2023 Formula One Australian Grand Prix track schedule announced
Formula One cars return to Melbourne in April – including the home-race debut of Australian F1 rookie Oscar Piastri – for the 2023 Australian Grand Prix.
The Formula One Australian Grand Prix will return to Melbourne’s Albert Park Circuit in April – as the third round of the championship for the second year in a row – after a two-year hiatus due to the global coronavirus pandemic.
The 2023 running of the event will mark the first home Grand Prix for highly-rated Australian rookie Oscar Piastri, who makes his F1 debut this year with McLaren.
Piastri replaces fellow Australian – and eight-time Formula One race winner – Daniel Ricciardo, who parted ways with the team at the end of 2022 and is now a reserve driver with his former team Red Bull Racing.
The Formula One sessions on Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be joined by on-track action from support racing categories including the Porsche Carrera Cup, Supercars Championship, and for the first time, Formula Two and Formula Three junior open-wheel championships.
Historic demonstrations will take place on track throughout the weekend – while off track there will be fan events around the circuit’s grounds, and live music performances.
“We are thrilled to welcome Formula Two and Formula Three to the Formula One Rolex Australian Grand Prix 2023. With Australians on the track in every category, fans can expect four action-packed days of racing,” Australian Grand Prix Corporation, Division Manager - Motorsport, David Corrigan, said in a media statement.
The full on-track schedule – as published by Australian Grand Prix organisers earlier in February – is below.
Thursday 30 March
- 09:30 – Gates Open
- 10:00-10:20 – Historic Demonstration
- 10:30-11:00 – Porsche Carrera Cup, Practice 1
- 11:25-11:55 – Supercars, Practice 1
- 12:30-13:00 – Porsche Carrera Cup, Qualifying
- 13:15-13:45 – Supercars, Practice 2
- 14:45-15:00 – Supercars, Qualifying (Race 1)
- 15:10-15:25 – Supercars, Qualifying (Race 2)
- 16:50-17:35 – Supercars, Race 1
- 18:00-18:35 – Porsche Carrera Cup – Race 1
- 19:30 – Gates Close
Friday 31 March
- 08:30 – Gates Open
- 08:50-09:35 – Formula Three, Free Practice
- 10:00-10:45 – Formula Two, Free Practice
- 11:40-12:00 – Historic Demonstration
- 12:30-13:30 – Formula One, Practice 1
- 14:00-14:30 – Formula Three, Qualifying
- 14:50-15:25 – Supercars, Race 2
- 16:00-17:00 – Formula One, Practice 2
- 17:30-18:00 – Formula Two, Qualifying
- 18:25-18:55 – Porsche Carrera Cup, Race 2
- 19:30 – Gates Close
- 21:00 – After Dark Gates Close (Gates 1 and 8)
Saturday 1 April
- 09:00 – Gates Open
- 09:30-09:45 – Supercars, Qualifying (Race 3)
- 09:55-10:10 – Supercars, Qualifying (Race 4)
- 11:00-11:40 – Formula Three, Sprint Race
- 12:30-13:30 – Formula One, Practice 3
- 13:40-14:00 – Historic Demonstration
- 14:25-15:10 – Formula Two, Sprint Race
- 16:00-17:00 – Formula One, Qualifying
- 17:25-17:55 – Supercars, Race 3
- 18:25-18:55 – Porsche Carrera Cup, Race 3
- 19:30 – Gates Close
- 21:00 – After Dark Gates Close (Gates 1 and 8)
Sunday 2 April
- 08:30 – Gates Open
- 09:05-09:50 – Formula Three, Feature Race
- 10:20-10:50 – Supercars, Race 4
- 11:35-12:35 – Formula Two, Feature Race
- 13:00-13:30 – Formula One, Drivers’ Parade
- 15:00 – Formula One Rolex Australian Grand Prix
- 18:00 – Gates Close
- 20:30 – After Dark Gates Close (Gates 1 and 8)