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FORMULA 1/VENUES/ALBERT PARK CIRCUIT
FORMULA 1 · AUSTRALIA GP

Albert Park

Albert Park Circuit

MELBOURNE · AU · EST. 1996

"The season opener in the southern hemisphere. A temporary street circuit through Albert Park that rewards momentum and punishes any driver who blinks at the wall."

Albert Park Circuit

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MELBOURNE · AU
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LENGTH

5.278km

CORNERS

16

LAP RECORD

1:19.813

LECLERC · '24

ELEVATION

10m

F1 SINCE

1996

TRACK FINGERPRINT

SENSITIVITY PROFILE

What the car and driver need to excel here. Calibrated against F1 venue averages.

WHAT MATTERS HERE

A balanced park lap — no Pirelli rating above 3/5, with the fast Turn 9–10 sweep as its signature.

Engine PowerMODERATE

56.6% FLAT · 329 KM/H

Aero EfficiencyMODERATE

DOWNFORCE 3/5

Mechanical GripMODERATE

TRACTION 2/5 · GRIP 2/5

Braking StabilityMODERATE

BREMBO 3/5 · T11 · T3 · T1

Tyre DegradationMODERATE

STRESS 3/5 · C3/C4/C5

High-speed commitmentMODERATE

T9–T10 SWEEP · 5.1 G

WEATHER · ALBERT PARK CIRCUIT

1996–PRESENT

Historical race-day conditions across 29 World Championship races at this circuit. Classified dry / mixed / wet from race reports.

CONDITIONS BREAKDOWN

DRY 93%
MIXED 7%

OF 29 F1 RACES SINCE 1996

MOST CHAOTIC RACES

2025 · Catalogue rain-affected · MIXEDMIXED
2010 · Catalogue rain-affected · MIXEDMIXED

CIRCUIT OVERVIEW

Albert Park Circuit — 27 dry / 2 mixed / 0 wet of 29 races.

DRIVER-TRACK FIT

HISTORICAL

Drivers with the strongest results here relative to their starts — wins, podiums, and poles at this circuit, with shrinkage so small samples do not dominate.

Sebastian Vettel

983W 7PD 3P

Lewis Hamilton

982W 10PD 8P

Michael Schumacher

984W 5PD 3P

Mika Häkkinen

891W 2PD 3P

George Russell

831W 3PD 1P

FIT = (25×WINS + 8×PODIUMS + 10×POLES) / STARTS · BAYESIAN SHRINKAGE · MIN SAMPLE

ICONIC MOMENTS

THE ARCHIVE

Races and laps that define Albert Park Circuit. Moments that shaped the circuit's legend.

2002
CRASH

Ralf Schumacher T1 launch crash

WILLIAMS · LAP 1

2003
WIN

Coulthard wins season opener

McLAREN · WIN

2024
RECORD

Leclerc sets Albert Park lap record

FERRARI · LAP RECORD

KEY MOMENTS SELECTED FROM THE RACE ARCHIVE · CONDITIONS VERIFIED