Formula One Features — March 2007

And with those words, ITV's anchorman Steve Rider welcomed us to the season opening Australian Grand Prix. Yours truly, in time honoured fashion, duly shouted back: "No, they flippin' well aren't!".

With the F1 World Championship about to start all over again in Australia, Mike Doodson is already packed for his trip to Melbourne. He looks back on some of his past adventures in the lucky country