F1 2018: 5 takeaways from the Australian GP

#2 One Certainty

Hamilton is bound to be

favorite

for pole positions on Saturdays

Lewis Hamilton will extend his pole position record (73 currently) even further and this is one record that will stay for a very long time to come. He's taken most poles in a season for 6 out of his 11 completed seasons since his debut in 2007.

Whether Mercedes accepts it or not, there is a party mode on that engine that can blow away the chasing field in qualifying.

There's no one on the current grid that's better at the one flying lap to nab the pole. The Silver Arrow is a better handling car than last year's championship-winning W08 and therefore, Hamilton could be regularly starting from the front row.