★ Australian Grand Prix

01Neden önemlidir

Melbourne holds the season's opening round in most years and has the largest paying audience in the sport. The promoter is a government corporation and the contract runs to 2037. In our reading it is the calendar's best example of a race that belongs to its city rather than its sponsors.

02Etrafındaki hafta

Melbourne handles this without visible strain: the park closes progressively from late February, the trams keep running, and the suburbs carry on with a Grand Prix attached. In most years the weekend sits beside the Labour Day long weekend and the city's March festivals.

03Ne zaman varılır

Thursday, when the gates open, leaving Monday or later. Melbourne rewards extra days and March is its best month.

04Nerede kalınır

The central business district is the default, ten minutes by tram and with the most rooms. Southbank and South Yarra are closer and quieter; St Kilda puts you on the beach at the circuit's southern end; Fitzroy is better for eating than commuting.

05Erişim ve ağırlama

The promoter publishes three categories: a park pass covering general admission, reserved grandstands, and hospitality, with Formula 1's Paddock Club alongside its own corporate products. General admission here is genuinely good, with mounded banks around most of the lap.

06Sosyal faaliyetin gerçekleştiği yer

Inside the park, the marquee village and the general admission banks along the lake; outside it, the CBD laneways, Southbank's riverside and the beachfront at St Kilda.

07Ulaşım

08Pratik bilgiler

09Tarihçe

The Australian Grand Prix dates from 1928 and a road race at Phillip Island. It joined the world championship in 1985 on a street circuit in Adelaide, which held it for eleven years, and moved to a rebuilt Albert Park in 1996. The contract was extended in 2022, twice, to 2037.

10Kimler orada

An enormous domestic crowd, much of it on general admission; Melbourne's corporate sector in the marquee village; Asian and European visitors on a longer trip.