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The 2022 Australian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Heineken Australian Grand Prix 2022) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 10 April 2022 in Melbourne, Victoria. It was contested at the Albert Park Circuit and was the third round of the 2022 Formula One World Championship. [ 3 ] Ferrari's Charles Leclerc scored his ...
The Australian Grand Prix is an annual motor racing event which is under contract to host Formula One until 2035. [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 Albert Park Circuit is a motorsport street circuit around Albert Park Lake in the suburb of Albert Park in Melbourne. It is used annually as a circuit for the Formula One Australian Grand Prix, the supporting Supercars Championship Melbourne SuperSprint and other associated support races. The circuit has an FIA Grade 1 licence.
Leclerc at the 2022 Australian Grand Prix. Leclerc took pole in the season opening Bahrain Grand Prix, his tenth career F1 pole. [102] He won the Grand Prix, his and Ferrari's first Formula 1 victory since 2019, battling closely with Red Bull driver Max Verstappen throughout the race.
The Australian Grand Prix was held at the circuit in 1938, 1947, 1952 and 1958. The 1938 race was the first major event held at the circuit after opening. The circuit also hosted the first post-World War II Australian Grand Prix in 1947, with the event then rotating between Australian states before returning in 1952 and 1958.
2007 Australian Grand Prix; Race 1 of 17 in the 2007 Formula One World Championship: Race details; Date: 18 March 2007: Official name: 2007 Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix: Location: Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia: Course: Temporary street circuit: Course length: 5.303 km (3.295 miles) Distance: 58 laps, 307.574 km (191. ...
The event set at the time a new attendance record at the circuit for the weekend with 444,631 spectators, making it the most attended sporting event ever in Melbourne. [4] It was the highest number since the 440,000 attendance recorded at the 2022 United States Grand Prix. [5] The Grand Prix broke the record for most red flags, with three. [6]
The circuit was the venue for the Australian Grand Prix through to 1935 and it was used for the last time on 6 May 1935 for the Jubilee Day Races. [ 3 ] A new 3.312 mi (5.330 km) triangular circuit utilising the pit straight from the original rectangular course was subsequently mapped out and first used for the Australian Race Drivers' Cup on 5 ...