Albert Park Circuit guide

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Round 1 · Australian Grand Prix

Albert Park Circuit

Name: Albert Park Circuit
Address: Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

5.278 km

Lap length

Corners

Clockwise

Direction

F1 races held

since 1996

What makes it different

A public park for 51 weeks of the year - the lake road it runs on carries ordinary Melbourne traffic outside race season.
The 2021 rebuild widened the track and removed the old Turn 9–10 chicane, which cut roughly five seconds off a lap and turned the run to Turn 9 into a flat-out sweep.
This same lake-side layout hosted a non-championship Australian Grand Prix back in 1953, more than four decades before Albert Park joined the world championship calendar in 1996.

Home race

Home race for Oscar Piastri.

The records

341 km/h

Top speed

Sergio Pérez, 2023

1:19.813

Fastest race lap (2004–now)

Charles Leclerc, 2024

Michael Schumacher · 4 wins

Most wins

2004, 2002, 2001, 2000

1:18.518

Latest pole time

George Russell, 2026

Different winners

from 29 races

44% (12 of 27)

Pole converted to win

since 1996

Youngest winner

Lewis Hamilton, 2008

Oldest winner

Damon Hill, 1996

24% — roughly 1 car in 4

Cars that don't finish

last 10 races here, since 2015

3.1 places

How much the order changes

up or down from the grid slot, on average — about the calendar average

"Cars that don't finish" and "How much the order changes" both cover the 10 Grands Prix run here since 2015. Movement is the distance between a car’s grid slot and its finish, in either direction — not a count of overtakes, since a car retiring ahead of a driver moves that driver up too.

This grid’s history here

Driver	Wins	Podiums	Poles
Lewis Hamilton	2 wins · 2015, 2008	10 podiums · 2023, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2012, 2011, 2008, 2007	8 poles · 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2008
Fernando Alonso	1 win · 2006	6 podiums · 2023, 2013, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004	—
Max Verstappen	1 win · 2023	3 podiums · 2025, 2023, 2019	2 poles · 2024, 2023
George Russell	1 win · 2026	3 podiums · 2026, 2025, 2022	1 pole · 2026
Charles Leclerc	1 win · 2022	3 podiums · 2026, 2024, 2022	1 pole · 2022
Lando Norris	1 win · 2025	2 podiums · 2025, 2024	1 pole · 2025
Valtteri Bottas	1 win · 2019	2 podiums · 2019, 2017	—
Carlos Sainz	1 win · 2024	1 podium · 2024	—
Andrea Kimi Antonelli	—	1 podium · 2026	—
Sergio Pérez	—	1 podium · 2022	—

Recent form at this circuit

Last winners

2026George Russell · Mercedes
2025Lando Norris · McLaren
2024Carlos Sainz · Ferrari
2023Max Verstappen · Red Bull
2022Charles Leclerc · Ferrari

Last pole times

2026George Russell · Mercedes · 1:18.518
2025Lando Norris · McLaren · 1:15.096
2024Max Verstappen · Red Bull · 1:15.915
2023Max Verstappen · Red Bull · 1:16.732
2022Charles Leclerc · Ferrari · 1:17.868

Historic moments

2020 · The race that never happened

The 2020 season opener was called off just two hours before Friday practice, after a McLaren team member tested positive for coronavirus and the other nine teams voted not to proceed. It was the first Grand Prix lost to the pandemic and the start of a five-month gap before F1 resumed racing.

2002 · Ralf Schumacher's first-lap flight

Rubens Barrichello braked early into Turn 1 in 2002 and was collected by Ralf Schumacher's Williams, which launched off the back of the Ferrari and cartwheeled through the gravel. Eight cars were eliminated in the opening seconds, and Ralf climbed out unhurt.