Official F1 Journal Track Guide- Albert Park Melbourne

Welcome to the 2024 Australian Grand Prix weekend. This is a brilliant race track that has seen its share of dramatic and memorable racing over the 1502 laps f1 have raced here. After being forced to miss the Australian Grand Prix for 2 years due to Covid 19 the track returned the calendar in 2022 with an altered track layout influenced by home grown talent Daniel Ricciardo. The drivers and teams all seemed happy with the changes that succeeded in their aim to enable more overtaking and closer racing around the mega fast track. 

Race Stats 

Laps- 58
Circuit Length- 5.278km
Race Distance- 306.124km
Corners- 14     5 Left     9 Right
DRS Zones- 2 Activations
                        4 Deployments
 Activation 1- Exit Turn 1 
     Deployment 1a- Middle Turn 8 
     Deployment 1b- Exit Turn 10
 Activation 2- Entry Turn 13
     Deployment 2a- Exit Turn 14
     Deployment 2b- Exit Turn 2
           
Downforce Level- High
Tyre Degradation- Medium 
Time @ Full Throttle- 69%
Time Lost in Pitlane- 19.47
Pole Side- Left
Tyre Compounds- 
       Hard           Medium        Soft 
        C3                C4              C5
Minimum Starting Tyre Pressures- 
           Front          Rear 
          24.0psi        21.5psi 
Maximum Starting Tyre Camber-
          Front          Rear
         -3.25º          -1.75º

Weekend Schedule 

Track Stats 

Times Held- 26
First Time Held- 1996
Laps Raced- 1502
Finishing Percentage- 62%
Pole Record- 1'16.732 VER '23
Lap Record- 1'20.235 PER '23
Winners- 15
Pole Sitters- 11   
Podium Finishers- 28
Most Driver Poles- HAM 8
Most Team Poles- Mercedes/Ferrari 6
Most Driver Wins- SCH 4
Most Team Wins- Ferrari 9
Most Driver Podiums- HAM 10
Most Team Podiums- Ferrari 20
Most Fastest Laps(Driver)- RAI 6
Most Consecutive Wins(Driver)-  SCH 3
Most Consecutive Wins (Team)- Ferrari 4
Most 1-2 Finishes- Mercedes 3 
Times Won From Pole- 11
Times Won from Front Row- 17 
Lowest Starting Position to Win- 11th Coultard '03 
Smallest Pole Margin- 0.005s SCH '02
Smallest Win Margin- 0.139s VER '23
Largest Win Margin- 38.020s HILL '96
Most Cars to Finish- 18 '13
Least Cars to Finish- 6 '08
Safety Cars- 33 total, 15/26 races have had at least 1 Safety car
Red Flags- 5    1996,2016 & 2023(3)

Previous Results 

2019

​Qualifying-
               1 HAM 1'20.486
                 2 BOT 1'20.598
                  3 VET 1'21.190
Race- 
          1 BOT (1stop)
            2 HAM (1stop)
              3 VER (1stop)
Fastest Lap- 1'25.580 BOT Lap 57

2022

​Qualifying-
               1 LEC 1'17.868 
                 2 VER 1'18.154
                  3 PER 1'18.240
Race- 
          1 LEC (1stop)
            2 PER (1stop)
              3 RUS (1stop)
Fastest Lap- 1'20.260 LEC Lap 58

2023

​Qualifying-
               1 VER 1'16.732 
                 2 RUS 1'16.968
                  3 HAM 1'17.104 
Race- 
          1 VER ( 3 stop)
            2 HAM (3stop)
              3 ALO (3stop)
Fastest Lap- 1'20.235 PER Lap53

Over View of 2022/23 Track Changes

2022
Turn 1- Widened 2.5m on drivers right.
Turn 3- Widened by 4m, reprofiled for positive
camber.
Turn 6- Widened by 7.5m to drivers right.
Turn 9/10 (now turn 8)- No longer a chicane, it's now flat out from turn 6 through
                                        turn 11/12(now turn 9 & 10)
Turn 11- Widened by 3m on the inside.
Turn 13- Widened on the inside.
Pitlane- Whole pit lane widened by 2m.
              Pit wall now track side and has 80kmph speed limit.
Track- The track was resurfaced for the 1st since 1995.

2023
Turn 4 & 10- Raised kerbs removed.
Turn 11- concrete pad put behind the exit kerb

Joanna Blackmore 
Writer @f1journal.co.uk