SHEET: City: Melbourne Layout: Albert Park Date: March 25th, 2018 Circuit’s creation date: 1953 First Grand Prix: 1996 The Australian GP has been raced: 22 times in Melbourne and 11 in Adelaide Laps: 58 Perimeter: 5,303 Km Total Distance: 307.574 Km Orientation: clockwise direction The Pole Position: on track’s left hand side Distance from the start line to the first curve: 380 m Curves: 16 Lap record in a race: 1m 24.125s (Michael Schumacher/ Ferrari, 2004) Best lap in any instance: 1m 22.188s (Sebastian Vettel/ Red Bull, 2011) In 2017: Pole Sitter: L. Hamilton (Mercedes) with 1m 22.188 at 232.282 Kph/ average Podium: Vettel, Hamilton and Bottas Winner: S. Vettel (Ferrari) 1 hour 24m 11.672 at 215.408 Kph/ average Fastest lap in a race: the 56. K. Raikkonen (Ferrari) 1m 26.538 at 220.605 Kph/ average DRS Zones: Zone 1   – On the straight to the finish line Zone 2   – Between curves 2 and 3 Zone 3   – Between curves 12 and 13 (three overtaking zones for the first time) Speed limit on the Pitlane: 60 Kph the whole weekend More: Selected tires: Soft / Super-soft / Ultra-soft Maximum speed: 320.8 Kph At full galop: the 61% Distance without slowing down: 843 m Aerodynamics: high Fuel consumption: 1.66 Kg/ Lap Fuel ballast: 0.051 sec/ Lap Automatic transmission: 55/ Lap Curve + fast to: 250 Kph (The 11 and 12) Curve + slow to: 90 Kph (Curve 15) Safety Car possibility: 48% Weather forecast: Friday: light clouds. Temperature high 26°C / low 16°C Saturday: cloudy with some rain. Temperature high 23°C / low 15°C Sunday: rain. Temperature high 19° C / low 13°C 2018 Timetable: (Central Mexico) Thursday 22 Practice 1 at 20:00  Friday 23 Practice 2 at 00:00 Practice 3 at 22:00 Saturday 24 Qualifying round at 01:00 Sunday 25 Grand Prix at 00:10 (Saturday past midnight) On TV: On Sky (FOX Premium) Driver-commissioner: Emanuele Pirro Next race: Bahrain Grand Prix: April 8th