Australian Grand Prix 2022: Time, TV, schedule, live stream

For the first time since 2020, Formula 1 heads to a new and hopefully improved Albert Park for the 2022 Australian Grand Prix.

While Formula 1 was last at Albert Park in 2020, no on-track competition ever took place.

As the global pandemic took hold, the race weekend was postponed and eventually cancelled shortly before the opening practice session, so the 2022 staging of the Australian Grand Prix will mark the first Formula 1 action here since 2019.

Mercedes are set to bring a new rear ring to Albert Park, but will it be enough to take them closer to the leading duo of Ferrari and Red Bull?

Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen have a win apiece in 2022, but as Sergio Perez demonstrated in Saudi Arabia, it is no given that the only Verstappen and Leclerc will be fighting for the Australian Grand Prix win.

Here is everything you need to know ahead of the 2022 Australian Grand Prix.

Practice 1: Friday April 8, 1300 local time (0400 UK time)

Practice 2: Friday April 8, 1600 local time (0700 UK time)

Practice 3: Saturday April 9, 1300 local time (0400 UK time)

Qualifying: Saturday April 9, 1600 local time (0700 UK time)

Race: Sunday April 10, 1500 local time (0600 UK time)

Albert Park has been the sole host of the Australian Grand Prix since 1996.

Located just three kilometres south of central Melbourne, for Formula 1’s visit the city is transformed with Albert Park converted into a challenging street circuit.

Albert Park is steeped in Formula 1 history having also hosted non-World Championship races in the early 1950s and, with the track regularly hosting the first race of the season in past years, has been the circuit where the likes of Sir Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso have all made their official