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Preview: Formula 1 2018 set for Melbourne opener

Formula 1 launches back into action at Albert Park, Melbourne this weekend for the traditional Australian Grand Prix curtain-raiser. Motorsport Week provides the key information. History Australia joined the Formula 1 World Championship in 1985 at a circuit designed around the streets of Adelaide, and its installation as the season finale led to some iconic moments. Nigel Mansell famously suffered a tyre blow-out in 1986, costing him a chance to clinch the title, while eight years later Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill came to blows, a result which secured the 1994 crown for the German, his first of seven. The event switched from Adelaide to Melbourne to 1996 with the leafy Albert Park...
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