With mud already settled on two of the season’s opening rounds, one every at Bahrain and the opposite at Saudi Arabia, the main target of the F1 circus has shifted to spherical three of the 2024 world championship season. This brings us to the famed Australian Grand Prix- a contest that’s as rollicking as it’s famed.
Technically talking, the first-ever set up of the Australian Grand Prix was again in 1928, which signifies its presence within the sport through the pre-war period.
Nonetheless, within the many years that adopted, the vastly common occasion shifted its base from Phillip Island to 2 different venues, Adelaide and Melbourne, in that order.
In the previous couple of many years, the Melbourne-bound road course has captured the creativeness of globetrotting followers who’ve witnessed the dominant performances of the likes of Mercedes and Ferrari and as seen most just lately, Crimson Bull.
That being informed, the drivers who’ve received essentially the most variety of Grands Prix right here at Australia occur to be Michael Schumacher; the German legend has to his identify no fewer than 4 wins.
Nonetheless, to speak of a few of the most exhilarating skills of System 1, the likes of Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso too, have dominated the checkered racing venue.
The place it involves former System 1 drivers, then the likes of Kimi Raikkonen (profitable in 2013 with Lotus) and Sebastian Vettel (profitable with Ferrari) painted the city crimson Down Beneath.
However what’s stunning is that somebody as proficient and fiercely aggressive as Daniel Ricciardo has by no means received a single Australian Grand Prix contest.
Now even because the widely-known Perth-born driver’s possibilities of celebrating on the highest step of the rostrum right here at Melbourne appear a fairly far-fetched actuality or one thing that’s extra like a dream like state of affairs given he’s within the junior Crimson Bull staff, what’s a bit stunning is that Ricciardo is a driver who emerged triumphant in a number of circuits all over the world.
A few of them had been, it could possibly be argued, way more aggressive and gruelling than the road observe on the Melbourne park.
Daniel Ricciardo, who’s but to win an Australian Grand Prix, has in opposition to his identify checkered wins at distinctly aggressive venues reminiscent of Shanghai (China), Monaco (Monte Carlo), and Baku (Azerbaijan), to call a number of.
In all, the favored Honeybadger, who even received a defiant contest at Monza in his McLaren years has eight wins in all. And but, to have by no means received a Grand Prix of Australia is someplace disappointing.
Though, all of that stated, he can be most concerned about saving his profession in the meanwhile, which reality be informed, will not be in its most glowing state. Wouldn’t you agree?
However to talk particularly about those that maintain an excellent likelihood at profitable the Australian Grand Prix, the likes of Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez of Crimson Bull come to the thoughts.
Curiously, Perez, fondly often known as Checo who too hasn’t but received at Australia, holds the file for scoring the fastest-ever lap on the Australian Grand Prix. So perhaps a win this time round will do it for the proficient Mexican?
