Adelaide Street Circuit

Location: Adelaide, Australia
Races held: 11 (1985 to 1995)
Most wins, drivers: Gerhard Berger (2), Ayrton Senna (2), Alain Prost (2), Damon Hill (1), Nigel Mansell (1)
Most wins, teams: McLaren (5), Williams (4), Ferrari (1), Benetton (1)
Most poles: Ayrton Senna (6), Nigel Mansell (3), Damon Hill (1), Gerhard Berger (1)
Fastest race lap: 1:15.381, Damon Hill, 1993 (race laps since 1982; layouts change over time)
Map: OpenStreetMap

What is a lap of Adelaide Street Circuit like?

A temporary street circuit through Adelaide's East Parklands, with the pits on a purpose-built road inside the Victoria Park racecourse, it hosted the Australian Grand Prix as the last race of the season from 1985 to 1995. It was wide and fast for a street track: in 1986 Martin Brundle's turbocharged Tyrrell was timed at 205 mph (330 km/h) on the 900 m Brabham Straight along Dequetteville Terrace. It saw Nigel Mansell's title-losing tyre failure in 1986, the rain-stopped 1991 race that lasted only 14 laps, and the 1994 collision between Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill that decided the championship. Formula 1 left after 1995 when the race moved to Melbourne's Albert Park; a shortened 3.219 km version of the track was used for the Supercars Adelaide 500 from 1999 to 2020 and again from 2022, and a modified layout is planned for MotoGP from 2027.

Lap length: 3.780 km
Direction: clockwise
Longest straight: 900 m
Layout described: Formula One Grand Prix Circuit, 3.780 km; the same length for all eleven Australian Grands Prix, 1985-1995 (also used by the American Le Mans Series in 2000)

Order	Name	Side	Type
1	Senna Chicane		chicane
2	East Terrace
3	Banana Bend
4	Stag Turn		fast
5	Brewery Bend	Right	fast
6	Foster's Corner	Right	hairpin
7	Racetrack Hairpin	Right	hairpin

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Does pole position win at Adelaide Street Circuit?

The pole sitter has won 5 of 11 races here (45%). Across all circuits since 1950 the pole sitter wins 44% of races. The winner started from the front row (P1 or P2) in 6 of 11 races (55%) and from the top three in 7 (64%). Lowest grid position to win: 7th, Nelson Piquet in 1990.

Winner started from	Wins	Share
P1	5	45%
P2	1	9%
P3	1	9%
P4	2	18%
P5	1	9%
P7	1	9%

Where the winner started, every race at this circuit. Pole sitter means the driver who set the fastest qualifying time (first on the grid where no qualifying data exists); a grid penalty can move the pole sitter back, and that race still counts for them. Compare every circuit.

How are races at Adelaide Street Circuit won?

1994 to 2009 (refuelling): 2 races; winners made 2 stops in 1, 3 or more in 1; first stop at a median lap 23 (28% of the race)

Race	Winner	Stops	Stop laps
1995	Damon Hill	3	19, 40, 60 of 81
1994	Nigel Mansell	2	26, 54 of 81

Lap times over the years

Pole position time (where qualifying times are recorded, 1994 on) and fastest race lap (1982 on), per race. Lower is faster. Hover or tap for a year.

All races at Adelaide Street Circuit

Race	Winner	Team	Pole	Fastest lap
1995 Australian Grand Prix	Damon Hill	Williams	Damon Hill	Damon Hill (1:17.943)
1994 Australian Grand Prix	Nigel Mansell	Williams	Nigel Mansell	Michael Schumacher (1:17.140)
1993 Australian Grand Prix	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	Ayrton Senna	Damon Hill (1:15.381)
1992 Australian Grand Prix	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	Nigel Mansell	Michael Schumacher (1:16.078)
1991 Australian Grand Prix	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	Ayrton Senna	Gerhard Berger (1:41.141)
1990 Australian Grand Prix	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	Ayrton Senna	Nigel Mansell (1:18.203)
1989 Australian Grand Prix	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	Ayrton Senna	Satoru Nakajima (1:38.479)
1988 Australian Grand Prix	Alain Prost	McLaren	Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost (1:21.216)
1987 Australian Grand Prix	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	Gerhard Berger	Gerhard Berger (1:20.416)
1986 Australian Grand Prix	Alain Prost	McLaren	Nigel Mansell	Nelson Piquet (1:20.787)
1985 Australian Grand Prix	Keke Rosberg	Williams	Ayrton Senna	Keke Rosberg (1:23.758)