The 1993 Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix was the opening round of the 1993 CART World Series season, held on 21 March 1993 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Australia. The race was won by series debutant Nigel Mansell, the reigning Formula One World Champion from . Mansell also became the first person to win their first IndyCar race since Graham Hill had won the 1966 Indianapolis 500.
Due to the appearance of Mansell in the CART World Series, over 800 press passes were given out by the race organisers. This was second only in number for the series to the amount of press at the Indianapolis 500.
Qualifying results
Pos Nat Name Team Car Time 1 Nigel Mansell Newman-Haas Racing Lola T93/06 Ford XB Cosworth 1:38.555 2 Emerson Fittipaldi Team Penske Penske PC-22-93 Chevrolet-Ilmor C 1:38.882 3 Paul Tracy Team Penske Penske PC-22-93 Chevrolet-Ilmor C 1:39.171 4 Robby Gordon A. J. Foyt Enterprises Lola T92/00 Ford XB Cosworth 1:39.435 5 Arie Luyendyk Chip Ganassi Racing Lola T93/06 Ford XB Cosworth 1:39.635 6 Mario Andretti Newman-Haas Racing Lola T93/06 Ford XB Cosworth 1:39.739 7 Scott Goodyear Walker Motorsport Lola T93/06 Ford XB Cosworth 1:40.127 8 Raul Boesel Dick Simon Racing Lola T93/06 Ford XB Cosworth 1:40.488 9 Jimmy Vasser Hayhoe Racing Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A 1:40.645 10 Scott Brayton Dick Simon Racing Lola T93/06 Ford XB Cosworth 1:40.980 11 Mark Smith Arciero Racing Penske PC21-92 Chevrolet-Ilmor B 1:40.992 12 Teo Fabi Racing Team VDS Lola T93/07 Chevrolet-Ilmor C 1:41.066 13 Bobby Rahal Rahal-Hogan Racing Rahal-Hogan RH-001 Chevrolet-Ilmor C 1:41.096 14 Al Unser Jr. Galles Racing Lola T93/07 Chevrolet-Ilmor C 1:41.180 15 Roberto Guerrero King Racing Lola T93/07 Chevrolet-Ilmor C 1:41.481 16 Eddie Cheever Turley Motorsports Penske PC21-92 Chevrolet-Ilmor B 1:41.848 17 Robbie Buhl Dale Coyne Racing Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A 1:43.311 18 Stefan Johansson Bettenhausen Motorsports Penske PC-22-93 Chevrolet-Ilmor C 1:43.908 19 Andrea Chiesa Euromotorsport Lola T92/00 Cosworth DFS 1:43.985 20 Gary Brabham Split Cycle Racing Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A 1:44.351 21 Danny Sullivan Galles Racing Lola T93/07 Chevrolet-Ilmor C 1:44.958 22 Ross Bentley Dale Coyne Racing Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A 1:45.213 23 Andrea Montermini Dale Coyne Racing Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A 1:46.224 24 Hiro Matsushita Walker Motorsport Lola T93/06 Ford XB Cosworth 1:46.342 25 Buddy Lazier Leader Cards Racing Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A 1:46.970 26 Marco Greco International Sport Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A 1:48.068
Race
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/retired Grid Points 1 5 Nigel Mansell Newman-Haas Racing 65 1:52:02.886 1 21 2 4 Emerson Fittipaldi Team Penske 65 +5.1 secs 2 17 3 14 Robby Gordon A. J. Foyt Enterprises 65 +10.7 secs 4 14 4 6 Mario Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 65 +25.4 secs 6 12 5 10 Arie Luyendyk Chip Ganassi Racing 65 +25.4 secs 5 10 6 1 Bobby Rahal Rahal-Hogan Racing 64 + 1 lap 13 8 7 69 Eddie Cheever Turley Motorsports 64 + 1 lap 13 6 8 9 Raul Boesel Dick Simon Racing 64 + 1 lap 8 5 9 8 Teo Fabi Racing Team VDS 64 + 1 lap 12 4 10 2 Scott Goodyear Walker Motorsport 63 + 2 laps 7 3 11 15 Hiro Matsushita Walker Motorsport 63 + 2 laps 24 2 12 16 Stefan Johansson Bettenhausen Racing 63 + 2 laps 18 1 13 18 Danny Sullivan Galles Racing 62 + 3 laps 21 14 90 Gary Brabham Split Cycle Racing 62 + 3 laps 20 15 3 Al Unser Jr. Galles Racing 62 + 3 laps 14 16 22 Scott Brayton Dick Simon Racing 61 + 4 laps 14 17 39 Ross Bentley Dale Coyne Racing 56 + 9 laps 22 18 25 Mark Smith Arciero Racing 50 + 15 laps 11 19 40 Roberto Guerrero King Racing 49 Transmission 15 20 20 Buddy Lazier Leader Cards Racing 35 Suspension 25 21 12 Paul Tracy Team Penske 30 Electrical 3 22 25 Marco Greco International Sport 18 Contact 26 23 19 Robbie Buhl Dale Coyne Racing 15 Transmission 17 24 18 Jimmy Vasser Hayhoe Racing 12 Contact 9 25 50 Andrea Montermini Dale Coyne Racing 9 Fuel pressure 23 26 42 Andrea Chiesa Euromotorsport 2 Electrical 19
Notes
Average Speed: Lead changes: 6 among 2 drivers
Lap Leaders Laps Leader 1-15 Emerson Fittipaldi 16-18 Nigel Mansell 19-21 Emerson Fittipaldi 22-29 Nigel Mansell 30-44 Emerson Fittipaldi 45-65 Nigel Mansell
Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Nigel Mansell 21 2 Emerson Fittipaldi 17 3 Robby Gordon 14 4 Mario Andretti 12 5 Arie Luyendyk 10
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