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[NOTE: This race fact sheet was used during the CART/Champ Car years. They have not been updated since then. However, we left them up for the historical information.]
Australia
Track: Surfer's Paradise
Location: Queensland, Australia
Type: 2.795-mile street circuit (12-turn flat layout)
Lap Record (up to 2007)
Will Power (2007) - 1:30.054 (111.733 mph).
Race Record (up to 2007)
Cristiano da Matta (2001) - 1:51:47.260 (97.511 mph) -- using average speed.
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Past Race Winners
| Year |
Driver |
Laps |
Miles |
Time |
Speed |
| 1991 |
John Andretti |
65 |
181.545 |
2:12:54.820 |
81.953 |
| 1992 |
Emerson Fittipaldi |
65 |
181.675 |
2:20:33.00 |
77.561 |
| 1993 |
Nigel Mansell |
65 |
181.675 |
1:52:02.886 |
97.284 |
| 1994 |
Michael Andretti |
55 |
153.725 |
1:44:58.169 |
80.994 |
| 1995 |
Paul Tracy |
65 |
182.26 |
1:58:26.054 |
92.335 |
| 1996 |
Jimmy Vasser |
65 |
181.61 |
2:00:46.856 |
90.218 |
| 1997 |
Scott Pruett |
57 |
159.315 |
2:01:04.678 |
78.948 |
| 1998 |
Alex Zanardi |
62 |
173.29 |
2:01:51.170 |
85.328 |
| 1999 |
Dario Franchitti |
65 |
181.675 |
1:58:40.726 |
91.849 |
| 2000 |
Adrian Fernandez |
59 |
164.905 |
2:01:14.605 |
81.607 |
| 2001 |
Cristiano da Matta |
65 |
181.675 |
1:51:47.260 |
97.511 |
| 2002 |
Mario Dominguez |
40 |
111.8 |
2:00:06.524 |
55.849 |
| 2003 |
Ryan Hunter-Reay |
47 |
131.365 |
1:49:02.803 |
72.280 |
| 2004 |
Bruno Junqueira |
57 |
159.315 |
1:46:45.941 |
89.532 |
| 2005 |
Sebastien Bourdais |
57 |
159.315 |
1:39:26.671 |
96.123 |
| 2006 |
Nelson Philippe |
59 |
164.905 |
1:50:50.985 |
89.259 |
| 2007 |
Sebastien Bourdais |
61 |
170.495 |
1:45:49.318 |
96.669 |
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The Track
The Sights
Australia Happenings
1991: John Andretti wins his first, and only, CART race.
1993: Mansell wins in his first career CART start. Mansell and Emerson Fittipaldi both awarded one point for leading the most laps.
1994: Race delayed 78 minutes due to rain, then multicar crash on start and need to add fuel in pits. Race eventually halted 10 laps short of scheduled distance due to darkness.
1997: Race red flagged after wreck on first lap. A complete restart was run.
2000: Race stopped 6 laps short due to two hour limit. Oriol Servia penalized amount of points for rough driving.
2002: Race red flagged after multi car pileup at start. Race restarted 2 hours later under yellow. After only 6 laps of green flag running, the remainder of race run under yellow due to rain. Race stopped after 40 laps.
2003: Race red flagged on 14th lap due to heavy rain and hail. Race restarted 39 minutes later. Race shortened to 47 laps.
2006: Nelson Philippe wins his first race.
2007: Sebastien Bourdais becomes first repeat winner.
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