Formula 1 has not visited Albert Park, the home of the Australian Grand Prix since 2020, but we have to go even further to find out the last time the series raced around the venue. Although Formula 1 staff showed up for the 2020 Australian Grand Prix, which was due to start that season, the global pandemic had begun to prevail and the race weekend was cut short just before the green light for FP1. The Australian Grand Prix was later canceled, the same happened in 2021. However, a lot of work has been done in the absence of Formula 1, with the track undergoing a redesign that is hoped to significantly improve the quality of racing and open up more overtaking opportunities. Analyzing the changes earlier, Australian Grand Prix Corporation CEO Andrew Westacott told Motorsport.com: “Five seconds faster lap, but [with] cars of new specifications, closer races. “You can really follow the car forward and expect to be able to overtake and be in a competitive position. “The main location is turn 11 at the southern end of the lake near Ross Gregory Drive and Ross Gregory Oval. We expect it to be an important overtaking opportunity. “The expansion of five other speeds, especially the increase of speed in turn 6 where they are going to go from about 90 km / h to 150 km / h, which really regulates it for speeds above 330 km / h. around the lake [Drive]pulling four and a half C. Four DRS belts are to be used in Albert Park this weekend. FOUR! 😳 #AustralianGP # F1 pic.twitter.com/n8ZANhHPZL – PlanetF1 (@ Planet_F1) April 4, 2022 The track has also been reduced from 16 to 14 turns, however, we will see more DRS lanes than ever before. The first zone will be active in the main straight line, the detection line placed in the approach to the turn 13. Then there will be another DRS zone on the route from turn 2 down to turn 3. Leaving turn 6, this will be the first DRS detection point of this lap, as the drivers are then fed up to turn 9. And to provide further pace boost, the driver will be able to activate the DRS after leaving turn 8, the zone ends as it reaches the strong turning point of turn 9. Then there will be a final DRS lane for the lap, which will be activated as the drivers leave turn 10 and descend the short straight to the 90-degree clockwise turn 11, which has now been widened to make an overtaking effort both a little bit. more tempting.
