2025 Australian Grand Prix
The Australian Grand Prix is now settled at its home, the Albert Park circuit where it was staged every year between 1996 & 2019 and after a two-year absence returned on the 2022 calendar.
This is a GP which was switched around a lot before 1996 with Albert Park being the country's 25 different venues for the Australian GP.
Whilst hosted at the Adelaide Street Circuit in 1985, the race was added to the F1 World Championship calendar and the first official Australian Grand Prix took place in 1928.
How long is the Australian Grand Prix?
The race consists of 58 laps, of which each is around 3.3 miles (5.3 km) making up a total race distance of 191 miles (307 km).
The racetrack features a total of just 14 corners for each circuit of the lap with plenty of high-speed straights.
Australian Grand Prix
When is the Australian Grand Prix?
Here is the schedule for the Australian Grand Prix:
- Friday 14th March - Practice 1 & 2
- Saturday 15th March - Practice 3 & Qualifying
- Sunday 16th March - The Race
Where can I watch the Australian Grand Prix?
With all F1 races throughout the season, you can watch all five sessions live on the Sky Sports F1 channel and highlights of the race on Channel 4.
Alternatively, get yourself a ticket to Albert Park and take in all the weekend action, situated in Melbourne, you will not be short of activities in between the sessions.
Past Winners & Fastest Laps
Who has won the Australian Grand Prix? Lex Davison & Michael Schumacher are the leading drivers having both won the GP a total of four times. Davison's wins came between 1954-61 and Schumacher's between 2000-04.
Of the drivers who are still active, the only driver with multiple wins is Lewis Hamilton who won the race in both 2008 & 2015.
The official fastest lap holder at the Albert Park Circuit is Charles Leclerc who set a time of 1:19.813 during the 2024 Australian Grand Prix.
What does Pole produce at the Australian Grand Prix?
Winning Grid Starts (Oldest to Lastest): 7, 3, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2
From the last 10 Australian Grand Prix, a total of 3 drivers have won from pole, which is a successful rate of 30% for drivers turning pole into a win. When looking at those who have started on the front row then that number is 70% (7-10) of the race wins have come from the front row.
The Fate of Pole Sitters (Oldest to Lastest): 3, Ret, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, Ret
Looking at the finishing positions of the pole sitters, then 80% (8-10) of them have finished on the podium
Previous Australian Grand Prix Winners
Here are the last 10 winners of the Australian Grand Prix:
- 2024: Carlos Sainz Jr. (Ferrari)
- 2023: Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing)
- 2022: Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
- 2019: Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)
- 2018: Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari)
- 2017: Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari)
- 2016: Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
- 2015: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
- 2014: Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
- 2013: Kimi Räikkönen (Lotus)
Albert Park Circuit Fastest Laps
Here at the last 10 fastest laps set at the Albert Park Circuit:
- 2024: Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
- 2023: Sergio Pérez (Red Bull Racing)
- 2022: Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
- 2019: Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)
- 2018: Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull Racing)
- 2017: Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari)
- 2016: Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull Racing)
- 2015: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
- 2014: Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
- 2013: Kimi Räikkönen (Lotus)
2025 F1 Schedule
Here is the schedule for the 2025 F1 season where we have twenty-four races to look forward to.
This year we will have six sprint weekends which will be in China, Miami, Belgium, USA (COTA), São Paulo & Qatar.
- March: Australian Grand Prix (16th), Chinese Grand Prix (23rd)
- April: Japanese Grand Prix (6th), Bahrain Grand Prix (13th), Saudi Arabian Grand Prix (20th)
- May: Miami Grand Prix (4th), Emilia Romagna Grand Prix (18th), Monaco Grand Prix (25th)
- June: Spanish Grand Prix (1st), Canadian Grand Prix (15th), Austrian Grand Prix (29th)
- July: British Grand Prix (6th), Belgian Grand Prix (27th)
- August: Hungarian Grand Prix (3rd), Dutch Grand Prix (31st)
- September: Italian Grand Prix (7th), Azerbaijan Grand Prix (21st)
- October: Singapore Grand Prix (5th), United States Grand Prix (19th), Mexico City Grand Prix (26th)
- November: São Paulo Grand Prix (9th), Las Vegas Grand Prix (22nd), Qatar Grand Prix (30th)
- December: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (7th)
Australian Grand Prix Betting Tips
Remember to head over to the other F1 Tips page throughout the season for tips on other races and season-long markets.
Which markets do we cover for the F1 Races?
We feature a number of markets on this page and occasionally feature additional markets on the main F1 Tips page including markets without the favourite and constructor to score the most points.
The markets you will find here are:
- Race Winner
- Fastest Lap
- Podium Finish
Australian Grand Prix Most Popular Tip
If you are looking for the Most Popular Australian Grand Prix betting prediction then we have you covered. At the top of the page, we will highlight which outcome has been picked the most by the OLBG tipsters.
As well as the most tipped, you can also see the next two most tipped to get an idea of just how popular the most tipped outcome is.
Best Tipsters Australian Grand Prix Tip
Also, at the top we will highlight a tip from the 'Best F1 tipster', this will be the tipster who has shown the best profit of the past twelve months for their F1 tips.
How do I use the Australian Grand Prix Tips?
There are several ways of using the Australian Grand Prix tips, you could decide to go with the already mentioned 'Most Popular Tip' or the 'Best Tipsters Tip' or you can dig deeper.
The very knowledgeable tipsters will leave comments along with their tips, this is their reasoning as to why they have gone with that outcome.
Reading these comments can give you a great insight into their thinking, it can even make you a better punter as you can pick up on things you never knew.
When you do come across any tips that you wish to back, use the 'Add' to betslip option, you can add a single tip or you can add multiple tips.
You can then view your betslip to see which bookmaker is offering you the best odds for the selections that you have in your betslip.
Select this bookmaker and the items in the betslip will be transferred over to the bookie's site where you can then place your bet on the Australian Grand Prix.
Who are the best F1 tipsters?
To make things easy for you, head over to the 'Best F1 Tipsters' page, on this page we will list any F1 tipsters who have made a profit over the past twelve months and have tips available on F1 races.
Can I add my own F1 tips?
Of course, you are free to add your tips on the F1 races throughout the season and see if you can beat the other F1 tipsters to the monthly cash prizes! Also, remember it is FREE to enter the tipster competition!
When is the Next F1 Race?
Next up is round 2 of the 2025 F1 season and its Sprint Weekend for the Chinese Grand Prix with the main race being on Sunday 23rd March with racing at the Shanghai International Circuit.
Our motor racing content including for this Australian Grand Prix is meticulously crafted by Andy, a passionate F1 aficionado with a wealth of experience in the sport and never misses a race ensuring he's always up-to-date with the latest events.
