Testing Times

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Just a few teething issues for McLaren, but they should have most of them ironed out by Melbourne.  Probably.

Okay, so Ferrari ahead of Merc is an ambitious call; in reality I'm hoping they'll have the best of the silver guys at certain tracks and not be a million miles away elsewhere - and that Red Bull will be within a few tenths.  I will be surprised if Mercedes has unearthed enough extra speed in their car to find themselves nigh-on one second ahead on any length of run, that would be an unusual jump in performance so far into a period of rule stability.

I've had a change of heart with Haas & Williams: I'll put them both ahead of Toro Rosso.  Although if I was ranking specifically for the Aussie GP I'd have to shunt most of the teams into new positions.