F1 Preview Australia | Ferrari, the opening trip of the world championship requires a special effort

The first team members left last Friday, the last ones will arrive mid-week. Such a long trip, sixteen thousand kilometers and a whole day of travel, cannot be improvised. Especially if it's the first of the championship. TIt is also true that in Australia, for the team, the times are "operational" as early as Wednesdays. When F.1 raced in Adelaide (another street circuit, but much shorter and slower) the Australian Grand Prix used to close the season. Now he opens it. “Modern” F.1 has been racing in Melbourne since 1996, but the circuit was already active in the 50s. The atmosphere, the meadows, the scent of the eucalyptus trees and the charm of the city immediately made it popular with the public and professionals, so much so that it was forgotten that in the nineteenth century, before the artificial lake was built, the area had also been used as a… waste dump.

Technically, the track has particular characteristics especially due to the asphalt, given that it is a semi-permanent path. A nice mix of braking, fast sections and more guided sections that put traction to the test. Even on the other side of the planet, Scuderia Ferrari feels at home. The Italian community, in fact, is the second largest after the Anglo-Saxon one in the urban area; and immigration has not stopped, in fact it has resumed in recent years. It is not at all unusual to hear someone address you in our language, but Melbourne is also a cosmopolitan and multi-ethnic city. All to be enjoyed, for those who have the time to do so…