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Last year's race
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A DNF for Verstappen and a Grand Chelem for Leclerc gave everyone a false impression that the season was meant to be a Ferrari one.

Season standings
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DRIVERS
POS   DRIVER   NATIONALITY   CAR   PTS
1   Max Verstappen   NED   RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT   44
2   Sergio Perez   MEX   RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT   43
3   Fernando Alonso   ESP   ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES   30
4   Carlos Sainz   ESP   FERRARI   20
5   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   MERCEDES   20
6   George Russell   GBR   MERCEDES   18
7   Lance Stroll   CAN   ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES   8
8   Charles Leclerc   MON   FERRARI   6
9   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   ALFA ROMEO FERRARI   4
10   Esteban Ocon   FRA   ALPINE RENAULT   4
11   Pierre Gasly   FRA   ALPINE RENAULT   4
12   Kevin Magnussen   DEN   HAAS FERRARI   1
13   Alexander Albon   THA   WILLIAMS MERCEDES   1
14   Yuki Tsunoda   JPN   ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT   0
15   Nico Hulkenberg   GER   HAAS FERRARI   0
16   Logan Sargeant   USA   WILLIAMS MERCEDES   0
17   Zhou Guanyu   CHN   ALFA ROMEO FERRARI   0
18   Nyck De Vries   NED   ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT   0
19   Oscar Piastri   AUS   MCLAREN MERCEDES   0
20   Lando Norris   GBR   MCLAREN MERCEDES   0

CONSTRUCTORS
POS   TEAM   PTS
1   RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT   87
2   ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES   38
3   MERCEDES   38
4   FERRARI   26
5   ALPINE RENAULT   8
6   ALFA ROMEO FERRARI   4
7   HAAS FERRARI   1
8   WILLIAMS MERCEDES   1
9   ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT   0
10   MCLAREN MERCEDES   0


Timetables
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THURSDAY 30th MARCH      Local time

Porsche Carrera Cup   Practice Session   10:30 - 11:00
Supercars Championship   First Practice Session   11:25 - 11:55
Porsche Carrera Cup   Qualifying Session   12:30 - 13:00
Supercars Championship   Second Practice Session   13:15 - 13:45
Promoter Activity   Historic 70th Year Celebration Demonstration   13:55 - 14:25
Supercars Championship   Qualifying Session Part 1   14:45 - 15:00
Supercars Championship   Qualifying Session Part 2   15:10 - 15:25
Promoter Activity   Ford Demonstration Laps   16:10 - 16:35
Porsche Carrera Cup   First Race (15 Laps or 35 Mins)   16:45 - 17:25
Supercars Championship   First Race (22 Laps or 45 Mins)   17:40 - 18:30

FRIDAY 31st MARCH      

FIA Formula 3   Practice Session   08:50 - 09:35
FIA Formula 2   Practice Session   10:00 - 10:45
FIA   F1 Car Presentation   11:00 - 12:00
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk   11:10 - 12:00
Promoter Activity   Historic 70th Year Celebration Demonstration   11:40 - 12:00
FORMULA 1   FIRST PRACTICE SESSION   12:30 - 13:30
FIA Formula 3   Qualifying Session   14:00 - 14:30
Formula 1   Teams Press Conference   14:00 - 15:00
Supercars Championship   Second Race (17 Laps or 35 Mins)   14:50 - 15:30
FIA Formula 3   Press Conference   15:30 - 16:00
FORMULA 1   SECOND PRACTICE SESSION   16:00 - 17:00
FIA Formula 2   Qualifying Session   17:30 - 18:00
Porsche Carrera Cup   Second Race (13 Laps or 30 Mins)   18:25 - 19:00
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk   18:30 - 19:15
FIA Formula 2   Press Conference   19:30 - 20:00

SATURDAY 1st APRIL   
   
Supercars Championship   Qualifying Session - Part 3   09:05 - 09:20
Supercars Championship   Qualifying Session - Part 4   09:30 - 09:45
Formula 1   Team Pit Stop Practice   09:40 - 10:10
FIA Formula 3   Sprint Race (20 Laps or 40 Mins +1 Lap)   10:45 - 11:30
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk   11:40 - 12:20
FIA Formula 3   Press Conference   11:50 - 12:15
FORMULA 1   THIRD PRACTICE SESSION   12:30 - 13:30
Promoter Activity   Historic 70th Year Celebration Demonstration   13:40 - 14:00
FIA Formula 2   Sprint Race (23 Laps or 45 Mins +1 Lap)   14:20 - 15:10
FIA Formula 2   Press Conference   15:35 - 16:00
FORMULA 1   QUALIFYING SESSION   16:00 - 17:00
Formula 1   Press Conference   17:00 - 18:00
Supercars Championship   Third Race (14 Laps or 30 Mins)   17:25 - 18:00
Porsche Carrera Cup   Third Race (13 Laps or 30 Mins)   18:25 - 19:00
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk   18:35 - 19:25
F1 Experiences   F1 Experiences Champions Club Grid Walk & Trophy Photo   19:15 - 20:15

