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2026 Australian Grand Prix - [RACE] discussion thread 🏎️

7 months ago by f1bot to c/formula1

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ROUND 1: 🇦🇺 Australia

FORMULA 1 QATAR AIRWAYS AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX 2026

Weekend Schedule

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  • Practice 1: Friday, 02:30 CET | 01:30 UTC
  • Practice 2: Friday, 06:00 CET | 05:00 UTC
  • Practice 3: Saturday, 02:30 CET | 01:30 UTC
  • Qualifying: Saturday, 06:00 CET | 05:00 UTC
  • Race: Sunday, 05:00 CET | 04:00 UTC

Circuit stats & Tyres

  • First Grand Prix: 1996
  • Number of laps: 58
  • Circuit Length: 5.278 km
  • Race Distance: 306.124 km
  • Lap record: 1:19.813 Charles Leclerc (2024)
  • 2025 Pole: Lando Norris (1:15.096)
  • 2025 Fastest Lap: Lando Norris (1:22.167)
  • 2025 winner: Lando Norris
  • Pirelli Tyres: C3 (Hard) ⚪, C4 (Medium) 🟡, C5 (Soft) 🔴
hank_the_tank66 29 points 7 months ago

Colapinto-and-go penalty 🤣

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birne 23 points 7 months ago

I was told there would be 22 cars this year instead of 20. I feel lied to.

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lazycouchpotato 19 points 7 months ago

Race mellowed out by the middle of it. Wonder how it would've been had Verstappen's car not borked yesterday.

Hamilton seems much more comfortable with these regs than ground effect. Feels like his podium isn't too far away.

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Microw 0 points 7 months ago

Hamilton suddenly driving good again once he knows that the car could win a race. That guy is truely like a yo-yo.

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hsr 18 points 7 months ago

Ferrari strategy 😭

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TentinQuarantino 9 points 7 months ago

Ferrari what?

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stephen01king 3 points 7 months ago

I'm starting to think those two words are an oxymoron.

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_ed 3 points 7 months ago

I think it was the right call. Trying to imitate the mercs they would have had no chance. Ferrari did get lucky with the vsc.

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Nighed 1 point 7 months ago

They had gone past the entrance before the vac was thrown I think?

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lazycouchpotato 15 points 7 months ago

WHAT PIASTRI CRASHED DURING RECON LAP??!??

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lazycouchpotato 10 points 7 months ago

Ah super unfortunate for Hadjar. He was doing so well.

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lazycouchpotato 8 points 7 months ago

What an explosive start by Ferrari wow.

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JabbaTheThott 8 points 7 months ago

I was surprised to see the Astons out for nearly double the laps they predicted. I wonder if the vibration wasn't as bad as they thought, at least for this race

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t0fr 8 points 7 months ago

It was exciting at the beginning, and then all of a suddent it wasn't anymore

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eta 7 points 7 months ago

Damn Verstappen is on the move those hard tires.

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hypeerror 6 points 7 months ago

I'm loving this back and forth fight so far.

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lazycouchpotato 6 points 7 months ago

24 laps and Stroll and Perez have already been overtaken.

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Nighed 11 points 7 months ago

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4am 2 points 7 months ago

Why did this happen? Was this the transponder turning back on as they tested something in the garage?

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Jacob93 9 points 7 months ago

No, they kept visiting the pits then returning to the race. Treated it more like a test session.

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4am 1 point 7 months ago

Ah, don’t know they were allowed to do that. I guess if the car is running on its own power it’s fine? TIL

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Nighed 5 points 7 months ago

Maybe Aston HAS been sandbagging! 🤣

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Nighed 2 points 7 months ago

Ah, there we go. At least giving everyone that overtook him again some fantasy points.

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birne 5 points 7 months ago

That is a nice fight at the front. If that is what we will get more often, then I don't care that the drivers don't think that the cars are fun.

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lazycouchpotato 5 points 7 months ago

Nooooooo Bottas' car

Hopefully not a Ferrari disasterclass with the pit stop strategy.

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wes 2 points 7 months ago

🙄 thb it was not a absolute disasterclass, but strategy-wise it could have been much better.

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_ed 4 points 7 months ago

Linblad V Lawson.

Oof.

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Nighed 4 points 7 months ago

Apparently hulk is being rolled back to the pits?

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PhatalFlaw 4 points 7 months ago

OMG Piastri. Choking under that pressure? Broken? Computer f up?

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florge 4 points 7 months ago

Something similar to what happened to Max maybe?

Edit: looking at the replays, it seems like a driver error.

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PhatalFlaw 6 points 7 months ago

I would not be shocked if it was the hybrid giving that much more power than he's used to that caught him by a bit of surprise as he slipped on the accelerator

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lazycouchpotato 2 points 7 months ago

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CMLVI 4 points 7 months ago

Mercs just did not fade like I thought they would. Damn

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Munkisquisher 2 points 7 months ago

I think they went into tyre management mode after the early stop they were cruising from there

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CMLVI 1 point 7 months ago

Tire management mode faster than most other cars flat out it seems lol

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TentinQuarantino 4 points 7 months ago

That Red Bull PU went uh-uh-uh-oh-ah 🥴 I was curious what Hadjar can do

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Nighed 4 points 7 months ago

There goes Alonso!

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Nighed 4 points 7 months ago

They didn't show THAT clip on TV did they?!? Very close at the start!

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hsr 2 points 7 months ago

I'm curious about how chaotic deployment is going to be in race trim

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Nighed 2 points 7 months ago

Who is shaking more, Russel or Alonso? 😆

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hypeerror 2 points 7 months ago

Well that was quick.

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PhatalFlaw 2 points 7 months ago

F1 TV on Apple TV this year is SO much better than Sky on ESPN. What the hell have I been watching for the last many years?

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Drusenija 4 points 7 months ago

Wish it was global and not just US only. I know I can probably run a VPN and get it working but seems like a lot of effort when I have access elsewhere.

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