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Dalam hal kemenangan Grand Prix, [[Michael Schumacher]] dan [[Scuderia Ferrari|tim Ferrari]] merupakan pembalap dan tim yang paling sukses hingga saat ini.
==Sejarah==
===Pra-perang===
[[Berkas:Austin 7 of Arthur Waite.jpg|thumb|[[Arthur Waite (pembalap)|Arthur Waite]] berhasil memenangkan [[:en:1928 100 Miles Road Race|100 Miles Road Race 1928]] di sirkuit jalan raya Phillip Island dengan mengendarai mobil [[Austin 7]].]]
While an event called the Australian Grand Prix was staged in 1927 at the grass surface [[Goulburn Racecourse]] held as a series of sprints,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article99310579 |title=SPEED THRILLS |newspaper=[[Goulburn Evening Penny Post]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 January 1927 |access-date=22 February 2020 |page=6 (EVENING) |via=Trove |archive-date=9 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409042842/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/99310579 |url-status=live }}</ref> it is generally accepted that the Australian Grand Prix began as the [[1928 Australian Grand Prix|100 Miles Road Race]] held at the [[Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit|Phillip Island road circuit]] in 1928.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bell |first1=Ray |editor1-first=Graham |editor1-last=Howard | title = The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix |year=1986 |publisher=R & T Publishing |location=Gordon, NSW |isbn=0-9588464-0-5 |page=14 |chapter=1928}}<!--|access-date=8 March 2009 --></ref> The inaugural race was won by [[Arthur Waite (racing driver)|Arthur Waite]] in what was effectively an entry supported by the [[Austin Motor Company]], a modified [[Austin 7]]. For eight years, races, first called the Australian Grand Prix in [[1929 Australian Grand Prix|1929]], continued on the rectangular dirt road circuit. [[Bugatti]]s dominated the results, taking four consecutive wins from 1929 to 1932. The last Phillip Island race was in 1935 and the title lapsed for three years. An AGP style event was held on [[1937 Australian Grand Prix|Boxing Day, 1936]] at the South Australian town of [[Victor Harbor, South Australia|Victor Harbor]] for a centennial South Australian Grand Prix<ref>{{cite book |last1=Medley |first1=John |editor1-first=Graham |editor1-last=Howard | title = The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix |year=1986 |publisher=R & T Publishing |location=Gordon, NSW |isbn=0-9588464-0-5 |page=82 |chapter=1937}}<!--|access-date=8 March 2009 --></ref> before the Australian Grand Prix title was revived in [[1938 Australian Grand Prix|1938]] for the grand opening of what would become one of the world's most famous race tracks, [[Mount Panorama Circuit|Mount Panorama]] just outside the semi-rural town of [[Bathurst, New South Wales|Bathurst]]. Only just completed, with a tar seal for the circuit still a year away, the race was won by Englishman [[Peter Whitehead (racing driver)|Peter Whitehead]] racing a new [[voiturette]] [[English Racing Automobiles|ERA]] B-Type that was just too fast for the locally developed machinery.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Medley |first1=John |editor1-first=Graham |editor1-last=Howard | title = The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix |year=1986 |publisher=R & T Publishing |location=Gordon, NSW |isbn=0-9588464-0-5 |pages=92, 102 |chapter=1937}}<!--|access-date=8 March 2009 --></ref> One more race was held, at the [[Lobethal Circuit]] near the South Australian town of [[Lobethal, South Australia|Lobethal]] in [[1939 Australian Grand Prix|1939]], before the country was plunged into [[World War II]].
===Pasca-perang===
====Awal balapan pasca-perang====
In the immediate post-war era, racing was sparse with competitors using pre-war cars with supplies cobbled together around the rationing of fuel and tyres. [[Mount Panorama]] held the first post-war Grand Prix in [[1947 Australian Grand Prix|1947]], beginning a rotational system between the Australian States,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Howard |first1=Graham | title = The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix |year=1986 |publisher=R & T Publishing |location=Gordon, NSW |isbn=0-9588464-0-5 |page=126 |chapter=1948}}<!--|access-date=8 March 2009 --></ref> as fostered by the [[Australian Automobile Association]].<ref>[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206039122?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FA%2Ftitle%2F809%2F194%2F1947%2F09%2F26%2Fpage%2F19541450%2Farticle%2F206039122 Motor Grand Prix Dates, The Age, Friday 26 Sep 1947, page 8, via trove.nla.gov.au] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427202946/http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206039122?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FA%2Ftitle%2F809%2F194%2F1947%2F09%2F26%2Fpage%2F19541450%2Farticle%2F206039122 |date=27 April 2016 }} Retrieved 12 April 2016</ref> A mixture of stripped-down production sports cars and Australian "specials" were to take victories as the race travelled amongst temporary converted airfield circuits and street circuits like [[RAAF Williams|Point Cook]], [[Leyburn, Queensland|Leyburn]], [[Nuriootpa, South Australia|Nuriootpa]] and [[Narrogin, Western Australia|Narrogin]] before, on the races return to Mount Panorama in [[1952 Australian Grand Prix|1952]], the way to the future was pointed by [[Doug Whiteford]] racing a newly imported [[Talbot-Lago]] [[Formula One]] car to victory. Grand Prix machinery had already been filtering through in the shape of older [[Maserati]] and [[O.S.C.A.|OSCA]]s and smaller [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]]s but had yet to prove to be superior to the locally developed cars. The end of the Australian "specials" was coming, but the magnificent [[Maybach]]-based series of specials driven exuberantly by [[Stan Jones (racing driver)|Stan Jones]] would give many hope for the next few years.
[[Lex Davison]], who for several years would experiment with sports car engines in smaller [[Formula 2]] chassis, took his first of four victories in a [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]] engined Formula 2 [[Hersham and Walton Motors|HWM]] in [[1954 Australian Grand Prix|1954]], while the [[1953 Australian Grand Prix|previous year]] Whiteford won his third and final Grand Prix as for the first time racing cars thundered around the streets surrounding the [[Albert Park and Lake|Albert Park Lake]] in inner [[Melbourne]]. That circuit, which for four brief years gave Australia the strongest taste of the grandeur surrounding European Grand Prix racing, was 40 years later very much modified, used to host the [[1996 Australian Grand Prix]] as the modern Formula One world championship venue. [[Jack Brabham]] took his first of three AGP wins in [[1955 Australian Grand Prix|1955]] at the short [[Port Wakefield Circuit]] in [[South Australia]]. The race is significant in that Brabham was driving a [[Bristol Cars|Bristol]] powered [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper T40]], the first ever rear-engine car to win the Grand Prix.
