1993 Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix

1993 Surfers Paradise

Race details
Race 1 of 16 in the 1993 IndyCar season
Map of the track
Date	21 March, 1993
Official name	1993 Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix
Location	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Queensland, Australia
Course	Temporary Street Circuit 2.794 mi / 4.496 km
Distance	65 laps 181.610 mi / 292.240 km
Pole position
Driver	Nigel Mansell (Newman-Haas Racing)
Time	1:38.555
Fastest lap
Driver	Nigel Mansell (Newman-Haas Racing)
Time	1:39.67 (on lap of 65)
Podium
First	Nigel Mansell (Newman-Haas Racing)
Second	Emerson Fittipaldi (Marlboro Team Penske)
Third	Robby Gordon (Copenhagen Racing)

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 débutant Nigel Mansell, the reigning Formula One World Champion from 1992. 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	AJ 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	AJ 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 97.284 mph

External links

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