It’s one of those weekends the world tunes in to see the worlds greatest pieces of racing technology, determination, speed, and glamour all in one. And no, it is not some country town’s annual lawn-mower race in the middle of NSW!
It’s the Melbourne Grand Prix, the first round of the Formula 1 World Championship! Albert Park returns as the opening round of the year, where Aussies are dominating the headlines heading into the weekend – and not just in F1!
Our favorite fellas return after one of the more bruising but spectacular weekends in Supercars history. Unfortunately, the boys are stuck forever on the ugly end of one of the greater highlight reels you’ll see in a Supercars advertisement, but there really isn’t a more consistent, and rapid driver pairing out there.
Broc showed some extreme heart and determination cross the weekend at SMP, where a flat left rear tyre undid his Friday evening charge alongside wet weather and an a poorly placed Camaro undoing a potential podium to finish his weekend. What, do you really want us to explain the Saturday night, again? The young fella shows his heart on his sleeve, and you know exactly what it means to him. And unfortunately for everyone else, he loves Albert Park – BFeen is a gamer.
Will keeps showing up. His 13th podium at an event in a row. You might also think that it’s easy – three races at SMP and should get at least one. In the three races at SMP, Will started 11th, 5th, and 4th. In those races, Will finished 5th, 3rd, and 2nd. He might not have the orange number 1 on his car, but if his last trip to Albert Park was anything to go by – the big wigs should keep an eye on the Toowoomba boy in Melbourne. 2-1-2-2 finishes on his way to the Larry Perkins Trophy.
The action might be fast and spectacular with the F1 boys, but there is never any racing quite like Supercars racing, and with a boxing ring like Albert Park there is sure to be some punches thrown. Head below to find out how the boys are feeling rolling into Melbourne after a big first outing, and how they plan on digging in this weekend 
“I think it’ll be awesome to get to Grand Prix, hopefully the racing’s as fun and as tough as it was at Sydney Motorsport Park. There was some great racing and races put on for the fans. So, we’ll wait and see if we can do that again, but I am looking forward to getting into it. I didn’t feel the strongest at Sydney compared to what I wanted to and to came out there second in the championship. I’m quite stoked with, so we’ll see how we go.”
“It seems like the racing was more intense at Sydney. It seems like there is less focus on being consistent and you know, I know everyone wants to win every weekend and win every race, and people are willing to risk more right now to do it.”
Will Brown
Driver #1 Chevrolet Camaro
Red Bull Ampol Racing
“I think you’re always going to see super hard racing, probably similar to Sydney at Adelaide. But I think it’s just first round of the year, people are seeing what they can and can’t get away with. I think for us drivers, it’s about just understanding what you are, and aren’t allowed to do. So, I think the racing’s going to be hard going forward. The short, sprint formats is probably going to force everyone to be more aggressive. But to be honest, I think apart from the front battle, the rest of the racing was, was very similar to last year.”
“It always just depends on who you’re racing. I think with Cam (Waters) you probably have to expect the racing to be super tough and he will have to expect us to be fighting back. I think the Grand Prix always produces great racing. I’ve said it’s probably our best track to race on. I personally reckon there’s four or five actual opportunities over a lap to pass people, it’s around 15 meters wide in braking zones. It’s unreal. It’s honestly one of my favorite tracks to race on. it’s got great opportunities for awesome racing.”
“You’ve seen that the last few years with the short formats there, you can’t muck around. I think this year at the Grand Prix, there’s going to be a lot of chaos. Hopefully we don’t get too many safety cars to shorten it up, but the racing’s going to be really good.”
Broc Feeney
Driver #88 Chevrolet Camaro
Red Bull Ampol Racing
On track action begins Thursday with a 30-minute practice session at 10:05am – alongside Porsche Carrera Cup, Formula 3, Formula 2 and Formula 1. You just can’t miss it!
