Great intro BR - thank you. The Australian Grand Prix has a long and rich history as you illustrate so well, with some really cool stories and venues long before the World Championship had a round here.
Looking forward to this weekend, it is something of a bookend moment not just for F1 on either end of the virus but very much so for Melbourne - as the city that statistically had the world's longest lockdown period due to Covid, having the AGP back is a key part of convincing everyone here that we truly are living with the virus and getting our lives back to something close to normal.
Oh
and it'll be a "de-blinged" grid for Sunday's race - long time since I've seen a reminder about that issued to drivers.