{"id":524402,"date":"2024-03-20T15:54:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T13:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betcentral.onpressidium.com\/?p=524402"},"modified":"2024-03-20T15:54:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T13:54:57","slug":"2024-formula-1-australian-grand-prix-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/formula-1\/2024-formula-1-australian-grand-prix-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Formula 1: Australian Grand Prix Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Formula 1 leaves the Middle East and heads Down Under to the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reigning world champion Max Verstappen has won the first two races of the season and is on course for a 10th consecutive win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can Ferrari continue to improve and challenge the Red Bulls at the front? Will Oscar Piastri and Daniel Ricciardo impress the Aussie fans rooting for them? Sean Parker previews the Australian GP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">The Track<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Albert Park circuit was the season-opener for many years before the F1 calendar ballooned. It\u2019s a temporary circuit that uses some of the roads in the area and can be challenging for drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The organisers spent money to resurface the circuit in 2022 and the asphalt takes a few sessions to rubber in. There are four DRS zones, the most of any track, to encourage overtaking. For 2024 DRS is activated after lap one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The circuit has awesome high-speed sections and a couple of years ago Lewis Hamilton averaged 235km\/h around Albert Park for his pole lap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The teams will need to set up their cars with a mix of low and high downforce characteristics. Most importantly a car that will perform well around this circuit must have a well-sorted chassis, as that gives the drivers the advantage in the high-speed corners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div   id="7rtdq1biye"    class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div   id="7rtdq1biye"    class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-text-color has-background no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bet.machibet777-affiliate.com\/sports\/motor-racing\/formula-1-bahrain-gp\/\" style=\"background-color:#f2a12a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bet Now: Formula 1<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">Is Perez The Only Driver Who Can Challenge Verstappen?<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Verstappen hasn\u2019t been under any pressure in the first two races, his Red Bull teammate Perez finished 22 seconds adrift in Bahrain and 13 seconds behind him in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The triple world champion is 15 points clear of the Mexican at this early stage of the season, and if Perez continues to produce similar performances, he may be the only credible challenger to Max.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ferrari should have Carlos Sainz back in the SF-24 this weekend after he was replaced for the latter part of the weekend in Jeddah by rookie Oliver Bearman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will be interesting to see if the Italian team can get closer to Red Bull this weekend, after making advancements in <a href=\"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/formula-1\/5-things-we-learned-from-the-saudi-arabian-grand-prix\/\">Saudi Arabia<\/a> compared to Bahrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Leclerc won here in 2022 and we\u2019ve installed the Monegasque driver to feature on the podium alongside the Red Bull drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further down the field, McLaren and Aston Martin are likely to battle behind the Ferraris. The MCL38 should prove to be rapid in the first two sectors which offer fast corners but could struggle in the final sector. Oscar Piastri wanted to put in a strong performance in front of his home crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mercedes aren\u2019t too confident going into the Albert Park circuit race. According to F1.com, the team\u2019s trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin says they will \u201cdesign some experiments\u201d for this weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>F1 info nugget:\u00a0<\/strong>Last year\u2019s Australian GP saw three red flags and only 12 cars finished the race.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><span class=\"green\">Predictions<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet.machibet777-affiliate.com\/sports\/motor-racing\/formula-1\/\">Winner: Verstappen<br>Podium: Verstappen, Leclerc, Perez<br>Winning Margin: Over 12 seconds<br>Fastest lap: Sainz<br>Pole position: Verstappen<br>First to retire: Pierre Gasly<br>Most Team Points: Red Bull<br>Both Cars Qualify for Q3 Shootout: McLaren<br>Practice 1\/2\/3 Winning Car: Norris\/ McLaren<br>Safety Car: Yes<br>Top 6: Stroll, Hamilton, Russell<br>Top 10: Albon, Hulkenberg, Tsunoda<br>Fastest pit stop: Ferrari<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Formula 1 leaves the Middle East and heads Down Under to the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":524404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","beyondwords_generate_audio":"1","beyondwords_project_id":"20741","beyondwords_content_id":"482d0c2b-efde-427a-873a-4e2fe06a77cb","beyondwords_preview_token":"693e0f91-99f2-4f47-9448-4b8309b36be6","beyondwords_player_style":"","beyondwords_language_id":"","beyondwords_title_voice_id":"","beyondwords_body_voice_id":"","beyondwords_summary_voice_id":"","beyondwords_error_message":"","beyondwords_disabled":"","beyondwords_delete_content":"","beyondwords_podcast_id":"482d0c2b-efde-427a-873a-4e2fe06a77cb","beyondwords_hash":"5d2975c3b86aefc5daa3d9437ce6bdff5fe1c43a","publish_post_to_speechkit":"","speechkit_hash":"","speechkit_generate_audio":"","speechkit_project_id":"","speechkit_podcast_id":"","speechkit_error_message":"","speechkit_disabled":"","speechkit_access_key":"","speechkit_error":"","speechkit_info":"","speechkit_response":"","speechkit_retries":"","speechkit_status":"","speechkit_updated_at":"","_speechkit_link":"","_speechkit_text":""},"categories":[1505],"tags":[1758,283,1785,1301,1786,105,1298,1565,1506,1911],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Australian Grand Prix - Preview<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Formula 1 leaves the Middle East and heads Down Under to the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/formula-1\/2024-formula-1-australian-grand-prix-preview\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2024 Formula 1: Australian Grand Prix Preview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Formula 1 leaves the Middle East and heads Down Under to the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/formula-1\/2024-formula-1-australian-grand-prix-preview\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bet Central\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/betcoza\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-20T13:54:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-20T13:54:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Bet-Central-Updated-2024-03-20T155322.717.