Tag Archives: Albert Park

Leading figures in formula one are calling on the sport to scrap the new ‘musical chairs’ qualifying format after the woeful spectacle of Melbourne. The eleventh-hour format tweak was controversial ...

The future of the Australian grand prix is secure. “To know there are many more home grands prix to come is great,” new F1 sensation Daniel Ricciardo told the Herald ...

An Australian federal politician has argued Melbourne’s grand prix should be axed because it bankrolls “Bernie’s billionaire bogan”. Kelvin Thomson told parliament that much of the fee paid by the ...

Bernie Ecclestone has expressed frustration with the attitude of Australia’s formula one race organisers. The F1 chief executive is pushing for the Melbourne race, with a contract through 2015, to ...

Bernie Ecclestone has angrily hit back at calls for the Australian grand prix to be moved away from Melbourne. The city’s Lord Mayor Robert Doyle said recently that the annual ...

Australian grand prix boss Ron Walker has scolded Melbourne’s Lord Mayor for questioning the future of the city’s annual event. Lord Mayor Robert Doyle wrote in the Herald Sun’s Sunday ...

Officials have denied reports there are serious moves afoot to relocate Melbourne’s Australian grand prix. With the current contract for Albert Park running until 2015, and in light of mounting ...

A new venue for the Australian grand prix beyond 2015 could be shaping up near Melbourne. Earlier this month, Calder Park owner Bob Jane denied a major redevelopment of his ...