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The Adelaide Street Circuit (also known as the Adelaide Parklands Circuit) is a temporary street circuit in the East Parklands adjacent to the Adelaide central business district in South Australia, Australia.

Adelaide Street Circuit

Layout used by Supercars from 1999

Layout used by Formula 1 from 1985 to 1995 and ALMS in 2000
LocationAdelaide, South Australia
Time zoneUTC+09:30 (UTC+10:30 DST)
Coordinates34°55′38″S 138°37′2″E
FIA Grade3[N 1]
OwnerAdelaide City Council
Opened31 October 1985; 36 years ago (1985-10-31)
Re-opened in 8 April 1999; 23 years ago (1999-04-08)
ClosedNovember 1995
Former namesAdelaide Parklands Circuit
Major eventsCurrent:
Supercars Championship
Adelaide 500 (1999–2020, 2022)
Supercars Challenge (1993–1995)
GT World Challenge Australia (2007–2013, 2015–2017, 2022)
S5000 Tasman Series (2022)
Former:
Formula One
Australian Grand Prix (1985–1995)
American Le Mans Series
Race of a Thousand Years (2000)
Stadium Super Trucks (2015–2018, 2020)
Supercars Circuit (1999–2020, 2022)
Length3.219 km (2.001 miles)
Turns14
Race lap record1:17.9726 ( Simon Hodge, Mygale M11, 2014, F3)
Grand Prix Circuit (1985–1995, 2000)
Length3.780 km (2.349 miles)
Turns16
Race lap record1:15.381 ( Damon Hill, Williams FW15C, 1993, F1)

The 3.780 km (2.349 mi) "Grand Prix" version of the track hosted eleven Formula One Australian Grand Prix events from 1985 to 1995, as well as an American Le Mans Series endurance race on New Year's Eve in 2000 (Race of a Thousand Years). Between 1999 and 2020 and again from 2022, a shortened 3.219 km (2.000 mi) version of the circuit has been used for the Adelaide 500 touring car race. A sprint version of the circuit was used after 2014.


Formula 1 Grand Prix


Keke Rosberg driving for Williams won the first Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix.
Keke Rosberg driving for Williams won the first Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix.
Ayrton Senna driving for McLaren in 1991.
Ayrton Senna driving for McLaren in 1991.
Alain Prost during the race in Adelaide on 7 November 1993.
Alain Prost during the race in Adelaide on 7 November 1993.

Supercars


From 1999 until 2020, the track hosted an annual Supercars race, the Adelaide 500, (in most years a 2 x 250 km race) on a shorter, 3.219 km (2.000 mi) variant of the track. The event became one of the most acclaimed on the Supercars calendar, and is the only event added to the Supercars Hall of Fame.[2] During Adelaide's era hosting the Australian Grand Prix, the circuit also hosted annual non-championship races for the Australian Touring Car Championship, the previous incarnation of Supercars.


Circuit



Pit Straight


The view looking North down Victoria Park pit straight towards the Senna Chicane during Friday qualifying of the 2008 Adelaide 500.
The view looking North down Victoria Park pit straight towards the Senna Chicane during Friday qualifying of the 2008 Adelaide 500.

The Adelaide Street Circuit pit straight on Victoria Park is 500 m (550 yd) long and faces North. All the buildings and grandstands are temporary and were removed each year due to ongoing campaigning by the Adelaide Parklands Preservation Association Inc.


Senna Chicane (Turns 1, 2 and 3)


Senna Chicane viewed from Pit Straight
Senna Chicane viewed from Pit Straight

At the end of the straight, drivers negotiate the Senna Chicane, so named after triple World Champion Ayrton Senna following his death at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. Senna had sat on the pole for the first Adelaide Grand Prix in 1985, and would go on to take the pole in Adelaide 6 times in 9 races, while winning in 1991 (the second shortest race in Formula One history due to torrential rain, after the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix), as well as his last career victory in 1993.


Wakefield Road climb


After the chicane the cars take a fast left turn to go uphill on a short straight on Wakefield Road to East Terrace.


Christian Brothers College (Turn 4)


The first of a series of three 90 degree corners. The first corner was notable for the fortunate vantage point of Christian Brothers College.


Market Chicane (Turns 7 and 8)


Followed by fourth onto Bartels Road back across the parklands. Then the track follows the fast turn 8 sweeper. This corner was re-configured in 2009 and it produced some protests from many of the teams due to its speed and lack of runoff area. Turn 8 has been the site of many crashes in the various categories that have used the shortened version of the circuit.


Stag Corner (Turn 9)


Stag corner is named after the Stag Hotel.
Stag corner is named after the Stag Hotel.

The full Grand Prix circuit bypasses the turn onto Bartels Road and continues with a sweeping left-right-right into Stag Turn (turn 9). This leads onto the 360 m (390 yd) long Jones Straight, known as Rundle Road for the rest of the year and named after Australia's 1980 World Champion Alan Jones.