The Grand Prix returned to Albert Park in [[1956 Australian Grand Prix|1956]], Melbourne's [[Olympic Games]] year to play host to a group of visiting European teams, led by [[Stirling Moss]] and the factory [[Maserati]] racing team who brought a fleet of [[Maserati 250F|250F]] Grand Prix cars and [[Maserati 300S|300S]] sports racing cars. Moss won the Grand Prix from Maserati teammate [[Jean Behra]]. That 1956 race would inspire the next great era of the Grand Prix.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Howard |first1=Graham | title = The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix |year=1986 |publisher=R & T Publishing |location=Gordon, NSW |isbn=0-9588464-0-5 |pages=218–226 |chapter=1956}}<!--|access-date=8 March 2009 --></ref>
====Tasman Formula====
The growing influence of engineer-drivers [[Jack Brabham]] and a couple of years behind him New Zealander [[Bruce McLaren]] would transform the race. Brabham, who first won the Grand Prix in [[1955 Australian Grand Prix|1955]] in a Cooper T40 Bristol he had brought home from his first foray into English racing,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Howard |first1=Graham | title = The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix |year=1986 |publisher=R & T Publishing |location=Gordon, NSW |isbn=0-9588464-0-5 |page=206 |chapter=1955}}<!--|access-date=8 March 2009 --></ref> would test new developments for Cooper during the European winter, beginning a flood of Cooper-Climax Grand Prix machinery into Australia and New Zealand before Brabham started building his [[Brabham|own cars]], as well as the appearance of Lotus chassis as well, finally killing off the Australian "specials". With European Formula One restricted by the 1.5-litre regulations and big powerful 2.5-litre Australian cars were tremendously attractive to the European teams and when [[BRM]] Grand Prix team toured Australia during the summer of 1962, the seed grew that became the [[Tasman Series]].
The top European Formula One teams and drivers raced the European winters in Australia and New Zealand from [[1963 Australian Grand Prix|1963]] to [[1969 Australian Grand Prix|1969]] playing host to a golden age for racing in the region for which the Australian Grand Prix (and the [[New Zealand Grand Prix]]) became jewels of the summer. The popularity of the Tasman formulae was directly responsible for 1966's "return to power" in Formula One, and having spent years developing with [[Repco]] the Brabham cars and eventually the Oldsmobile-based [[Repco]] V8s in the Tasman series gave Jack Brabham the opportunity to unexpectedly dominate Formula One in his Brabhams with a ready-proven lightweight car that left Ferrari and the British "garagistes" struggling with their heavy, technically fragile or underpowered cars until the appearance of the Lotus-Cosworth in 1967.
The Formula One stars of the era all visited the Tasman Series, including World Champions [[Jim Clark]], [[John Surtees]], [[Phil Hill]], [[Jackie Stewart]], [[Graham Hill]] and [[Jochen Rindt]], while other F1 regulars [[Timmy Mayer]], [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodriguez]], [[Piers Courage]], leading teams from Cooper, Lotus, Lola, BRM, even the four wheel drive [[Ferguson P99]] and finally, [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], racing against the local stars, [[Jack Brabham]], [[Bruce McLaren]], [[Denny Hulme]], [[Chris Amon]], [[Frank Gardner (driver)|Frank Gardner]], [[Frank Matich]], [[Leo Geoghegan]] and [[Kevin Bartlett (race driver)|Kevin Bartlett]]. Brabham won the Grand Prix three times, McLaren twice, Clark twice, the second was his last major victory before his untimely death, winning a highly entertaining battle with Chris Amon at the [[1968 Australian Grand Prix]] at [[Sandown Raceway]]. [[Graham Hill]] won the [[1966 Australian Grand Prix|1966]] race, with Amon winning the final Tasman formulae race in [[1969 Australian Grand Prix|1969]] leading home Ferrari teammate [[Derek Bell (auto racer)|Derek Bell]] for a dominant 1–2 at [[Lakeside Raceway]].
====Formula 5000====
By the end of the decade, European teams were increasingly reluctant to commit to the Tasman Series in the face of longer home seasons, but also having to develop 2.5-litre versions of their 3.0 litre F1 engines. Local Tasman cars were declining as well and after originally opting a 2.0 litre version of Tasman to be the future of the Australian Grand Prix, the overwhelming support for the already well established [[Formula 5000]] saw natural selection force [[Confederation of Australian Motorsport|CAMS]]' hand.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Stewart |editor1-first=Graham |editor1-last=Howard | title = The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix |year=1986 |publisher=R & T Publishing |location=Gordon, NSW |isbn=0-9588464-0-5 |pages=346–348 |chapter=1970}}<!--|access-date=8 March 2009 --></ref>
For the first half of the 1970s, the Tasman Series continued as a local series primarily for Formula 5000 racers, but by 1976, the Australian and New Zealand legs fractured apart and the Australian Grand Prix separated from the remnants and became a stand-alone race once more. During this era, the former Tasman stars, Matich, Geoghegan and Bartlett would continue on as a new generation of drivers emerged, some like [[Garrie Cooper]] ([[Elfin Sports Cars|Elfin]]) and [[Graham McRae]] developing their own cars while others like [[Max Stewart]], [[John McCormack (racing driver)|John McCormack]] and [[Alfredo Costanzo]] using European-built cars, mostly [[Lola Cars|Lolas]]. Matich won two Grands Prix is his own cars before Stewart and McRae each took a pair of wins. Towards the end of the 1970s, the race again became a home to returning European-based antipodeans like [[Alan Jones (racing driver)|Alan Jones]] and [[Larry Perkins]] with [[Warwick Brown]] winning the 1977 race, while in [[1976 Australian Grand Prix|1976]], touring car racer [[John Goss (race driver)|John Goss]] completed a remarkable double becoming the only driver to win the Grand Prix and the [[1974 Hardie-Ferodo 1000|Bathurst 1000]] [[Touring car racing|touring car race]].
