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[[Image:AdelaideAlive.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Promotional poster for the first Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide in 1985. Melbourne is now the host of this event.]] | [[Image:AdelaideAlive.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Promotional poster for the first Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide in 1985. Melbourne is now the host of this event.]] | ||
[[Image:Grand prix demonstration event melbourne.JPG|thumb|220px|Demonstration event held in Melbourne just before the start of the 2005 Grand Prix]] | [[Image:Grand prix demonstration event melbourne.JPG|thumb|220px|Demonstration event held in Melbourne just before the start of the 2005 Grand Prix]] | ||
| + | {{F1 race | ||
| + | | Name = [[Australia]]n Grand Prix | ||
| + | | Flag = Flag of Australia.svg | ||
| + | | Circuit = [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit]] | ||
| + | | Circuit_image = Circuit Albert Park.png | ||
| + | | Laps = 58 | ||
| + | | Circuit_length_km = 5.303 | ||
| + | | Circuit_length_mi = 3.295 | ||
| + | | Race_length_km = 307.574 | ||
| + | | Race_length_mi = 191.110 | ||
| + | | Lap_record = 1:24.125 ([[2004 Formula One season|2004]]) <br> {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Michael Schumacher]] | ||
| + | | Most_wins_driver = {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Lex Davison]](non championship races) (4)<br/>{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Michael Schumacher]] (4) | ||
| + | | Most_wins_constructor = {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] (10) <br />{{flagicon|UK}} [[McLaren]] (10) | ||
| + | | Current_year = 2008 | ||
| + | | Pole_driver = {{flagicon|UK}} [[Lewis Hamilton]] | ||
| + | | Pole_team = [[McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] | ||
| + | | Pole_time = 1:26.714 | ||
| + | | Winner = {{flagicon|UK}} [[Lewis Hamilton]] | ||
| + | | Winning_team = [[McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] | ||
| + | | Winning_time = 1h 34m 50.616s (194.578 km/h) | ||
| + | | Second = {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Nick Heidfeld]] | ||
| + | | Second_team = [[BMW Sauber|BMW]] | ||
| + | | Second_time = +5.478s | ||
| + | | Third = {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Nico Rosberg]] | ||
| + | | Third_team = [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Toyota F1|Toyota]] | ||
| + | | Third_time = +8.163s | ||
| + | | Fastest_lap_driver = {{flagicon|Finland}} [[Heikki Kovalainen]] | ||
| + | | Fastest_lap_team = [[McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] | ||
| + | | Fastest_lap = 1:27.418 | ||
| + | }} | ||
| − | + | [[Image:AdelaideAlive.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Promotional poster for the first Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide in 1985. Melbourne is now the host of this event.]] | |
| + | [[Image:Grand prix demonstration event melbourne.JPG|thumb|220px|Demonstration event held in Melbourne just before the start of the 2005 Grand Prix]] | ||
| + | The '''Australian Grand Prix''' is a [[Formula One]] race that is part of the annual Formula One championship season. It is held at the [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit]] at [[Albert Park and Lake|Albert Park]] in [[Melbourne]]. The event was held annually since 1928 at various venues in Australia, before it became part of the Formula One championship in [[1985 Australian Grand Prix|1985]]. The race was held at the [[Adelaide Street Circuit]] in [[Adelaide]] from 1985 to 1995, before moving to Melbourne in [[1996 Australian Grand Prix|1996]]. | ||
The Australian Grand Prix is the first round of the Championship, having been the first race of each year, excluding [[2006 Australian Grand Prix|2006]], since the event moved to Melbourne. During its years in Adelaide, the Australian Grand Prix was the final round of the Championship, replacing the [[Portuguese Grand Prix]] in that respect. As the final round of the season, the Grand Prix hosted a handful of memorable Grand Prix, most notably the [[1986 Australian Grand Prix|1986]] and [[1994 Australian Grand Prix|1994 event]] which saw those respective titles decided. | The Australian Grand Prix is the first round of the Championship, having been the first race of each year, excluding [[2006 Australian Grand Prix|2006]], since the event moved to Melbourne. During its years in Adelaide, the Australian Grand Prix was the final round of the Championship, replacing the [[Portuguese Grand Prix]] in that respect. As the final round of the season, the Grand Prix hosted a handful of memorable Grand Prix, most notably the [[1986 Australian Grand Prix|1986]] and [[1994 Australian Grand Prix|1994 event]] which saw those respective titles decided. | ||
| − | In terms of Grand Prix victories, [[Michael Schumacher]] and [[ | + | In terms of Grand Prix victories, [[Michael Schumacher]] and [[Ferrari]] are the most successful driver and team respectively. [[David Coulthard]], [[Rubens Barrichello]] and [[Giancarlo Fisichella]] are the only drivers to have started every single Melbourne race. |
In November [[2006]] ING became the naming rights sponsor of the Australian Grand Prix in a three-year deal. | In November [[2006]] ING became the naming rights sponsor of the Australian Grand Prix in a three-year deal. | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Origins=== | ===Origins=== | ||
| − | Australian Grands Prix, which were not part of the World Championship but did feature F1-style open-wheeler racing vehicles, were held at various circuits around Australia for many | + | Australian Grands Prix, which were not part of the World Championship but did feature F1-style open-wheeler racing vehicles, were held at various circuits around Australia for many decades, dating back into the 1920s, making the race one of the oldest surviving races today. Like the [[French Grand Prix]] the race wandered from circuit to circuit for much of its life, and was for a time rotated amongst the states of Australia. The race was held at Australia's most famous racetrack, [[Mount Panorama Circuit]] four times between 1938 and 1958. Another notable venue in the 1950s was a road circuit at [[Albert Park and Lake|Albert Park]] in [[Melbourne]], on two occasions. In this era [[Lex Davison]] won the race four times, a record that would last until [[2004 Australian Grand Prix|2004]] when it was equalled by [[Michael Schumacher]]. In the 1960s the race was an integral part of the [[Tasman Series]] which attracted the leading Formula 1 teams of the day and also influenced the careers of a generation of Australian and New Zealand drivers on their way to Europe with [[Jack Brabham]], [[Denny Hulme]] and [[Bruce McLaren]] prominent figures of the era. During the 1970s the race lost its international lustre as a [[Formula 5000]] race. The early 1980s regained some of lost glory when leading Formula 1 drivers were hired to race in [[Formula Atlantic]] cars at [[Calder Park Raceway]]. The Atlantic era was dominated by [[Roberto Moreno]], winning three times against star-studded fields. The last domestic Grand Prix was held in [[1984 Australian Grand Prix|1984]]. |
| − | === | + | ===Formula 1=== |
| − | Australia became part of the F1 world championship in 1985 with the last race of the season held on the [[Adelaide Street Circuit|street circuit]] in [[Adelaide]]. The circuit, whilst not as tight as [[Circuit de Monaco|Monaco]], was notoriously tough on drivers and gearboxes.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} The [[Adelaide Street Circuit]], which held its last race in [[1995 Formula One season|1995]], has often been stated as being one of, if not, the greatest street circuits in the world. Whenever the teams came to Adelaide they enjoyed the party atmosphere.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} | + | Australia became part of the F1 world championship in 1985 with the last race of the season held on the [[Adelaide Street Circuit|street circuit]] in [[Adelaide]]. The circuit, whilst not as tight as [[Circuit de Monaco|Monaco]], was notoriously tough on drivers and gearboxes.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} The [[Adelaide Street Circuit]], which held its last Formula One race in [[1995 Formula One season|1995]], has often been stated as being one of, if not, the greatest street circuits in the world. Whenever the teams came to Adelaide they enjoyed the party atmosphere.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} |
