Surfers Paradise Street Circuit

Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit.svg
Location Surfers Paradise, Queensland
Time zone UTC+10
Coordinates 27°59′23″S 153°25′40″E / 27.98972°S 153.42778°E / -27.98972; 153.42778Coordinates: 27°59′23″S 153°25′40″E / 27.98972°S 153.42778°E / -27.98972; 153.42778
Opened March 15, 1991
Major events V8 Supercars
Champ Car World Series
V8 Supercar
Length 2.98 km (1.85 mi)
Turns 15
Lap record 1:10.0851 (Will Davison, Ford FG Falcon, 2011, V8 Supercars)
Champ Car/IndyCar
Length 4.47 km (2.77 mi)
Turns 20
Lap record 1:31.093 (Graham Rahal, Panoz DP01 Cosworth, 2007, Champ Car)

The Surfers Paradise Street Circuit is a temporary street circuit at Surfers Paradise, in south east Queensland, Australia. The challenging 4.47-kilometre (2.78 mi) track has several fast sections and four chicanes. It is the third of three motor racing circuits that have existed in the Surfers Paradise area, after the Southport Street Circuit (1954) and Surfers Paradise International Raceway (1966–1987). Ron Dickson, the president of D3 Motorsport Development held the rights for Champ Car internationally in the 1980s. After a brief meeting with Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen the event was confirmed for Queensland, and Surfers Paradise was chosen over Brisbane.

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Circuit Construction

The track during construction for the 2006 Lexmark Indy 300

The circuit that was run on until 2009 was designed by Ron Dickson of D3 Motorsport Development and was the fourth concept put forward for the Surfers Paradise area. This work was carried out in 1988 and was first raced on in 1991. The construction of the circuit has been acclaimed internationally[citation needed] and is used as a benchmark for new temporary street circuits world-wide.[citation needed] Over a full 12-month period plans are laid and then implemented to transform a bustling residential, commercial and holiday destination into a temporary street circuit capable of facilitating high-speed motor races and hundreds of thousands of people.

In a two-month period leading up to the event, seven bridges are erected, 2515 concrete barriers installed, 11,500 grandstand seats fastened, more than 140 corporate suites furnished, 10 km (6.2 mi) of debris fencing and 16 km (9.9 mi) of security fencing placed, many more temporary structures fitted, and large-scale power and telecommunications systems activated.

The circuit is also an international leader in motor racing safety standards applauded by CAMS (Confederation of Australian Motorsport) and the FIA (the international governing body of motorsport). One of the major advancements over the past few years has been an increase in double height debris fencing including an additional 610 panels in high impact areas in 2005.

American Open Wheel History

An annual event had been held here since the 1991 IndyCar season. Following the merger of the Indy Racing League and Champ Car World Series in February 2008, the future of race had originally been secured until 2013 as an IRL IndyCar Series event, however the race was dropped from the calendar after the first demonstration race, and was subsequently picked up by A1GP, severing its eighteen year history with American open wheel racing.[1]

A1 Grand Prix history

On Tuesday, November 11, 2008 after extensive negotiations with the IRL broke down, the Queensland Government reached a new five year deal with A1 Grand Prix to stage a race at Surfers Paradise. The first A1GP race was supposed to take place on the weekend of the 22–25 October 2009.[2] To accommodate the new link with the A1GP series and subsequent removal of the Indy name (which is a registered trademark of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway), the entire 4 day event called Nikon SuperGP.[3][4] However, on October 17, 2009, A1GP Chairman Tony Teixeira announced that the UK operating arm of the series went into liquidation in June. Access to the A1GP cars and the ability to pay its suppliers has been impeded. That caused the cars could not leave the UK to be on track in Surfers Paradise on the 22 October. A1GP had been forced to withdraw from participation in the Nikon SuperGP.[5] A1 Grand Prix subsequently failed to arrive and were removed from the program, replaced with additional V8 Supercar races.[6]

2010

The V8 Supercars run a notably shorter layout in the 2010 series. At the Turn 2 chicane the circuit enters a hairpin to the left and rejoins the original track at the Bartercard Esses. Tony Cochrane suggested this layout after the A1 GP cars dropped from the 2009 event.[7]

V8 Supercar history

Since 2002, the Surfers Paradise race has counted for points in the V8 Supercar championship. The Australian touring car category had been held as a non-championship race meeting for several years prior.

From 2003 to 2007 the V8s officially shared headliner status with the Champcar World Seies, and then the Indy Racing League in 2008.

The 2009 race was amended after the demise of A1GP by going to a 600 km (370 mi) format of four 150 km (93 mi) races, two on Saturday and two on Sunday. For 2010 the format was changed to consist of a single 300 km (190 mi) race on each day.

Gold Coast 600
Venue Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
Race Format
Race 1
   - Laps 102
   - Distance 300 km
Race 2
   - Laps 102
   - Distance 300 km
Last Race (2011)
Winning Driver Jamie Whincup
Sebastien Bourdais
Winning Team Triple Eight Race Engineering
Winning Manufacturer Holden
Season Winning Driver Car Team
1994 Australia John Bowe Ford EB Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
1996 Australia John Bowe Ford EF Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
1997 Australia Russell Ingall Holden VS Commodore Castrol Perkins Racing
1998 Australia Mark Larkham Ford EL Falcon Larkham Motor Sport
1999 New Zealand Paul Radisich Ford EL Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
2000 New Zealand Paul Radisich Ford AU Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
2001 Australia Garth Tander Holden VX Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport
2002 Australia Jason Bargwanna Holden VX Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport
2003 Australia Russell Ingall Ford BA Falcon Stone Brothers Racing
2004 New Zealand Greg Murphy Holden VY Commodore K-mart Racing Team
2005 Australia Craig Lowndes Ford BA Falcon Triple Eight Race Engineering
2006 Australia Todd Kelly Holden VZ Commodore Holden Racing Team
2007 Australia Garth Tander Holden VE Commodore Toll HSV Dealer Team
2008 Australia Jamie Whincup Ford BF Falcon Triple Eight Race Engineering
2009 Australia Mark Winterbottom Ford FG Falcon Ford Performance Racing
2010 New Zealand Shane Van Gisbergen
New Zealand John McIntyre
Ford FG Falcon Stone Brothers Racing
2011 Australia Jamie Whincup
France Sebastien Bourdais
Holden VE Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering

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