MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The 2019 version of Valtteri Bottas is leading a Formula One championship for the first time. Sure, he's only one Grand Prix into the season, he concedes, but it was a big one. Bottas started from the front row of the grid for the first time at the Australian Grand Prix — formerly his least favorite F1 circuit — and beat Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton to the first corner. He never let Hamilton back into the race, a striking contrast with 2018.Read more on NewsOK.com