Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit

Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit

Track details
Location	Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Time Zone	GMT +10
Type	Road Course
First held	2000
Times held	12
Major events	Superleague, Supercup
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. 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 champion Thomas Kimmich, who failed to qualify and therefore won the race from the back of the grid (22nd place).

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.