F1 is set to race at Albert Park for the first time since 2019🍌 after the grand pr♛ix was cancelled in the previous two years due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2020, t🌺he race was called off ahead of Friday practice with all the teams and drivers present at the circuit, while in 2021, the race was moved from March to November before being replaced by Qatar.

In an interview with , Australian Grand Prix Corporation boss Andrew Westacott revealed they’ve got a commitment from theꦐ Victorian Government and F1 that the race will go ahead in April.

“We’ve got a commitment from the Victorian Government, that the event’s going ahead,” he said. “We’ve got a commitment from Formula 1 that they’re coming🎐 here for Round 3.

“We’re selling tickets like hotcakes, and we’re 80 d🌄ays away from the event. So everything is happening, everyth𓆉ing is getting ready, and [I] can’t wait to host the best drivers in the world, in new cars, on a new track.”

Australia has been one of the strictest countries with its COVID-related policies and quarant✤ine rules but Westacott is hoping to have “maximum crowds”.

“B🥀ut having said that, what I say is we’ll be anything but normal – we’re going to have all new cars on track, we’ve got new entertainment and music acr🌳oss the four days,” Westacott explained.

“There will be the need for everyone to be vigilant from a safety point of view and for attendees to be 100 per cent vaxed, but we’re in a massive park, it’s predominantly ou😼tdoors, and we’ve been starved for major events.

“So we’re wo🐲rking wꦡith the government to make sure that everything we do allows us to have maximum crowds.”

Westacott admitted that he’s not even considered the prospect of running the race behind closed doors should the coronavirus situation wors🅷en.

“I am not even contemplating that,” he explained. “I think Australia has moved on from that, and I think Victoria has moved on 𒐪from that. You look at the current rates of cases and so on, I think we’re beyond doing those sorts of 🌸things behind closed doors.

“There’s been🐬 no evidence of any event throughout the country where you’re having to do that without crowds. That’s not even on our radar, it’s not even been discussed, whereas last year, and the year before, that was often the norm.

“That’s not even a consi♕deration at the moment and I don’t think eve🦩r will be.”