墨尔本排除自身作为2027年F1揭幕战候选的可能性
澳大利亚大奖赛明确表示不会成为2027年F1赛季揭幕战的备选方案，并已完全锁定临时赛历上4月初的日期。
澳大利亚大奖赛已明确表示，不会成为F1 2027赛季揭幕战举办地的备选方案，并现已完全锁定其在临时赛历上4月初的日期。
F1周二公布了2027年赛历，该赛历以巴林和沙特阿拉伯开局，尽管当前中东局势存在不确定性，这也意味着今年赛季将在何处结束仍不清楚。
此前有人建议，如果F1最终决定无法在中东开启2027赛季，那么墨尔本可能会被提前至3月，并恢复其经常占据的揭幕战位置。
但墨尔本正在进行维修区和围场设施的改造，第一阶段将在2027年比赛前完成，澳大利亚大奖赛公司首席执行官Travis Auld表示，相关时间线意味着其4月的日期实际上现在无法变动。
“我们的日期现在已经锁定，4月1日至4日，显然我们身后正在建造一项重要资产，它有一些时间线要求，”Auld在周四的一次媒体电话会议上表示，引述自Speedcafe。
“所以我们基本上锁定在4月1日至4日的日期。
“我认为我们现在很难改变这个日期。”
据了解，保持当前日期也是墨尔本的偏好，因为它与当地学校假期重合。
中国大奖赛——目前定于明年4月18日作为第五站，是澳大利亚、日本、中国三连赛的最后一站——也被提及为若需要非中东揭幕战时的改期候选。
英文原文
The Australian Grand Prix has made clear it won't be a standby option for Formula 1's 2027 season-opener slot and is now fully committed to its early April date on the provisional calendar.
F1 announced a 2027 calendar on Tuesday that begins with Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, despite the current uncertainty over the situation in the Middle East that also means where this year's season will end still remains unclear.
It had been suggested that if F1 did decide it couldn't start 2027 in the Middle East after all, then Melbourne could be shifted forward into March and resume the season-opener position it has often held.
But Melbourne is in the middle of a revamp of its pit and paddock facilities, the first phase of which will be completed for the 2027 race, and Australian Grand Prix Corporation CEO Travis Auld said the timelines involved mean its April date effectively cannot shift now.
"Our date’s been locked in now, April 1-4, and clearly we’ve got a big asset being built behind us that has some timelines attached to it," Auld said at a media call on Thursday, in quotes reported by Speedcafe.
"So we’re pretty much locked in at that April 1-4 date.
"I think it would be difficult for us to move that date now."
It's also understood that keeping the current date is Melbourne's preference because it coincides with local school holidays.
The Chinese GP - currently scheduled to be round five on April 18 next year as the final element of an Australia, Japan, China triple-header - has also been mooted as a contender for a date change if a non-Middle East season-opener is required.
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