After a pair of dominant Red Bull displays in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, Max Verstappen goes into the race weekend with a one-point lead in the standings over team-mate Sergio Perez having snatched the bonus point for fastest lap off the Mexican in Jeddah.
Despite reliability worries for Red Bull, the team is heavy favourite to repeat its strong results at the start of this season, but goes into a race the team hasn’t claimed victory at since Sebastian Vettel triumphed in the 2011 Australian GP – which remains the team’s only victory in Australia.
