At the insistence of the FIA, Albert Park will no longer feature its iconic green and yellow kerb markings.

Sadly, when the season gets underway next month, like so many other tracks, the kerbs will be painted white.

"We're a bit of a unique there," Tom Mottram, chief events officer for the Australian GP, tells Speedcafe, though the kerbs at Interlagos are also green and yellow at present.

Explaining why the green and yellow came about, he explains: "I had to go back to the archives a bit to understand why, and it's to do with the fact we're in a public park.

"It was this kind of funny 'no standing'... there's some yellow lines painted throughout the year which is no parking when it's in the hands of Parks Victoria. There was an agreement struck years and years ago where we could just keep it yellow so we weren't repainting every time. But now, with the changes to track limits, there's new specs around it needs to be white with a blue outline."

As previously reported, the infamous Turn 6, where both George Russell and Alex Albon crashed last year, has been modified, with the TecPro barriers realigned in order to prevent cars bouncing back on to the track should they hit the barriers.

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1. Posted by Chester, 05/02/2025 10:01

"As a hedonist and aesthetic-loving person, I am going to miss that yellow and green look.

Oh well, at least my wife still dresses in latex for fun times."

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2. Posted by Tom2681, 04/02/2025 21:04

""If it's not broke, let's break it"
FIA"

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3. Posted by moomoo, 04/02/2025 19:15

"@kenji, have to agree. Yaaawnnnn"

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4. Posted by Max Noble, 04/02/2025 5:14

"Strike one for sustainability and cost control! So the 3.28 mile circuit (around 5.25Km) could have in the region of 10Km of curbing - I’m sure the actual number is lower - which will now be painted white (and I’m sure it is an expensive specification for the paint) and then painted green and yellow again after… Or are they going white, and staying white? If we are repainting twice each year that’s a daft waste of resource and effort.
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5. Posted by kenji, 03/02/2025 23:51

"So the kerbs get a repaint...so what? Really....."

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6. Posted by stackvideo, 03/02/2025 21:13

"givememychoice Trump takes over Greenland, problem solved"

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7. Posted by givememychoice, 03/02/2025 19:20

"Its pretty clear. They should drop melbourne. I believe one of the states of the US doesnt have a grand prix yet.
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8. Posted by KKK, 03/02/2025 17:56

"Hmm,let's see if cota will have to change the stars and stripes!"

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