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sean Parker\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sean_ParkerSA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@betcoza\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sean Parker\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Australian Grand Prix - Preview","description":"Formula 1 leaves the Middle East and heads Down Under to the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/formula-1\/2024-formula-1-australian-grand-prix-preview\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"2024 Formula 1: Australian Grand Prix Preview","og_description":"Formula 1 leaves the Middle East and heads Down Under to the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix.","og_url":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/formula-1\/2024-formula-1-australian-grand-prix-preview\/","og_site_name":"Bet Central","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/betcoza\/","article_published_time":"2024-03-20T13:54:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-03-20T13:54:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Bet-Central-Updated-2024-03-20T155322.717.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Sean Parker","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sean_ParkerSA","twitter_site":"@betcoza","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sean Parker","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/formula-1\/2024-formula-1-australian-grand-prix-preview\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/formula-1\/2024-formula-1-australian-grand-prix-preview\/"},"author":{"name":"Sean Parker","@id":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ba8b6980f636d57868b38505681b59d7"},"headline":"2024 Formula 1: Australian Grand Prix Preview","datePublished":"2024-03-20T13:54:55+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-20T13:54:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/formula-1\/2024-formula-1-australian-grand-prix-preview\/"},"wordCount":524,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/formula-1\/2024-formula-1-australian-grand-prix-preview\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Bet-Central-Updated-2024-03-20T155322.717.png","keywords":["Australian Grand Prix","betting tips","Charles Leclerc","Editor's Choice","Ferrari","Formula 1","Max Verstappen","Podcast","Red Bull","Sergio Perez"],"articleSection":["F1 News &amp; Updates"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/formula-1\/2024-formula-1-australian-grand-prix-preview\/","url":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/formula-1\/2024-formula-1-australian-grand-prix-preview\/","name":"Australian Grand Prix - Preview","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/formula-1\/2024-formula-1-australian-grand-prix-preview\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/formula-1\/2024-formula-1-australian-grand-prix-preview\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Bet-Central-Updated-2024-03-20T155322.717.png","datePublished":"2024-03-20T13:54:55+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-20T13:54:57+00:00","description":"Formula 1 leaves the Middle East and heads Down Under to the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/formula-1\/2024-formula-1-australian-grand-prix-preview\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/formula-1\/2024-formula-1-australian-grand-prix-preview\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/formula-1\/2024-formula-1-australian-grand-prix-preview\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Bet-Central-Updated-2024-03-20T155322.717.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Bet-Central-Updated-2024-03-20T155322.717.png","width":1200,"height":800,"caption":"Australian Grand Prix"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/formula-1\/2024-formula-1-australian-grand-prix-preview\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"2024 Formula 1: Australian Grand Prix Preview"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/","name":"Bet Central","description":"Sports Betting News, Predictions, Stats and Tips","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/#organization","name":"Bet.machibet777-affiliate.com","url":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1000x1000.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1000x1000.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"caption":"Bet.machibet777-affiliate.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/betcoza\/","https:\/\/x.com\/betcoza","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/betcoza\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCM4AQKDVv14sIh7hhSyHX1g"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ba8b6980f636d57868b38505681b59d7","name":"Sean Parker","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bet-Contributor.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Bet-Contributor.jpeg","caption":"Sean Parker"},"description":"Sean Parker is a motorsport journalist and sports content creator at The South African. He has worked for the country's premier motoring publications, and is a Formula 1 contributor to Bet.machibet777-affiliate.com, the Bet Central podcast, and Vision View Sports radio.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sean_ParkerSA"],"url":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/author\/sean-parker\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524402"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524402"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":524403,"href":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524402\/revisions\/524403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}