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The first advantage of this Repco 620 V8 was its compact size and lightness, which allowed it to be bolted into an existing 1.5-litre Formula One chassis. With no more than 310 bhp (231 kW), the Repco was by far the least powerful of the new 3-litre engines, but unlike the others it was frugal, light and compact. [ 15 ]
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 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.
Australian Formula 1 (AF1) was a motor sport category for open-wheeler racing cars which was current in Australia from 1970 to 1983.. AF1 was introduced by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport in 1970, initially restricting cars to non-supercharged engines of no greater than 2.5-litre capacity, running on commercial fuel. [1]
The 2025 Formula 1 season will start two weeks later than it did in 2024 and in a different location. F1 announced Friday that the 2025 season opener will be held in Australia on March 16.
There have been 19 Formula One drivers from Australia, 16 of which have taken part in at least one race since the championship began in 1950, and 3 failed to qualify.Two drivers who represented Australia have won the World Drivers' Championship: Jack Brabham, who won it three times, and Alan Jones, the most recent Australian world champion won once.
Jack Brabham is the most successful Australian driver in Formula One history. Brabham also set up his own team, the Brabham Racing Organisation, and won one of his world titles with them. Motorsport is a popular spectator sport in Australia, although there are relatively few competitors compared to other sports due to the high costs of competing.
The 2017 Australian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2017 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 26 March 2017 in Melbourne. The race was contested over fifty-seven laps of the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit and was the first round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship .