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Albert Park Circuit

Melbourne, Australia

Albert Park runs around a lake in a city park, a semi-permanent circuit that is smooth, quick and flowing, with a rhythm that rewards a driver willing to commit. Walls and grass edges sit close in places, so the margins tighten the harder you push, and the fast run through the middle of the lap asks for real confidence in the car. The quick changes of direction reward a car that turns in cleanly and settles fast.

Set close to central Melbourne, the circuit has a distinctive character: part street track, part road course, lined by trees and grandstands full of a passionate local crowd. It is a place drivers tend to enjoy, a fast lap on a scenic layout that flatters commitment and precision rather than outright power.

The gap, in metres

2026 Qualifying here. Each driver’s time gap converted to the distance it actually puts them behind at racing speed.

#DriverGapDistance
1George Russellreference
2Kimi Antonelli+0.29324.1 m
3Isack Hadjar+0.78564.5 m
4Charles Leclerc+0.80966.5 m
5Oscar Piastri+0.86270.9 m
6Lando Norris+0.95778.7 m
7Lewis Hamilton+0.96078.9 m
8Liam Lawson+1.476121.4 m
9Gabriel Bortoleto+1.703140.0 m
10Nico Hulkenberg+1.785146.8 m

Across the full field, George Russell to Max Verstappen covers 1932.8 m.

See the full 2026 Qualifying drawn to scale

On the radio here

1,048 messages recorded at this circuit, 2018 to 2025.

Every session drawn to scale

The radio archive, season by season