Albert Park Circuit
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street circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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The entry is geolocated on the map in VIC.
It sits within the topics 1953 establishments in Australia, Australian Grand Prix and Formula One circuits.
Its subject is documented across 42 Wikipedia language editions.
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.