Announcing our Track Schedule as Piastri gears up for homecoming

Following one of the most impressive rookie seasons since Lewis Hamilton’s 2007 debut, including scoring his first F1® points here at Albert Park, Melbourne’s own Oscar Piastri will line up for his second season with McLaren. The young driver is looking forward to what he calls a “very special event”.

“It was a pretty crazy race last year but to score my first-ever F1 points in front of a home crowd will stay with me for a long time.”

Joining Piastri and making it two Aussie drivers on the F1® grid for the first time since 2013, Daniel Ricciardo is making his highly anticipated return to a full-time seat, racing for Visa Cash App RB.

Formula 2® and Formula 3® will be back after debuting in 2023, with Australian F3 drivers Christian Mansell and Tommy Smith taking on their second seasons in the support series. The Sprint Races in both categories will bring extra thrills to the track on Saturday.

Practice and qualifying sessions for the three Formula categories will begin on Friday, and the final qualifying session for F1® will take place on Saturday afternoon.

TICKETS: A limited number of Park Pass tickets are available for Thursday and Friday at the Grand Prix™. Grab yours before they are all gone!

The feature races for F1, F2 and F3 will all run on Sunday, with lights out for the headline race of the weekend, the FORMULA 1 ROLEX AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX, at 3:00 pm.

The popular Supercars series will return to Albert Park for the MSS Security Melbourne Supersprint, along with premier one-make series Porsche Carrera Cup. The two national support categories will kick-start the track action on Thursday with practice, qualifying and the first races of the weekend.

For the first time at Albert Park, the Ford SuperVan will hit the track. Following its impressive 1:56:28 lap record at Bathurst, the fastest ever by a closed top, commercial or e-vehicle, all eyes will be on the SuperVan to see if there are any more speed records to be broken.

Also on track, in celebration of 60 years since Bruce McLaren’s first Grand Prix win in a car of his making, the legendary winning car be on show on the track at Albert Park, alongside some of the team’s most iconic cars from the 60s and 70s.

The full schedule can be found by clicking the button below.