Lewis Hamilton has a new team, a new outlook and a new hope. Led by the sport's most successful driver, Formula 1's closest season in recent history starts on Sunday at the Australian Grand Prix.

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Lewis Hamilton will start the Australian Grand Prix from eighth on the grid, but Mercedes chief Toto Wolff has offered an intriguing theory about Ferrari's pace