Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit

Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit

Melbourne

Geographical Information

Melbourne is located in the state of Victoria, Australia, on the southwest coast of the continent Oceania. Melbourne Tullamarine is the international airport and is located 21 km from downtown. Quick connections by cab and bus (20 to 30 minutes).

The circuit is located in beautiful Albert Park.

 

Historical Information

Racing activities on this circuit began in the 1950s, except that it was not used for nearly 40 years due to protests from environmentalists.

Carved out of Albert Park, it is a semi-permanent circuit: it is obtained by connecting the perimeter roads of Albert Park Lake. When it was decided that in 1996 the Australian Grand Prix would be hosted in Melbourne, a new start straight was built with new pits attached, and some corners were modified to slow down the runs, while keeping the track's lap averages very high for a street circuit.

In 2021, changes were made to the circuit, which in its new version consists of 14 corners and is 5,278 meters long. After the layout changes, the track initially featured as many as four zones for the use of DRS, the first circuit in Formula 1 to offer such a large number of zones for the use of the moving wing, and then later reverted to three for safety reasons.

Since 1996, it has always been the scene of a GP, with the exception of 2020 and 2021, when competition stopped due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

Address

Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Albert Park, 220 Albert Road, South Melbourne, Tel: (61) 399258 7100 Fax: (61) 399699 372
Satellite map

Fastest laps records

Race: Charles Leclerc 1:19.813 at an average speed of 0 km/h (2024).
Qualifying: Michael Schumacher 1:24.408 at an average speed of 226.172 km/h (2004).
Endurance: Michael Schumacher 58 laps in 1h24:15.757 at an average speed of 219.01 km/h (2004).

Organisation

CAMS LIMITED, 851 Dandenong Rd, MALVERN EAST , VIC 3145/PO Box 147, CAULFIELD EAST, Vic 3145 - AUS
Tel: (61) 39593 7777 Fax: (61) 39593 7700
Mail: tims@cams.com.au
Site: www.grandprix.com.au