====Calder Park====
Declining economy and the dominance of the local scene by [[Group C (Australia)|Group C]] touring cars towards the latter part of the 1970s saw Formula 5000 gradually fall out of favour. By 1980, the decision to replace was once again imminent; however, the form of [[Alan Jones (racing driver)|Alan Jones]] in Formula One saw entrepreneur [[Bob Jane]] seize an opportunity to bring Formula One back as the Grand Prix Formula. The [[1980 Australian Grand Prix|1980 event]] held at Jane's [[Calder Park Raceway]] saw a combined field of Formula One and Formula 5000 padded out with the Australised version of [[Formula Atlantic]] cars, Formula Pacific.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Stewart |editor1-first=Graham |editor1-last=Howard | title = The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix |year=1986 |publisher=R & T Publishing |location=Gordon, NSW |isbn=0-9588464-0-5 |pages=436–444 |chapter=1980}}<!--|access-date=8 March 2009 --></ref> The newly crowned world champion, Jones swept the field aside in his [[Williams FW07|Williams]]-[[Cosworth DFV|Ford]], but with only two F1 cars entering (the other being the [[Alfa Romeo 179]] driven by [[Bruno Giacomelli]]).
The continuing disintegration of F5000 saw Jane concentrate the next four Grands Prix on the [[Formula Pacific]] (later rebadged as [[Formula Mondial]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Stewart |editor1-first=Graham |editor1-last=Howard | title = The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix |year=1986 |publisher=R & T Publishing |location=Gordon, NSW |isbn=0-9588464-0-5 |page=466 |chapter=1983}}<!--|access-date=8 March 2009 --></ref>) category and importing Formula One drivers to race the locals in fields almost entirely made up of [[Ralt]] RT4s. Brazilian [[Roberto Moreno]] dominated this era, winning three of the four races, ceding only the [[1982 Australian Grand Prix|1982]] race to future four-time World Champion [[Alain Prost]].
Jane's attempt to bring the World Championship to Calder Park ultimately failed, as did a bid by Melbourne's other circuit Sandown (though Sandown was able to attract a round of the [[World Sportscar Championship]] to its upgraded track in [[1984 World Sportscar Championship season|1984]]). As it turned out, F1 would be tempted away from Melbourne by a far more attractive option<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Stewart |editor1-first=Graham |editor1-last=Howard | title = The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix |year=1986 |publisher=R & T Publishing |location=Gordon, NSW |isbn=0-9588464-0-5 |page=484 |chapter=1984}}<!--|access-date=8 March 2009 --></ref> but it was listed as a reserve race in the 1982 F1 calendar.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 1982 |title=The 1982 International racing season |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/january-1982/35/the-1982-international-racing-season |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Motor Sport Magazine |archive-date=27 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927145943/https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/january-1982/35/the-1982-international-racing-season |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Formula Satu===
====Adelaide (1985–1995)====
[[Berkas:AdelaideAlive.jpg|200px|kanan|thumb|Poster promosi untuk Grand Prix Australia yang pertama di Adelaide pada musim 1985.]]
The Australian Grand Prix became a round of the FIA Formula One World Championship in 1985 with the last race of the season held on the [[Adelaide Street Circuit|street circuit]] in [[Adelaide]]. The [[Adelaide Street Circuit]], which held its last Formula One race in {{F1|1995}}, was known as a challenging, demanding and tricky circuit that often produced races of attrition, and the whole event was very popular with drivers, teams and fans. Whenever the teams came to Adelaide they enjoyed the party atmosphere.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.adelaidereview.com.au/archives.php?subaction=showfull&id=1111107077&archive=1112321192&start_from=&ucat=2&|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080722071648/http://www.adelaidereview.com.au/archives.php?subaction=showfull&id=1111107077&archive=1112321192&start_from=&ucat=2&|title=The Adelaide Review : Archives<!-- Bot generated title -->|archive-date=22 July 2008}}</ref>
The first ever Australian Grand Prix to be included as part of the Formula One World Championship was also the 50th AGP. The new 3.78 km [[Adelaide Street Circuit]] saw Brazilian [[Ayrton Senna]] on pole with a time of 1:19.843 in his [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]–[[Renault in Formula One|Renault]]. The race itself was a battle between Senna and Finland's [[Keke Rosberg]] driving a [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]–[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]] for the last time. Run in oppressively hot conditions, the last race of the {{F1|1985}} season ran to its 2-hour time limit, though all scheduled 82 laps were run. Rosberg ultimately prevailed finishing 43 seconds in front of the [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]]–[[Renault in Formula One|Renaults]] of Frenchmen [[Jacques Laffite]] and [[Philippe Streiff]] who actually collided at the hairpin at the end of Brabham Straight with only one lap to go when Streiff tried a passing move that resulted in his car suffering broken suspension, though not bad enough to cause retirement. Three time World Champion Austrian [[Niki Lauda]] drove his last Formula One race at this event. After starting 16th in his [[McLaren]], he made his way to the lead by lap 57, but a lack of brakes cause him to crash into a wall in a sad end to his Formula One career. Australia had its own driver in the race with {{F1|1980}} World Champion [[Alan Jones (racing driver)|Alan Jones]] driving a [[Lola THL1|Lola]]–[[Brian Hart Ltd.|Hart]]. Jones, who started 19th, stalled at the start but fought his way to sixth by lap 20 before retiring later in the lap with electrical failure. The 1986 event was a three-way race for the Drivers' Championship. Briton [[Nigel Mansell]] and Brazilian [[Nelson Piquet]] in [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]–[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]s and Frenchman [[Alain Prost]], in a comparatively underpowered [[McLaren]]–[[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG/Porsche]], were competing for the drivers' title. Mansell needed only third to guarantee the title, whilst Prost and Piquet needed to win and for Mansell to finish fourth or lower to take the title. Finn Keke Rosberg led for 62 laps before a puncture that caused damage to his McLaren; this was the 1982 champion's last Formula One race. Whilst comfortably in the top three with 20 laps to go, Mansell's Williams suffered a spectacular mechanical failure, with a rear tyre puncture at {{Convert|180|mph|km/h|0|abbr=on}} on the Brabham Straight, creating a huge shower of sparks as the floor of the vehicle dragged along the bitumen surface. Mansell fought to control the violently veering car and steered it to a safe stop. Prost took the lead, as Mansell's teammate Piquet had pitted as a pre-cautionary measure, and the Frenchman won the race and the championship. Prost had to fight back after a mid-race puncture, and stopped soon after the finish so as not to waste fuel, something he had done at every race he finished since his disqualification from the [[1985 San Marino Grand Prix]] for being underweight after his McLaren ran out of fuel on his slow down lap after crossing the line first. 1987 saw Gerhard Berger win in his Ferrari while Ayrton Senna finished second but was then disqualified for technical irregularities in his last race for Lotus; Berger's teammate Michele Alboreto was then moved up to second place to make the final result a Ferrari 1–2.
