F1 Driver Form: Australia
Four drivers have a 100% finish rate at the Australian Grand Prix, two drivers have never failed to reach Q3 at Albert Park and Carlos Sainz has never failed to score here.
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Australian Grand Prix
The Albert Park circuit had a makeover ahead of its comeback after a three-year absence in 2022. The 2024 Australian Grand Prix is set to take place on March 24. Check out the articles below for facts, stats, history and trivia from previous F1 races in Australia!
Milestones and Records to Beat: 2019 Australian GP
First race since 1954 with a Thai driver, and 4,000 lead laps for Hamilton? Here are the milestones and records to beat this weekend!
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Albert Park Track Stats
All the facts and stats you need to know about the Albert Park circuit ahead of the 2019 Australian Grand Prix!
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VOTE: Star of the Weekend – Australia 2019
Who was your star of the 2019 Australian Grand Prix weekend? Vote in our poll!
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How did Vettel win the 2018 Australian Grand Prix?
Sebastian Vettel’s surprising Australian Grand Prix victory came as a result of a combination of factors, including Ferrari strategy, the timing of the Virtual Safety Car and a Mercedes software glitch. Lights Out investigates where the first race of the 2018 season was won and lost. The first significant factor in Sebastian Vettel’s victory on
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The Final Word on Australia 2018
Dear Reader, Isn’t it great to have Formula One back? It’s been a long winter of waiting and Melbourne certainly offered up an intriguing curtain raiser for the 2018 season. For the second year in a row, Sebastian Vettel pitted and emerged ahead of Lewis Hamilton during the Australian Grand Prix to go on and
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2018 Australian Grand Prix: Post Race Statistics
The first race weekend of the season is over, and we’ve rounded up some stats from the 2018 Australian Grand Prix. 100 podiums for Vettel, 65 races without a podium for Alonso, and a disaster for Haas. Read all the very best stats from Melbourne! QUALIFYING STATS Seven poles for Lewis Hamilton is a new
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Your 2018 #AusGP Predictions: The Results
Before the 2018 Australian Grand Prix weekend began, I posted five prediction polls on the Lights Out twitter account. How many of the questions did you get right? Find out below! 1. Where will Daniel Ricciardo finish the race? 1. Where will Daniel Ricciardo finish in his home Grand Prix? #LightsOutPredictions #AusGP #F1 — Lights
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Grid Penalty for Ricciardo at Home Grand Prix
Daniel Ricciardo has been given a three-place penalty for driving too fast under Red Flag conditions during Free Practice 2 at the Australian Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver’s penalty is somewhat controversial. The Red Flag period was due to a loose timing wire on the start/finish line, meaning the incident was on a part
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3 DRS Zones for 2018 Australian GP
For the first time, this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix will feature three DRS activation zones. In hopes of increasing overtaking manoeuvres in the opening round of the season, a DRS detection point has been added 170 metres before turn eleven on the Albert Park track, with the activation zone being between turns twelve and thirteen.
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Albert Park Track Stats
Formula One returns with the Australian Grand Prix this weekend. With four months of the off-season, we’ve had plenty of time to crunch the numbers ahead of the 23rd running of the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park. Here are all the stats you need! Note: You can find updated Track Stats for the 2019
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Your 2017 #AusGP Predictions
How many of your pre-weekend Twitter predictions for the 2017 Australian Grand Prix were correct? Find out below! 1. Which team will win in Australia? 1. Which team will win the 2017 Australian Grand Prix? #AusGP #F1 — Lights Out ●●●●● (@LightsOutF1Blog) March 23, 2017 Your Prediction: Mercedes Correct Answer: Ferrari For the first time
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2017 Australian Grand Prix: Race Report
There was a sense of the ‘back to school’ feeling as the drivers headed out together ahead of the race on Sunday for their annual photo call. Overnight, mechanics changed Daniel Ricciardo’s gear box incurring him a five-place grid penalty. As the pit-lane opened and the cars made their way around to the grid, Ricciardo
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2017 Australian Grand Prix: Saturday Report
It was a busy day in Melbourne as the 2017 F1 cars were driven in anger for the first time. Here’s a full round up of all the action from the the first Saturday of the 2017 Formula One season. Practice Three The big news overnight was that Pascal Wehrlein had decided to pull out
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2017 Australian Grand Prix: Friday Report
The 2017 Formula One season began today in Melbourne, Australia, as the drivers took the cars to the Albert Park track for the first official running of the year. Here’s our Friday Practice report! First Practice As midday approached in Melbourne so too did the dawn of a new season of Formula One. Romain Grosjean was the
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2017 Australian GP Preview: Welcome To Melbourne
Welcome along to the first round of the 2017 Formula One season. Six jumbo jets full of gear and 200 tonnes of sea freight have touched down in Australia as the 71st season of the world’s fastest sport is about to get underway. The season begins with the sport’s 22nd visit to Albert Park in
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The Big Debate: Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen, Formula 1’s youngest star, divided opinion in the Australian Grand Prix.
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How Do You Solve A Problem Like Qualifying?
After a disastrous first attempt, how can the qualifying format be saved?
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