Brewery Bend (Turn 10)


Brewery Bend is a fast right-hand sweeper named after the Kent Town Brewery that opens onto Dequetteville Terrace.


Dequetteville Terrace


The Dequetteville Terrace straight (named after Brabham for Formula 1 and Peter Brock for the Adelaide 500) was a 900 m (980 yd) stretch where the over 1,000 bhp (746 kW; 1,014 PS) Formula One cars in the turbo era (1985–88) were reaching speeds in excess of 200 mph (320 km/h) making Adelaide easily the fastest street circuit of the time as the only others were the much tighter Monaco, Detroit and Phoenix circuits. The short form of the track rejoins Brabham Straight ⅔ of the way down, so the 640 m (700 yd) long Bartels Road straight is longest on that layout. In 2007 this section of track was renamed Brock Straight after touring car driver Peter Brock.


Britannia Roundabout / Fosters Corner (Turn 11)


Hairpin corner at the end of the Dequetteville Terrace straight.
Hairpin corner at the end of the Dequetteville Terrace straight.

At the end of Brabham Straight is a right hand hairpin turn (at the Britannia Roundabout) that directs the driver back onto Wakefield Road.


Victoria Park (Turns 12, 13, 14 and 15)


After accelerating out of the hairpin the driver faces a left turn and long sweeping right hand curve back into Victoria Park behind the pit area. The lap concludes with another right-hand hairpin (Racetrack Hairpin) onto the pit straight.

The track is essentially flat except for a small valley on the Brock Straight, and a slight incline on Jones Straight, while the run up Wakefield Road from turns 3 to 4 also has a slight incline. All of these sections of track run in an east–west direction. The elevation ranges from 36–53 m (118–174 ft).

During the Formula One and early V8 Supercar eras the Victoria Park Racecourse, a horse racing track, was located at the park, though has since been removed.


Sprint Circuit


Between 2014 and 2018, an annual Adelaide Motorsport Festival ran on the Victoria Park Sprint Circuit, a shortened 1.4 km (0.87 mi) layout. The layout turned right along Wakefield Street after the Senna Chicane and then rejoined the main circuit for the final corners.[3] The event had attracted older Formula 1 machinery, with Ivan Capelli holding the lap record in a March CG891.[4]


Lap records



Grand Prix circuit


As of 8 March 2017.[5] The fastest ever recorded lap of the original 3.780 km (2.349 mi) Grand Prix Circuit was 1:13.371 by triple World Champion Ayrton Senna driving a McLaren MP4/8 Ford during qualifying for the 1993 Australian Grand Prix. However, as this was in qualifying and not a race, it does not count as the lap record.

Class Driver Vehicle Time Date
Outright Damon Hill Williams FW15C 1:15.381 7 November 1993
Racing Cars
Formula 1 Damon Hill Williams FW15C 1:15.381 7 November 1993
Formula Brabham Paul Stokell Reynard 91D 1:29.97 12 November 1995
Formula Mondial Ross Cheever
John Bowe
Ralt RT4
Ralt RT4
1:33.20 2 November 1985
25 October 1986
Formula 2 David Brabham Ralt RT30 1:35.90 11 November 1995
Formula Ford Jason Bright Van Diemen RF95 1:42.02 11 November 1995
250cc Superkart Stefan Rindstrom 1:37.99 4 November 1989
Sports Cars
LMP900 Rinaldo Capello Audi R8 1:25.2189[6] 31 December 2000
GT1 (GTS) Ni Amorim Chrysler Viper GTS-R 1:35.5296[6] 31 December 2000
Sports Sedan Kerry Baily Nissan 300ZX 1:36.5959 31 December 2000
ALMS GT Dirk Müller Porsche 911 (996) GT3-R 1:36.8501[6] 31 December 2000
Touring Cars
Group 3A Touring Car John Bowe Ford EF Falcon 1:37.72 12 November 1995
Group N Touring Cars Darren Edwards Ford Mustang 1:53.42 11 November 1995
Group 3E Series Production Cars Kent Youlden Ford EA Falcon 2:02.14 3 November 1990
HQ Holdens Peter Holmes Holden HQ Kingswood 2:06.85 11 November 1995

Supercars circuit


The fastest recorded lap of the 3.219 km (2.000 mi) Supercars circuit is 1:17.9726 set by Adelaide born driver Simon Hodge on 28 February 2014 driving a Mygale M11 Mercedes-Benz Formula 3.

