F1 Melbourne

Like most sports, weather plays a significant role in Formula 1. Some drivers thrive in the wet, whilst others would prefer a perfectly dry track.

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DRIVER GROUP 1 – Charles LECLERC (Ferrari), Oscar PIASTRI (McLaren), Zhou GUANYU (Alfa Romeo), Fernando ALONSO (Aston Martin), Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull).

You park up but you kind of reference yourself to the car in front of you and then you kind of guess where you are. I think there's a lot of discussions on what to explore and how to increase the entertainment and the racing, so I think it's good to always kind of question what we're doing and kind of looking at how we can improve the format and just the whole format of the weekend in general. I was just interested in your reflections on that and how you saw the difference in your setups? If you have your first session on Friday morning you need to be here on a Thursday which for a lot of the races requires flying on a Wednesday and if we can push that back to allow teams to fly on a Thursday morning… CL: Yeah, I think in the situation we are in as a team, we take this as an opportunity to work as much as possible during this break in order to get upgrades as quickly as possible and be as competitive as we want the sooner in this season. Obviously, in Bahrain I only had a few laps to get rid of it, but you know, I think that every lap I do in the car I'm getting more and more used to it again. I think the team definitely showed last year they were probably the best team in terms of development through the year, so there's a good understanding and correlation between the upgrades they're bringing on the racetrack, so it's just a matter of time until we see new parts coming on the car and obviously there is also this part of understanding between the team and myself, really understanding what I need out of a race car to extract the maximum of it. And it’s a bit of a reset for the rest of the year. I think it was not really enjoyable to drive, but it remains to be seen if the new layout will help the overtaking, or will help the show in general on the race. CL: Honestly, it is just to try and have a more solid car in all the conditions, just because we seem to be quite good in terms of Qualifying whenever the peak grip is there. I mean, of course, it was a bit different back then but yeah, this track, I think it's just because the last few years we've never really been that good at the beginning of the year. But, as I said, after a few events from now on, I think the cars will change a lot, in a few areas, and a few developments.

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local) at Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne, Australia. (55) Carlos Sainz, Ferrari (44) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes Leclerc won the 2022 Australian Grand Prix for Ferrari last season. (16) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari ESPN will broadcast the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday. Track sessions can also be streamed on-demand via F1 TV. The 2023 Formula One Rolex Australian Grand Prix is Sunday at 1 a.m. How will rookie driver Logan Sargeant, the only American on the grid, perform in his first F1 season? The Spaniard will turn 42 years old in July. Two-time defending world champion Max Verstappen leads the F1 standings. Which driver will come out on top?