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SYDNEY - Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel is champing at the bit to get his Formula One title defence underway at Sunday's Australian Grand Prix after a two-week delay to the start of the season that has frustrated drivers and fans alike.

The gloves will finally come off in Melbourne this weekend after the Albert Park race was restored to the place it once held as the season-opener when civil unrest forced the postponement of the March 13 Bahrain Grand Prix.

Vettel will begin the week as favorite after Red Bull went well in preseason testing but, with four former world champions also on the grid, the 23-year-old German knows his 2010 triumph will mean nothing when the racing starts again on Sunday.