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<strong>SHEER JOY: </strong> Mercedes' Nico Rosberg (rear) and 2014 Drivers' champion Lewis Hamilton celebrate their 2015 1-2 in finish Australia. <em> Image:  AFP / William West</em>
<strong>SHEER JOY: </strong> Mercedes' Nico Rosberg (rear) and 2014 Drivers' champion Lewis Hamilton celebrate their 2015 1-2 in finish Australia. <em> Image: AFP / William West</em>

LONDON, England - Sunday's season-opening 2015 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix showed the sport has lost none of its ability to shoot itself in the foot yet still detect a silver lining in the darkest of clouds.

Only 15 cars were on the grid on March 15 after a week of negative headlines that portrayed the glamour sport in a far from flattering light. Worse, there were only 13 after the first lap and 11 running at the finish.

  Struggling Sauber was dragged through the courts to address why it had contracts with three drivers to race two cars, a case that triggered speculation about possible arrests and seizure of equipment for contempt of court.

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