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How Russell guided his "go kart" Mercedes to F1 Australian GP pole by a staggering margin

"I think yesterday, I said [the gap to Mercedes was] half a second, now it's eight tenths, so it's bigger than what I expected for sure," said Charles Leclerc with a rueful sigh after placing his Ferrari fourth for the Australian Grand Prix.

"It was a very significant gap yesterday already, so... I was very, very impressed this morning with the FP3, the power that they've shown was just crazy in the last lap of George.

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