| − | In 1993 prominent Melbourne businessman Mr [[Ron Walker]] AC CBE, current [[Chairman]] of the Australian Grand Prix began working with the then Kennett government to make Melbourne the host of the event. After the government of [[Jeff Kennett]] spent an undisclosed (but speculated to be quite large) amount, it was announced in late 1993 (days after a South Australian election) that the race would be shifted to a rebuilt [[Albert Park]] street circuit in [[Melbourne]]. The race moved to Melbourne in 1996. The decision to hold the race there was controversial. A series of protests were organised by the "Save Albert Park" group, who claimed that the race turned a public park into a private playground for one week per year. Additionally, they claimed that the race cost a great deal of money that would be better spent, if it were to be spent on motor racing, on a permanent circuit elsewhere. Finally, they said that the claimed economic benefits of the race were false or exaggerated. The race organisers and the government claimed that the economic benefits to the state outweighed the costs, and highlighted that the park's public amenities have been greatly improved from the World War II vintage facilities previously located at Albert Park; the Melbourne Sports and Aquatc Centre (scene of many Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games events) being the centre piece and best known of the revitalised facilities. | + | In 1993 prominent Melbourne businessman Mr [[Ron Walker]] AC CBE, current [[Chairman]] of the Australian Grand Prix began working with the then Kennett government to make Melbourne the host of the event. After the government of [[Jeff Kennett]] spent an undisclosed (but speculated to be quite large) amount, it was announced in late 1993 (days after a South Australian election) that the race would be shifted to a rebuilt [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Albert Park]] street circuit in [[Melbourne]]. The race moved to Melbourne in 1996. The decision to hold the race there was controversial. A series of protests were organised by the "Save Albert Park" group, who claimed that the race turned a public park into a private playground for one week per year. Additionally, they claimed that the race cost a great deal of money that would be better spent, if it were to be spent on motor racing, on a permanent circuit elsewhere. Finally, they said that the claimed economic benefits of the race were false or exaggerated. The race organisers and the government claimed that the economic benefits to the state outweighed the costs, and highlighted that the park's public amenities have been greatly improved from the World War II vintage facilities previously located at Albert Park; the Melbourne Sports and Aquatc Centre (scene of many Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games events) being the centre piece and best known of the revitalised facilities. |
| − | The idea of a permanent racing circuit has never really been addressed, but there is much speculation that the real reason for a street circuit is to provide a distinctive backdrop for television - a permanent race circuit would be unidentifiable and, from the perspective of the Formula One organisers, may as well be held in Europe at much lesser cost and inconvenience to them. In any case, a substantial number of people do embrace (and attend) the race at the [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit]] | + | The idea of a permanent racing circuit has never really been addressed, but there is much speculation that the real reason for a street circuit is to provide a distinctive backdrop for television - a permanent race circuit would be unidentifiable and, from the perspective of the Formula One organisers, may as well be held in Europe at much lesser cost and inconvenience to them. In any case, a substantial number of people do embrace (and attend) the race at the [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit]]. |
'''The Melbourne era''' | '''The Melbourne era''' | ||
| + | [[Image:Heidfeld and Rosberg - 2008 Melb GP.jpg|thumb|250px|Nick Heidfeld and Nico Rosberg at Corner 6 of the Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne]] | ||
Bernie Ecclestone, the president of Formula One Management, the group that runs modern-day Formula One in conjunction with the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), once famously said that it took 10 minutes to do the deal with Melbourne that would see the Victorian capital host the Australian Grand Prix from 1996. It is thought that Melbourne’s unsuccessful quest to stage the 1996 Olympic Games, and the subsequently successful bid by northern rival city Sydney to host the 2000 Olympics, was a driving force behind Melbourne’s motivation to wrest the Australian Grand Prix away from Adelaide. | Bernie Ecclestone, the president of Formula One Management, the group that runs modern-day Formula One in conjunction with the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), once famously said that it took 10 minutes to do the deal with Melbourne that would see the Victorian capital host the Australian Grand Prix from 1996. It is thought that Melbourne’s unsuccessful quest to stage the 1996 Olympic Games, and the subsequently successful bid by northern rival city Sydney to host the 2000 Olympics, was a driving force behind Melbourne’s motivation to wrest the Australian Grand Prix away from Adelaide. | ||
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; [[1986 Australian Grand Prix|1986]]: [[Nigel Mansell]] and [[Nelson Piquet]] in a [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]] and [[Alain Prost]], in a comparatively underpowered [[Team McLaren|McLaren]], were competing for the drivers' title. Mansell needed only third to guarantee the title, whilst Prost and Piquet needed to win and for Mansell to finish lower than third to take the title. Whilst comfortably in the top three with a few laps to go, Mansell's Williams suffered a spectacular mechanical failure, with a rear tyre puncture at very high speed near the end of the main straight creating a huge shower of sparks as the floor of the vehicle dragged along the bitumen surface. Mansell fought to control the violently veering car and steered it to a safe stop. Prost took the lead, as Mansell's teammate Piquet had pitted as a pre-cautionary measure, and won the race and the championship. Prost himself came incredibly close to failure, as his vehicle coasted to a halt on his warm-down lap, out of fuel. | ; [[1986 Australian Grand Prix|1986]]: [[Nigel Mansell]] and [[Nelson Piquet]] in a [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]] and [[Alain Prost]], in a comparatively underpowered [[Team McLaren|McLaren]], were competing for the drivers' title. Mansell needed only third to guarantee the title, whilst Prost and Piquet needed to win and for Mansell to finish lower than third to take the title. Whilst comfortably in the top three with a few laps to go, Mansell's Williams suffered a spectacular mechanical failure, with a rear tyre puncture at very high speed near the end of the main straight creating a huge shower of sparks as the floor of the vehicle dragged along the bitumen surface. Mansell fought to control the violently veering car and steered it to a safe stop. Prost took the lead, as Mansell's teammate Piquet had pitted as a pre-cautionary measure, and won the race and the championship. Prost himself came incredibly close to failure, as his vehicle coasted to a halt on his warm-down lap, out of fuel. | ||
| − | ; [[1994 Australian Grand Prix|1994]]: Following his win at the [[1994 Japanese Grand Prix|Japanese Grand Prix]], [[Damon Hill]] was now one point behind championship leader [[Michael Schumacher]]. [[Nigel Mansell]] was on [[pole position|pole]] but a poor start resulted in the two championship rivals Hill and Schumacher battling for the lead. But on lap 36, Schumacher went off the track, a result of oversteer, and this allowed Hill to catch up with Schumacher and the [[United Kingdom|Brit]] took the inside line for the next corner. But the [[Germany|German]] turned on Hill's [[WilliamsF1|Williams]], whether it was on purpose or accidentally is unknown, which sent the [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]] on two wheels and into the tyre barrier, Schumacher retiring on the spot. Hill came out of the incident with a broken wishbone on his front-left suspension and the Brit pitted and retired from the race, handing the title to Schumacher. The sister Williams of Nigel Mansell went onto win the race, becoming the oldest Grand Prix winner in | + | ; [[1994 Australian Grand Prix|1994]]: Following his win at the [[1994 Japanese Grand Prix|Japanese Grand Prix]], [[Damon Hill]] was now one point behind championship leader [[Michael Schumacher]]. [[Nigel Mansell]] was on [[pole position|pole]] but a poor start resulted in the two championship rivals Hill and Schumacher battling for the lead. But on lap 36, Schumacher went off the track, a result of oversteer, and this allowed Hill to catch up with Schumacher and the [[United Kingdom|Brit]] took the inside line for the next corner. But the [[Germany|German]] turned on Hill's [[WilliamsF1|Williams]], whether it was on purpose or accidentally is unknown, which sent the [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]] on two wheels and into the tyre barrier, Schumacher retiring on the spot. Hill came out of the incident with a broken wishbone on his front-left suspension and the Brit pitted and retired from the race, handing the title to Schumacher. The sister Williams of Nigel Mansell went onto win the race, becoming the oldest Grand Prix winner since Jack Brabham in 1970. |
; [[2001 Australian Grand Prix|2001]] : The 2001 race saw [[Michael Schumacher]] take pole position and win the race and three drivers, [[Fernando Alonso]]; [[Kimi Räikkönen]] and [[Juan Pablo Montoya]], all made their Formula One debuts during this race. The race, however, was struck by tragedy in when a flying tyre from a crash between [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]' [[Ralf Schumacher]] and [[British American Racing|BAR's]] [[Jacques Villeneuve]] flew through a gap in the barrier fence and killed a volunteer track marshal, Graham Beveridge, who was 52 years old. | ; [[2001 Australian Grand Prix|2001]] : The 2001 race saw [[Michael Schumacher]] take pole position and win the race and three drivers, [[Fernando Alonso]]; [[Kimi Räikkönen]] and [[Juan Pablo Montoya]], all made their Formula One debuts during this race. The race, however, was struck by tragedy in when a flying tyre from a crash between [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]' [[Ralf Schumacher]] and [[British American Racing|BAR's]] [[Jacques Villeneuve]] flew through a gap in the barrier fence and killed a volunteer track marshal, Graham Beveridge, who was 52 years old. | ||
