Melbourn Circuit - Australia

[Shumi]

Hello guys, here is some information about Melbourn circuit with a map of the circuit attached:

Length:5.303 km

Nb of Laps:58 (307.574 Km)

Best Lap:
K. Raikkonen - 1'27''724
(2003, McLaren)

Record Pole:
R. Barrichello - 1'25''843
(2002, Ferrari)

2003 Pole:
M. Schumacher - 1'27''173
(Ferrari)

2003 Podium:
D. Coulthard - J. Montoya - K. Raikkonen

Melbourn had it first GP in 1996, in 1997 race was won by Jacques Villeneuve when he was driving for the Williams. While in 1998 it was a dominance race when DCow was about to win when he slowed down to his mate M.Hakkinen after loosing so much time in the pits and lost the lead. In 1999 It was Eddie Irvine taking his first GP win and from 2000-2002 was won by the god of the F1 Shumacher. The Australian GP had one of the most tragedik accident after the death of one of the saftey marshals when Villeneuve had a collesion with Ralf Schumacher.

PAST WINNERS:
2004 : M. Schumacher (Ferrari)
2003 : D. Coulthard (McLaren)
2002 : M. Schumacher (Ferrari)
2001 : M. Schumacher (Ferrari)
2000 : M. Schumacher (Ferrari)
1999 : E. Irvine (Ferrari)
1998 : M.Hakkinen (McLaren)
1997 : D. Coulthard (McLaren)
1996 : D. Hill (Williams)
1995 : D. Hill (Williams)
1994 : N. Mansell (Williams)
1993 : A. Senna (McLaren)
1992 : G. Berger (McLaren)

[Silver SS]

That track looks fun for some low down force :naughty: ( top speed ):lildevil:

[ZOSicK]

Originally posted by Silver SS
That track looks fun for some low down force :naughty: ( top speed ):lildevil:

drift baby :bigok:

[CapRicon]

great info and thanks.


:clap:

[designo]

thanks bro!

great stuff and i love the DCow part! :lmao:

[Shumi]

Ferrari Started the Domenation of 2004 season from this track with a 1 & 2 finish for Ferrai with Michael Schumacher in first and team-mate Rubens Barrichello in second.

[the ice man]

It is well known as a hard overtaking circuit