Albert Park Circuit

Albert Park Circuit

Melbourne , Australia
Route type:	semi-permanent racetrack
Opening:	March 7, 1996
Formula 1 venue :	since 1996
Time zone:	UTC + 10 AEST
Track layout
Route data
Important events:	formula 1
Route length:	5.303  km (3.3  mi )
Curves:	16
Audience capacity:	80,000
Records
Track record: (Formula 1)	1: 24.125 min. ( Michael Schumacher , Ferrari , 2004 )
https://www.grandprix.com.au

Coordinates: 37 ° 51 ′ 0.2 ″  S , 144 ° 58 ′ 8.4 ″  E

The pit lane of the Albert Park Circuit

The Albert Park Circuit is a semi-permanent motorsport racetrack in Melbourne, Australia . The track was in 1996 opened and released the Adelaide Street Circuit as the venue of the Australian Grand Prix of Formula 1 from. The length of the route is 5.303 km. The pit lane is 280.1 m long. Roads are used as the race track, which circle the artificial lake of the same name in Melbourne's Albert Park ( Port Phillip City ) and are closed to public traffic on the respective Grand Prix weekend. The infrastructure, which is important for the race, is rebuilt every time in the three months before the event and dismantled in the six weeks after the race, because only the start and finish straight with the pit system is permanent.

The current contracts provide for races in Albert Park up to and including 2019. After tough negotiations, the state government of Victoria and the FIA ​​had agreed on a start time of 5 p.m. Eastern Australian Standard Time (AEST) (7 a.m. Central European Time (CET) , or 8 a.m. Central European Summer Time (CEST) ) to better serve the European fans to reach. Artificial lighting should be avoided. The Grand Prix on the Albert Park Circuit usually represents the season opener race of a year. The 2017 season opener took place on March 26th. At the start of the season on March 4, 2001, the marshal Graham Beveridge died after being hit by a flying wheel that had come loose in a collision between Jacques Villeneuve and Ralf Schumacher . The 2020 Australian Grand Prix was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in April of that year.

statistics

All winners of Formula 1 races in Melbourne

No.	year	driver	constructor	engine	tires	time	Route length	Round	Ø pace	date	GP of
1	1996	Damon Hill	Williams	Renault	G	1: 32: 50.491 h	5.302 km	58	198.736 km / h	10 Mar	Australia
2	1997	David Coulthard	McLaren	Mercedes	G	1: 30: 28.718 h	5.302 km	58	203.926 km / h	09 Mar
3	1998	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	Mercedes	B.	1: 31: 45.996 h	5.303 km	58	201.102 km / h	0March 8
4th	1999	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	Ferrari	B.	1: 35: 01.659 h	5.303 km	57	190.852 km / h	07th Mar
5	2000	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	Ferrari	B.	1: 34: 01.987 h	5.303 km	58	196.255 km / h	March 12
6th	2001	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	Ferrari	B.	1: 38: 26.533 h	5.303 km	58	187.465 km / h	04th Mar
7th	2002	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	Ferrari	B.	1: 35: 36.792 h	5.303 km	58	193.011 km / h	03rd Mar
8th	2003	David Coulthard	McLaren	Mercedes	M.	1: 34: 42.124 h	5.303 km	58	194.868 km / h	09 Mar
9	2004	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	Ferrari	B.	1: 24: 15.757 h	5.303 km	58	219.011 km / h	07th Mar
10	2005	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	Renault	M.	1: 24: 17.336 h	5.303 km	57	215.168 km / h	06th Mar
11	2006	Fernando Alonso	Renault	Renault	M.	1: 34: 27.870 h	5.303 km	57	191.990 km / h	0Apr 2
12	2007	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	Ferrari	B.	1: 25: 28.770 h	5.303 km	58	215.893 km / h	18 Mar
13	2008	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Mercedes	B.	1: 34: 50.616 h	5.303 km	58	194.578 km / h	16. Mar.
14th	2009	Jenson Button	Brawn	Mercedes	B.	1: 34: 15.784 h	5.303 km	58	195.776 km / h	29 Mar
15th	2010	Jenson Button	McLaren	Mercedes	B.	1: 33: 36.531 h	5.303 km	58	197.144 km / h	28 Mar
16	2011	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Renault	P	1: 29: 30.259 h	5.303 km	58	206.184 km / h	27 Mar
17th	2012	Jenson Button	McLaren	Mercedes	P	1: 34: 09.565 h	5.303 km	58	195.991 km / h	18 Mar
18th	2013	Kimi Raikkonen	lotus	Renault	P	1: 30: 03.225 h	5.303 km	58	204.926 km / h	17th Mar
19th	2014	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Mercedes	P	1: 32: 58.710 h	5.303 km	57	195.059 km / h	16. Mar.
20th	2015	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Mercedes	P	1: 31: 54.067 h	5.303 km	58	200.808 km / h	15th Mar
21st	2016	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Mercedes	P	1: 48: 15.565 h	5.303 km	57	167.526 km / h	20 Mar
22nd	2017	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	Ferrari	P	1: 24: 11.672 h	5.303 km	57	215.409 km / h	26th Mar
23	2018	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	Ferrari	P	1: 29: 33.283 h	5.303 km	58	206.069 km / h	25th Mar
24	2019	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	Mercedes	P	1: 25: 27.325 h	5.303 km	58	215.954 km / h	17th Mar
-	2020	canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Record winner
Driver: Michael Schumacher (4) • Driver nations: Germany / Great Britain (9 each) • Constructors: Ferrari (8) • Engine manufacturer: Mercedes (11) • Tire manufacturer: Bridgestone (10)

Web links

Commons : Albert Park Circuit  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• official homepage

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1. ↑ Melbourne sticks to Grand Prix (English, The Age)
2. ↑ Australian Grand Prix / Melbourne , Motorsport-Total.com, accessed February 21, 2011.
3. ^ FIA, Formula 1 and Australian Grand Prix Corporation joint statement. FIA , March 13, 2020, accessed March 13, 2020 . 
4. ↑ F1 and coronavirus FAQ: Everything you need to know | Formula 1®. Accessed April 28, 2020 (English).