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; [[2006 Australian Grand Prix|2006]] : Traditionally, Melbourne hosted the opening round of the championship. In 2006, Melbourne hosted the 3rd round because it was hosting the [[2006 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] when it would normally host the Grand Prix. [[Spain]]'s [[Fernando Alonso]] won the event from third on the grid. | ; [[2006 Australian Grand Prix|2006]] : Traditionally, Melbourne hosted the opening round of the championship. In 2006, Melbourne hosted the 3rd round because it was hosting the [[2006 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] when it would normally host the Grand Prix. [[Spain]]'s [[Fernando Alonso]] won the event from third on the grid. | ||
| − | ; [[2007 Australian Grand Prix|2007]] : [[Lewis Hamilton]] led his first [[Formula One|F1]] race and eventually finished in third place. [[Kimi Räikkönen]] was in 1st place for the whole of the race except for when he pitted. | + | ; [[2007 Australian Grand Prix|2007]] : [[Lewis Hamilton]] led his first [[Formula One|F1]] race and eventually finished in third place. [[Kimi Räikkönen]] was in 1st place for the whole of the race except for when he pitted. Räikkönen became the first Ferrari driver to win on debut since [[Nigel Mansell]] in [[1989 Formula One Season|1989]]. Kimi Räikkönen also achieved a triple, a win, pole and fastest lap. |
==Recent Attendance== | ==Recent Attendance== | ||
| − | An area of recent debate regarding the move of the Australian Grand Prix to [[Melbourne]] is the dwindling crowd attendances. Crowd numbers have not peaked since the Melbourne record of 401,000 in 1996. This has resulted in many questioning whether the event is | + | An area of recent debate regarding the move of the Australian Grand Prix to [[Melbourne]] is the dwindling crowd attendances. Crowd numbers have not peaked since the Melbourne record of 401,000 in 1996. This has resulted in many questioning whether the event is bringing the economic benefits first promised when it was announced Melbourne would host the race in 1993. A possible reason for the drop in attendance is that since the Grand Prix has moved to Melbourne, the race organisers have significantly decreased the number of support events at the Grand Prix. Instead of using the event to showcase Australian motor sport, many classes featured in the past have been replaced by celebrity and corporate sponsored events. For instance, while the Grand Prix Corporation has used the presence of Australian driver, Mark Webber, as an advertising draw card for the event, the class in which Mark first started coming to attention, Formula Ford, was dropped from the 2006 programme. Another factor possibly influencing the crowds in 2007 was the withdrawal of Australia's most popular domestic racing series, [[V8 Supercar]], from the support program, although the size of the attendance drop from 2006 to 2007 does not support the assertion. |
| + | *2008 - 303,000<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/16/2190889.htm Aust GP enjoys healthy crowds - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> | ||
| + | *2007 - 301,000<ref>[http://www.austadiums.com/stadiums/stadiums_crowds.php?id=176 Albert Park F1 Circuit Crowds]</ref> | ||
| + | *2006 - 301,500<ref>[http://www.austadiums.com/sport/event.php?eventid=4223 Australian Stadiums :: Australian F1 GP (d4)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> | ||
| + | *2005 - 359,000<ref>[http://cars.grandprix.com.au/ 2008 FORMULA 1™ ING Australian Grand Prix<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> | ||
| + | *1996 - '''401,000''' | ||
| − | + | ==Sponsors== | |
| − | + | [[Mitsubishi]] Australian Grand Prix '''1985'''<br /> | |
| − | + | [[Fosters Lager|Fosters]] Australian Grand Prix '''1986-1993''', '''2002-2006'''<br /> | |
| − | + | [[Electronic Data Systems|EDS]] Australian Grand Prix '''1995'''<br /> | |
| + | [[Transurban]] Australian Grand Prix '''1996'''<br /> | ||
| + | [[Qantas]] Australian Grand Prix '''1997-2001'''<br /> | ||
| + | [[ING Group|ING]] Australian Grand Prix '''2007-'''<br /> | ||
| + | There was no naming rights sponsor in 1994. | ||
==Winners== | ==Winners== | ||
===Multiple winners (drivers)=== | ===Multiple winners (drivers)=== | ||
| − | {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95% | + | {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" |
| − | |- | + | |- |
! Number of wins | ! Number of wins | ||
! Driver | ! Driver | ||
! Years Won | ! Years Won | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | + | !rowspan="2"| 4 | |
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Lex Davison]] |
| 1954, 1957, 1958, 1961 | | 1954, 1957, 1958, 1961 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Michael Schumacher]] |
| [[2000 Australian Grand Prix|2000]], [[2001 Australian Grand Prix|2001]], [[2002 Australian Grand Prix|2002]], [[2004 Australian Grand Prix|2004]] | | [[2000 Australian Grand Prix|2000]], [[2001 Australian Grand Prix|2001]], [[2002 Australian Grand Prix|2002]], [[2004 Australian Grand Prix|2004]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | + | !rowspan="6"| 3 | |
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Bill Thompson (auto racer)|Bill Thompson]] |
| 1930, 1932, 1933 | | 1930, 1932, 1933 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Doug Whiteford]] |
| 1950, 1952, 1953 | | 1950, 1952, 1953 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Jack Brabham]] |
| 1955, 1963, 1964 | | 1955, 1963, 1964 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Graham McRae]] |
| 1972, 1973, 1978 | | 1972, 1973, 1978 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Roberto Moreno]] |
| − | | 1981, 1983, 1984 | + | | [[1981 Australian Grand Prix|1981]], [[1983 Australian Grand Prix|1983]], [[1984 Australian Grand Prix|1984]] |
|- | |- | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|France}} [[Alain Prost]] |
| − | | 1982, [[1986 Australian Grand Prix|1986]], [[1988 Australian Grand Prix|1988]] | + | | [[1982 Australian Grand Prix|1982]], [[1986 Australian Grand Prix|1986]], [[1988 Australian Grand Prix|1988]] |
|- | |- | ||
| − | + | !rowspan="8"| 2 | |
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Les Murphy]] |
| 1935, 1937 | | 1935, 1937 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Bruce McLaren]] |
| 1962, 1965 | | 1962, 1965 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Frank Matich]] |
| 1970, 1971 | | 1970, 1971 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Max Stewart]] |
| 1974, 1975 | | 1974, 1975 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Gerhard Berger]] |
| [[1987 Australian Grand Prix|1987]], [[1992 Australian Grand Prix|1992]] | | [[1987 Australian Grand Prix|1987]], [[1992 Australian Grand Prix|1992]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Ayrton Senna]] |
| [[1991 Australian Grand Prix|1991]], [[1993 Australian Grand Prix|1993]] | | [[1991 Australian Grand Prix|1991]], [[1993 Australian Grand Prix|1993]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|UK}} [[Damon Hill]] |
| [[1995 Australian Grand Prix|1995]], [[1996 Australian Grand Prix|1996]] | | [[1995 Australian Grand Prix|1995]], [[1996 Australian Grand Prix|1996]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|UK}} [[David Coulthard]] |
| [[1997 Australian Grand Prix|1997]], [[2003 Australian Grand Prix|2003]] | | [[1997 Australian Grand Prix|1997]], [[2003 Australian Grand Prix|2003]] | ||
|} | |} | ||
===Multiple winners (constructors)=== | ===Multiple winners (constructors)=== | ||
| − | :'' | + | :''Embolded teams are still competing in the Formula One championship'' |
| − | {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95% | + | {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" |
| − | |- | + | |- |
! Number of wins | ! Number of wins | ||
| − | ! | + | ! Constructor |
! Years Won | ! Years Won | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | ''' | + | ! rowspan=2|10 |
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]''' |
| − | | [[1986 Australian Grand Prix|1986]], [[1988 Australian Grand Prix|1988]], [[1991 Australian Grand Prix|1991]], [[1992 Australian Grand Prix|1992]], [[1993 Australian Grand Prix|1993]], [[1997 Australian Grand Prix|1997]] | + | | [[1957 Australian Grand Prix|1957]], [[1958 Australian Grand Prix|1958]], [[1969 Australian Grand Prix|1969]], [[1987 Australian Grand Prix|1987]], [[1999 Australian Grand Prix|1999]], [[2000 Australian Grand Prix|2000]], [[2001 Australian Grand Prix|2001]], [[2002 Australian Grand Prix|2002]], [[2004 Australian Grand Prix|2004]], [[2007 Australian Grand Prix|2007]] |
| + | |- | ||
| + | | {{flagicon|UK}} '''[[McLaren]]''' | ||
| + | | [[1970 Australian Grand Prix|1970]], [[1986 Australian Grand Prix|1986]], [[1988 Australian Grand Prix|1988]], [[1991 Australian Grand Prix|1991]], [[1992 Australian Grand Prix|1992]], [[1993 Australian Grand Prix|1993]], [[1997 Australian Grand Prix|1997]], [[1998 Australian Grand Prix|1998]], [[2003 Australian Grand Prix|2003]], [[2008 Australian Grand Prix|2008]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! 6 | ||
| + | | {{flagicon|UK}} '''[[WilliamsF1|Williams]]''' | ||
| + | | [[1980 Australian Grand Prix|1980]], [[1985 Australian Grand Prix|1985]], [[1989 Australian Grand Prix|1989]], [[1994 Australian Grand Prix|1994]], [[1995 Australian Grand Prix|1995]], [[1996 Australian Grand Prix|1996]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! 5 | ||
| + | | {{flagicon|UK}} [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]] | ||
| + | | [[1955 Australian Grand Prix|1955]], [[1960 Australian Grand Prix|1960]], [[1961 Australian Grand Prix|1961]], [[1962 Australian Grand Prix|1962]], [[1965 Australian Grand Prix|1965]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! rowspan=4|4 | ||
| + | | {{flagicon|France}} [[Bugatti]] | ||
| + | | [[1929 Australian Grand Prix|1929]], [[1930 Australian Grand Prix|1930]], [[1931 Australian Grand Prix|1931]], [[1932 Australian Grand Prix|1932]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | {{flagicon|UK}} [[MG (car)|MG]] | ||
