Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit

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Flag of Australia.png Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit
Track details
Albert Park.png
Location Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Time Zone GMT +10
Type Road Course
First held 2000
Times held 13
Major events Superleague, Supercup, Formula Challenge
Lap details
Length 5.303 km (3.300 miles)
Turns 16
Lap record 1:21.969 (Janne Tanskanen, Nordsjoen Racing, 2010)

The Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit is a street circuit around Albert Park Lake, only a few kilometres south of central Melbourne. The track has been a mainstay of the Superleague calendar, one of only two circuits to have featured in every season since the league's formation.

Facts and Stats

Superleague

In the thirteen events held at this track, nobody has ever won it more than once. Two-times GPVWC champion Joe Consiglio has never won at this track, despite having bagged pole position in 2011. More than a third of the races won here, were won by the pole sitter. No race has been won at Melbourne from further back than fourth on the grid, except for the first ever race which was won by German driver Thomas Kimmich, who failed to qualify and therefore won the race from the back of the grid (22nd place).

Nordsjoen are the only constructor to have won more than once here, with wins by Adam Rouse (2009) and Janne Tanskanen (2010). The latter also set the lap record and fastest racing lap in his Mercedes-powered Nordsjoen.

Jason Smith and Tanskanen have each taken two poles. BMW-, Honda- and Ferrari-powered cars have dominated here with three wins each for the first two, and now four wins at the track for Ferrari.

Daan van Renswoude, Luis Fernando Laaff, Laurent Keersmaekers, Mark Wicks, Janne Tanskanen and Lukas Euler have all dominated here, having managed the coveted triple once each at the track.

The number of race laps around Albert Park are 58, though two exceptions to this were in 2000, when it was a mere 29 laps, and in 2009 when it was 40 - roughly half and two-thirds distance respectively.