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Lewis Hamilton, 37, sent fans wild as he arrived at the F1 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on Sunday.

Ready for the big race: The seven-time world champion put on a smile for the cameras as he waved to the crowd not knowing what was, unfortunately, going to come Before the parade, he was spotted arriving in the paddock prior to the game in a causal beige co-ord teamed with a pair of sunglasses and a protective mask. The seven-time world champion put on a smile for the cameras as he waved to the crowd ahead of his latest race.

After pandemic-mired years without a race, a sunny Albert Park was heaving from Thursday to Sunday, when the grand prix corporation claimed 420000 people ...

Steph Augello and Alex Barilla, young women from Melbourne’s northern suburbs, represented the sport’s new appeal. After the race, Leclerc said it was too early to make predictions about winning the title but said the fact a championship for Ferrari was on the agenda “makes me smile”. “The car was incredible today,” the winner said to his team via radio after he crossed the finish line, cementing Ferrari as a frontrunner to win the famous team’s first championship in more than a decade. But the racing chief said the weekend went off without major issues and argued the race was a jewel in Melbourne’s major events crown. Tourism, Sport and Major Events Minister Martin Pakula – who gave a positive indication about a deal to secure Melbourne’s hosting rights – said he believed the crowd figures were greater than any previous Formula 1 race in any country. A three-year wait, a wildly popular Netflix series, and perfect skies combined on Sunday to deliver a Melbourne grand prix that organisers say drew more spectators than any race weekend in the sport’s history.

Ferrari star Charles Leclerc was in imperious mood as he dominated the Australian Grand Prix from the start to increase his lead in the drivers' ...

There’s so much yet to play out across the rest of the F1 season. Equally, to those following the race from afar or remotely, we hope you enjoyed it, too. The scenes of two years ago when the 2020 grand prix was cancelled at the 11th-hour due to the looming COVID-19 pandemic were barely a memory ...

Record crowds at the Australian GP were a welcome boost for organisers after a two-year hiatus due to Covid-19 but where the race sits in the calendar ...

Australia’s future scheduling may depend on the proximity of other races in its east Asian timezone. Moving Australia to link up with Singapore and Japan in a late-season swing next year may be another option if Shanghai were to drop out again. I’m sure that going forward they can have a look at it.”

Melbourne came alive to play host to the biggest sporting event Australia has ever seen as Charles Leclerc drove to victory at Albert Park.

The four-day attendance at the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix topped 419000. It's the biggest crowd in the race's history, and the biggest for any F1 race.

- It's the biggest crowd in the history of the race and the biggest attendance at a Formula 1 event - The Australian Grand Prix attracted a crowd of 419,114 over the four days of the event The Victorian government is convinced the record crowd at the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix over the weekend is a sign Melbourne is returning to normal after two years of COVID-19 disruption.

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“Very happy with Lando and Daniel. In the end you need two strong drivers who pull it off when it matters. The atmosphere was electric, even on Thursday, when only support categories were on track. That last line was the painful kernel of truth on the otherwise optimistic weekend. And considering Verstappen would require the biggest points turnaround since this points format was implemented in 2010, handling both battles puts the team on the back foot for the championship even after just three races. It’s a quiet strength of the Scuderia and could be what costs Red Bull Racing its title shot. “Parts of the race were certainly more competitive. It was a triumph of man and machine, the SF-75 in an unassailable sweet spot on a sunny Sunday Melbourne afternoon. Then in his desperation to make progress he ran off the road at Turn 9, was lucky not to be collected by other cars as he slid through Turn 10 and ended beached in the gravel. “But at the same time we were not perfect as a team. Verstappen wasn’t in victory contention when he retired at the start of lap 39 with a suspected fuel leak problem, the RB18 having been comprehensively bested by its Ferrari rival. Yes, there are still 20 rounds remaining in which luck could swing in the team’s favour, but it’s not fighting just unreliability but pace too. Sainz himself was good enough — indeed his practice pace was strong enough to suggest he’d be in with a shout for pole position.

This year's Formula 1 Heineken Australian Grand Prix has set a new Melbourne crowd record. In its first year back since the last-minute 2020 cancellation, ...

In its first year back since the last-minute 2020 cancellation, Albert Park drew in a four-day crowd of 419,114, according to the Australian Grand Prix Corporation. This year’s Formula 1 Heineken Australian Grand Prix has set a new Melbourne crowd record. A big Melbourne crowd watches the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix