The 1995 Indycar Australia was the second round of the 1995 CART World Series season, held on 19 March 1995 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia.
This event was the first sporting event carried live on the Internet - by Brisbane-based Interactive Presentations - the archived live coverage can be seen at this link.
The winner was Paul Tracy.
Qualifying results
Pos Nat Name Team Car Time 1 Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing Lola T95/00 Ford XB Cosworth 1:36.770 2 Jacques Villeneuve Team Green Reynard 95I Ford XB Cosworth 1:36.908 3 Al Unser Jr. Team Penske Penske PC24-95 Mercedes-Benz 1:36.975 4 Emerson Fittipaldi Team Penske Penske PC24-95 Mercedes-Benz 1:37.097 5 Teo Fabi Forsythe Racing Reynard 95I Ford XB Cosworth 1:37.135 6 Gil de Ferran Jim Hall Racing Reynard 95I Mercedes-Benz 1:37.343 7 Stefan Johansson Bettenhausen Motorsports Penske PC23-94 Mercedes-Benz 1:37.642 8 Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 95I Ford XB Cosworth 1:37.653 9 Paul Tracy Newman-Haas Racing Lola T95/00 Ford XB Cosworth 1:37.700 10 Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Reynard 95I Ford XB Cosworth 1:37.802 11 Scott Pruett Patrick Racing Lola T95/00 Ford XB Cosworth 1:38.057 12 Adrián Fernández Galles Racing Lola T95/00 Mercedes-Benz 1:38.059 13 Bobby Rahal Rahal/Hogan Racing Lola T95/00 Mercedes-Benz 1:38.113 14 Christian Fittipaldi Walker Racing Reynard 95I Ford XB Cosworth 1:38.180 15 Robby Gordon Walker Racing Reynard 95I Ford XB Cosworth 1:38.275 16 Éric Bachelart Dale Coyne Racing Lola T94/00 Ford XB Cosworth 1:38.532 17 Eddie Cheever A. J. Foyt Enterprises Lola T95/00 Ford XB Cosworth 1:38.539 18 Bryan Herta Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 95I Ford XB Cosworth 1:38.604 19 Danny Sullivan PacWest Racing Reynard 95I Ford XB Cosworth 1:38.738 20 Alessandro Zampedri Dale Coyne Racing Lola T94/00 Ford XB Cosworth 1:38.738 21 Raul Boesel Rahal/Hogan Racing Lola T95/00 Mercedes-Benz 1:39.313 22 André Ribeiro Tasman Motorsports Reynard 95I Honda 1:39.352 23 Eliseo Salazar Dick Simon Racing Lola T95/00 Ford XB Cosworth 1:39.881 24 Buddy Lazier Project Indy Lola T93/00 Ford XB Cosworth 1:40.250 25 Dean Hall Dick Simon Racing Lola T95/00 Ford XB Cosworth 1:41.586 26 Hiro Matsushita Arciero Racing Reynard 94I Ford XB Cosworth 1:42.253
Race
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/retired Grid Points 1 3 Paul Tracy Newman-Haas Racing 65 1:58:26.054 9 20 2 9 Bobby Rahal Rahal/Hogan Racing 65 +7.0 secs 13 16 3 20 Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 65 +7.7 secs 11 14 4 18 Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing 65 +13.5 secs 10 12 5 17 Danny Sullivan PacWest Racing 65 +19.1 secs 19 10 6 1 Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 65 +35.3 secs 3 8 7 14 Eddie Cheever A. J. Foyt Enterprises 65 +36.3 secs 17 6 8 11 Raul Boesel Rahal/Hogan Racing 65 +44.5 secs 21 5 9 6 Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 64 Contact 1 6 10 7 Eliseo Salazar Dick Simon Racing 64 + 1 lap 23 3 11 25 Hiro Matsushita Arciero Racing 62 + 3 laps 26 2 12 99 Dean Hall Dick Simon Racing 61 + 4 laps 25 1 13 33 Teo Fabi Forsythe Racing 60 + 5 laps 5 14 5 Robby Gordon Walker Racing 59 Electrical 15 15 4 Bryan Herta Chip Ganassi Racing 58 Contact 18 16 8 Gil de Ferran Jim Hall Racing 54 Contact 6 17 16 Stefan Johansson Bettenhausen Motorsports 53 Transmission 7 18 2 Emerson Fittipaldi Team Penske 52 Electrical 4 19 34 Alessandro Zampedri Dale Coyne Racing 51 + 14 laps 20 20 27 Jacques Villeneuve Team Green 38 Transmission 2 21 64 Buddy Lazier Project Indy 32 Transmission 24 22 19 Éric Bachelart Dale Coyne Racing 31 Transmission 16 23 31 André Ribeiro Tasman Motorsports 23 Transmission 22 24 12 Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 19 Transmission 8 25 15 Christian Fittipaldi Walker Racing 11 Transmission 14 26 10 Adrián Fernández Galles Racing 3 Contact 12
Notes
Average Speed 92.335 mph Michael Andretti was being chased by Bobby Rahal for second behind teammate Paul Tracy on the final lap. He caught a bit too much curb in the backstretch chicanes, inducing oversteer, and clipped the barrier. Tracy's victory was the fifth in a row for Canadian drivers. Tracy won the final two races of 1994, and Jacques Villeneuve won the race before those two and the 1995 season opener. The next time five or more successive races were won by drivers of the same nationality would be in 1996.
References
External links Full Weekend Times & Results