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Australian GP chief provides verdict on F1 evening race in Melbourne
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Australian GP chief provides verdict on F1 evening race in Melbourne

By Miles Cooper March 17, 2025
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The is not going to change to an evening race within the close to future, confirmed CEO of the occasion Travis Auld.

Albert Park hosted the season-opening race of the season for the primary time since 2019 this 12 months, with profitable a within the rain.

However whereas the 3pm (native) begin time is handy for audiences in Australia and Asia, followers within the UK needed to get up at 4am (GMT) on Sunday to observe the race, with for ’s Ferrari debut.

The inconvenience of the beginning time for European followers has led to options the road circuit might host an evening race sooner or later – with similarities to nighttime classes at tennis’s Australian Open – however Aus GP Company boss Auld insists the present schedule works properly for the occasion, the spectators and the game itself.

“I’ve had these conversations with Formulation One,” mentioned Auld, when requested by The Unbiased concerning the prospect of an evening race sooner or later.

“There was much more strain for an evening race, purely due to the European bias of the calendar. Because the calendar has grown and broadened, I am unsure that is the case as a lot anymore.

“And in reality, I feel we share the view with F1, that this occasion works fairly properly throughout the day with the backdrop of the town. So, in the mean time, we have no nice cause to think about altering the time.”

The favored race, in 2023, began at 4pm native time – 6am within the UK, after the clocks modified previous to the April race – however was altered final 12 months attributable to an prolonged, purple flag-impacted race 12 months prior, when the low solar within the night impacted the visibility of the drivers.

With the race having a contract with F1 till 2037, Auld didn’t rule out a transfer of the beginning time to assist European followers sooner or later, saying: “There’s an entire lot of things that go into the timing of it: the general monitor schedule, what time of 12 months it’s, the affect on daylight saving and so there is a collection of issues that have to be thought-about.

Australian GP chief provides verdict on F1 evening race in Melbourne

“If we might transfer the time round, as a result of it labored higher for everybody, in fact we’d try this. It is simply not so simple as selecting a time which may work for one fan.”

This 12 months’s occasion in Melbourne set a brand new document of 465,498 followers over 4 days – the very best attendance on document at Albert Park.

Silverstone has the modern-day document for the very best attendance, at 480,000 in 2023 and 2024, whereas the ultimate Australian GP in Adelaide in 1995 hosts the all-time F1 document at 520,000.

The second race of the 2025 season takes place this weekend with the Chinese language Grand Prix, and the primary dash weekend of the season, in Shanghai.

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