MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA

The Australian Grand Prix was originally held in Adelaide with Keke
Rosberg winning the inaugural race back in 1985. While at Adelaide the race was traditionally the season closer and thus witnessed some
thrilling climaxes to the world championship fight; Who could forget Nigel Mansell's spectacular tyre blow-out in 1986 or Schumacher and Hill's controversial clash in '94. The race also marked Ayrton Senna's
final grand prix win back in 1993.
The last Adelaide Australian Grand Prix took place in 1995 although the occasion was marked with sadness after Mika Hakkinen was seriously injured in a practice crash.
Thankfully, as we all know, Mika went on to make a full recovery.

For 1996 the Aussie GP moved west to Melbourne to a fantastic new track at Albert Park. The race is now the season opener and has
continued to provide some great racing. Jacques Villeneuve made his stunning GP debut their in '96 when he stuck his Williams on pole first time out and finished second. ITV's Martin Brundle was incredibly lucky to escape a massive first lap crash in the same race in which his Jordan flew into a terrifying sequence of barrel rolls.

2000 Race Results

1 Schumacher Ferrari
2 Barrichello Ferrari
3 Schumacher Williams BMW
4 Villeneuve BAR Honda
5 Fisichella Benetton Playlife
6 Zonta BAR Honda


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