just quali, right?

“The car is extremely quick and when you put it together, it’s unbelievable. It’s just difficult to put it together.

“It was like a little fight between me and Oscar today, and it was a tough one — especially after my first lap where I went off and got track limits, and I knew the second lap, you need to take a lot of risks but also make sure you don’t make any mistakes.

“I managed to pull it off, so I’m very happy.”