BBC Sport's F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your questions following the Australian GP.
There was plenty of drama at the Australian Grand Prix as Carlos Sainz led Charles Leclerc to a Ferrari one-two in Melbourne on Sunday.
The Pirelli tyres supplied to F1 are most unlike what might be called a typical racing tyre, in that they are very thermally sensitive, and typically require gentle treatment to prevent them overheating. If they become too hot, then the grip never tends to come back. Sainz will be close to the top of most people's lists - he is too good not to be. But his attractiveness is less than it might seem because of the other drivers in the picture - primarily Fernando Alonso and Andrea Kimi Antonelli.
And Aston Martin want to keep Alonso, and have already offered him a lucrative new multi-year contract, and will only look elsewhere if he moves. So Sainz is to some degree a hostage of fortune. He'll definitely end up somewhere, but it's a very fluid situation and hard to predict as a result.
Are Aston Martin stuck in the middle of the field with little chance of improvement or do they have anything up their sleeves?Aston Martin have definitely slipped backwards since their remarkable start to last season, when they leapt from the midfield to close to the front and were, for the first third of the season, the second most competitive team.
They say that they have set out this year with a development plan that will address the issues of last year and ensure they at least keep up with the teams around them. Time will tell.
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