<!DOCTYPE html><html><head></head><body style="margin: 0px; background-color: white;" ><div id='sa-content-div-pSdBShew0A' style="position: relative; width:300px"><div style="position:absolute; top:0; right:0; background:white; opacity:0.7; width:17px; height:15px; text-align:center; z-index: 16777270"><img id='sa-adchoices' src="https://creative.stackadapt.com/icons/adchoices/adchoices.png" width="12" height="12"></div><script>try{var sa_adchoices = document.getElementById('sa-adchoices');if (sa_adchoices){sa_adchoices.onclick = function(){window.open('https://www.stackadapt.com/privacy-policy','_blank');}}}catch(err){console.log(err);}</script><a target="_blank" href="https://clk.srv.stackadapt.com/clk?aid=1-8666-176166559097985188402957-4&cid=2440857&adid=9932025&sid=a4dfbf16-4993-4bc1-90fb-717f041927eb&uid=DTQ_SquNR4HPy6tAv3nl7w&did=sportingnews.com%3A%3A159&adurl=https%3A%2F%2Fap.srv.stackadapt.com&t=1761665590&brandname=Wood+Mackenzie&adheading=&iidx=0&nid=159&bip=MS4xMjQuMjguOTQ&curl=aHR0cHM6Ly9iaXQubHkvNGoyRDRNTA%3D%3D&r=" style="color:black; text-decoration:none"><img src="https://cdn.stackadapt.com/creatives/28664/c2KkzyX9aiBEsCCU8iWGbQDIM300x600.png"/></a><div><script src="https://cdn.doubleverify.com/dvtp_src.js?ctx=34962712&cmp=DV1436327&sid=stackadapt&plc=stackadapt-dispJS&adsrv=0&advid=3891363&autt=1&dvtagver=6.1.src&ppid=347&auevent=1-8666-176166559097985188402957-4_a4dfbf16-4993-4bc1-90fb-717f041927eb&auadv=28664&aucmp=2440857&aucrtv=9932025&auplc=_u78hz1GHIL&auxch=159&pltfrm=8602&aufilter2=IQMBFV&aubndl=sa_blank&turl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportingnews.com%2Fau%2Fafl%2Fnews%2Fafl-opening-round-blockbuster-fixture-melbourne-f1-grand-prix%2F1b8db70f12dcc4d7063815f3&c1=300&c2=600&gdpr=0&gdpr_consent=" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div></div><div><img src="https://ap.srv.stackadapt.com/cookie?campid=2440857&is_ctv=0&nativeid=9932025&domain=sportingnews.com%3A%3A159&auctionid=1-8666-176166559097985188402957-4&impindex=0&m=MS4xMjQuMjguOTQ&isipgen=0" width="1" height="1"><img src="https://sync.crwdcntrl.net/qmap?c=6569&tp=STKA&tpid=0-4a2adcb9-63cd-5d3d-710d-645180f9c37a$ip$1.124.28.245&gdpr=0" width="1" height="1"><img src="https://idsync.rlcdn.com/403886.gif?partner_uid=0-4a2adcb9-63cd-5d3d-710d-645180f9c37a$ip$1.124.28.245&gdpr=0" width="1" height="1"><img src="https://aa.agkn.com/adscores/g.pixel?sid=9212302578&puid=SircuWPNXT1xDWRRgPnDegF8HPU" width="1" height="1"><img src="https://dpm.demdex.net/ibs:dpid=390122&dpuuid=SircuWPNXT1xDWRRgPnDegF8HPU" width="1" height="1"><img src="https://beacon.krxd.net/usermatch.gif?partner=stackadapt&partner_uid=SircuWPNXT1xDWRRgPnDegF8HPU" width="1" height="1"><img src="https://ps.eyeota.net/match?bid=tpm4omv&uid=SircuWPNXT1xDWRRgPnDegF8HPU&gdpr=0" width="1" height="1"><img src="https://thrtle.com/insync?vxii_pid=10079&vxii_pdid=SircuWPNXT1xDWRRgPnDegF8HPU&us_privacy=" width="1" height="1"><img src="https://pixel.tapad.com/idsync/ex/receive?partner_id=3482&partner_device_id=SircuWPNXT1xDWRRgPnDegF8HPU" width="1" height="1"><img src="https://sg.semasio.net/sync/1/30805874?$sType=sync&sInitiator=internal&sExtCookieId=SircuWPNXT1xDWRRgPnDegF8HPU&gdpr=0" width="1" height="1"><img src="https://ap-win.srv.stackadapt.com/win?aid=1-8666-176166559097985188402957-4&sid=a4dfbf16-4993-4bc1-90fb-717f041927eb&wp=1.03&rid=82cc788c-584d-465f-850f-3b7fdbf0e634&network=159&t=1761665590&said=1-8666-176166559097985188402957-4&sanid=159" width="1" height="1"></div></div><script src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/stackadapt_public/js/saurl.js" id="sa-url-script" purl="https://ap.srv.stackadapt.com" aid="1-8666-176166559097985188402957-4" iid="a4dfbf16-4993-4bc1-90fb-717f041927eb" br_domain="sportingnews.com" br_ip="1.124.28.94" network="kargo" br_page_url="https://www.sportingnews.com/au/afl/news/afl-opening-round-blockbuster-fixture-melbourne-f1-grand-prix/1b8db70f12dcc4d7063815f3"></script></body></html>