Forget Netflix, the real deal is almost here, an actual Formula One race and what a treat that it is Albert Park in Melbourne that kicks off the 2025 F1 season. Talking of kicking, our 2025 Australian F1 Grand Prix Preview will give the new F1 season the kick start it needs.
The Gurgler’s 2025 Australian F1 Grand Prix Preview brings some thoughts on the race itself, a more than a few barely interesting stats.
Essentially a quick summary of what a casual F1 fan needs in the shortest possible time for your convenience.
And for F1 opinion, stand by for the F1 Donkey’s Bold Predictions and Opinion.
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2025 Australian F1 Grand Prix Preview – Race Potential Rating
By Anthony Alessio Tralongo – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=110172274
The Gurgler does like to use some obscure drivers in our Race previews and report, so who better to use than Teo Fabi to determine a race rating system.
So before each race we give a rating out of ten for four key category that are loosely based on each letter of Teo Fabi’s surname. Don’t know who Teo Fabi is, you should.
FAST? 7 / 10 – Whilst not the outright fastest track, the proximity of the walls makes it look fast, and the new improved back straight and sweepers is a wonderful section of Formula 1 track to watch the new cars on.
ACTION? 9 / 10 – Albert Park is a track where stuff often happens, and throw in the fact it is the first race of the season you are almost guaranteed action-a-plenty.
BIG HISTORY? – 7 / 10 – The Australian Grand Prix has been around since 1985 and been in Melbourne since 1996, so it has quite the history of modern tracks. The fact it hosted the opening round of the season for a long time means the races stick in the mind more than other tracks.
INCLEMENT WEATHER? – 7 /10 The Weather Channel say 43% chance of rain on the Sunday and 31% chance for the Friday. Saturday is only 18%, but it is Melbourne, and there could be four seasons. Not weather, not the band.
RACE POTENTIAL RATING 75% – So much to like, and no reason not to join in for the first race of the season. Unless you prefer Netflix.
2025 Australian F1 Grand Prix Preview – Stats Summary
Want to know if your favourite driver for this weekend is a master of the track or the track is a master of them? Here then are some barely interesting facts and stats.
- Max Verstappen has retired from two of his last three visits here.
- Just two of the last ten pole sitters at Albert Park have won the race. Overall it is 10 wins from 22 starts. Pole sitters have failed to finish four times.
- Despite driving a bunch of underwhelming cars, Nico Hulkenberg has finished in the points in seven of his last eight races here. Five of those times in 7th.
- Lewis Hamilton has finished 2nd in five of his last seven starts here. He took six consecutive poles between 2014 and 2019 and won just once.
- Pierre Gasly has been surprisingly terrible in qualifying at Albert Park. He has the worst average grid slot for the drivers who have driven there in F1.
- Fernando Alonso has never taken pole at Albert Park in 19 starts and won just once.
Driver Stats – Australian GPs
Team Stats – Australian GPs
History Stats – Australian GP
99 = a DNF. Grid position 20 is overstated as that was also used for cars starting in pitlane. Results from 2016.
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