[[1988 Australian Grand Prix|1988]], the last Grand Prix of the turbo era, saw Alain Prost win his seventh race of the season from McLaren teammate and newly crowned World Champion Ayrton Senna with outgoing champion Nelson Piquet third for Lotus, giving Honda turbo's all three podium positions. The race was also the 15th win and 15th pole in 16 races in a season of total dominance for McLaren-Honda, a domination not seen before or since in Formula One. 1989 was hit by a deluge of rain and the drivers, notably Prost, did not want to start the race because of the very wet conditions, particularly on the Brabham straight. This event came after controversial events 2 weeks before at the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, where Prost had crashed into his hated teammate Senna, and Senna got going again and finished 1st on the road but after political discussions was disqualified for cutting the chicane before the pit straight at Suzuka; the repercussions of which dawned on the race. McLaren had decided to appeal Senna's disqualification; so Senna still had a chance of winning the championship. The race was delayed for sometime and there were discussions about whether the race should be started. Senna qualified on pole position, and had every intention of starting the race. The circuit was still being hammered by rain and was covered by water, but the drivers, including Prost relented and eventually they started. But an unconvinced Prost came in after one lap and withdrew; and Senna- who was still in an awful mental state from the previous race, immediately began driving as fast as he could. By the end of the first lap, due to Pierluigi Martini's slow Minardi holding up the two faster Williams cars of Belgian [[Thierry Boutsen]] and Italian [[Riccardo Patrese]], Senna was an astonishing nine seconds ahead of Martini; the Williams cars soon passed Martini but by the end of the third lap, Senna was 23 seconds ahead of second-placed Boutsen. Yet even with such a huge lead which he extended even further, Senna continued to push very hard- taking very daring chances even for himself; the psychological dominance F1 had exuded over the Brazilian meant that he was known to take chances that most other drivers would not. Going down the Brabham straight on lap 13, Senna came up behind Briton Martin Brundle's Brabham-Judd, and Brundle decided to move over to let Senna pass. But Senna was blinded by thick spray; and the Brazilian did not lift off, causing him to hit the back of Brundle's car, tearing off his front left wheel and suspension and resulting in the Brazilian's retirement. This effectively handing Prost his third Drivers' Championship; McLaren's appeal had not been decided yet, but with Senna failing to score, he was mathematically unable to catch Prost even if his Japanese Grand Prix victory stood, and it was not only overturned but Senna received a $100,000 fine and a six-month ban, both of which were rescinded. Boutsen won the race in the unimproved conditions, with the race called after it reached the two-hour time limit.
[[1990 Australian Grand Prix|1990]] was the 500th World Championship Grand Prix ever held; and it came after yet more controversial events at Suzuka. Senna had crashed into Prost at the very first corner on the first lap of the race; and he won the Drivers' Championship for the second time. The Australian Grand Prix that year was an incredibly exciting race: Senna led for 61 laps, but crashed near the entrance to the permanent race course because of gearbox problems. The race then turned into a dead-heat sprint between Nelson Piquet in his [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] and Nigel Mansell in his Ferrari. Mansell charged through the field and repeatedly broke the lap record in pursuit of his former Williams teammate. This almost ended in disaster when the Ferrari almost hit the Benetton at the end of the Brabham Straight in a last-ditch overtaking move on the last lap. Piquet won from the Ferraris of Mansell and Prost. There was pre-race controversy when Prost refused to take part in both the annual end of season drivers' photo and the special photo shoot with the World Champions in attendance (including legendary five-time champion [[Juan Manuel Fangio]], three-time champions [[Jack Brabham|Sir Jack Brabham]], [[Jackie Stewart]], Niki Lauda, and Nelson Piquet; and other world champions [[James Hunt]], Alan Jones, [[Denny Hulme]] and Senna), as Prost was still disgusted and angry did not wish to appear in the photos with Senna following their controversial first corner crash in the previous race in [[1990 Japanese Grand Prix|Japan]] which gave the {{F1|1990}} World Championship to Senna.
The 1991 race was notable for being held in extremely wet and tricky conditions and the race was eventually stopped after 14 of the scheduled 82 laps and [[Ayrton Senna]] was declared the winner. Prost had been fired from Ferrari for making unsavory comments about the car after Suzuka; he did not compete in this race. The Drivers' Championship had already been decided in Senna's favour; but the Constructors' Championship was still yet to be decided between McLaren and Williams. Senna's victory plus his teammate Gerhard Berger's third gave McLaren its fourth consecutive Constructors' Championship; Williams (which was behind McLaren in points) drivers Mansell finished second (but crashed near the race's end at the chicane after the pits) and Riccardo Patrese finished fifth. This race held the record of being the shortest ever Formula One race as it only lasted 52 kilometres (33 miles)/24 minutes. It would eventually be surpassed by the [[2021 Belgian Grand Prix]], which lasted three laps, but was classified after only one official lap. Triple World Champion Nelson Piquet, who finished fifth, retired from Grand Prix racing following the race.
1992 saw Senna drive very hard to try to stay with new world champion Mansell's dominant Williams; this ended in Senna running into the back of Mansell at the last corner. Mansell retired from Formula One and went to compete in CART in the United States; Senna's teammate Gerhard Berger won the race. 1993 saw Senna win what was to be his 41st and final victory and final race for McLaren ahead of Alain Prost, who was competing in his final Formula One race in a Williams before he too retired. Senna embraced his once extremely bitter rival Prost on the podium. It was announced around this time that the Australian Grand Prix would be moving to Melbourne for 1996.
