The Australian Grand Prix was born in 1928 as a 1000-mile road race at the Phillip Island circuit. It wasn’t until 1985 that the race was included in the Formula 1 World Championship calendar.<\/p>\n
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Keke Rosberg is the first winner in 1985 driving his Williams.<\/p>\n
It is also the number of Belgian victories. It was in 1989, achieved by Thierry Boutsen in a Williams car.<\/p>\n
2:<\/b> The number of French victories. Both achieved by Alain Prost while at McLaren in 1986 and 1988.<\/p>\n
4:<\/b> Record of wins, held by Michael Schumacher.<\/p>\n
4.8:<\/b> This is the maximum G-force experienced by the drivers at turns 9 and 10.<\/p>\n
5,303:<\/b> The distance of one lap.<\/p>\n
8:<\/b> The pole position record held by Lewis Hamilton. But here, the pole sitter is not often the race winner. The Briton has only won it twice in 2008 and 2015.<\/p>\n
10:<\/b> The maximum number of podium finishes achieved by a single driver. This record belongs to Lewis Hamilton, seen here in Melbourne.<\/p>\n
11:<\/b> Number of races held in Adelaide between 1985 and 1995. It is also the record for most wins by a constructor, held by McLaren.<\/p>\n
16:<\/b> The number of corners making up the layout of the Melbourne circuit.<\/p>\n
26:<\/b> Number of races held at Albert Park since 1996.<\/p>\n
38:<\/b> 38th edition of the Australian Grand Prix in 2024.<\/p>\n
This is also the number of times on average a driver will change gear in Melbourne.<\/p>\n
52.9 km:<\/b> Distance covered during the race held in 1991. This was the shortest Australian Grand Prix. Due to a downpour, only 14 laps were completed.<\/p>\n
58:<\/b> Number of laps to complete the race.<\/p>\n
272.7 m:<\/b> This is the distance between the pole position and the first braking zone.<\/p>\n
280.6 m:<\/b> This is the distance from the stands to the pitch. One of the shortest of the season, which is limited to 60 km\/h to avoid covering it too quickly.<\/p>\n
307,574 kms:<\/b> The distance covered at the end of the 58 laps of the race.<\/p>\n
323 km\/h:<\/b> This is the maximum speed reached on this track.<\/p>\n
1985: Date of the first race organized in Australia.<\/p>\n
1:16.732:<\/b> This is the pole position time set by Max Verstappen in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Enthusiasts of numbers or just wanting to know more about Sunday’s race? Here are the key figures of the third round of 2024: the Australian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":33892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[457,958,1275],"class_list":["post-28480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-grand-prix-daustralie","tag-melbourne","tag-preview"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n