Australian Grand Prix set to kick off 2025 season

The information was quickly deleted from the Australian Grand Prix website as well as its social networks, but it clearly suggests that the Albert Park circuit, located in Melbourne, will host the very first Grand Prix of the 2025 season. of Formula 1.

During the night from Thursday to Friday, the site of Australian Grand Prix published an article regarding the signing of Lewis Hamilton at Ferrari alongside Charles Leclerc. The event's communications department also wrote that the seven-time English world champion will make his first race under the colors of the Team, in Australia. “Even if the official dates for the 2025 season have not yet been determined by the FIA, we can announce that the Australian Grand Prix will open the 2025 season,” had initially written the Australian GP website, before retracting.

Pending confirmation from F1 or the FIA, everything suggests that Melbourne will resume in 2025 the historic role assigned to it: that of launching a Formula 1 campaign. A privilege whose city ​​has had 20 occasions over the 25 years of presence on the calendar since 1996.

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