The [[1994 Australian Grand Prix|1994]] was to see yet another memorable weekend. Following his win at the [[1994 Japanese Grand Prix|Japanese Grand Prix]], [[Damon Hill]] was now one point behind championship leader [[Michael Schumacher]]. [[Nigel Mansell]], returning to Formula One in place of the late Senna, was on [[pole position|pole]] but a poor start resulted in the two championship rivals Hill and Schumacher battling for the lead. But on lap 36, Schumacher went off the track, a result of oversteer, and this allowed Hill to catch up with Schumacher and take the inside line for the next corner. Schumacher turned in on Hill's [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]] (whether on purpose or accidentally remains unknown) which sent the [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]] up on two wheels and into the tyre barrier, Schumacher retiring on the spot. Hill came out of the incident with a broken wishbone on his front-left suspension, he pitted and retired from the race, handing the title to Schumacher. The sister Williams of the 41-year-old Nigel Mansell went on to win the race, becoming the oldest Grand Prix winner since Jack Brabham in 1970.
In [[1995 Australian Grand Prix|1995]], [[Mika Häkkinen]] suffered a tyre failure at the early part of the first qualifying session at the high speed Brewery Bend between Jones and Brabham Straights, which resulted in him crashing heavily into the outside wall. He was critically injured in the crash and was saved only due to an emergency [[cricothyroidotomy]] that was performed by the side of the track by [[Sid Watkins]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Tremayne |first=David |author2=Mark Hughes |title=The Concise Encyclopedia of Formula One |year=2001 |publisher=Parragon |isbn=0-7525-6557-5 }}</ref> This incident forged a strong bond between Häkkinen and team principal [[Ron Dennis]], and also sent forth a new movement for extra safety in the sport. Luckily, Häkkinen recovered fully and was fit to race again in 1996, thus missing only one race. Häkkinen climbed back into a Formula One car at Paul Ricard three months after the accident.<ref>{{cite news|last=Tremayne|first=David|title=F1 motor racing: Hakkinen's street car of desire|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/f1-motor-racing-hakkinens-street-car-of-desire-1157131.html|work=[[The Independent]]|date=24 May 1998|access-date=16 September 2012|archive-date=24 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140124110454/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/f1-motor-racing-hakkinens-street-car-of-desire-1157131.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The final F1 race at Adelaide was won by Damon Hill in a Williams, with almost all of his main rivals including Schumacher retiring, and Hill finished two laps ahead of second-placed Olivier Panis.
==== Melbourne (1996–2019, 2022–sekarang)====
[[Berkas:Albert Lake Park Street Circuit in Melbourne, Australia.svg|thumb|kiri|Sirkuit Albert Park (1996–2020).]]
In 1993 prominent Melbourne businessman [[Ron Walker (Australian businessman)|Ron Walker]] began working with the Kennett government to make Melbourne the host of the event. After the government of [[Jeff Kennett]] spent an undisclosed amount,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.f1network.net/main/s491/st112894.htm|title=BMWF1Talk Track Guide :: Melbourne, Australian GP|website=f1network.net|access-date=8 November 2018|archive-date=9 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109070711/http://www.f1network.net/main/s491/st112894.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> it was announced on 17 December 1993 (less than a week after the [[1993 South Australian state election|South Australian election]]) that the race would be shifted to a rebuilt [[Albert Park Circuit]] in [[Melbourne]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.smh.com.au/sport/motorsport/flashback-the-story-behind-melbournes-grand-prix-coup-20180320-h0xqeh.html | publisher = The Age | title = What a coup! Big race is ours | date = 18 December 1993 | accessdate = 28 March 2023 | archive-date = 28 March 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230328052446/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/motorsport/flashback-the-story-behind-melbournes-grand-prix-coup-20180320-h0xqeh.html | url-status = live }}</ref> The race moved to Melbourne in 1996. The decision to hold the race there was controversial. A series of protests were organised by the "Save Albert Park" group, which claimed that the race turned a public park into a private playground for one week per year. Additionally, they claimed that the race cost a great deal of money that would be better spent, if it were to be spent on motor racing, on a permanent circuit elsewhere. Finally, they said that the claimed economic benefits of the race were false or exaggerated. The race organisers and the government claimed that the economic benefits to the state, although unquantifiable, outweighed the costs, and highlighted that the park's public amenities have been greatly improved from the World War II vintage facilities previously located at Albert Park; the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (scene of many Melbourne [[2006 Commonwealth Games]] events) being the centre piece and best known of the revitalised facilities. Opponents of holding the race in the park point out that the Aquatic Centre adds nothing to the Grand Prix, is effectively closed for weeks surrounding the event and could have been built independent of the car race.
[[Berkas:Grand prix demonstration event melbourne.JPG|thumb|220px|Acara demonstrasi diadakan di kota Melbourne sesaat sebelum dimulainya Grand Prix 2005.]]
[[Berkas:Heidfeld and Rosberg - 2008 Melb GP.jpg|thumb|250px|Nick Heidfeld dan Nico Rosberg di Tikungan ke-6 Sirkuit Albert Park, Melbourne.]]
[[Bernie Ecclestone]], the then president of [[Formula One Management]], the group that runs modern-day Formula One in conjunction with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile ([[FIA]]), once famously said that it took 10 minutes to do the deal with Melbourne that would see the Victorian capital host the Australian Grand Prix from 1996. It was thought that Melbourne's unsuccessful quest to stage the 1996 Olympic Games, and the subsequently successful bid by northern rival city Sydney to host the [[2000 Summer Olympics]], was a driving force behind Melbourne's motivation to wrest the Australian Grand Prix away from Adelaide. The Australian Grand Prix at Adelaide in 1985–1995 was always the last event in the Formula One calendar – but from 1996 onwards, it has usually been the first event or was held early in the season.
Albert Park, within easy reach of the Melbourne central business district, became home to the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. A 16-turn circuit, which measures {{cvt|5.3|km}} in its current guise, it was built utilising a combination of public roads and a car park within the park. The circuit is renowned as being a smooth and high-speed test for Formula One teams and drivers. Its characteristics are similar to the only other street circuit set in a public park used in the Formula One World Championship, the [[Circuit Gilles Villeneuve]] in [[Montreal]] which hosts the [[Canadian Grand Prix]].
