The first track we’ll look at is, and has been for a while now, the first circuit on the F1 calendar, Albert Park. The Australian Grand Prix moved from a location known as Fisherman’s Creek in 1953, where the circuit would be formed along public roads around the park but unfortunately the Grand Prix only lasted around five years before it was brought to an end in 1958 due to political issues. For more than 30 years the park fell silent until in 1996 the Australian GP returned to Albert Park thanks to a new state Premier who brought it back to help boost tourism to the region.

When it returned racing took place in the opposite direction and the track’s only section that was the same was Lakeside Drive. Since then only a few amendments have been made including the removal of the Pit lane chicane and when the V8 Supercar circuit was made, the F1 circuit gained an extra 0.001km.

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