| + | | [[1935 Australian Grand Prix|1935]], [[1937 Australian Grand Prix|1937]], [[1939 Australian Grand Prix|1939]], [[1947 Australian Grand Prix|1947]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | {{flagicon|UK}} [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] | ||
| + | | [[1974 Australian Grand Prix|1974]], [[1975 Australian Grand Prix|1975]], [[1977 Australian Grand Prix|1977]], [[1979 Australian Grand Prix|1979]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | {{flagicon|UK}} [[Ralt]] | ||
| + | | [[1981 Australian Grand Prix|1981]], [[1982 Australian Grand Prix|1982]], [[1983 Australian Grand Prix|1983]], [[1984 Australian Grand Prix|1984]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! rowspan=7|2 | ||
| + | | {{flagicon|France}} [[Talbot-Lago]] | ||
| + | | [[1952 Australian Grand Prix|1952]], [[1953 Australian Grand Prix|1953]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Maserati]] | ||
| + | | [[1956 Australian Grand Prix|1956]], [[1959 Australian Grand Prix|1959]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | {{flagicon|UK}} [[Brabham]] | ||
| + | | [[1963 Australian Grand Prix|1963]], [[1964 Australian Grand Prix|1964]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|UK}} [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] |
| − | | | + | | [[1966 Australian Grand Prix|1966]], [[1967 Australian Grand Prix|1967]] |
| − | | [[ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Matich]] |
| − | | | + | | [[1971 Australian Grand Prix|1971]], [[1976 Austtralian Grand Prix|1976]] |
| − | | [[ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Graham McRae|McRae]] |
| − | | | + | | [[1973 Australian Grand Prix|1973]], [[1978 Australian Grand Prix|1978]] |
| + | |- | ||
| + | | {{flagicon|France}} '''[[Renault F1|Renault]]''' | ||
| [[2005 Australian Grand Prix|2005]], [[2006 Australian Grand Prix|2006]] | | [[2005 Australian Grand Prix|2005]], [[2006 Australian Grand Prix|2006]] | ||
|} | |} | ||
===By year=== | ===By year=== | ||
| − | ''Events which were not part of the Formula One World Championship are indicated by a | + | ''Events which were not part of the Formula One World Championship are indicated by a pink background.'' |
| − | {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; | + | {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |
| − | |- | + | |- |
! Year | ! Year | ||
! Driver | ! Driver | ||
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! Location | ! Location | ||
! Report | ! Report | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! [[2008 Formula One season|2008]] | ||
| + | | {{flagicon|UK}} [[Lewis Hamilton]] | ||
| + | | [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] | ||
| + | | [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Melbourne]] | ||
| + | | [[2008 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
! [[2007 Formula One season|2007]] | ! [[2007 Formula One season|2007]] | ||
| − | | | + | |{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Kimi Räikkönen]] |
|[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] | |[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] | ||
| [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Melbourne]] | | [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Melbourne]] | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! [[2006 Formula One season|2006]] | ! [[2006 Formula One season|2006]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Fernando Alonso]] |
| [[Renault F1|Renault]] | | [[Renault F1|Renault]] | ||
| [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Melbourne]] | | [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Melbourne]] | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! [[2005 Formula One season|2005]] | ! [[2005 Formula One season|2005]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Giancarlo Fisichella]] |
| [[Renault F1|Renault]] | | [[Renault F1|Renault]] | ||
| [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Melbourne]] | | [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Melbourne]] | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! [[2004 Formula One season|2004]] | ! [[2004 Formula One season|2004]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Michael Schumacher]] |
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] | | [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] | ||
| [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Melbourne]] | | [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Melbourne]] | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! [[2003 Formula One season|2003]] | ! [[2003 Formula One season|2003]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|UK}} [[David Coulthard]] |
| [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] | | [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] | ||
| [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Melbourne]] | | [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Melbourne]] | ||
| Line 222: | Line 304: | ||
|- | |- | ||
! [[2002 Formula One season|2002]] | ! [[2002 Formula One season|2002]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Michael Schumacher]] |
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] | | [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] | ||
| [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Melbourne]] | | [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Melbourne]] | ||
| Line 228: | Line 310: | ||
|- | |- | ||
! [[2001 Formula One season|2001]] | ! [[2001 Formula One season|2001]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Michael Schumacher]] |
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] | | [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] | ||
| [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Melbourne]] | | [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Melbourne]] | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! [[2000 Formula One season|2000]] | ! [[2000 Formula One season|2000]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Michael Schumacher]] |
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] | | [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] | ||
| [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Melbourne]] | | [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Melbourne]] | ||
| Line 240: | Line 322: | ||
|- | |- | ||
! [[1999 Formula One season|1999]] | ! [[1999 Formula One season|1999]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|UK}} [[Eddie Irvine]] |
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] | | [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] | ||
| [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Melbourne]] | | [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Melbourne]] | ||
| Line 246: | Line 328: | ||
|- | |- | ||
! [[1998 Formula One season|1998]] | ! [[1998 Formula One season|1998]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Finland}} [[Mika Häkkinen]] |
| [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] | | [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] | ||
| [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Melbourne]] | | [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Melbourne]] | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! [[1997 Formula One season|1997]] | ! [[1997 Formula One season|1997]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|UK}} [[David Coulthard]] |
| [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] | | [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] | ||
| [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Melbourne]] | | [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Melbourne]] | ||
| Line 258: | Line 340: | ||
|- | |- | ||
! [[1996 Formula One season|1996]] | ! [[1996 Formula One season|1996]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|UK}} [[Damon Hill]] |
| [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Renault F1|Renault]] | | [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Renault F1|Renault]] | ||
| [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Melbourne]] | | [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Melbourne]] | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! [[1995 Formula One season|1995]] | ! [[1995 Formula One season|1995]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|UK}} [[Damon Hill]] |
| [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Renault F1|Renault]] | | [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Renault F1|Renault]] | ||
| [[Adelaide Street Circuit|Adelaide]] | | [[Adelaide Street Circuit|Adelaide]] | ||
| Line 270: | Line 352: | ||
|- | |- | ||
! [[1994 Formula One season|1994]] | ! [[1994 Formula One season|1994]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|UK}} [[Nigel Mansell]] |
| [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Renault F1|Renault]] | | [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Renault F1|Renault]] | ||
| [[Adelaide Street Circuit|Adelaide]] | | [[Adelaide Street Circuit|Adelaide]] | ||
| Line 276: | Line 358: | ||
|- | |- | ||
! [[1993 Formula One season|1993]] | ! [[1993 Formula One season|1993]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Ayrton Senna]] |
| [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | | [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | ||
| [[Adelaide Street Circuit|Adelaide]] | | [[Adelaide Street Circuit|Adelaide]] | ||
| Line 282: | Line 364: | ||
|- | |- | ||
! [[1992 Formula One season|1992]] | ! [[1992 Formula One season|1992]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Gerhard Berger]] |
| [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]] | | [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]] | ||
