F1 Insiders Est. 2012
Circuit Profile: 2017 Australian Grand Prix – Albert Park, Melbourne – Round 1 Introduction: Finally the wait is over, and the new season is set to start this weekend in Australia. Will it be an exciting new dawn for F1, with super fast cars, more physical demands on drivers, new rivalries and a revised pecking … Read more
On this day in F1 March 6th, is brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler: Samora Machel – 2005: A ‘Trulli’ Commendable Performance Panasonic Toyota Racing has Ralf Schumacher racing for them this season. No he hasn’t left Scuderia Ferrari, he’s left BMW Williams. We’re both thinking about Ralf Schumacher, right? Just checking. The team’s hopes for … Read more
Victims of Circumstance is brought to you by TJ13 Courtroom Reporter & Crime Analyst: Adam Macdonald In what was an eventful first race of the season, The Victims of Circumstance article makes a fairly low key debut. With only 4 drivers not finishing the Grand Prix and no major incidents to speak of, it makes for a … Read more
Race Reviews are brought to you by our on track reporter James Parker Kimi Put’s Out Red Bull’s Barbeque The start of the 2013 Formula 1 season began in scintillating style. Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen, took the chequered flag for his 20th victory in the sport ahead of the chasing Fernando Alonso and a “struggling” … Read more
No anti Melbourne sentiment here Unlike others in the media, I am not down on the trip that the Formula 1 fraternity makes to begin the season in Australia. If Formula 1 wishes to claim it is the only truly global sport – as claimed by team principals in the FIA press conference – then … Read more
Top times of the day Pos Driver Team Tine Diff Laps 1 Vettel Red Bull 1’25.908 33 2 Webber Red Bull 1’26.172 0.264 31 3 Rosberg Mercedes 1’26.322 0.414 26 4 Raikkonen Lotus 1’26.361 0.453 38 5 Grosjean Lotus 1’26.680 0.772 32 6 Alonso Ferrari 1’26.748 0.840 35 7 Hamilton Mercedes 1’26.772 0.864 … Read more
On this day in F1 – 15 March, is brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler: Bart De Pauw – 1981: Alan Jones wins US Grand Prix (West) to make it three in a row – 2001: Jacques Villleneuve blames Ralf Schumacher for marshal’s death 1981: F1 winters can be crazy at times. And so was … Read more
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Formula 1 2013 Round 1 – Melbourne Circuit:
The Rolex Australian Grand Prix is held on the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, street circuit located three kilometers south of the central business district of Melbourne around Albert Park Lake. The circuit is also referred to as Albert Park by most people in Formula 1.
– 1998: Yet again McLaren team orders in favor of Häkkinen
1998: After two seasons of Williams-Renault supremacy, McLaren drivers Mika Häkkinen and David Couthard lived up to their pre-season favorite role by overwhelmingly dominating the 1998 season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Häkkinen took pole with only a four-hundredths of a second advantage over Coulthard, with Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari a distant third at more than seven tenths. As it turned out victory was decided at the first corner when Häkkinen made the better start to lead his Scottish teammate into the 58 laps around Melbourne’s Albert Park circuit. Both McLarens pulled away from the field at a staggering rate of three seconds per lap on an afternoon that would see them double all other cars. But despite all this dominance the inevitable McLaren win was not free from controversy.