The promotional theme for the first race in Melbourne was "Melbourne – What a Great Place for the Race". Some 401,000 people turned out for the four days leading up to and including the first race in 1996, which remains a record for the event. The logistics of creating a temporary circuit and hosting an event of the magnitude of a Formula One Grand Prix from scratch were not lost on the international visitors, with Melbourne winning the F1 Constructors' Association Award for the best organised Grand Prix of the year in its first two years (1996 and 1997).
It took just three corners for the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park to gain worldwide attention. On the first lap of the first race in 1996, Jordan's [[Martin Brundle]] was launched into the air in an enormous accident. Footage of the crash, and Brundle's subsequent rush back to the pits to take the spare car for the restart, ensured the first race in Melbourne gained widespread coverage. The race was won by Williams's [[Damon Hill]].
[[Berkas:2008AusGPPodium.jpg|thumb|kiri|250px|Pemenang Balapan 2008, yaitu Lewis Hamilton, di atas Podium bersama dengan Nick Heidfeld.]] The 1997 race saw [[McLaren]], through [[David Coulthard]], break a drought of 50 races without a victory. The next year was a McLaren benefit, with [[Mika Häkkinen]] and Coulthard lapping the entire field en route to a dominant 1–2 finish. The result was clouded by controversy when Coulthard pulled over with two laps remaining to allow Häkkinen to win, honouring a pre-race agreement between the pair that whoever made it to the first corner in the lead on lap one would be allowed to win. Ferrari won its first Grand Prix in Melbourne in 1999, but it was not with team number one [[Michael Schumacher]]. Northern Irishman [[Eddie Irvine]] took his maiden victory after the all-conquering McLarens of Häkkinen and Coulthard retired before half-distance. Schumacher broke his Melbourne drought the following year when he headed a dominant Ferrari 1–2 with new teammate [[Rubens Barrichello]]. The 2001 event, also won by Michael Schumacher, was marked by tragedy when 52-year-old volunteer marshal Graham Beveridge was killed after a high-speed accident involving Ralf Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve on lap five. Villeneuve's B.A.R. rode up across the back of Schumacher's Williams and crashed into the fence, behind which Beveridge was standing; Beveridge was hit by a tyre that flew off of Villeneuve's car.
The start of the 2002 race saw pole-sitter Barrichello and Williams's [[Ralf Schumacher]] come together at Turn One in a spectacular accident that saw 11 of the 22 cars eliminated before the end of the opening lap. Michael Schumacher dominated thereafter to post a third straight Melbourne win, but his achievements were overshadowed by the fifth place of Australian Mark Webber on his Formula One debut. Webber, in an underpowered and underfunded [[Minardi]], had to recover from a botched late pit stop and resist the challenges of Toyota's [[Mika Salo]] in the closing stages, and took to the podium after the race with Australian team owner Paul Stoddart in one of Melbourne's more memorable Grand Prix moments. The next year, 2003, saw Coulthard again win for McLaren in a race held in variable conditions. Normal service was resumed in 2004 with the Ferraris of Schumacher and Barrichello running rampant – within two laps of Friday practice, Schumacher had obliterated the Albert Park lap record, and sailed to a crushing win. In 2005, the race was won by [[Renault in Formula One|Renault]]'s [[Giancarlo Fisichella]] after a storm during Saturday qualifying produced a topsy-turvy grid. Barrichello and Fisichella's teammate [[Fernando Alonso]] came through the field from 11th and 13th on the grid respectively to join pole sitter Fisichella on the podium.
In 2006, Alonso took his first Australian win in an accident-marred race that featured four safety car periods. In 2007 [[Kimi Räikkönen]] won in his first race for Ferrari, while rookie [[Lewis Hamilton]] became the first driver in 11 years to finish on the podium in his F1 debut, finishing third behind his McLaren teammate Alonso. Hamilton won the 2008 race which had three safety car periods and only six finishers. In 2009 [[Jenson Button]] took the victory, driving for debutant team [[Brawn GP]], which was having its first race after Ross Brawn had bought the team following [[Honda]]'s withdrawal from Formula One. The team was formed from the remnants of [[Honda Racing F1]] who had withdrawn from the sport following the 2008 season. The race ended with Button, who had led from the start, leading the field over the line after the safety car had been deployed with three laps remaining following a crash between [[Sebastian Vettel]] and [[Robert Kubica]], who had been fighting for second place. This promoted Button's teammate, fellow Brawn GP driver Rubens Barrichello, to second, marking a historic 1-2 for the team. [[Toyota Racing (Formula One team)|Toyota's]] [[Jarno Trulli]] was given a 25-second penalty for passing Lewis Hamilton for third place under yellow flags during that safety car period, which promoted Hamilton into that position. However, Hamilton was later disqualified and docked his points for "deliberately misleading stewards",<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/apr/02/lewis-hamilton-disqualified-australian-grand-prix |title=Lewis Hamilton disqualified from Australian Grand Prix |work=The Guardian |date=2 April 2009 |access-date=2 April 2009 |location=London |archive-date=6 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106122713/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/apr/02/lewis-hamilton-disqualified-australian-grand-prix |url-status=live }}</ref> with Trulli reinstated in third. The results earned by [[Brawn GP|Brawn]], [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]], and [[Toyota Racing (Formula One team)|Toyota]] were awarded, despite an appeal being held two weeks later against a ruling on the legality of the teams' diffuser design.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7970488.stm |title=Button seals dream Australia win |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |date=29 March 2009 |access-date=29 March 2009 |first=Chris |last=Whyatt |archive-date=24 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424115450/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7970488.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> The outcome of the appeal was in favour of the teams, their diffusers were declared legal under the new rules and there were no changes to the results of the race.
[[2010 Australian Grand Prix|2010]] again saw Button win at Melbourne. Starting from fourth, he gambled on an early change to slick tires under drying conditions that let him move up to second place after losing several positions at the start. [[Sebastian Vettel]] retired with mechanical issues after qualifying on pole and leading until his retirement, handing Button the victory. The [[2011 Australian Grand Prix|2011]] race saw Vettel take victory in the Red Bull, with Hamilton second and [[Vitaly Petrov]] third for [[Team Lotus (2010–11)|Lotus]]. This was the first ever podium for a [[Formula One drivers from Russia|Russian Formula One driver]]. [[2012 Australian Grand Prix|2012]] saw Button win for the third time in four years at the circuit. [[2013 Australian Grand Prix|2013]] saw a surprise victory with Raikkonen in the Lotus winning from Alonso and Vettel. The reintroduction of V6 turbo hybrid engines for {{F1|2014}} saw a dominant performance from [[Mercedes-Benz in Formula One|Mercedes]]'s [[Nico Rosberg]] at the [[2014 Australian Grand Prix|Grand Prix]], who took the victory from the McLarens of [[Kevin Magnussen]] and Button, both of whom were promoted due to the disqualification of [[Daniel Ricciardo]] in the Red Bull post race for illegal fuel flow. [[2015 Australian Grand Prix|2015]] saw Hamilton take the victory from teammate Rosberg, with Vettel completing the top three.
