Australian Grand Prix
‘They don’t care about us’: Australian Grand Prix ticket prices rise again
Four-day general admission tickets for the Australian Grand Prix have increased by 107 per cent over the last five years as Formula 1’s popularity continues to skyrocket.
- Hannah Kennelly
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Grandstand moment: F1 champ Oscar Piastri to get Albert Park honour
Australia’s Formula 1 star Oscar Piastri will have a grandstand named after him at Melbourne’s Albert Park street circuit.
- Scott Spits
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- Formula 1
How ‘Papaya’ politics may decide Piastri’s F1 title hopes
The Australian driver is nine points clear at the top of the championship at the mid-season break, and only teammate Lando Norris stands between him and the title.
- Hannah Kennelly and Billie Eder
Public lockout at Albert Park GP precinct set to triple in length
The lockout from the Formula 1 precinct before and after the race would extend from seven days to three weeks under law changes proposed by the state government.
- Hannah Hammoud
Trees cut down in Albert Park to make way for $350m pit lane upgrade
Opponents of Formula 1’s annual takeover of the park say the felling of the trees only adds to the “environmental disaster” the event already causes in the park.
- Tom Cowie
‘Brad Pitt is annoyingly good at everything’: In F1, Damson Idris is just trying to keep up
The makers of Top Gun tapped A-lister Brad Pitt and rising star Damson Idris to make the greatest Formula One racing movie of all time.
- Thomas Mitchell
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- School funding
Race-day riches, classroom crumbs: School on GP track pleads for help
South Melbourne Park Primary, on the Grand Prix track, struggles with safety, funding and disruptions while the state spends hundreds of millions on car race facilities.
- Noel Towell
Huge F1 pit lane upgrade will give Albert Park more courts, better facilities for local sports
The new Albert Park facility will give critical revamps to F1 garages but also seven indoor sport courts and improved clubrooms for community sport.
- Staff reporters
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- Formula 1
An Australian star’s Formula 1 spot was already under threat. This monster crash hasn’t helped
Jack Doohan walked away from the wreck in a stunning testament to the safety features of modern F1 cars, but he appeared to move gingerly as he exited the track.
‘With all due respect’: Phantom social media post haunts show star
Sharp social media comments, an actor who denies posting them and a swift disappearance: things are getting a bit dramatic at Opera Australia.
- Stephen Brook