2024 FORMULA 1 ROLEX AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX

[Big Kev]

2024 FORMULA 1 ROLEX AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX



Albert Park Circuit
Lap data
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UK Times
Friday 22 March
First practice: 12:30 (01:30 UK time)
Second practice: 16:00 (05:00 UK time)
Saturday 23 March
Third practice: 12:30 (01:30 UK time)
Qualifying: 16:00 (05:00 UK time)
Sunday 24 March
Race: 15:00 (04:00 UK time)

Previous Winners
2000 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2001 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2002 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2003 United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes
2004 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2005 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault
2006 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault
2007 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
2008 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
2009 United Kingdom Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes
2010 United Kingdom Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes
2011 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
2012 United Kingdom Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes
2013 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault
2014 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes
2015 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2016 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes
2017 Germany Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
2018 Germany Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
2019 Finland Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Monaco Charles Leclerc Ferrari Albert Park
2023 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda RBPT


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Standings

[Big Kev]

Thanks to Bearman, Gasly is now 21st in a championship with only 20 drivers

Some of those drivers below him (cough Sargeant cough) will do another 22 races and still not overtake him in the championship!

[nutty]

Always good to have the F1 locally, but as usual im sure the race will be a snoozer as they still cant overtake around here!

[Exar Kun]

Unfortunately neither can F2 or F3 and as much as I loved seeing them last year I'd rather watch supports that have decent racing.

And that's on top of those categories being on international TV which means something like 45 minutes between track activity instead of the 15 minutes or so it used to be...

[Big Kev]

[nutty]

Cracking ad, perfect in every way

[StanDaam]

Excellent!

[Duke]

Farken Gold!!!

[Big Kev]

Zhou has put a picture of Bottas on the back of his helmet for this weekend

[Big Kev]

Blimey Russell was screaming for a red flag

[norbs]

I cant believe he wasn't screaming before he hit the wall. The 2 merc drivers are the biggest whingers on the radio. Russell is forever dobbing on people. Sounds like an elitest private school boy.

[Duke]

It should have been red flagged, he was in such a dangerous position & that is a frigin quick corner since the track changes last year.
in my opinion the officials didn't want another shit show in having a SC restart that ends the race.
It is just another example of how F1 has lost the plot just for the sake of "'The Show", it is a f'n disgrace.

[norbs]

Bring back Massi!

I was chatting to another guy who is new to F1 (Thanks DTS) and he asked me today when was the fastest red flag? Spa 98? Grosjean's explosion? I really have no idea, but I bet it was controversial.

I feel like there was a similar incident in the F2s.

[durbster]

I can understand Russell's panic. There's no crash protection on the floor of the car and he's pointing arse first at a live race track.

[Big Kev]

I can understand the panic from him but the VSC would slow the cars enough that the drivers would see what's going on. Also the teams would be on the radio to their drivers to say where the incident is.

It was a decent enough race. I'm just glad Max didn't win. It's also worrying he was 2s ahead with the brakes on!

[Duke]

[Big Kev]

Reports DannyRic only has 2 races to up his game or they'll bring in Liam Lawson.

[VTRacing]

Bring back Massi!

I was chatting to another guy who is new to F1 (Thanks DTS) and he asked me today when was the fastest red flag? Spa 98? Grosjean's explosion? I really have no idea, but I bet it was controversial.

I feel like there was a similar incident in the F2s.

Certainly not the fastest, but the most inadvertently convenient must have been Silverstone '99:

The race was red flagged due to Race Director Charlie Whiting accidentally hitting the red flag button instead of the pit exit open button.[3] While the red flags were out, Michael Schumacher crashed at Stowe corner due to brake failure, breaking his leg.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_British_Grand_Prix

[Duke]

Reports DannyRic only has 2 races to up his game or they'll bring in Liam Lawson.

As much as I hate to admit it Dani Ric is done. So just hurry up & get Liam in the car he deserves the chance!!!

[nutty]

Yeah look, I kinda feel the same.. i love Danny but its clear hes lost it.. he needs to go off and do Indycar or something in the US

Give the younger kids a chance

[KNAPPO]

I was in Melbourne last week and whilst on the phone to the Mrs whilst walking back to my hotel I saw it driving toward me!!!

I said to my wife, gotta go, need to take a photo