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Verstappen Takes Pole Position at Australian Grand Prix

Max Verstappen will have his best chance of claiming an inaugural Australian Grand Prix title after taking pole position in his Red Bull for Sunday's race on the Albert Park circuit. But the two-time world champion was not pleased with the performance of his RB19 despite setting a track record…

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F1 Australian GP: Verstappen beats Russell to pole; Perez last

After a light rain shower had hit the Albert Park track just ahead of the one-hour session getting underway and with the C4 softs holding on for multiple laps but requiring multiple warm-ups to be at their best, the Melbourne crowd was treated to an action-packed session.

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F1 Australian GP: Verstappen beats Mercedes pair to pole, Perez starts last

After a light rain shower had hit the Albert Park track just ahead of the one-hour session getting underway, and with the C4 softs holding on for multiple laps but requiring multiple warm-ups to be at their best, the Melbourne crowd was treated to an action-packed session.

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F1 Australian GP: Verstappen fastest from Alonso in FP3

After Friday's rain-affected FP2, Saturday's final practice session predominantly took place on a dry Albert Park circuit despite the threatening Melbourne clouds, although a morning drizzle had further washed away the rubber that had been built up over the weekend.

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F1 Australian GP: Verstappen leads Alonso in final practice

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Albert Park Supercars: Poles for Kostecki, Feeney

The first of the back-to-back sessions started in wet conditions, giving drivers their first taste of the new softer Dunlop grooved tyre.

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Red Bull downplay red-hot Formula One favouritism

Red Bull's team principal Christian Horner says despite his team's red-hot start, the Formula One season is far from settled.

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F1 Australian GP qualifying - Start time, how to watch & more

The reigning world champion’s 1m18.790s to top first practice was the fastest overall lap time on the opening day of F1 track action at Albert Park, after second practice was hit by rain, leaving Fernando Alonso’s 1m18.887s in FP2 fractionally off the outright best time.

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Explained: What caused F1 GPS problems in Australian GP practice

The opening one-hour practice session at Albert Park was stopped after 40 minutes when it became clear that teams were unable to track cars on the circuit and as a result, there were several crash near-misses.

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Australian GP should be "open minded" about switching to F1 night race

The question of a potential night race around the Albert Park circuit was posed to Westacott during an appearance in the Sky Sports commentary booth during second free practice on Friday.

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Australian GP should be "open-minded" about F1 night race

The question of a potential night race around the Albert Park circuit was posed to Westacott during an appearance in the Sky Sports commentary booth during second free practice on Friday.

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Verstappen Sets Early Pace in 1st Practice at Australian GP

In a dramatic opening practice that was halted by a red flag twice due to on-track issues, Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez were among the drivers to experience difficulties on the Albert Park circuit on Friday. Verstappen, who said illness left him “physically limited” when finishing second behind teammate Sergio…

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Supercars Albert Park: Kostecki wins wild Race 2

There was drama before the second race of the weekend even started, initially thanks to delays from the crash-affected Formula 3 qualifying.

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Albert Park Supercars: Kostecki wins wild Race 2

There was drama before the second race of the weekend even started, initially thanks to delays from the crash-affected Formula 3 qualifying.

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2023 F1 Australian Grand Prix session timings and preview

Red Bull heads to Melbourne as the favourite following dominant performances in both Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, but the team has only once managed to score a race win at Albert Park during its near-two decade stint in F1.

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FIA clamps down on F1 teams pitwall celebrations

The move that prevents a long-standing tradition of team staff waving their successful cars home at the end of grand prix will come into focus from this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park.

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FIA clamps down on F1 team pitwall fence celebrations

The move effectively brings the end to a long-standing tradition of team staff waving their successful cars home at the end of races, and will come into force from this weekend’s 2023 Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park.

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SVG dominates opening Supercars race at Albert Park

After starting from the second row, New Zealand driver Shane van Gisbergen has won the V8 Supercars race in a dominant sprint victory at Albert Park.

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Albert Park Supercars: De Pasquale, van Gisbergen split poles

De Pasquale topped a hectic first 15-minute session run on the hard compound Dunlops.

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Red Bull Look to Banish Australian Grand Prix Hex

Red Bull stand poised to shrug off their Australian Grand Prix hoodoo on Sunday and continue their domination of the Formula One world championship as rivals struggle for pace. Red Bull have not won at Albert Park since former driver Sebastian Vettel claimed the 2011 race but there may be…

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2023 Supercars Melbourne SuperSprint session times and preview

The Aussie series will contest a total of four sprint races on the Albert Park circuit across the Australian Grand Prix weekend with racing on all four days.

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Posie Parker drowned out by thousands

Posie Parker appeared in Auckland today for a brief few moments, but it was clear that she was going to have a hard time being heard above thousands of people exercising their own right to free speech

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Four new inductees to Motorsport Australia Hall of Fame

The quartet will be formally inducted into the HoF in a special public ceremony held on the Thursday of the AGP week at Albert Park.

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Fast Australian GP Predicted as Melbourne Gets Another DRS Zone

Organizers are promising the fastest Australian Grand Prix ever after the addition of a fourth DRS zone at the Albert Park circuit for the third round of the Formula One season in early April. The fourth zone - a first for a Formula One circuit - was introduced for last…

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Australian Grand Prix track schedule unveiled

The track schedule for the 2023 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix at Albert Park has been officially unveiled.

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