Australian Preview: Facts & Stats
The Australian Grand Prix seems to dominate the record books and has held many historic milestones for Formula One teams and drivers. Sean Kelly looks at the memorable and forgettable achievements, ahead of this weekend's GP
The Formula One paddock descends on Australia at an unprecedented time of the season.
Albert Park, the traditional curtain raiser since 1996, has of course been moved to a one-off April date, in order to avoid clashing with Melbourne's successful hosting of the Commonwealth Games. That means this weekend is the first time the Australian Grand Prix hasn't either opened or closed an F1 season since its addition to the calendar in 1985.
Despite first coming to the world championship schedule only ten years ago, Albert Park played host to Formula One machinery as long ago as 1953, when races were run in the opposite direction to today.
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