1993 Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix

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 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	Template:Flagicon	Nigel Mansell	Newman-Haas Racing	Lola T93/06 Ford XB Cosworth	1:38.555
2	Template:Flagicon	Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Penske	Penske PC-22-93 Chevrolet-Ilmor C	1:38.882
3	Template:Flagicon	Paul Tracy	Team Penske	Penske PC-22-93 Chevrolet-Ilmor C	1:39.171
4	Template:Flagicon	Robby Gordon	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Lola T92/00 Ford XB Cosworth	1:39.435
5	Template:Flagicon	Arie Luyendyk	Chip Ganassi Racing	Lola T93/06 Ford XB Cosworth	1:39.635
6	Template:Flagicon	Mario Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	Lola T93/06 Ford XB Cosworth	1:39.739
7	Template:Flagicon	Scott Goodyear	Walker Motorsport	Lola T93/06 Ford XB Cosworth	1:40.127
8	Template:Flagicon	Raul Boesel	Dick Simon Racing	Lola T93/06 Ford XB Cosworth	1:40.488
9	Template:Flagicon	Jimmy Vasser	Hayhoe Racing	Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:40.645
10	Template:Flagicon	Scott Brayton	Dick Simon Racing	Lola T93/06 Ford XB Cosworth	1:40.980
11	Template:Flagicon	Mark Smith	Arciero Racing	Penske PC21-92 Chevrolet-Ilmor B	1:40.992
12	Template:Flagicon	Teo Fabi	Racing Team VDS	Lola T93/07 Chevrolet-Ilmor C	1:41.066
13	Template:Flagicon	Bobby Rahal	Rahal-Hogan Racing	Rahal-Hogan RH-001 Chevrolet-Ilmor C	1:41.096
14	Template:Flagicon	Al Unser Jr.	Galles Racing	Lola T93/07 Chevrolet-Ilmor C	1:41.180
15	Template:Flagicon	Roberto Guerrero	King Racing	Lola T93/07 Chevrolet-Ilmor C	1:41.481
16	Template:Flagicon	Eddie Cheever	Turley Motorsports	Penske PC21-92 Chevrolet-Ilmor B	1:41.848
17	Template:Flagicon	Robbie Buhl	Dale Coyne Racing	Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:43.311
18	Template:Flagicon	Stefan Johansson	Bettenhausen Motorsports	Penske PC-22-93 Chevrolet-Ilmor C	1:43.908
19	Template:Flagicon	Andrea Chiesa	Euromotorsport	Lola T92/00 Cosworth DFS	1:43.985
20	Template:Flagicon	Gary Brabham	Split Cycle Racing	Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:44.351
21	Template:Flagicon	Danny Sullivan	Galles Racing	Lola T93/07 Chevrolet-Ilmor C	1:44.958
22	Template:Flagicon	Ross Bentley	Dale Coyne Racing	Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:45.213
23	Template:Flagicon	Andrea Montermini	Dale Coyne Racing	Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:46.224
24	Template:Flagicon	Hiro Matsushita	Walker Motorsport	Lola T93/06 Ford XB Cosworth	1:46.342
25	Template:Flagicon	Buddy Lazier	Leader Cards Racing	Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A	1:46.970
26	Template:Flagicon	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	Template:Flagicon Nigel Mansell	Newman-Haas Racing	65	1:52:02.886	1	21
2	4	Template:Flagicon Emerson Fittipaldi	Team Penske	65	+5.1 secs	2	17
3	14	Template:Flagicon Robby Gordon	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	65	+10.7 secs	4	14
4	6	Template:Flagicon Mario Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	65	+25.4 secs	6	12
5	10	Template:Flagicon Arie Luyendyk	Chip Ganassi Racing	65	+25.4 secs	5	10
6	1	Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal	Rahal-Hogan Racing	64	+ 1 lap	13	8
7	69	Template:Flagicon Eddie Cheever	Turley Motorsports	64	+ 1 lap	13	6
8	9	Template:Flagicon Raul Boesel	Dick Simon Racing	64	+ 1 lap	8	5
9	8	Template:Flagicon Teo Fabi	Racing Team VDS	64	+ 1 lap	12	4
10	2	Template:Flagicon Scott Goodyear	Walker Motorsport	63	+ 2 laps	7	3
11	15	Template:Flagicon Hiro Matsushita	Walker Motorsport	63	+ 2 laps	24	2
12	16	Template:Flagicon Stefan Johansson	Bettenhausen Racing	63	+ 2 laps	18	1
13	18	Template:Flagicon Danny Sullivan	Galles Racing	62	+ 3 laps	21
14	90	Template:Flagicon Gary Brabham	Split Cycle Racing	62	+ 3 laps	20
15	3	Template:Flagicon Al Unser Jr.	Galles Racing	62	+ 3 laps	14
16	22	Template:Flagicon Scott Brayton	Dick Simon Racing	61	+ 4 laps	14
17	39	Template:Flagicon Ross Bentley	Dale Coyne Racing	56	+ 9 laps	22
18	25	Template:Flagicon Mark Smith	Arciero Racing	50	+ 15 laps	11
19	40	Template:Flagicon Roberto Guerrero	King Racing	49	Transmission	15
20	20	Template:Flagicon Buddy Lazier	Leader Cards Racing	35	Suspension	25
21	12	Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy	Team Penske	30	Electrical	3
22	25	Template:Flagicon Marco Greco	International Sport	18	Contact	26
23	19	Template:Flagicon Robbie Buhl	Dale Coyne Racing	15	Transmission	17
24	18	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Vasser	Hayhoe Racing	12	Contact	9
25	50	Template:Flagicon Andrea Montermini	Dale Coyne Racing	9	Fuel pressure	23
26	42	Template:Flagicon Andrea Chiesa	Euromotorsport	2	Electrical	19

Notes

• Average Speed 97.284 mph

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results