| [[Adelaide Street Circuit|Adelaide]] | | [[Adelaide Street Circuit|Adelaide]] | ||
| Line 288: | Line 370: | ||
|- | |- | ||
! [[1991 Formula One season|1991]] | ! [[1991 Formula One season|1991]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Ayrton Senna]] |
| [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]] | | [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]] | ||
| [[Adelaide Street Circuit|Adelaide]] | | [[Adelaide Street Circuit|Adelaide]] | ||
| Line 294: | Line 376: | ||
|- | |- | ||
! [[1990 Formula One season|1990]] | ! [[1990 Formula One season|1990]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Nelson Piquet]] |
| [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | | [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | ||
| [[Adelaide Street Circuit|Adelaide]] | | [[Adelaide Street Circuit|Adelaide]] | ||
| Line 300: | Line 382: | ||
|- | |- | ||
! [[1989 Formula One season|1989]] | ! [[1989 Formula One season|1989]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Thierry Boutsen]] |
| [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Renault F1|Renault]] | | [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Renault F1|Renault]] | ||
| [[Adelaide Street Circuit|Adelaide]] | | [[Adelaide Street Circuit|Adelaide]] | ||
| Line 306: | Line 388: | ||
|- | |- | ||
! [[1988 Formula One season|1988]] | ! [[1988 Formula One season|1988]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|France}} [[Alain Prost]] |
| [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]] | | [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]] | ||
| [[Adelaide Street Circuit|Adelaide]] | | [[Adelaide Street Circuit|Adelaide]] | ||
| Line 312: | Line 394: | ||
|- | |- | ||
! [[1987 Formula One season|1987]] | ! [[1987 Formula One season|1987]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Gerhard Berger]] |
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] | | [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] | ||
| [[Adelaide Street Circuit|Adelaide]] | | [[Adelaide Street Circuit|Adelaide]] | ||
| Line 318: | Line 400: | ||
|- | |- | ||
! [[1986 Formula One season|1986]] | ! [[1986 Formula One season|1986]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|France}} [[Alain Prost]] |
| [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG]] | | [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG]] | ||
| [[Adelaide Street Circuit|Adelaide]] | | [[Adelaide Street Circuit|Adelaide]] | ||
| Line 324: | Line 406: | ||
|- | |- | ||
! [[1985 Formula One season|1985]] | ! [[1985 Formula One season|1985]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Finland}} [[Keke Rosberg]] |
| [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]] | | [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]] | ||
| [[Adelaide Street Circuit|Adelaide]] | | [[Adelaide Street Circuit|Adelaide]] | ||
| [[1985 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1985 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1984]] | ! [[1984]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Roberto Moreno]] |
| [[Ralt]]-[[Cosworth]] | | [[Ralt]]-[[Cosworth]] | ||
| [[Calder Park Raceway|Calder]] | | [[Calder Park Raceway|Calder]] | ||
| [[1984 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1984 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1983]] | ! [[1983]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Roberto Moreno]] |
| [[Ralt]]-[[Cosworth]] | | [[Ralt]]-[[Cosworth]] | ||
| [[Calder Park Raceway|Calder]] | | [[Calder Park Raceway|Calder]] | ||
| [[1983 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1983 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1982]] | ! [[1982]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|France}} [[Alain Prost]] |
| [[Ralt]]-[[Cosworth]] | | [[Ralt]]-[[Cosworth]] | ||
| [[Calder Park Raceway|Calder]] | | [[Calder Park Raceway|Calder]] | ||
| [[1982 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1982 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1981]] | ! [[1981]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Roberto Moreno]] |
| [[Ralt]]-[[Cosworth]] | | [[Ralt]]-[[Cosworth]] | ||
| [[Calder Park Raceway|Calder]] | | [[Calder Park Raceway|Calder]] | ||
| [[1981 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1981 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1980]] | ! [[1980]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Alan Jones (Formula 1)|Alan Jones]] |
| [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Cosworth]] | | [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Cosworth]] | ||
| [[Calder Park Raceway|Calder]] | | [[Calder Park Raceway|Calder]] | ||
| [[1980 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1980 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1979]] | ! [[1979]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Johnnie Walker (motor racing)|Johnnie Walker]] |
| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]]-[[Chevrolet]] | | [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]]-[[Chevrolet]] | ||
| − | | [[Wanneroo]] | + | | [[Barbagallo Raceway|Wanneroo]] |
| [[1979 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1979 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1978]] | ! [[1978]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Graham McRae]] |
| − | | [[McRae]]-[[Chevrolet]] | + | | [[Graham McRae|McRae]]-[[Chevrolet]] |
| [[Sandown Raceway]] | | [[Sandown Raceway]] | ||
| [[1978 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1978 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1977]] | ! [[1977]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Warwick Brown]] |
| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]]-[[Chevrolet]] | | [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]]-[[Chevrolet]] | ||
| [[Oran Park Raceway]] | | [[Oran Park Raceway]] | ||
| [[1977 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1977 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1976]] | ! [[1976]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[John Goss (motor racing)|John Goss]] |
| [[Matich]]-[[Repco]] | | [[Matich]]-[[Repco]] | ||
| [[Sandown Raceway]] | | [[Sandown Raceway]] | ||
| [[1976 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1976 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1975]] | ! [[1975]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Max Stewart]] |
| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]]-[[Chevrolet]] | | [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]]-[[Chevrolet]] | ||
| − | | | + | | Surfers Paradise |
| [[1975 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1975 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1974]] | ! [[1974]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Max Stewart]] |
| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]]-[[Chevrolet]] | | [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]]-[[Chevrolet]] | ||
| [[Oran Park Raceway]] | | [[Oran Park Raceway]] | ||
| [[1974 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1974 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1973]] | ! [[1973]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Graham McRae]] |
| − | | [[McRae]]-[[Chevrolet]] | + | | [[Graham McRae|McRae]]-[[Chevrolet]] |
| [[Sandown Raceway]] | | [[Sandown Raceway]] | ||
| [[1973 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1973 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1972]] | ! [[1972]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Graham McRae]] |
| − | | | + | | Leda-[[Chevrolet]] |
| [[Sandown Raceway]] | | [[Sandown Raceway]] | ||
| [[1972 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1972 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1971]] | ! [[1971]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Frank Matich]] |
| − | | [[Team | + | | [[Team Matich|Matich]]-[[Repco]] |
| − | | [[Warwick Farm]] | + | | [[Warwick Farm Racecourse|Warwick Farm]] |
| [[1971 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1971 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1970]] | ! [[1970]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Frank Matich]] |
| [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Repco]] | | [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Repco]] | ||
| − | | [[Warwick Farm]] | + | | [[Warwick Farm Racecourse|Warwick Farm]] |
| [[1970 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1970 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1969]] | ! [[1969]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Chris Amon]] |
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] | | [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] | ||
| − | | [[Lakeside]] | + | | [[Lakeside International Raceway|Lakeside]] |
| [[1969 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1969 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1968]] | ! [[1968]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|UK}} [[Jim Clark (racing driver)|Jim Clark]] |
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Cosworth]] | | [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Cosworth]] | ||
| [[Sandown Raceway]] | | [[Sandown Raceway]] | ||
| [[1968 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1968 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1967]] | ! [[1967]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|UK}} [[Jackie Stewart]] |
| [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] | | [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] | ||
| − | | [[Warwick Farm]] | + | | [[Warwick Farm Racecourse|Warwick Farm]] |
| [[1967 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1967 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1966]] | ! [[1966]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|UK}} [[Graham Hill]] |