In [[2020 Australian Grand Prix|2020]], it was planned to hold the Grand Prix despite the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Australia|coronavirus epidemic in the country]]. [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] and [[Scuderia AlphaTauri|AlphaTauri]] as teams based in [[COVID-19 pandemic in Italy|Italy, the most coronavirus-infected country]] in Europe at the time, expressed concern about the possibility of leaving the quarantine zone. One of [[McLaren F1 Team|McLaren's]] mechanics got flu-like symptoms when he arrived in Australia, his coronavirus test returned positive and the British team withdrew from the race. Later, a photographer was also confirmed to have coronavirus. It was announced that the Grand Prix would still take place, but without spectators, however two hours before the first practice started the event was cancelled.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fans angry at timing of Melbourne's Australian F1 Grand Prix cancellation |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-13/motor-sport-fans-angry-melbourne-grand-prix-cancelled/12052334 |website=ABC News |date=13 March 2020 |publisher=ABC |access-date=24 May 2020 |archive-date=24 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524150928/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-13/motor-sport-fans-angry-melbourne-grand-prix-cancelled/12052334 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne officially cancelled, F1 declares |url=https://7news.com.au/sport/motorsport/its-off-f1-declares-australian-gp-is-officially-cancelled-c-743003 |website=7 Australia |date=12 March 2020 |access-date=24 May 2020 |archive-date=13 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313210540/https://7news.com.au/sport/motorsport/its-off-f1-declares-australian-gp-is-officially-cancelled-c-743003 |url-status=live }}</ref>
After a two-year absence as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Australian Grand Prix returned in 2022. Unlike previous years, when it was the opening event of the season, the 2022 Australian Grand Prix was instead the third event of the season. In the months before the Grand Prix, in consultation with drivers,<ref>{{cite news|last=Lynch|first=Michael|date=4 April 2022|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/motorsport/ricciardo-hails-track-changes-to-boost-speed-race-battles-20210404-p57gfe.html|title=Ricciardo hails track changes to boost speed, race battles|newspaper=The Age|access-date=11 April 2022|archive-date=11 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411120238/https://www.theage.com.au/sport/motorsport/ricciardo-hails-track-changes-to-boost-speed-race-battles-20210404-p57gfe.html|url-status=live}}</ref> the circuit underwent several significant revisions,<ref name="Coch 2021">{{cite web|last=Coch|first=Mat|date=17 February 2021|url=https://www.speedcafe.com/2021/02/17/albert-park-modifications-beginning-next-week/|title=Albert Park modifications beginning next week|website=Speedcafe|access-date=16 March 2022|archive-date=7 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407022422/https://www.speedcafe.com/2021/02/17/albert-park-modifications-beginning-next-week/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220407-fast-track-new-look-albert-park-greets-return-of-australian-gp|title=Fast track: New-look Albert Park greets return of Australian GP|website=France 24|publisher=Agence France-Presse|date=7 April 2022|access-date=11 April 2022|archive-date=11 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411110617/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220407-fast-track-new-look-albert-park-greets-return-of-australian-gp|url-status=live}}</ref> which were the first and most significant changes since the inaugural [[1996 Australian Grand Prix]],<ref name="Horton 2021">{{cite web|last=Horton|first=Philip|date=1 April 2021|url=https://www.motorsportweek.com/2021/04/01/ricciardo-explains-thinking-behind-albert-park-changes/|title=Ricciardo explains thinking behind Albert Park changes|website=Motorsport Week|access-date=11 April 2022|archive-date=1 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401115227/https://www.motorsportweek.com/2021/04/01/ricciardo-explains-thinking-behind-albert-park-changes/|url-status=live}}</ref> including the first track resurfacing since then.<ref name="Doyle 2022">{{cite news|last=Doyle|first=Michael|date=7 April 2022|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-08/f1-australian-grand-prix-returns-to-an-upgraded-circuit/100972824|title=F1 Australian Grand Prix returns to an upgraded circuit at Albert Park in Melbourne|publisher=ABC|access-date=11 April 2022|archive-date=11 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411110614/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-08/f1-australian-grand-prix-returns-to-an-upgraded-circuit/100972824|url-status=live}}</ref> Turns 9 and 10 were completely redesigned; where they formed a right–left [[chicane]] with a heavy braking zone on the approach, the redesign saw them removed.<ref name="Horton 2021"/> This was done to raise the approach speed for old turns 11 and 12.<ref name="Mitchell 2022">{{cite web|last=Mitchell|first=Scott|date=4 April 2022|url=https://the-race.com/formula-1/the-long-awaited-changes-intended-to-transform-australian-gp/|title=The long-awaited changes intended to transform Australian GP|website=The Race|access-date=18 April 2022|archive-date=5 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405003644/https://the-race.com/formula-1/the-long-awaited-changes-intended-to-transform-australian-gp/|url-status=live}}</ref> Several other corners were reprofiled to encourage overtaking, most notably the old turn 13, which was widened to create additional racing lines.<ref>{{cite web|last=Van Leeuwen|first=Andrew|date=1 April 2022|url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1s-australian-gp-track-changes-whats-changed-at-albert-park-and-why/9517582/|title=F1's Australian GP track changes: What's changed at Albert Park and why?|website=Motorsport.com|publisher=Motorsport Network|access-date=11 April 2022|archive-date=12 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412213248/https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1s-australian-gp-track-changes-whats-changed-at-albert-park-and-why/9517582/|url-status=live}}</ref> Positive camber was also added to allow drivers to carry more speed through the corner.<ref>{{cite web|last=Leach|first=Tom|date=4 April 2022|url=https://racingnews365.com/the-five-big-changes-made-to-albert-park-for-2022-australian-gp|title=The five big track changes made for the 2022 Australian GP|website=RacingNews365|access-date=11 April 2022|archive-date=11 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411113434/https://racingnews365.com/the-five-big-changes-made-to-albert-park-for-2022-australian-gp|url-status=live}}</ref> The main straight and [[pit lane]] were also redesigned, with the pit lane wall moved two metres closer to the circuit so that the edge of the circuit sat directly next to the wall.