Albert park formula 1 track map. In the 1950s it was a venue where stirling moss battled for victory with a young jack brabham and other notables from the australian racing scene. A total of 16 corners with 10 right turns and 6 left turns. For most of the year the area around turn 4 is used as a car park and it was here that i left my decidedly non formula 1 mazda and set off around the circuit on foot.
It took over from adelaide as the home of the australian grand prix. At the same time the race moved from being the last race of the season to the first and has normally held the opening race of the season since then. The albert park circuit in melbourne held non championship grand prix races in the fifties.
The formula 1 australian grand prix will return in 2021. Albert park circuit officially named melbourne grand prix circuit uses everyday sections of road that circle albert park lake near the central business district of melbournethe temporary street course is 53 kilometers long. The circuit has an fia grade 1 licence.
Formula one abbreviated to f1 is currently the highest class of open wheeled auto racing defined by the federation internationale de lautomobile fia motorsports world governing body. Albert parks idyllic setting relaxed environment popular racing circuit and unexpected results have made it the perfect place for the opening round of the formula 1 world championship. When was the track built.
Who better then to give us a guided tour of the tricky parkland circuits intricacies and idiosyncrasies. The temporary circuit has been used since 1996 when it replaced adelaide as australias host. Melbournes albert park is famous for hosting the formula one grand prix each spring but it has a motor racing history stretching back much further.
The deal to host formula 1 in melbourne was done in 1993 with the decision taken to create a circuit using a mixture of the existing roads around the citys albert park mainly aughtie drive and lakeside drive if you fancy driving it yourself with a little detour through the lakeside stadiums car park. At approximately 526km it is one of the longest circuits on the grand prix calendar. Albert park is about 3km from melbournes city centre.
Albert park circuit australian grand prix 2020. The formula one world championship season consists of a series of races known as grands prix usually held on purpose built circuits and in a few cases on closed city streets.