| [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] | | [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] | ||
| − | | [[Lakeside]] | + | | [[Lakeside International Raceway|Lakeside]] |
| [[1966 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1966 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1965]] | ! [[1965]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Bruce McLaren]] |
| [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]]-[[Coventry Climax|Climax]] | | [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]]-[[Coventry Climax|Climax]] | ||
| [[Longford, Tasmania|Longford]] | | [[Longford, Tasmania|Longford]] | ||
| [[1965 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1965 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1964]] | ! [[1964]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Jack Brabham]] |
| [[Brabham]]-[[Coventry Climax|Climax]] | | [[Brabham]]-[[Coventry Climax|Climax]] | ||
| [[Sandown Raceway]] | | [[Sandown Raceway]] | ||
| [[1964 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1964 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1963]] | ! [[1963]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Jack Brabham]] |
| [[Brabham]]-[[Coventry Climax|Climax]] | | [[Brabham]]-[[Coventry Climax|Climax]] | ||
| − | | [[Warwick Farm]] | + | | [[Warwick Farm Racecourse|Warwick Farm]] |
| [[1963 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1963 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1962]] | ! [[1962]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Bruce McLaren]] |
| [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]]-[[Coventry Climax|Climax]] | | [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]]-[[Coventry Climax|Climax]] | ||
| − | | [[Caversham | + | | [[Caversham Airfield|Caversham]] |
| [[1962 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1962 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1961]] | ! [[1961]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Lex Davison]] |
| [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]]-[[Coventry Climax|Climax]] | | [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]]-[[Coventry Climax|Climax]] | ||
| [[Mallala Motorsport Park|Mallala]] | | [[Mallala Motorsport Park|Mallala]] | ||
| [[1961 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1961 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1960]] | ! [[1960]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Alec Mildren]] |
| [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]]-[[Maserati]] | | [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]]-[[Maserati]] | ||
| − | | [[Lowood]] | + | | [[Lowood, Queensland|Lowood]] |
| [[1960 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1960 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1959]] | ! [[1959]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Stan Jones (auto racer)|Stan Jones]] |
| [[Maserati]] | | [[Maserati]] | ||
| [[Longford, Tasmania|Longford]] | | [[Longford, Tasmania|Longford]] | ||
| [[1959 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1959 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1958]] | ! [[1958]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Lex Davison]] |
| [[Ferrari]] | | [[Ferrari]] | ||
| [[Mount Panorama Circuit|Bathurst]] | | [[Mount Panorama Circuit|Bathurst]] | ||
| [[1958 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1958 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1957]] | ! [[1957]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Lex Davison]] <br>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Bill Patterson]] |
| [[Ferrari]] | | [[Ferrari]] | ||
| − | | [[Caversham | + | | [[Caversham Airfield|Caversham]] |
| [[1957 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1957 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1956]] | ! [[1956]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|UK}} [[Stirling Moss]] |
| [[Maserati]] | | [[Maserati]] | ||
| [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Albert Park]] | | [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Albert Park]] | ||
| [[1956 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1956 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1955]] | ! [[1955]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Jack Brabham]] |
| [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]]-[[Bristol Cars|Bristol]] | | [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]]-[[Bristol Cars|Bristol]] | ||
| [[Port Wakefield, South Australia|Port Wakefield]] | | [[Port Wakefield, South Australia|Port Wakefield]] | ||
| [[1955 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1955 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1954]] | ! [[1954]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Lex Davison]] |
| [[Hersham and Walton Motors|HWM]]-[[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]] | | [[Hersham and Walton Motors|HWM]]-[[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]] | ||
| [[Southport]] | | [[Southport]] | ||
| [[1954 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1954 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1953]] | ! [[1953]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Doug Whiteford]] |
| [[Talbot-Lago]] | | [[Talbot-Lago]] | ||
| [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Albert Park]] | | [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit|Albert Park]] | ||
| [[1953 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1953 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1952]] | ! [[1952]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Doug Whiteford]] |
| [[Talbot-Lago]] | | [[Talbot-Lago]] | ||
| [[Mount Panorama Circuit|Bathurst]] | | [[Mount Panorama Circuit|Bathurst]] | ||
| [[1952 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1952 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1951]] | ! [[1951]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Warwick Pratley]] |
| [[George Reed Special]] | | [[George Reed Special]] | ||
| [[Narrogin]] | | [[Narrogin]] | ||
| [[1951 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1951 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
| − | |- bgcolor=" | + | |- bgcolor="#FFCCCC" |
! [[1950]] | ! [[1950]] | ||
| − | | | + | | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Doug Whiteford]] |
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | | [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | ||
| [[Nuriootpa, South Australia|Nuriootpa]] | | [[Nuriootpa, South Australia|Nuriootpa]] | ||
| [[1950 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[1950 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
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! [[1949 Grand Prix season|1949]] | ! [[1949 Grand Prix season|1949]] | ||
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| [[Delahaye]] | | [[Delahaye]] | ||
| [[Leyburn]] | | [[Leyburn]] | ||
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| [[BMW]] | | [[BMW]] | ||
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| [[MG (car)|MG]] | | [[MG (car)|MG]] | ||
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| [[Lobethal, South Australia|Lobethal]] | | [[Lobethal, South Australia|Lobethal]] | ||
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| [[English Racing Automobiles|ERA]] | | [[English Racing Automobiles|ERA]] | ||
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Revision as of 13:42, 16 May 2008
| Australian Grand Prix | |
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 Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit
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| Laps | 58 |
| Circuit length | 5.30 km (3.30 miles) |
| Race length | 307.57 km (191.12 miles) |
| Most wins by single driver | Lex Davidson (4); Michael Schumacher (4) |
| Most wins by single constructor | McLaren (8) |
| Last race (2007): | |
| Winner | Kimi Räikkönen |
| Winning constructor | Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari |
| Winning time | 1:25:28.770 |
| Pole time | 1:26.072 |
| Pole driver | Kimi Räikkönen |
| Pole constructor | Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari |
| Fastest lap | 1:25.235 |
| Fastest lap driver | Kimi Räikkönen |
| Fastest lap constructor | Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari |
| Australian Grand Prix | |
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 Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit
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| Laps | 58 |
| Circuit length | 5.303 km (3.295 miles) |
| Race length | 307.574 km (191.110 miles) |
| Most wins by single driver | Template:Country data Australia Lex Davison(non championship races) (4) Template:Country data Germany Michael Schumacher (4) |
| Most wins by single constructor | Template:Country data ITA Ferrari (10)  McLaren (10)
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| Last race (2008): | |
| Winner | Lewis Hamilton
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| Winning constructor | McLaren-Mercedes |
| Winning time | 1h 34m 50.616s (194.578 km/h) |
| Pole time | 1:26.714 |
| Pole driver | Lewis Hamilton
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| Pole constructor | McLaren-Mercedes |
| Fastest lap | 1:27.418 |
| Fastest lap driver | Template:Country data Finland Heikki Kovalainen |
| Fastest lap constructor | McLaren-Mercedes |
The Australian Grand Prix is a Formula One race that is part of the annual Formula One championship season. It is held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit at Albert Park in Melbourne. The event was held annually since 1928 at various venues in Australia, before it became part of the Formula One championship in 1985. The race was held at the Adelaide Street Circuit in Adelaide from 1985 to 1995, before moving to Melbourne in 1996.
