Melbourne: Witness the launch of the F1 Grand Prix 2018 season
Staff Writer |
The Formula One Australian Grand Prix is set in picturesque surroundings with artificial lakes, circuiting over roadways through cricket fields, combining high, medium and low-speed corners, a couple of chicanes with several overtaking areas in braking zones.
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The Australian Grand Prix is much more than a Sunday race and the days before the main event alone are worth travelling to Oz for.
Shuttle buses operate around the venue and are provided free of charge for all Corporate Hospitality guests. Sunscreen and earplugs included in all packages.
The festivities take place at Albert Park, one of the most picturesque and unique F1 racetracks on the planet. The track is literally embedded in the city limits, sandwiched between Melbourne's hopping central business district (CBD) and the iconic beaches of St Kilda.
Attendees can be watching windsurfers in St Kilda at lunch and an hour later be asking Lewis Hamilton for an autograph.
Or on race day, spectators can grab a flat white coffee and smashed avocado breakfast from one of Melbourne's famous cafes and easily be in their grandstand seat by lunchtime.
Aerial displays, concerts, Fan Zones, car displays and driver interactions are just a few of the festivities available to attendees in previous years.
Australian GT will utilise upgraded LED light panels for the 2018 season commencing at the Australian Grand Prix.
The LED panels in the windscreen of each car were introduced during the 2017 Australian GT Championship and will provide fans with even more information this year.
In 2017 the LED panels were primarily used to show the stationary time in the pits for each car. Also showcasing the cars race number while on track.
In 2018 they will also be used to broadcast the car’s position in class, allowing fans both at the track and watching from home to more easily follow the action.
The 2018 Australian GT Championship will be made up of three classes during the three sprint events, the first of which being at Albert Park. Outright Championship class competitors will be joined by Trophy class for older GT3 models, while GT4 will have their own class.
Developed in Australia, the panels will update each lap through the Australian GT developed data logger located in each car, reflect positional changes automatically.
The 2018 CAMS Australian GT Championship will be on track Albert Park in Melbourne on March 22-25.
After the Grand Prix, take a victory lap around Victoria by booking a package. Penguins, hot springs, rainforests and kangaroos await. ■