Posted on 03/05/2026 12:09:14 PM PST by Carriage Hill
Circuit: Albert Park First Grand Prix: 1996, Number of Laps: 58, Circuit Length: 3.295 km, Race Distance: 306.124 km, Lap Record: 1:19.813 Charles Leclerc (2024)
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Was surprised to see DirectTV is carrying the Apple F1 broadcast- so i’ll actually get to watch the races this year!!!
Welcome back!
I could understand firing her over her clothing choices
She looks skanky here.
I think she’s ok, she just always picks these Bizzaro Outfits and wears them on camera.
Looks like one of the hotel’s Turkish towels. Awful.
I think the most interesting story going into the weekend is the trouble at Aston Martin and the Honda engine vibrations. Might have to limit laps run for the health of the drivers.
https://x.com/ChrisMedlandF1/status/2029342271838040336
Victoria is a Solid Blue state after Round 1 of the four that make up this weekend. Supercars is the primary support race. Race 1 and qualifying for the Porsche Supercup have already happened.
TODAY:
1650-1735: F3 FP1
1800-1845: F2 FP1
2130-2230: F1 FP1
FRIDAY
0000-0030: F3 Qualifying
0055-0125: F2 Qualifying
0200-0300: F1 FP2
0325-0410: Supercars Race 2 (19 laps / 45 minutes)
0430-0530: Porsche Carrera Cup Race 2 (13 laps / 60 minutes)
1700-1730: Supercars Qualifying (Races 3 and 4, two sessions)
1915-2000: F3 Race 1 (20 laps / 45 minutes)
2030-2130: F1 FP3
2210-2300: F2 Race 1 (20 laps / 50 minutes)
SATURDAY
0000: F1 Qualifying (six eliminated per round)
0135-0215: Supercars Race 3 (19 laps / 45 minutes)
0240-0315: Porsche Carrera Cup Race 3 (13 laps / 45 minutes)
1650-1740: F3 Race 2 (23 laps / 50 minutes)
1810-1845: Supercars Race 4 (14 laps / 35 minutes)
1915-2030: F2 Race 2 (33 laps / 60 minutes)
2130: F1 drivers parade
2300-0300: F1 Qatar Airways Australian Grand Prix (58 laps / 120 minutes; if there is a red flag, time limit of 180 minutes from formation lap)
NOTA BENE: Daylight Savings Time will occur after 01.59.59, it becomes 03.00.00 in the United States Eastern Daylight Time.
It's entirely possible she doesn't pick them. She might have a publicity contract with some fashion designer.
Ya know those gorgeous suits that UFC announcer Bruce Buffer always wears? They all come from a bespoke tailor in Toronto who pays him to wear them. Plus he gets to keep the suits, which run $4000-$5000 each.
I just read an article on that this afternoon. 20-25 laps for the 2 AM drivers is nuts. “Something’s afoot, Watson”...
I think “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” is more apropos.
Newey: No spare batteries for Aston Martin. (https://speedcafe.com/f1-news-2026-australian-grand-prix-honda-aston-martin-issues-battery-shortage-adrian-newey-comments-update/)
FP1 results (Position, Car No. Behind Leader, laps driven):
1. 16 LEC 1:20.27 33
2. 44 HAM +0.469 30
3. 3 VER +0.522 27
4. 6 HAD +0.820 24
5. 41 LIN +1.046 22
6. 81 PIA +1.075 21
7. 63 RUS +1.104 26
8. 12 ANT +1.109 24
9. 5 BOR +1.429 23
10. 27 HUL +1.702 21
11. 31 OCO +1.894 28
12. 55 SAI +2.056 30
13. 30 LAW +2.346 28
14. 87 BEA +2.415 25
15. 23 ALB +2.863 24
16. 43 COL +3.058 26
17. 77 BOT +3.755 24
18. 10 GAS +3.768 27
19. 1 NOR +4.124 7
20. 11 PER +4.353 14
21. 18 STR +30.067 3
22. 14 ALO NT
FP2 Results:
1. 81 PIA 1:19.73 26
2. 12 ANT +0.214 31
3. 63 RUS +0.320 28
4. 44 HAM +0.321 32
5. 16 LEC +0.562 30
6. 3 VER +0.637 13
7. 1 NOR +1.065 29
8. 41 LIN +1.193 30
9. 6 HAD +1.212 28
10. 31 OCO +1.450 29
11. 87 BEA +1.597 31
12. 27 HUL +1.622 34
13. 30 LAW +1.629 29
14. 5 BOR +1.939 28
15. 23 ALB +2.118 32
16. 10 GAS +2.438 16
17. 55 SAI +2.524 10
18. 43 COL +2.890 27
19. 77 BOT +3.931 28
20. 14 ALO +4.933 18
21. 18 STR +6.087 13
22. 11 PER NT 2
New driver on the list: 41 - Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls-Ford)
New team assignment: 6 -Isack Hadjar (Red Bull - Ford) (was Racing Bulls-Honda last year),
Returning after a year off: 77 - Valtteri Bottas and 11 - Sergio Perez (TWG-Ferrari)
Thank you very much!
All I got through yesterday was FP1...Mayham should be on the menu for this weekend!
All I get my information on F1 is from Aussie media because David Ellison owns the local broadcaster (CBS Sports on Network Ten).
Podcast about the race: https://speedcafe.com/f1-news-2026-australian-grand-prix-f1-oscar-piastri-practice-supercars-brodie-kostecki/
There were a TONNE of incidents for a 63 mile (19 laps) Supercars race Friday morning too. And Victoria stays a BLUE STATE. No signs of red or white. (Australian motorsport fans’ traditional use of colours for manufacturers, used in NASCAR especially since 2013 when it was Commodore vs Ford in NASCAR from 2013-17)
The first time I heard of Speedcafe was the 2011 US broadcast of the Bathurst 1000. Note a name that Mike Joy says very often today and how Australian fans who later found this video were impressed with his racecraft over Supercars’ own television where you can sense he’s watching his window (and Matt White stuck to his screen).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whNYU9KzP7Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whNYU9KzP7Y
Could be but she still put them on. Maybe she has a phobia about mirrors.
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By the 90% rule, cars that finish 90% or more of race distance get credit for finishing.
Betting $1 that fewer than 16.5 drivers will be "classified" could win you $1.50. Betting $2.00 that more than 16.5 drivers will be "classified" could win you $1.00. So the odds-makers are banking on 5-6 DNFs.
If 16 cars finish this race, I'd bet a sack full of Double White Castles with cheese that at least a third of them will not be on the same lap as the winner.
Not listed here but betting $1 that "more than 21.5" cars will finish pays $28.
Aston Martin is heavily favored to be the first team to have a retirement ($2.50 bet pays $1). Lance Stroll is favored to be the first driver to retire ($1 bet pays $1.50).
Betting $2.75 that the safety car will be deployed pays $1. Betting $1 it won't pays $2.80.
Russell is favored to win ($1 pays $2.30), followed by Leclerc ($1 pays $4.70) and Verstappen ($1 pays $6).
A $1 bet that Stroll (Or Bottas. Or Perez) will win from pole pays $4000.
Or maybe she has a fetish for folding money.
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