26 Mar 2015

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Sepang F1 winner? Anybody's guess, now

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<strong>WILL HE OR WON'T HE? </strong> Lewis Hamilton's contract negotiations with Mercedes are close to agreement.<em> Image: AFP / Paul Crock </em>
<strong>WILL HE OR WON'T HE? </strong> Lewis Hamilton's contract negotiations with Mercedes are close to agreement.<em> Image: AFP / Paul Crock </em>

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - There are many uncertainties heading into this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix, but the identity of the winning car is not one of them.

So pronounced was Mercedes' dominance through 2014 and during the Formula 1 season-opener in Australia earlier this month that it is hard to imagine anything other than another win for the Silver Arrows at Sepang on Sunday (March 29) and probably a 1-2 finish.

Still, there are many other questions to be answered in Malaysia: will Lewis Hamilton sign a new Mercedes contract before the race? Will Fernando Alonso be passed fit to drive his first race back at McLaren? Has Valtteri Bottas overcome the back injury that ruled him out of Melbourne? Will Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel call Mercedes' bluff and turn up for that team's Friday engineers briefing? And is this the last Malaysian GP?

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