The 2022 Components 1 Australian Grand Prix broke attendance information with nearly 420,000 F1 followers strolling by way of the Albert Park gates throughout the weekend – up from 401,000 at Melbourne’s first occasion in 1996.
It is unsurprising given Components 1 has surged in recognition lately with new analysis from Heineken revealing Australian followers have nearly doubled since ‘new age’ Drive to Survive viewers joined long-time lovers of the game.
With tickets now arduous to come back by, the worldwide brewer is providing followers one final probability to attend the famed race – on one situation: they should show themselves a contender for the Australian Heineken Player 0.0 Championship.
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Participant 0.0, a nationwide simulated racing event launched by Heineken alongside two-time World Champion and avid gamer Max Verstappen, invitations Australians to place their expertise to the check and race across the digital F1 racetrack at pop-up activations throughout the nation.
The motive force behind the quickest digital lap from every occasion will win a visit to the 2023 Rolex Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne and qualify to compete within the Participant 0.Zero closing, held trackside on grand prix weekend.
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The ultimate race will see one driver go house with $2500 together with the title of Heineken Participant 0.Zero Champion.
Sydney already had their qualifying at Westfield Parramatta between March 10 and 12, with the highest lap time coming in at 01:18.7 – a powerful 1.56 seconds sooner than the circuit report set by Charles Leclerc in 2022.
However Melbourne and Perth followers nonetheless have a chance.
Perth: Brass Monkey, Northbridge, 17th – 19th March, 1pm-8pm day by day
Melbourne: Chadstone Procuring Centre, Important Atrium, reverse Goal, 24th – 26th March, 10am-5pm day by day
Regardless of the divide between outdated followers and new, the initiative goals to unite followers by way of their shared love of the game.
The research of greater than 1000 followers discovered the game was brining folks along with 67 % saying they had been spending, on common, as much as an additional two hours per week bonding with family members over the game.
