Some drivers have switched teams, some are making their debuts while others have been dropped. AFP Sport guides you through the new grid.
MELBOURNE - There have been many changes among the team line-ups for the new Formula One season which begins in Melbourne at the weekend.After claiming their fifth consecutive constructors championship in 2018, and with Briton Hamilton winning the driver's title for a fifth time, and second in a row, dominant Mercedes is one of only two teams to retain the same line-up. Finland's Bottas will be hoping to overshadow his illustrious teammate and add to his three Grand Prix wins.
It follows a promising 2018 in which they finished fifth in the constructors' championship. Grosjean and Magnussen are in their third season together.It's all change for the underperforming British team with veteran Fernando Alonso leaving Formula One and Sainz Jr, the son of a double world rally champion, replacing him from Renault. Stoffel Vandoorne was let go, allowing exciting young British talent Lando to take his place for a maiden season aged just 19.
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