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Ferrari's Charles Leclerc will start from pole position for the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park. Here's how and when you can watch the race.

For the entire 2022 F1 season, Channel 4 will broadcast highlights of every qualifying and race of each event. Current weather forecasts predict hot, dry and sunny conditions at Albert Park, with a very low chance of rain during the race. Sky Sports can also be accessed through NOW with a one-off day payment of £11.98 or a month membership of £33.99 per month. Live streaming through NOW is also available in the UK. Verstappen’s team-mate Sergio Perez claimed third place, while the other Ferrari of Carlos Sainz Jr endured a tough Q3 session and will start down in ninth. It capped a terrible day for Aston Martin as both Stroll and Sebastian Vettel crashed heavily in final practice.

Melbourne plays host to the third race of the 2022 Formula One season on Sunday morning.

How to watch the F1 Australian Grand Prix F1 have dropped four DRS zones around the circuit to ensure that overtaking levels can match the entertaining start to the new campaign, with Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc fighting for wins - and Lewis Hamilton off the pace. How to watch the F1 Australian Grand Prix: TV channel and live stream for third race of 2022 season

We're back in Melbourne for the first time since 2019. Here's how to watch the Australian Grand Prix no matter where you are.

For those wanting to watch home coverage of sports from overseas, a good VPN (opens in new tab) is the solution. Most people will want to go for F1 TV Pro, which is the way to live stream every F1 Grand Prix in full – along with F2, F3 and Porsche Supercup as well. Just note that not all regions have an F1 TV package with live Grand Prix coverage, with the UK and Australia being notable exceptions. With Lights Out at 3pm local time, F1 fans in Europe are in for an early morning – or a very late night – but, for those dedicated enough to tune in, this could be a crucial weekend in deciding the frontrunner of the season. Saturday kicks off at 3.45am for Practice 3, and Qualifying starts at 6am. Watch an Australian Grand Prix free live stream from anywhere. For Brits, though, it'll be a weekend of late nights and early mornings... Coverage of the Australian GP begins on Sky Sports F1 at 3.30am GMT on Friday for Practice 1, then 6.45am for Practice 2. We've put all the major VPNs through their paces and we rate ExpressVPN as our top pick, thanks to its speed, ease of use and strong security features. Here's how it works and how to use it. For the sake of good racing, we hope this pays off. Only the GP will tell, but we hope so.

But now after three years away the Melbourne race returns this weekend as Ferrari and Red Bull prepare to fight it out for the victory once more. The ...

We have things in the pipeline I think will help, but we need to put this behind us and move on. “We did’t have the pace to race Ferrari today, but it’s still frustrating not to bag those points. We have a good car so we are there, but today fundamentally we got a few things wrong and paid the price. t. We can’t accept DNFs, we need to understand the issue and get on top of it. If we want to keep that position we have to find more performance in the car. he doesn’t give up and was pushing until the end so I had to keep going to keep him behind. It’s going to take time but there’s so much potential in the car. I couldn’t fight for third because the engine as overheating so I had to sit behind and back off. We need to aprpoach each race track to do the best.” I can’t wait to be there but on the other hand we don’;t need to arrive there with the mindset of trying to do more. The reigning champion ‘smelt some weird fluid’ in his car and had to pull over. Red Bull suffered reliability issues as Max Verstappen was forced to retire for the second time in three races.