SUNDAY 2nd APRIL
      
FIA Formula 3   Feature Race (23 Laps or 45 Mins +1 Lap)   09:05 - 09:55
Supercars Championship   Fourth Race (TBC Laps or 30 Mins)   10:20 - 10:55
Promoter Activity   Historic Cars Parade Lap   11:00 - 11:15
FIA Formula 2   Feature Race (33 Laps or 60 Mins +1 Lap)   11:35 - 12:40
Formula 1   Drivers' Parade   13:00 - 13:30
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk   13:15 - 14:00
FIA Formula 2   Press Conference   13:30 - 14:00
Formula 1   National Anthem   14:44 - 14:46
FORMULA 1   GRAND PRIX (58 LAPS OR 120 MINS)   15:00 - 17:00


after those arabian night races, time for the proper season start

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Did F2 and F3 race here last year? That could be fun.


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That the first time. It's gonna be good


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Typical F1 weather again: Rain showers every day except on Sunday.
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Albert Park must be the oldest race in calendar where there hasn't been a single wet race. 2010 started on a damp track, but only intermediates were used. Almost expecting Bahrain to have a wet race before Melbourne.

Anyway, it's gonna be a busy weekend with all support series. Usually I would go to sleep early to wake up for Free Practice, but now F3 action starts already at midnight, so better just stay awake and sleep during the day. Luckily I have zero plans for the weekend, so it doesn't matter. And if it's going to be wet on Friday and Saturday, and knowing how punishing those gravel traps and walls are there, I'm expecting plenty of red flags during the weekend (due to incidents, hopefully not due to rain).


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Easy win for Verstappen unless his car fails

Because let´s face it, he would have won Bahrain 30s ahead of Perez without his car problems.


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Working this weekend for like the first time in history, it's a sign

Enjoy your deathtrap ladies boring race

(Bit gutted not to get to see F2 and F3 race here though, them gon be good.)

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We're auctioning our house in Melbourne this Saturday. For the first time ever I'm desperately hoping for a dry quali day, but it's not looking good.

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This is the first Aus GP weekend in my life where I've had a free(ish) schedule and won't be going.

I'm working Friday and the crowds are just too big to see anything meaningful from general admission points Saturday or Sunday. Grandstand seats are all sold out or are too expensive. So I'll be watching from home on the couch with mates.

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I hope your 2 bedroom apartment sells for $9m like you were hoping for


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peterohanrahanrahan wrote:
This is the first Aus GP weekend in my life where I've had a free(ish) schedule and won't be going.

I'm working Friday and the crowds are just too big to see anything meaningful from general admission points Saturday or Sunday. Grandstand seats are all sold out or are too expensive. So I'll be watching from home on the couch with mates.

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I hope your 2 bedroom apartment sells for $9m like you were hoping for


3 bedroom townhouse we self-renovated from a public toilet to something we were proud of. But with interest rate hikes we can't afford the mortgage anymore. At this point looks like we may just get enough to pay the bank what we owe on it :cry:

So back on topic, anyone have Oscar's number and know if he's looking for an investment property? At the very least I can say it's looking like a wiser investment than Mclaren at this point.

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Philthy82 wrote:
peterohanrahanrahan wrote:
This is the first Aus GP weekend in my life where I've had a free(ish) schedule and won't be going.

I'm working Friday and the crowds are just too big to see anything meaningful from general admission points Saturday or Sunday. Grandstand seats are all sold out or are too expensive. So I'll be watching from home on the couch with mates.

Oh and good luck @
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I hope your 2 bedroom apartment sells for $9m like you were hoping for


3 bedroom townhouse we self-renovated from a public toilet to something we were proud of. But with interest rate hikes we can't afford the mortgage anymore. At this point looks like we may just get enough to pay the bank what we owe on it :cry:

So back on topic, anyone have Oscar's number and know if he's looking for an investment property? At the very least I can say it's looking like a wiser investment than Mclaren at this point.


Ugh I got a 3 bedroom townhouse, I'm keeping my head barely above water.

