2018 Australian Grand Prix

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The 2018 Australian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 2018 Rolex Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 25 March 2018 in Melbourne, Victoria. The race was contested at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit and was the first round of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship. The race marked the 83rd race in the combined history of the Australian Grand Prix – which dates back to the 100 Miles Road Race of 1928 – and the 23rd time the event was held at the Albert Park circuit. Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel was the defending race winner. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton started the race from pole – his seventh pole position in Australia, a record for the event – while Vettel successfully defended his race win, the 48th of his career, and stood on the podium for the 100th time. Hamilton finished the race in second place and Kimi Räikkönen completed the podium by finishing in third place for Ferrari. The race marked the official Formula One debuts of future Grand...

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