Formula 1 returned to Australia with a weekend festival of sport which, in a world laid low by war and pandemic, was good for the soul. It was three years since Hamilton, Verstappen et al raced around the city’s Albert Park, two years since that ill-fated Friday 13th in 2020 when F1, the FIA and the Australian Grand Prix Corporation cancelled that year’s event to the disbelief of spectators queuing at the gates. “I was there and couldn’t believe it,” said Craig, a diehard F1 fan who told me of his annual pilgrimage from Queensland’s Gold Coast. “I won’t even tell you w …