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Manor have tweeted a photo of the lorry leaving the factory carrying their freight to Melbourne - looks like they've done it!

As far as the grid goes for varying reasons we've had smaller - it'll still be bigger than the last three races of last season, it's significantly bigger than USA '05 because of the Michelin safety recall, and also bigger than Monaco '05 because of BAR's ban, and next year Haas Formula will also come on board. Audi are rumoured to be interested - and I've no doubt there will be some knock on benefit from the decision not to include DTM in the super licence process.

I'm not so naive as to think the sport is in rude health, but it's far from dying.