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The Albert Park Circuit is a motorsport street circuit around Albert Park Lake in the suburb of Albert Park in Melbourne.It is used annually as a circuit for the Formula One Australian Grand Prix, the supporting Supercars Championship Melbourne SuperSprint and other associated support races.
Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship (1993) Australian Drivers' Championship (1979, 1982, 1984–1986) Australian Formula Ford Championship (1992, 1994, 1996–2007) Australian Grand Prix (1979) Australian GT Production Car Championship (2000) Australian Improved Production Nationals (2010, 2017) Australian Mini Challenge (2008–2009)
The Australian Grand Prix is an annual motor racing event which is under contract to host Formula One until 2035. [clarification needed] [1] One of the oldest surviving motorsport competitions held in Australia, the Grand Prix has moved frequently with 23 different venues having been used since it was first run at Phillip Island in 1928.
During Adelaide's era hosting the Australian Grand Prix, the circuit hosted annual non-championship races for the Australian Touring Car Championship. From 1999 until 2020 , the track hosted an annual Supercars race, the Adelaide 500 , (in most years a 2 x 250 km race) on a shorter, 3.219 km (2.000 mi) variant of the track.
The Australian round of the A1 Grand Prix championship was held at Sydney Motorsport Park from the 2005–06 season to the 2007–08 season. During the 2006–07 event on 4 February 2007, German driver Nico Hülkenberg set the outright lap record for the original circuit layout with a 1:19.142 lap time in the A1 Team Germany prepared Lola - Zytek .
The 1961 Australian Grand Prix headlined the circuits second meeting with Lex Davison winning his fourth and last AGP driving a Cooper T51 Coventry Climax FPF. [5] The original lap distance of 3.379 km (2.100 mi) was reduced to 2.601 km (1.616 mi) in late 1964 [ 5 ] when Bosch Curve was moved closer to the Dunlop Curve Grandstand, [ 6 ] thus ...
The circuit was the venue for a wide range of racing series including the Australian Grand Prix on two occasions, the Australian Touring Car Championship, the Australian Superbike Championship and the Tasman Series, playing host to such names as Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart, Jack Brabham, Graham Hill and Chris Amon.
The following 15 pages use this file: 1974 Australian Grand Prix; 1977 Australian Grand Prix; 1985 Pepsi 250; 1988 Oran Park 250; 1989 Pepsi 300; 1994 Oran Park ATCC round; 1999 Oran Park V8 Supercar round; 2001 V8 Supercars Oran Park round; 2007 Oran Park 400; 2008 V8 Supercars Grand Finale; Grand Finale (V8 Supercars)