Pole-sitter Russell says his Mercedes more go-kart than 'bouncing bus'

The Briton and Mercedes were tipped pre-season as the ones to beat and they lived up to expectations in Melbourne. Russell led home teammate Kimi Antonelli, with the pair eight-tenths quicker than Red Bull's Isack Hadjar in third. "I think we knew as a team, or we thought we knew as a team, we had a really good package beneath us," said Russell. "There's been so much hard work from everyone to deliver this. But I don't think I thought it was this good." They showed their potential under sweeping new changes to engine and chassis rules...