<ref name="Coch 2021"/> The [[2022 Australian Grand Prix|2022]] Grand Prix saw Ferrari's [[Charles Leclerc]] achieve his first career [[Grand slam (Formula One)|grand slam]], having started in [[pole position]], set the [[fastest lap]], led every lap, and won the race ahead of Red Bull's [[Sergio Pérez]] and Mercedes' [[George Russell (racing driver)|George Russell]]. It was the first grand slam for an individual Ferrari driver since [[Fernando Alonso]]'s at the [[2010 Singapore Grand Prix]].<ref name="Walsh 2022">{{cite news|last=Walsh|first=Courtney|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/ferrari-driver-charles-leclerc-wins-formula-australian-gp-83992662|title=Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc wins Formula 1 Australian GP|publisher=ABC|date=10 April 2022|access-date=10 April 2022|archive-date=11 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411084454/https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/ferrari-driver-charles-leclerc-wins-formula-australian-gp-83992662|url-status=live}}</ref> The 2022 edition set a new attendance record at the circuit for the weekend, with a reported 419,114 attendees, including 128,294 on race day; these figures made the 2022 Grand Prix the highest attended Grand Prix ever held in Melbourne and one of the most popular sporting weekends in Australian history.<ref name="Thomas">{{cite magazine|last=Thomas|first=Joshua|date=10 April 2022|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/in/motorsport/news/record-breaking-crowd-confirmed-australian-grand-prix-formula-1-soars-down-under/mvcfqpl6h94cl5qr4sdjj49j|title=Record-breaking crowd confirmed for Australian Grand Prix as Formula 1 soars Down Under|magazine=The Sporting News|access-date=10 April 2022|archive-date=10 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410103813/https://www.sportingnews.com/in/motorsport/news/record-breaking-crowd-confirmed-australian-grand-prix-formula-1-soars-down-under/mvcfqpl6h94cl5qr4sdjj49j|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Spits|first=Scott|date=10 April 2022|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/motorsport/grand-prix-2022-live-updates-formula-one-action-back-at-melbourne-after-three-year-wait-20220410-p5accw.html|title=As it happened: Ferrari's red letter day in Melbourne before 128,000 racegoers|newspaper=The Age|access-date=10 April 2022|archive-date=12 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412225044/https://www.theage.com.au/sport/motorsport/grand-prix-2022-live-updates-formula-one-action-back-at-melbourne-after-three-year-wait-20220410-p5accw.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Michaels|first=Jack|date=10 April 2022|url=https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/33710400/australian-grand-prix-sets-new-formula-one-melbourne-sporting-attendance-records|title=Australian Grand Prix sets new Formula One, Melbourne attendance records|website=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN|access-date=10 April 2022|archive-date=11 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411090231/https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/33710400/australian-grand-prix-sets-new-formula-one-melbourne-sporting-attendance-records|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[2023 Australian Grand Prix|2023]] edition, which saw [[Max Verstappen]] win his maiden Australian Grand Prix, would break the record with 444,631 attendees,<ref name="attendance">{{cite web|url=https://www.speedcafe.com/2023/04/02/new-record-crowd-for-australian-gp-in-melbourne/|title=New record crowd for Australian GP in Melbourne|website=Speedcafe.com|date=2 April 2023|access-date=2 April 2023|archive-date=2 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402103324/https://www.speedcafe.com/2023/04/02/new-record-crowd-for-australian-gp-in-melbourne/|url-status=live}}</ref> and would also break a Formula One record; the race, which ended with twelve cars left running, is the first ever [[List of red-flagged Formula One races|to have three red flags]] throughout the session. This came after a chaotic race that saw many incidents; the [[2023 Melbourne Formula 2 round|Formula 2]] and Formula 3 races, held the same weekend, had a similar outcome.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.facts-and-stats-three-champs-on-top-in-first-ever-race-to-feature-three-red.59ScVtXDfrgJR8DwgnX40m.html|title=Facts and stats: Three champs on top in first-ever race to feature three red flags|website=Formula1.com|date=2 April 2023|access-date=2 April 2023|archive-date=2 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402104855/https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.facts-and-stats-three-champs-on-top-in-first-ever-race-to-feature-three-red.59ScVtXDfrgJR8DwgnX40m.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
In June 2022, Melbourne's contract to host the Australian Grand Prix, which was due to expire in 2025, was extended to 2035.<ref>{{cite news |title=F1 confirms Australian Grand Prix to remain in Melbourne until at least 2035 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-16/f1-staying-in-melbourne-until-2035/101156794 |website=ABC News |date=15 June 2022 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=16 June 2022 |archive-date=15 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615233936/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-16/f1-staying-in-melbourne-until-2035/101156794 |url-status=live }}</ref> The new contract stipulates that the Australian Grand Prix will be one of the first three rounds of the season over the contract period and will host a minimum of five season-opening races over the 13 years between 2023 and 2035.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Geraets |first1=Nell |title='Hard bargain' driven to keep Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/motorsport/australian-grand-prix-contract-extended-at-albert-park-until-2035-20220616-p5au3s.html |website=The Age |date=16 June 2022 |publisher=Fairfax Media |access-date=16 June 2022 |archive-date=15 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615223907/https://www.theage.com.au/sport/motorsport/australian-grand-prix-contract-extended-at-albert-park-until-2035-20220616-p5au3s.html |url-status=live }}</ref> From 2023, [[Formula 2]] and [[Formula 3]] races will form part of the race weekend schedule.<ref>{{cite web |title=New long-term AGP deal for Melbourne |url=https://www.supercars.com/news/championship/agp-to-remain-in-melbourne-until-2035/ |website=Repco Supercars Championship |access-date=16 June 2022 |archive-date=9 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409042822/https://www.supercars.com/news/championship/agp-to-remain-in-melbourne-until-2035/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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