{"id":14114,"date":"2022-08-15T11:36:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T01:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/?p=14114"},"modified":"2022-08-15T11:36:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T01:36:33","slug":"australias-best-racing-circuits-and-a-bit-of-porsche-news-at-the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/blog\/australias-best-racing-circuits-and-a-bit-of-porsche-news-at-the-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia’s Best Racing Circuits, and a Bit of Porsche News at the End."},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia is a racing car enthusiast\u2019s haven. When professional car racing first began in Australia, it lacked the local presence of manufacturers from brands like Ferrari and Mercedes \u2013 both of which helped establish a strong racing tradition in Europe. \u00a0Despite Europe\u2019s success, Australia was able to build racetracks down under that Australians and people around the world enjoyed visiting to watch \u2013 and even today they deliver some of the very best motor racing has to offer.<\/p>\n

5 of the most famous racetracks in Australia would have to be:<\/p>\n

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  1. Phillip Island<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    You can find the Phillip Island Circuit situated about 2 hours outside of Melbourne City.\u00a0 Its racing heritage harks back to the 1920s. \u00a0The current racetrack has been in use since 1956, although it has undergone minor changes during its life.\u00a0 Phillip Island is a wonderfully free-flowing circuit with a stunning backdrop of Port Phillip Bay. \u00a0This famous track is loved by both motorcycle racers as well as those from the car racing fraternity.\u00a0 Phillip Island is currently a permanent yearly fixture for the MotoGP calendar.<\/p>\n

    Loads of motorbikes are included in the race circuit\u2019s fastest lap times, with a Yamaha YZR\u2013M1 ridden by Maverick Vi\u00f1ales in 2019 claiming the quickest lap time of 1 min:28 sec.49.\u00a0 You have to look down to 57th<\/sup> place before finding the quickest lap time accomplished by a car.\u00a0 57th<\/sup> place was run in 1 min:38 sec.02 in a Porsche 918 Spyder driven by Matthias Hoffsummer.\u00a0 A 2020 BMW M3 ran around Phillips Island in 1 min: 45 sec.03 \u2013 a car that may be a little more recognisable and common to the masses.<\/p>\n

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    1. The Adelaide Street Circuit<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      The Adelaide Street Circuit hosted the Australian F1 Grand Prix in the 90s. \u00a0This famous track saw racing icons Alain Prost,\u00a0Aryton Senna, and Michael Schumacher score podiums on their journey to winning their F1 World Driver\u2019s Championship. \u00a0Because it was regularly the last race of the F1 season, the Adelaide Street Circuit track often had high stakes drama, with its competitors looking to win the last points of the season on what is a fast and flowing circuit.\u00a0 This drama added to the buzz in the air, playing host to a great party atmosphere once the final race was completed.<\/p>\n

      Although Melbourne has more recently created another famous racetrack \u2013 Albert Park \u2013 the Adelaide Street Circuit is still special.\u00a0 Although F1 cars no longer rip around this circuit, the V8 Supercars event has become one of the its best series.<\/p>\n

      The fastest time (1 min: 15 sec.381) ever recorded on the Adelaide Street Circuit was performed by Damon Hill back in 1993, while driving his Williams FW15C Renault Formula One.<\/p>\n

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      1. Albert Park<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        As mentioned above, Albert Park is in the seaside suburb of St Kilda, just outside the Melbourne CBD.\u00a0 Albert Park Circuit has played host to the Australian Grand Prix since 1996 and is a track that provides fantastic motor racing. \u00a0Albert Park is also a track that anyone can tackle a lap of the circuit in their own car.\u00a0 It\u2019s possible to drive around the circuit many times on any day of the week.<\/p>\n

        A Formula One Car called the Ferrari F1\u201375 driven by Charles Leclerc this year (2022) set a time of 1 min:20 sec.260, which is the fastest time ever set on the track.\u00a0 To give you an idea just how quick that is \u2013 Craig Baird drove his Mercedes AMG GT3 car around in 1 min: 54 sec.7311.\u00a0 Craig Baird\u2019s record time in the GT3 Class is 8th<\/sup> quickest for a car more recognizable with cars can be driven on our roads legally.<\/p>\n

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        1. Sandown Raceway<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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          Sandown Raceway is a track that, along with Phillip Island and Albert Park, enhances Victoria\u2019s claim to possessing Australia\u2019s greatest collection of famous racetracks. Until Albert Park arrived on the scene, Sandown was regarded by many as Victoria\u2019s premier circuit.\u00a0 Sandown Raceway is where brilliant Aussie racers like Jack Brabham, Alan Jones, and other heroes have shown off their skills to a home audience. \u00a0Sandown Raceway circuit still finds regular use today, most notably among drag racing enthusiasts.<\/p>\n

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          1. Bathurst\/Mount Panorama<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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            Formula One and MotoGP tracks inside Australia are rightfully famous. \u00a0Events in these high-end categories are truly global, and even our home-grown Aussie drivers have made a name for themselves racing in these very events.\u00a0 But Mount Panorama\/Bathurst is perhaps the most famous track of all to most Australians.<\/p>\n

            The New South Wales circuit plays a yearly host to the V8 Supercar race, and it has been a place where legendary battles between Ford and Holden have been played out before loyal fans. \u00a0Mount Panorama is also where brilliant racers like Peter Brock and Craig Lowndes have cemented their status as giant motor racing legends.<\/p>\n

            The outright fastest time for getting around the Mount Panorama Track was accomplished in an Audi R8 LMS, where the 2 minute barrier was broken in a time of 1 min: 59 sec.2910; Christopher Mies was the R8\u2019s driver.\u00a0 The quickest Touring Car that has ever made it round the circuit was a Ford Mustang GT driven by Chaz Mostert in the Supercars Championship of 2019 with a time of 2 min: 04 sec.7602.<\/p>\n

            Nurburgring (Germany)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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            And for something a little different\u2026 Porsche has just reclaimed the production EV N\u00fcrburgring lap record from Tesla, running a time of 7 min: 33 sec with a Porsche Taycan Turbo S EV.\u00a0 The Tesla Model S Plaid’s lap time was 7 min: 35 sec set in September of 2021.<\/p>\n

            The production performance EV class is rapidly growing and features a variety of body styles. This means Porsche will likely be challenged by faster EVs in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Australia is a racing car enthusiast\u2019s haven. When professional car racing first began in Australia, it lacked the local presence of manufacturers from brands like Ferrari and Mercedes \u2013 both of which helped establish a strong racing tradition in Europe. \u00a0Despite Europe\u2019s success, Australia was able to build racetracks down under that Australians and people […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[227,86,4923,296,280,6648],"tags":[1226,7410,386,7409,7413,622,7411,3644,1110,7414,7412,397,7408,7416,7415],"class_list":["post-14114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia","category-blog","category-electric-vehicles-evs","category-history","category-motor-sport","category-supercars","tag-albert-park","tag-australia-racing-circuits","tag-bathurst","tag-best-racing-circuits","tag-ev-racing","tag-motor-racing","tag-motor-racing-in-australia","tag-mount-panorama","tag-nurburgring","tag-phillip-island","tag-porsche-taycan-ev","tag-racing","tag-racing-circuits","tag-sandown-raceway","tag-the-adelaide-street-circuit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14114"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14121,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14114\/revisions\/14121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}