The Australian Grand Prix is the first round of the Championship, having been the first race of each year, excluding 2006, since the event moved to Melbourne. During its years in Adelaide, the Australian Grand Prix was the final round of the Championship, replacing the Portuguese Grand Prix in that respect. As the final round of the season, the Grand Prix hosted a handful of memorable Grand Prix, most notably the 1986 and 1994 event which saw those respective titles decided.
In terms of Grand Prix victories, Michael Schumacher and Ferrari are the most successful driver and team respectively. David Coulthard, Rubens Barrichello and Giancarlo Fisichella are the only drivers to have started every single Melbourne race.
In November 2006 ING became the naming rights sponsor of the Australian Grand Prix in a three-year deal.
History
Origins
Australian Grands Prix, which were not part of the World Championship but did feature F1-style open-wheeler racing vehicles, were held at various circuits around Australia for many decades, dating back into the 1920s, making the race one of the oldest surviving races today. Like the French Grand Prix the race wandered from circuit to circuit for much of its life, and was for a time rotated amongst the states of Australia. The race was held at Australia's most famous racetrack, Mount Panorama Circuit four times between 1938 and 1958. Another notable venue in the 1950s was a road circuit at Albert Park in Melbourne, on two occasions. In this era Lex Davison won the race four times, a record that would last until 2004 when it was equalled by Michael Schumacher. In the 1960s the race was an integral part of the Tasman Series which attracted the leading Formula 1 teams of the day and also influenced the careers of a generation of Australian and New Zealand drivers on their way to Europe with Jack Brabham, Denny Hulme and Bruce McLaren prominent figures of the era. During the 1970s the race lost its international lustre as a Formula 5000 race. The early 1980s regained some of lost glory when leading Formula 1 drivers were hired to race in Formula Atlantic cars at Calder Park Raceway. The Atlantic era was dominated by Roberto Moreno, winning three times against star-studded fields. The last domestic Grand Prix was held in 1984.
Formula 1
Australia became part of the F1 world championship in 1985 with the last race of the season held on the street circuit in Adelaide. The circuit, whilst not as tight as Monaco, was notoriously tough on drivers and gearboxes.Template:Fact The Adelaide Street Circuit, which held its last Formula One race in 1995, has often been stated as being one of, if not, the greatest street circuits in the world. Whenever the teams came to Adelaide they enjoyed the party atmosphere.Template:Fact
In 1993 prominent Melbourne businessman Mr Ron Walker AC CBE, current Chairman of the Australian Grand Prix began working with the then Kennett government to make Melbourne the host of the event. After the government of Jeff Kennett spent an undisclosed (but speculated to be quite large) amount, it was announced in late 1993 (days after a South Australian election) that the race would be shifted to a rebuilt Albert Park street circuit in Melbourne. The race moved to Melbourne in 1996. The decision to hold the race there was controversial. A series of protests were organised by the "Save Albert Park" group, who claimed that the race turned a public park into a private playground for one week per year. Additionally, they claimed that the race cost a great deal of money that would be better spent, if it were to be spent on motor racing, on a permanent circuit elsewhere. Finally, they said that the claimed economic benefits of the race were false or exaggerated. The race organisers and the government claimed that the economic benefits to the state outweighed the costs, and highlighted that the park's public amenities have been greatly improved from the World War II vintage facilities previously located at Albert Park; the Melbourne Sports and Aquatc Centre (scene of many Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games events) being the centre piece and best known of the revitalised facilities.
The idea of a permanent racing circuit has never really been addressed, but there is much speculation that the real reason for a street circuit is to provide a distinctive backdrop for television - a permanent race circuit would be unidentifiable and, from the perspective of the Formula One organisers, may as well be held in Europe at much lesser cost and inconvenience to them. In any case, a substantial number of people do embrace (and attend) the race at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit.
The Melbourne era
Bernie Ecclestone, the president of Formula One Management, the group that runs modern-day Formula One in conjunction with the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), once famously said that it took 10 minutes to do the deal with Melbourne that would see the Victorian capital host the Australian Grand Prix from 1996. It is thought that Melbourne’s unsuccessful quest to stage the 1996 Olympic Games, and the subsequently successful bid by northern rival city Sydney to host the 2000 Olympics, was a driving force behind Melbourne’s motivation to wrest the Australian Grand Prix away from Adelaide.
Albert Park, within easy reach of the Melbourne central business district, became home to the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. A 16-turn circuit, which measures 5.3 kilometres in its current guise, was built utilising a combination of public roads within the park. The circuit is renowned as being a smooth and high-speed test for Formula One teams and drivers, and its characteristics are similar to the only other street circuit set in a public park currently used for a race in the Formula One World Championship, the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada.
The promotional theme for the first race in Melbourne was “Melbourne – What a Great Place for the Race”. Some 401,000 people turned out for the first race in 1996, which remains a record for the event. The logistics of creating a temporary circuit and hosting an event of the magnitude of a Formula One Grand Prix from scratch weren’t lost on the international visitors, with Melbourne winning the F1 Constructors’ Association Award for the best organised Grand Prix of the year in its first two years of 1996 and 1997.
The move of the Australian Grand Prix to Melbourne saw a change in the time of year that the F1 teams and personnel made their annual voyage Down Under. Adelaide, for each of its 11 years, was the final race of the F1 season, usually in October or November, while Melbourne has been the first race of the season in every year since 1996 with the exception of 2006, when it was the third race of the year to allow for the Commonwealth Games to take place in the city. As such, the Albert Park circuit has seen the Formula One debuts of every prominent driver in the last decade. 1997 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve made his race debut in Melbourne’s first year of 1996, and became one of three men to secure pole position in his maiden Grand Prix. Other prominent names to debut in Melbourne are two-time World Champion Fernando Alonso, Juan Pablo Montoya and Kimi Räikkönen in 2001, and Australia’s current F1 driver, Mark Webber, in 2002.
As part of celebrations for the 10th running of the event at Albert Park in 2005, Webber drove his Williams F1 car over the Sydney Harbour Bridge in a promotional event, and the Melbourne city streets hosted a parade of F1 machinery and V8 Supercars, Australia’s highest-profile domestic motor sport category.
Races in Melbourne
It took just three corners for the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park to gain worldwide attention. On the first lap of the first race in 1996, Jordan’s Martin Brundle was launched into the air in an enormous accident. Footage of the crash, and Brundle’s subsequent rush back to the pits to take the spare car for the re-start, ensured the first race in Melbourne gained widespread coverage. The race was won by Williams’ Damon Hill.
The 1997 race saw McLaren, through David Coulthard, break a drought of 50 races without a victory. The next year was a McLaren benefit, with Mika Häkkinen and Coulthard lapping the entire field en route to a dominant 1-2 finish. The result was clouded by controversy when Coulthard pulled over with two laps remaining to allow Häkkinen to win, honouring a pre-race agreement between the pair that whoever made it to the first corner in the lead on lap one would be allowed to win. Ferrari won its first Grand Prix in Melbourne in 1999, but it wasn’t with team number one Michael Schumacher. Irishman Eddie Irvine took his maiden victory after the all-conquering McLarens of Häkkinen and Coulthard retired before half-distance. Schumacher broke his Melbourne drought the following year when he headed a dominant Ferrari 1-2 with new teammate Rubens Barrichello.
The 2001 event, won by Michael Schumacher, was marked by tragedy when volunteer marshal Graham Beveridge was killed after a high-speed accident involving Ralf Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve on lap five. Villeneuve’s B.A.R rode up across the back of Schumacher’s Williams and crashed into the fence, behind which Beveridge was standing.
The start of the 2002 race saw pole-sitter Barrichello and Williams’ Schumacher come together at Turn One in a spectacular accident that saw 11 of the 22 cars eliminated before the end of the opening lap. Michael Schumacher dominated thereafter to post a third straight Melbourne win, but his achievements were overshadowed by the fifth place of Australian Mark Webber on his Formula One debut. Webber, in an underpowered and underfunded Minardi, had to recover from a botched late pit stop and resist the challenges of Toyota’s Mika Salo in the closing stages, and took to the podium after the race with Australian team owner Paul Stoddart in one of Melbourne’s more memorable Grand Prix moments.
