Lewis Hamilton won the first Sprint Race of his career in a wire-to-wire performance on his second weekend with Ferrari. At Mercedes, Sprints were never Hamilton’s strong suit, never securing a pole or recording a win in the four years he drove for the Silver Arrows during F1’s Sprint era.

Vettel had joined Ferrari the previous year from Red Bull, where he had won four straight world championships from 2010 to 2013, dominating the sport. Yet for all his success, nothing could match the allure of racing for F1’s most famous,

Follow reaction from the first race of the season after Norris wins from Max Verstappen after a dramatic finale