{"id":525705,"date":"2026-03-08T00:41:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T00:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/525705\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T00:41:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T00:41:21","slug":"f1-enters-new-formula-1-qatar-airways-australian-grand-prix-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/525705\/","title":{"rendered":"F1\u00ae enters new\u2026 | FORMULA 1 QATAR AIRWAYS AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fourth and final Supercars race of the weekend begins at 10:10 am with Will Brown starting from pole position. Brown ended teammate Broc Feeney\u2019s 28-race qualifying streak on Saturday, setting up a high-stakes battle for the points lead.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Randle, Aaron Cameron, Brodie Kostecki, and Matt Payne will be close behind, with Ryan Wood starting from sixth. The Toyota driver made significant ground from the back of the grid on Saturday and remains one to watch in his GR Supra.<\/p>\n<p>At 11:25 am, the FIA Formula 2\u2122 drivers take to the grid for their Feature Race. Pole-sitter Dino Beganovic and Martinius Stenshorne lead the field away from the front row.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriele Min\u00ec, who stormed from the back to sixth in the Sprint, will be looking to continue his progress over the longer distance. The Formula 1\u00ae Drivers\u2019 Parade follows at 1:00 pm, offering fans a chance to see the stars before they suit up.<\/p>\n<p>The afternoon also features a demonstration of the Repco-Brabham BT19, celebrating 60 years since Jack Brabham\u2019s historic World Championship win. At 3:00 pm, the lights go out for the first race of Formula 1\u2019s new era.<\/p>\n<p>The 58-lap journey will be the first true test for the new generation of machinery in race conditions. All eyes will be on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandprix.com.au\/fan-zone\/driver-profiles\/george-russell\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">George Russell<\/a> as he leads the field from pole position into Turn 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fourth and final Supercars race of the weekend begins at 10:10 am with Will Brown starting from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,16483,63,16482,817,16481,813,816,647,85],"class_list":["post-525705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-ausgp","tag-australia","tag-australian-grand-prix","tag-f1","tag-f1-tickets","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-melbourne","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525705","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=525705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}