Class Driver Vehicle Time Date
Outright Simon Hodge Mygale M11 1:17.9726 28 February 2014
Racing Cars
Formula 3 Simon Hodge Mygale M11 1:17.9726 28 February 2014
Formula Holden Simon Wills Reynard 94D 1:19.9556 8 April 2001
Formula Ford Cameron Waters Mygale SJ010a 1:26.5441 18 March 2011
Historic Formula 1 (1966–1969) Pete Lovely Lotus 49B 1:30.96 8 April 2000
Sports Cars
GT3 Ashley Walsh Audi R8 LMS GT3 1:19.8419[7] 4 March 2017
Carrera Cup Dale Wood Porsche 911 (991) GT3 Cup 1:21.9019[8] 3 March 2018
Australian Nations Cup Allan Simonsen Ferrari 550 Millennio 1:23.1553[9] 21 March 2004
Supersports Josh Hunt West WR1000 Kawasaki 1:24.5335 13 March 2010
Aussie Racing Cars Kel Treseder Camaro-Yamaha 1:33.4321 5 March 2017
Touring Cars
Supercars Championship Scott McLaughlin Ford FG X Falcon 1:20.4210 5 March 2017
Super2 Series Garry Jacobson Nissan Altima 1:21.5173 3 March 2018
Trans-Am Australia Aaron Seton Ford Mustang 1:24.8127[10] 23 February 2020
Production Cars Chris Alajajian Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:32.6755 19 March 2005
V8 Ute Racing Series Ryal Harris Ford FG Falcon Ute 1:35.3306 1 March 2015
Historic Touring Cars
Touring Car Masters Steven Johnson Ford Mustang Fastback (1969) 1:28.8376 4 March 2018
Group N Historic Touring Cars Paul Stubber Chevrolet Camaro SS (1969) 1:37.6254 23 March 2003
Other
Stadium Super Trucks Matthew Brabham Stadium Super Truck 1:44.6331 4 March 2018

Sprint circuit


The fastest recorded lap of the 1.4 km (0.87 mi) Victoria Park Sprint circuit is 0:42.5753 set by Ivan Capelli on 2 December 2018 driving a March CG891 car from the 1989 Formula One season.

Class Driver Vehicle Time Date
Outright Ivan Capelli March CG891 0:42.5753 2 December 2018

Other information


When the idea of holding a Grand Prix in the parklands was first raised, there was some opposition from people concerned about environmental damage, as the parks have a number of mature trees with birds and possums living in them. There is no larger wildlife in the parklands, as they are heavily developed. These concerns seem to have been proven unfounded, as spectators often watch magpies and rosellas when there is nothing happening on the track. Indeed, the total road traffic during race weekend is significantly less than there is any other day of the year.

The race meetings have the feature race, but also a number of races for "lesser" categories, making four days of entertainment for the crowds of spectators, without long periods of boredom that could occur if only practice and qualifying for the main event preceded it. Many of the events also have after-race concerts on a stage erected for the purpose on a playing field in the middle of the track. Some of the artists who have performed the concerts either at the Grand Prix or the Clipsal 500 include Cher, Paul Simon, Tina Turner, Daryl Braithwaite, INXS and Kiss. During her concert following the 1993 AGP, Tina Turner had an impromptu visitor in the form of the race winner and triple World Champion Ayrton Senna. Although she had already performed the song earlier, as a tribute to Senna, Turner again sung her hit song "The Best".

The stadium section also hosted the Pedal Prix and a prologue stage of the Classic Adelaide Rally and the replacement Targa Adelaide Rally.

The pit straight is used each November for the Sporting Car Club of South Australia's annual John Blanden's Climb to the Eagle. This event commenced as part of the 1985 Formula One with many well known racing identities taking part. The event sees up to 600 sports and exotic cars lined up on the starting grid before leaving to drive to Eagle on the Hill in the Adelaide Hills on the Friday of the weekend when the F1 Grand Prix was traditionally held in Adelaide. Another event held in November is the annual Toy Run which features over 1,000 motorcycle riders donating toys for under privileged children. The Toy Run moved to using the pit straight as its starting point in 2012 after previously starting from Glenelg.




See also



Notes


    1. Adelaide Street Circuit's Grade 3 licence expired 26 February 2022.

    References


    1. 1991 Formula One telecast of the Australian Grand Prix 1991, BBC. Commentary by Murray Walker.
    2. "Hall of fame". Supercars. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
    3. "Ivan Capelli Targets Lap Record at Adelaide Motorsport Festival". Auto Action. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
    4. Howard, Tom (2 December 2018). "Capelli smashes Adelaide Motorsport Festival lap record". Speedcafe. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
    5. "Race Timing & Results Archives". Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
    6. "Asia Pacific Le Mans Series 2000". Retrieved 18 June 2022.
    7. "Australian GT Adelaide 2017". Retrieved 18 June 2022.
    8. "Round 1, 2018: Adelaide 500". Retrieved 18 June 2022.
    9. "CLEANEVENTS NATIONS CUP - RACE 3". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
    10. "2020 Adelaide Superloop Race 3". Retrieved 18 June 2022.





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