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The only two firm certainties in life may be death and taxes, but the next-closest thing would be Lewis Hamilton scoring pole position for the Australian Grand Prix.

– Lewis Hamilton, already in possession of the record for most career pole positions (84), has now equalled the record for most pole positions at a single grand prix after taking his eighth at Albert Park.

Recapping all of the news and notes from the Albert Park paddock on Friday, here is Michael Lamonato's notebook.

Having hit the reset button over the winter, Valtteri Bottas plans on making the 2019 Formula 1 season his best one to date. 

For the first time this year, Crash.net brings you its daily round-up of all the news, updates and added tidbits of information from the paddock after Thursday’s media briefings ahead of the Australian Grand Prix.

A number of Formula 1 drivers have aired doubts over the impact the return of a bonus point for setting the fastest lap of the race will have through the 2019 season.

Heading into this weekend’s Formula 1 season-opening Australian Grand Prix, a number of eyes will be on the three full-season rookies gearing up for their race debuts.

Mercedes What’s New: Not a huge amount. Naturally, a new car, and a tweaked livery. Valtteri Bottas has a new set of engineers, and the team has support from both Esteban Ocon and Stoffel Vandoorne back at base.

Renault What’s new: Star signing Daniel Ricciardo dominates the attention having left Red Bull this winter, while behind the scenes Renault continues to expand both its engine and team bases.

2019 F1 drivers’ world champion? Luke Smith:  Sebastian Vettel. Ferrari has looked super strong through pre-season testing, and I'm backing Ferrari's changes to have the long-desired effect at long last this year and deliver Vettel his fifth world title.

Haas  What’s new:  A first major title sponsorship deal with British energy drinks firm Rich Energy has provided Haas with a welcome boost heading into 2019, as well as a fresh black-and-gold livery. 

After a long winter break, competitive Formula 1 track action finally gets underway this weekend for the season-opening 2019 Australian Grand Prix. 

- FIA president Jean Todt says F2 driver Mick Schumacher should be left in peace to pursue career as he bids to make it all the way to F1 ( RaceFans )

With Formula 1’s pre-season test running in Barcelona now complete and most of the teams back at their bases, attention is now turning to the 2019 season-opener in Australia in two weeks’ time.

With eight days of running at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya now in the books, Formula 1’s 2019 pre-season is officially over. Next stop: Melbourne, Australia.

The penultimate day of Formula 1’s pre-season test running in Barcelona saw times tumble towards the end of the morning session, with Ferrari giving another signal that it looks in good shape heading to Melbourne.

With McLaren announcing Fernando Alonso as its test driver for the next two years while on top at pre-season Formula 1 testing, a new dilemma in its rebuilding phase has been laid which could trigger major headaches later down the line.

Mercedes may have lost almost half of its allocated running time in Barcelona today, but the defending Formula 1 champion squad turned heads this morning by debuting a heavily-revised aerodynamic packag

The second pre-season test begins on Tuesday at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, with all 10 teams set to be in action across the final week of running. 

“Charles, Charles, over here!” Twelve months ago, Charles Leclerc may have passed through a fan area at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya with only a handful of people really knowing who he was.

Ferrari and Mercedes’ fight has been the big story of the past two seasons in Formula 1, making comparisons through the pre-season testing period natural.

"Wow, I’ve never felt so popular in my life!” The irony in Claire Williams’ voice was clear as she came to greet the assembled media for her scheduled press briefing on Wednesday afternoon. The referenced media source is missing and needs to be re-embedded.

With Charles Leclerc sitting comfortably atop the timing screens for Ferrari, putting together the end-of-day Formula 1 testing report with around 20 minutes left on the clock seemed like a safe bet.

The 2019 Formula 1 season has not yet started in anger, and Williams is already on the back foot.