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2026 Australian Grand Prix - [POST RACE] discussion thread 🏁

2026 Australian Grand Prix - [POST RACE] discussion thread 🏁 - Lemmy.World

# ROUND 1: 🇦🇺 Australia — FORMULA 1 QATAR AIRWAYS AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX 2026 — ## Weekend Schedule Click here to view the schedule in your local timezone [https://f1calendar.com/] — - 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) 🔴

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Hypnotoad_Mar 8

I won’t lie, that pleasantly surprised me. The early battle between George and Charles was fun. I think the race would have been more exciting had Max not crashed in quali.

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blackn1ght Mar 9

Apparently George wasn’t using his energy properly in some of those battles which is why Charles kept getting past.

It’s battery racing.

Well yeah, and it’s tire degradation management racing, and fuel conserving racing. Also used to be floor/plank conserving racing, which isn’t much of a factor anymore.