ALBERT PARK
First GP at Albert Park: 1953
First World Championship GP: 1996
Race winner’s trophy: a copy of Sir Jack Brabham’s ’50s Cooper steering wheel
Number of spectators on raceday: 120,000
Number of corporate meals served over the race w/e: 55,000
Number of people employed in staging the race: 10,000
Number of journalists at the race: 350
Race start time: 1700hrs
Race laps: 58
Downforce level: High
Gearchanges per lap: 56
Pitstop delta: 20 secs
Amount of lap spent at full throttle: 65%
Longest uninterrupted stretch of full throttle: 10 secs (pit straight)
Fuel consumption per lap: 3 litres
Amount of fuel to complete the race: 140 litres
Maximum longitudinal g-force per lap: 5.3g (Turn 1)
Maximum lateral g-force per lap: 3g (Turn 12)
Max brake pressure: 136kg (Turn 1)
Number of overtaking moves in 2011: 28 (after lap 1)
THE TYRES
Number of tyres shipped to Australia: 1,728
Number of dry weather tyres allocated to each driver: 11 sets (6 prime, 5 option)
Number of intermediate tyres allocated to each driver: 4 sets
Number of wet tyres allocated to each driver: 3 sets
Expected life of a medium tyre at Albert Park: 20 laps
Expected life of a soft tyre at Albert Park: 14 laps
Tyre pressures in F1: 18psi
THE CARS
Minimum weight: 640kg (including driver)
Top speed: 350kph
0-160kph-0: 4 secs
At 120kph… the cars generate their own weight in downforce
Fuel tank size: 150 litres
THE TEAMS
Team members taken to Melbourne: 47 mechanics and engineers, with up to 50 more involved in marketing, management and catering
Number of people involved in a pitstop: 19
Number of chassis per team: 3 (two race chassis, one spare)
Number of front wings: 4
Number of gearboxes: 4
Number of engines per car per season: 8
Penalty for using more than 8 engines: 10-place grid penalty
THE DRIVERS
No Australian has ever won the Australian Grand Prix
Number of Australian drivers on the grid: 2 (Mark Webber, Daniel Ricciardo)
Number of different nationalities on the grid: 12
Number of helmets taken by a driver to each race: 2
Number of overalls taken to each race: 4
Amount of sweat produced during a race: up to 4 litres
What the driver can change from the cockpit: KERS, DRS, brake balance, engine mode, differential.
Driver with most Australian GP starts: Michael Schumacher, 15
World Champions on the grid: 6 (Seb Vettel 2010, ’11; Jenson Button 2009; Lewis Hamilton 2008; Kimi Raikkonen 2007; Fernando Alonso 2005, ’06; Michael Schumacher 1994, ’95, ’00, ’01, ’02, ’03, ’04).
No Italians: this is the first race not to feature an Italian driver since the German GP in 1973
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