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2016 season to begin in April

The 2016 F1 season will kick off later than in recent years, with the Australian Grand Prix scheduled for April 3. Announcing the move organisers said the later date was to 'condense the season, which finishes in November 2016'. Only once before has the Australian Grand Prix been held in April, that was in 2006, when the event was moved to avoid a clash with the Commonwealth Games. That year the race took place on April 2, the third round of the season. The last time the season got underway in April was 1988, when Brazil hosted the opening race, which was won by Alain Prost, thereby kick-starting a season which would see McLaren win all but one race. The revised date sees the 2016 event...
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