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Australian GP
Saturday 05th of March 2005
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Sunday 06th of March 2005
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Venue:
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Albert Park, Melbourne
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No. of Laps:
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58 |
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Lap Distance:
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3.295miles / 5.2720km |
| Race Distance: |
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191.110miles / 305.7760km |
| Lap Record: |
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M Schumacher 1'24.125 |
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| Circuit Details |
The Australian Grand Prix was originally held in Adelaide with Keke Rosberg winning the inaugural race back in 1985. While at Adelaide the race was traditionally the season closer and thus witnessed some thrilling climaxes to the world championship fight. Who could forget Nigel Mansell?s spectacular tyre blow-out in 1986 or Schumacher and Hill?s controversial clash in ?94? The race also marked Ayrton Senna?s final grand prix win back in 1993.
The last Adelaide Australian Grand Prix took place in 1995 although the occasion was marked with sadness after Mika Hakkinen was seriously injured in a practice crash. Thankfully, as we all know, Mika went on to make a full recovery.
For 1996 the Aussie GP moved east to Melbourne and a fantastic new track at Albert Park. The race is now the season opener and has continued to provide some great racing. Jacques Villeneuve made a stunning GP debut there in ?96 when he stuck his Williams on pole and finished second. In the same year, ITV's Martin Brundle was incredibly lucky to escape a massive first lap crash in which his Jordan flew into a terrifying sequence of barrel rolls.
Address
Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit
Albert Park
220 Albert Road
South Melbourne
Tel: (61) 3 9258 7100
Fax: (61) 3 9699 3727
2004
1 Michael Schumacher
2 Rubens Barrichello
3 Fernando Alonso
4 Ralf Schumacher
5 Juan Pablo Montoya
6 Jenson Button
7 Jarno Trulli
8 David Coulthard
Recent Winners
2004 - M Schumacher - Ferrari
2003 - D Coulthard - McLaren
2002 - M Schumacher - Ferrari
2001 - M Schumacher - Ferrari
2000 - M Schumacher - Ferrari
1999 - Irvine - Ferrari
1998 - Hakkinen - McLaren
1997 - Coulthard - McLaren
1996 - Hill - Williams
1995 - Hill - Williams
1994 - Mansell - Williams
1993 - Senna - McLaren
1992 - Berger - McLaren
1991 - Senna - McLaren
1990 - Picquet - Benetton
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