The next year, 2003, saw Coulthard again win for McLaren in a race held in variable conditions. Normal service was resumed in 2004 with the Ferraris of Schumacher and Barrichello running rampant – within two laps of Friday practice, Schumacher had obliterated the Albert Park lap record, and sailed to a crushing win.
In 2005, the race was won by Renault’s Giancarlo Fisichella after a storm during Saturday qualifying produced a topsy-turvy grid. Barrichello and Fisichella’s teammate Fernando Alonso came through the field from 11th and 13th on the grid respectively to join pole-sitter Fisichella on the podium. In 2006, Alonso took his first Australian win in an accident-marred race that featured four safety car periods.
Notable Australian Grands Prix
- 1986
- Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet in a Williams-Honda and Alain Prost, in a comparatively underpowered McLaren, were competing for the drivers' title. Mansell needed only third to guarantee the title, whilst Prost and Piquet needed to win and for Mansell to finish lower than third to take the title. Whilst comfortably in the top three with a few laps to go, Mansell's Williams suffered a spectacular mechanical failure, with a rear tyre puncture at very high speed near the end of the main straight creating a huge shower of sparks as the floor of the vehicle dragged along the bitumen surface. Mansell fought to control the violently veering car and steered it to a safe stop. Prost took the lead, as Mansell's teammate Piquet had pitted as a pre-cautionary measure, and won the race and the championship. Prost himself came incredibly close to failure, as his vehicle coasted to a halt on his warm-down lap, out of fuel.
- 1994
- Following his win at the Japanese Grand Prix, Damon Hill was now one point behind championship leader Michael Schumacher. Nigel Mansell was on pole but a poor start resulted in the two championship rivals Hill and Schumacher battling for the lead. But on lap 36, Schumacher went off the track, a result of oversteer, and this allowed Hill to catch up with Schumacher and the Brit took the inside line for the next corner. But the German turned on Hill's Williams, whether it was on purpose or accidentally is unknown, which sent the Benetton on two wheels and into the tyre barrier, Schumacher retiring on the spot. Hill came out of the incident with a broken wishbone on his front-left suspension and the Brit pitted and retired from the race, handing the title to Schumacher. The sister Williams of Nigel Mansell went onto win the race, becoming the oldest Grand Prix winner since Jack Brabham in 1970.
- 2001
- The 2001 race saw Michael Schumacher take pole position and win the race and three drivers, Fernando Alonso; Kimi Räikkönen and Juan Pablo Montoya, all made their Formula One debuts during this race. The race, however, was struck by tragedy in when a flying tyre from a crash between Williams' Ralf Schumacher and BAR's Jacques Villeneuve flew through a gap in the barrier fence and killed a volunteer track marshal, Graham Beveridge, who was 52 years old.
- 2002
- The 2002 event saw the best performance by an Australian driver when Mark Webber, in the perennially uncompetitive Minardi, took advantage of the misfortune of other competitors to finish an unlikely fifth, holding off a fast-closing Mika Salo in a much faster Toyota. He and the Australian-born team owner Paul Stoddart became instant national celebrities well beyond the motor racing world, the minor placing receiving far more attention in Australia than Michael Schumacher's win.
- 2006
- Traditionally, Melbourne hosted the opening round of the championship. In 2006, Melbourne hosted the 3rd round because it was hosting the Commonwealth Games when it would normally host the Grand Prix. Spain's Fernando Alonso won the event from third on the grid.
- 2007
- Lewis Hamilton led his first F1 race and eventually finished in third place. Kimi Räikkönen was in 1st place for the whole of the race except for when he pitted. Räikkönen became the first Ferrari driver to win on debut since Nigel Mansell in 1989. Kimi Räikkönen also achieved a triple, a win, pole and fastest lap.
Recent Attendance
An area of recent debate regarding the move of the Australian Grand Prix to Melbourne is the dwindling crowd attendances. Crowd numbers have not peaked since the Melbourne record of 401,000 in 1996. This has resulted in many questioning whether the event is bringing the economic benefits first promised when it was announced Melbourne would host the race in 1993. A possible reason for the drop in attendance is that since the Grand Prix has moved to Melbourne, the race organisers have significantly decreased the number of support events at the Grand Prix. Instead of using the event to showcase Australian motor sport, many classes featured in the past have been replaced by celebrity and corporate sponsored events. For instance, while the Grand Prix Corporation has used the presence of Australian driver, Mark Webber, as an advertising draw card for the event, the class in which Mark first started coming to attention, Formula Ford, was dropped from the 2006 programme. Another factor possibly influencing the crowds in 2007 was the withdrawal of Australia's most popular domestic racing series, V8 Supercar, from the support program, although the size of the attendance drop from 2006 to 2007 does not support the assertion.
Sponsors
Mitsubishi Australian Grand Prix 1985
Fosters Australian Grand Prix 1986-1993, 2002-2006
EDS Australian Grand Prix 1995
Transurban Australian Grand Prix 1996
Qantas Australian Grand Prix 1997-2001
ING Australian Grand Prix 2007-
There was no naming rights sponsor in 1994.
Winners
Multiple winners (drivers)
| Number of wins | Driver | Years Won |
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| 4 | Template:Country data Australia Lex Davison | 1954, 1957, 1958, 1961 |
| Template:Country data Germany Michael Schumacher | 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 | |
| 3 | Template:Country data Australia Bill Thompson | 1930, 1932, 1933 |
| Template:Country data Australia Doug Whiteford | 1950, 1952, 1953 | |
| Template:Country data Australia Jack Brabham | 1955, 1963, 1964 | |
| Template:Country data New Zealand Graham McRae | 1972, 1973, 1978 | |
| Template:Country data Brazil Roberto Moreno | 1981, 1983, 1984 | |
| Template:Country data France Alain Prost | 1982, 1986, 1988 | |
| 2 | Template:Country data Australia Les Murphy | 1935, 1937 |
| Template:Country data New Zealand Bruce McLaren | 1962, 1965 | |
| Template:Country data Australia Frank Matich | 1970, 1971 | |
| Template:Country data Australia Max Stewart | 1974, 1975 | |
| Template:Country data Austria Gerhard Berger | 1987, 1992 | |
| Template:Country data Brazil Ayrton Senna | 1991, 1993 | |
| Damon Hill
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1995, 1996 | |
| David Coulthard
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1997, 2003 |
Multiple winners (constructors)
- Embolded teams are still competing in the Formula One championship
| Number of wins | Constructor | Years Won |
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| 10 | Template:Country flagicon2 Ferrari | 1957, 1958, 1969, 1987, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007 |
| McLaren
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1970, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2008 | |
| 6 | Williams
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1980, 1985, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1996 |
| 5 | Cooper
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1955, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965 |
| 4 | Template:Country data France Bugatti | 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932 |
| MG
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1935, 1937, 1939, 1947 | |
| Lola
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1974, 1975, 1977, 1979 | |
| Ralt
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1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 | |
| 2 | Template:Country data France Talbot-Lago | 1952, 1953 |
| Template:Country flagicon2 Maserati | 1956, 1959 | |
| Brabham
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1963, 1964 | |
| BRM
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1966, 1967 | |
| Template:Country data Australia Matich | 1971, 1976 | |
| Template:Country data New Zealand McRae | 1973, 1978 | |
| Template:Country data France Renault | 2005, 2006 |
By year
Events which were not part of the Formula One World Championship are indicated by a pink background.
External links
- The Australian Grand Prix official website
- Australian Grand Prix Statistics
- Melbourne Formula 1 Statistics
| Races in the Formula One championship: | |
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| 2007 championship Grand Prix events: | |
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Malaysian |
Bahrain |
Spanish |
Monaco |
Canadian |
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French |
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| Past championship Grand Prix events: | |
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Argentine |
Austrian |
Dutch |
Indy 500 |
Las Vegas |
Luxembourg |
Mexican |
Morocco | |
| Confirmed future Grand Prix events: | |