Oscar's originally from Brighton so maybe his parents need a twelfth investment property?


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F2 is racing as well? Well that is pretty cool. Have the FIA actually decided to reward a race track that routinely draws large crowds? 420,000 last year. Possibly more this year.

Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and Saudi combined would take about 5 years to manage a single years attendance from Oz.


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hope that they can bring F2 to other good venues like Interlagos and Montreal

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hope that they can bring F2 to other good venues like Interlagos and Montreal

And Suzuka.
I was already disappointed when W Series decided to go to Singapore last year. Suzuka is such a great track, but 3 hours of practice, 1-hour qualifying and 2-hour race is just not worth the money for the fans, when you compare what they get for European rounds or Melbourne this year.


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Going world wide is just going to make the junior categories even harder to achieve without massive money coming in.


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that's where Liberty should be investing the massive sums of their hard earned money through extorsion of arab oil tycoons

and hosting races like the Chinese GP at Portimão

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Going world wide is just going to make the junior categories even harder to achieve without massive money coming in.


Given in 2021 there was a big push to make F2/F3 affordable by having less rounds but more races per round, it's kinda odd they've just got the opposite direction with huge calendars and far flung races

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Philthy82 wrote:
peterohanrahanrahan wrote:
This is the first Aus GP weekend in my life where I've had a free(ish) schedule and won't be going.

I'm working Friday and the crowds are just too big to see anything meaningful from general admission points Saturday or Sunday. Grandstand seats are all sold out or are too expensive. So I'll be watching from home on the couch with mates.

Oh and good luck @
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I hope your 2 bedroom apartment sells for $9m like you were hoping for


3 bedroom townhouse we self-renovated from a public toilet to something we were proud of. But with interest rate hikes we can't afford the mortgage anymore. At this point looks like we may just get enough to pay the bank what we owe on it :cry:

So back on topic, anyone have Oscar's number and know if he's looking for an investment property? At the very least I can say it's looking like a wiser investment than Mclaren at this point.


The hell? Did you have an adjustable rate? Unsure how it works down under, but I assumed all banks were more or less the same. Fixed, adjustable, etc.


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westracing01 wrote:
Philthy82 wrote:
peterohanrahanrahan wrote:
This is the first Aus GP weekend in my life where I've had a free(ish) schedule and won't be going.

I'm working Friday and the crowds are just too big to see anything meaningful from general admission points Saturday or Sunday. Grandstand seats are all sold out or are too expensive. So I'll be watching from home on the couch with mates.

Oh and good luck @
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I hope your 2 bedroom apartment sells for $9m like you were hoping for


3 bedroom townhouse we self-renovated from a public toilet to something we were proud of. But with interest rate hikes we can't afford the mortgage anymore. At this point looks like we may just get enough to pay the bank what we owe on it :cry:

So back on topic, anyone have Oscar's number and know if he's looking for an investment property? At the very least I can say it's looking like a wiser investment than Mclaren at this point.


The hell? Did you have an adjustable rate? Unsure how it works down under, but I assumed all banks were more or less the same. Fixed, adjustable, etc.


We chose a variable rate for a long time as when interest rates were low it was the far better deal and stayed that way for years. In the past year the cash rate in Australia has jumped from 0.10% to 3.6%, which it hasn't been at since 2012, with more interest rate increases expected up to maybe 4.2%, maybe higher. Had we fixed our rates a year ago we'd be in better position, but still paying significantly more than the outlook when we took on the mortgage. At the moment we're paying about $600 more per month, a 20% increase on our repayments. Combined with huge cost of living increases and us losing our childcare benefit as my older daughter turned 6, and something had to give. Unfortunately all the inflation and interest rate hikes have made this possibly the worst time to sell.

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Had my house been finished being built on time (Jan/Feb 22), I would have had 1.89% fixed for 3 or maybe even 5 years.

It was delayed by 6 months to July '22 and by the time it was finished, the fixed rate had jumped to 3.5% for 1 year, or 1.99% variable. I went with variable and now variable rate is now 5.49%, which adds $400 more per month. I live alone, so it's been a tough slog. I'm not chewing into savings, but I'm also not saving anything. My mortgage was supposed to be 28% of my wage, now its up around 46%.


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, hopefully it doesn't get much rougher.

If Bernie was still around I'd like to think there would be a projection on the track, "BERNIE SAYS 'DON'T BASE YOUR MORTGAGE REPAYMENT CAPACITY ON RECORD LOW VARIABLE RATES'".

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