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Future Australian Grand Prix scheduling up in the air

Record crowds at the Australian Grand Prix were a welcome boost for organisers after a two-year hiatus, but where the race sits in the Formula 1 calendar remains up in the air. Albert Park has traditionally hosted the Championship's opener but was slotted in as the third stop this year after a Middle East doubleheader in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. An estimated 419,000 people flocked to Albert Park over the four-day race week from Thursday to Sunday, outstripping the previous record attendance of about 401,000 when Melbourne's lakeside circuit first hosted the Grand Prix in 1996. While the crowds underlined a Netflix-fuelled resurgence of interest in F1, drivers were cool on the race's...
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