The Australian GP traditionally takes place in October, and often, weather conditions cause difficulties, as seen this year with rain, low temperatures, and wind. Riders are trying to move the event to an earlier part of the year when weather conditions might be better.
This is what Francesco Bagnaia revealed to the press after the cancellation of the sprint race. The Ducati rider believes it would be a better solution but acknowledged that changing the dates is complicated:
– We are asking for it, but I think it’s difficult to do, for some reason. Maybe for the schedule of Formula 1, I don’t know. But it’s clear that for me it could be better to move Mandalika and this race to the start of the season, because Phillip Island maybe in the summer is much better than these conditions. Because maybe the wind will be the same, but we have sun, the temperature is good. Because also today during the warm-up was impossible to warm the front brake and we were arriving in turn ten every lap without brakes. Also the temperature was too low.