The 1996 Bartercard Indycar Australia was the third round of the 1996 CART World Series season, held on 31 March 1996 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise, Australia.
Qualifying results
Pos Nat Name Team Car Time 1 Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 96I Honda 1:35.265 2 Scott Pruett Patrick Racing Lola T96/00 Ford XD Cosworth 1:35.282 3 Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 96I Honda 1:35.549 4 Paul Tracy Team Penske Penske PC25-96 Mercedes-Benz 1:35.987 5 Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing Lola T96/00 Ford XD Cosworth 1:36.721 6 Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing Lola T96/00 Ford XD Cosworth 1:36.863 7 Parker Johnstone Comptech Racing Reynard 96I Honda 1:37.023 8 Greg Moore Forsythe Racing Reynard 96I Ford XB Cosworth 1:37.026 9 André Ribeiro Tasman Motorsports Lola T96/00 Honda 1:37.162 10 Adrián Fernández Tasman Motorsports Lola T96/00 Honda 1:37.195 11 Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Reynard 96I Ford XB Cosworth 1:37.311 12 Gil de Ferran Hall Racing Reynard 96I Honda 1:37.325 13 Bobby Rahal Team Rahal Reynard 96I Mercedes-Benz 1:37.642 14 Robby Gordon Walker Racing Reynard 96I Ford XD Cosworth 1:37.695 15 Raul Boesel Team Green Reynard 96I Ford XD Cosworth 1:37.809 16 Al Unser Jr. Team Penske Penske PC25-96 Mercedes-Benz 1:38.189 17 Bryan Herta Team Rahal Reynard 96I Mercedes-Benz 1:38.420 18 Emerson Fittipaldi Hogan Racing Penske PC25-96 Mercedes-Benz 1:38.588 19 Roberto Moreno Payton/Coyne Racing Lola T96/00 Ford XB Cosworth 1:38.940 20 Stefan Johansson Bettenhausen Racing Reynard 96I Mercedes-Benz 1:39.479 21 Carlos Guerrero Scandia/Simon Racing Lola T96/00 Ford XB Cosworth 1:40.478 22 Eddie Lawson Galles Racing International Lola T96/00 Mercedes-Benz 1:40.655 23 Juan Manuel Fangio II All American Racing Eagle Mk. V Toyota 1:41.902 24 Jeff Krosnoff Arciero-Wells Racing Reynard 96I Toyota 1:42.056 25 Hiro Matsushita Payton/Coyne Racing Lola T96/00 Ford XB Cosworth 1:42.921
Race
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/retired Grid Points 1 12 Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 65 2:00:46.856 1 22 2 20 Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 65 +7.7 secs 2 16 3 99 Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 65 +12.3 secs 8 14 4 17 Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing 65 +20.2 secs 11 12 5 11 Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 65 +26.8 secs 6 10 6 16 Stefan Johansson Bettenhausen Racing 65 +44.2 secs 20 8 7 10 Eddie Lawson Galles Racing International 65 +1:06.3 secs 22 6 8 31 André Ribeiro Tasman Motorsports 65 +1:45.0 secs 9 5 9 2 Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 64 + 1 lap 16 4 10 24 Hiro Matsushita Payton/Coyne Racing 64 + 1 lap 25 3 11 8 Gil de Ferran Hall Racing 63 Fuel 12 2 12 34 Roberto Moreno Payton/Coyne Racing 61 + 3 laps 19 1 13 1 Raul Boesel Team Green 60 Fuel 15 14 22 Carlos Guerrero Scandia/Simon Racing 48 Contact 21 15 36 Juan Manuel Fangio II All American Racing 46 Fuel 23 16 5 Robby Gordon Walker Racing 45 Electrical 14 17 28 Bryan Herta Team Rahal 40 Pit fire 17 18 25 Jeff Krosnoff Arciero-Wells Racing 38 Contact 24 19 6 Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 36 Electrical 5 20 18 Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 33 Transmission 13 21 4 Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 31 Transmission 3 22 3 Paul Tracy Team Penske 16 Contact 4 23 32 Adrián Fernández Tasman Motorsports 14 Contact 10 24 49 Parker Johnstone Comptech Racing 10 Contact 7 25 9 Emerson Fittipaldi Hogan Racing 8 Engine 18
Racing Statistics
Average Speed 90.218 mph
Lap Leaders Laps Leader 1–36 Jimmy Vasser 37-41 Scott Pruett 42-65 Jimmy Vasser
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