Russell warns that Mercedes must raise game despite Australia 1-2

The Briton, who started the season-opener on pole, took control in Melbourne mid-way through the race after a wheel-to-wheel battle with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc in the early stages. He came home ahead of teammate Kimi Antonelli by nearly three seconds and had a more than 15-second gap to Leclerc to reinforce his status as the pre-season favourite. "Honestly, thank you so much to the whole team because it's been a long time coming to have this car beneath us and we couldn't start off in a better way," he said.