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The 2024 Australian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix 2024) was a Formula One motor race held on 24 March 2024 at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne, Victoria. It was the third round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship.
The Australian Grand Prix is an annual motor racing event which is under contract to host Formula One until 2035. [clarification needed] [1] One of the oldest surviving motorsport competitions held in Australia, the Grand Prix has moved frequently with 23 different venues having been used since it was first run at Phillip Island in 1928.
The Grand Prix regularly draws crowds of over 270,000 spectators, with the 2024 drawing a record crowd of 452,055, including 132,106 on the main raceday. [8] There has never been a night race at Albert Park , although the 2009 and 2010 events both started at 5:00 p.m. local time.
Victoria's worst beach drowning event in twenty years occurs near Forrest Caves on Phillip Island when a total of four people from Melbourne's Indian community drown at an unpatrolled beach. [60] [61] 25 January – The statues of Captain James Cook and Queen Victoria in Melbourne are vandalised on the eve of Australia Day. The statue of Cook ...
The 2024 FIA Formula One World Championship was a motor racing championship for Formula One cars and was the 75th running of the Formula One World Championship.It was recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body of international motorsport, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars.
Grand Prix Circuit Ref. Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi [47] Australian Grand Prix: Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne [48] Austrian Grand Prix: Red Bull Ring, Spielberg [49] Azerbaijan Grand Prix: Baku City Circuit, Baku [50] Bahrain Grand Prix: Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir [51] British Grand Prix: Silverstone Circuit ...
Oscar Piastri made his Formula One debut for McLaren at the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix. He achieved his first podium at the 2023 Japanese Grand Prix, [1] and his maiden victory at the 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix. [2] Jack Doohan made his Formula One debut for Alpine at the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The celebrities are off to the races at the 2024 United States Grand Prix. The U.S. GP kicked off on Sunday, October 20, in Austin, Texas. Ahead of the athletes’ 56 laps on the track, attendees ...