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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.
The first was in 1934 but failed due to opposition, and a second attempt for a motorcycle race in 1937 similarly failed. Finally in 1953 the Light Car Club of Australia were able to secure use of the circuit for that year's Australian Grand Prix. [11] Start of the 1953 Australian Grand Prix.
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.
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 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 .
Follow live updates from the Australian Grand Prix as qualifying gets underway at Albert Park ... (Getty Images) NEW TOP-10: 09:38, Kieran Jackson. 1. Carlos Sainz. 2. Charles Leclerc. 3. Lando Norris
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)
Australian Grand Prix (1963, 1967, 1970–1971) Tasman Series (1964–1973) Australian Drivers' Championship (1963–1970, 1972) Australian Sports Car Championship (1969–1972) Australian Touring Car Championship (1968, 1970, 1972–1973) Australian GT (1961) Grand Prix Circuit (1960–1973) Length: 3.621 km (2.250 miles) Turns: 14: Race lap ...