Albert Park Circuit
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street circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Key facts
- Location
- Albert Park , Melbourne , Victoria, Australia
- Capacity
- ~125,000 (44,000 seating)
- Opened
- 20 November 1953 ; 72 years ago ( 1953-11-20 ) , Re-opened: 7 March 1996 ; 30 years ago ( 1996-03-07 )
- Closed
- 30 November 1958 ; 67 years ago ( 1958-11-30 )
- Major events
- Current: , Formula One , Australian Grand Prix (1996–2019, 2022–present), Former: , Australian Drivers' Championship (1957–1958)
- Surface
- Asphalt
- Length
- 5.278 km (3.280 mi)
- Race lap record
- 1:19.813 ( Charles Leclerc , Ferrari SF-24 , 2024 , F1 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- street circuit
- Country
- Australia
- Located in
- City of Port Phillip
- Location
- Albert Park and Lake
- Sport
- auto racing
- Image
- Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit pit building.jpg
- Length
- 5278
- Significant event
- Australian Grand Prix
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- Commons category
- Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit
- date of official opening
- 1953-11-20
- used by
- Formula One
- short name
- Melbourne
- inception
- 1953-11-20
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Albert Park Circuit is a motorsport street circuit around Albert Park Lake in the suburb of Albert Park in Melbourne. It is used annually as a circuit for the Formula One Australian Grand Prix, the supporting Supercars Championship Melbourne SuperSprint and other associated support races. The circuit has an FIA Grade 1 licence.
Although the entire track consists of normally public roads, each sector includes medium to high-speed characteristics more commonly associated with dedicated racetracks facilitated by grass and gravel run-off safety zones that are reconstructed annually. However, the circuit also has characteristics of a street circuit's enclosed nature due to concrete barriers annually built along the Lakeside Drive curve, in particular, where run-off is not available due to the proximity of the lake shore.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Albert Park Circuit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.