Join us for live coverage of the 2024 Formula 1 race from Melbourne’s inner-city Albert Park street circuit.
Twenty drivers will battle it out in the 58-lap race beginning at 3pm today. Here’s what you need to know ahead of the upcoming action at Albert Park.It’s the first time since 2013 that there will be two Australian drivers in the race, McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and RB’s Daniel Ricciardo.
Five current drivers have won in Melbourne: Fernando Alonso , Lewis Hamilton , Valtteri Bottas , Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen .Verstappen has won the past nine races and can equal his record of 10 in a row set in 2023. The Red Bull driver set a record of 21 podiums in a season last year, but Michael Schumacher remains the only driver to have stood on the podium in every race of a season .
After qualifying for his second home race in sixth place yesterday, Oscar Piastri will actually start in fifth spot on the grid today … but more on that later. Hello and good morning sports fans, Formula 1 devotees, or those just coming along for the ride. Today is race day – the main event – at this year’s Australian Grand Prix.
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