For the first time since 2019, Albert Park returns to the season-opening slot in 2025! The 2025 Australian Grand Prix is set to take place on March 16.
1126th F1 GRAND PRIX | 88th AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX | 28th GRAND PRIX AT ALBERT PARK
2024 POLESITTER: MAX VERSTAPPEN | 2024 WINNER: CARLOS SAINZ
2025 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Friday March 14
Free Practice 1 – 12:30pm Local Time / 1:30am UK Time
Free Practice 2 – 4pm Local Time / 5am UK Time
Saturday March 15
Free Practice 3 – 12:30pm Local Time / 1:30am UK Time
Qualifying – 4pm Local Time / 5am UK Time
Sunday March 16
The 2025 Australian Grand Prix – 3pm Local Time / 4am UK Time
2025 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX: WEEKEND MILESTONES
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WHAT HAS CHANGED AT THE CIRCUIT SINCE LAST YEAR?
Changes to the circuit since last year’s race will be posted here.
HOW MANY DRS ZONES WILL THERE BE AT THE 2025 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX?
It’s yet to be announced how many DRS zones there will be at the 2025 Australian Grand Prix. Last year, there were four DRS activation zones and two detection points.
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ALBERT PARK TRACK GUIDE
Albert Park, located just a few miles south of central Melbourne, is the venue of the now traditional season opening Australian Grand Prix. The temporary street circuit sees the cars tear through the park, just inches from the surrounding walls.
The Australian Grand Prix was an event for many years before it became a part of the F1 World Championship. This event moved around tracks in Australia on a yearly basis. One non-championship Grand Prix with F1 machinery was held at Albert Park in 1956, albeit on a very different track to the current layout. The 1956 event was won by Stirling Moss, driving for Maserati. The Australian Grand Prix became a fixture on the F1 calendar in 1985, at Adelaide. The race was run successfully there for eleven seasons.
In 1993, negotiations began to bring the Australian Grand Prix to Melbourne and, after two years of preparations, Formula One took to the streets of a rebuilt Albert Park circuit for the first time for the first race of the 1996 season, much to the dismay of the ‘Save Albert Park’ group. The building of the circuit, even though temporary, required trees to be cut down and some facilities to be removed from the park.
The deal was struck mostly thanks to Ron Walker, an Australian business man who held negotiations with Bernie Ecclestone. Following Walker’s death in January 2018, the main straight on the track was renamed the ‘Walker Straight’ in honour of the man who helped to bring the event to the city.
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WHO WILL BE IN THE 2025 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX PRESS CONFERENCES?
The world’s media will have the opportunity to talk to the drivers ahead of the on-track action. The drivers appearing in the press conference for this race are yet to be announced.
The media will also be talking to prominent members of Formula 1’s teams in a separate press conference over the race weekend. The team members appearing in the press conference are yet to be announced.
WHO WILL BE THE RACE DIRECTOR AT THE 2025 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX?
Rui Marques will be the race director at the 2025 Australian Grand Prix.
WHO WILL BE THE DRIVER STEWARD AT THE 2025 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX?
Each weekend a former Formula 1 driver, or a driver from another prominent series of motorsport, joins the stewards to help judge any incidents from a drivers’ perspective. The Driver Steward this weekend is yet to be announced.
WHICH TYRE COMPOUNDS WILL BE USED AT THE 2025 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX?
Pirelli have not yet announced which tyre compounds will be used at the 2025 Australian Grand Prix. The C2, C3 and C4 compounds were used in 2024.
WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME AT THE AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX?
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Attending the 2025 Australian Grand Prix? Learn more about visiting Albert Park in the F1Destinations Travel Guide.