{"id":521532,"date":"2026-03-06T02:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T02:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/521532\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T02:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T02:10:09","slug":"formula-1-australian-grand-prix-friday-live-updates-and-results-practice-session-times-aedt-oscar-piastri-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/521532\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix Friday live updates and results, practice session times AEDT, Oscar Piastri, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 Formula 1 season has arrived, with Friday practice for the Australian Grand Prix set to provide the first real proof of the pecking order for this season. Live updates below!<\/p>\n<p>Oscar Piastri is back home for the first time since his brilliant 2025 campaign, where he led the world championship for much of the season and won seven races.<\/p>\n<p>Fox Sports, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every practice, qualifying session and race in the 2026 FIA Formula One World Championship\u2122 LIVE in 4K. New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=f1&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkmotorsport-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-mtr-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>But he was incredibly unlucky last year at Albert Park, spinning out while running second behind teammate and eventual world champion Lando Norris.<\/p>\n<p>It means there has still never been an Australian driver on the podium at the Australian Grand Prix (after final classification).<\/p>\n<p>First practice runs between 12:30pm and 1:30pm AEDT, while second practice is between 4pm and 5pm AEDT.<\/p>\n<p>Follow live coverage from Friday at the Australian Grand Prix below!<\/p>\n<p>AUSTRALIAN GP SCHEDULE<\/p>\n<p>All times AEDT<\/p>\n<p>Friday, March 6<\/p>\n<p>Free Practice 1 \u2014 12:30pm &#8211; 1:30pm<\/p>\n<p>Free Practice 2 \u2014 4pm &#8211; 5pm<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, March 7<\/p>\n<p>Free Practice 3 \u2014 12:30pm &#8211; 1:30pm<\/p>\n<p>Qualifying \u2014 4pm &#8211; 5pm<\/p>\n<p>Sunday March 8<\/p>\n<p>Grand Prix \u2014 3pm<\/p>\n<p>SUPERCARS SCHEDULE<\/p>\n<p>Friday, March 6<\/p>\n<p>Race 2 (19 Laps) \u2014 5.25pm &#8211; 6.10pm<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, March 7<\/p>\n<p>Qualifying 3 (Race 3) \u2014 9am &#8211; 9.12am<\/p>\n<p>Qualifying 4 (Race 4) \u2014 9.22am &#8211; 9.30am<\/p>\n<p>Race 3 (19 Laps) \u2014 5:35pm &#8211; 6:20pm<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, March 8<\/p>\n<p>Race 4 (14 Laps) \u2014 10.20am &#8211; 10.55am<\/p>\n<p>FOX MOTORSPORT COVERAGE START TIMES<\/p>\n<p>Friday, March 6 \u2014 8.50am<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, March 7 \u2014 9am<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, March 8 \u2014 8.45am<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 Formula 1 season has arrived, with Friday practice for the Australian Grand Prix set to provide&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-521532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}