1996 Bartercard Indycar Australia

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Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1996 Surfers Paradise
Race details
Race 3 of 16 in the 1996 IndyCar season
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit.svg
Map of the track
Date31 March, 1996
Official name 1996 Bartercard Indycar Australia
Location Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
Queensland, Australia
CourseTemporary Street Circuit
2.795 mi / 4.498 km
Distance65 laps
181.675 mi / 292.370 km
Pole position
Driver Jimmy Vasser  (Target Chip Ganassi)
Time1:35.940
Fastest lap
Driver Jimmy Vasser  (Target Chip Ganassi)
Time1:37.854 (on lap 25 of 65)
Podium
First Jimmy Vasser  (Target Chip Ganassi)
Second Scott Pruett  (Forsythe Racing)
Third Greg Moore  (Forsythe Racing)

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.

Contents

Qualifying results

PosNatNameTeamCarTime
1 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 96I Honda 1:35.265
2 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Pruett Patrick Racing Lola T96/00 Ford XD Cosworth 1:35.282
3 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 96I Honda 1:35.549
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy Team Penske Penske PC25-96 Mercedes-Benz 1:35.987
5 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing Lola T96/00 Ford XD Cosworth 1:36.721
6 Flag of Brazil.svg Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing Lola T96/00 Ford XD Cosworth 1:36.863
7 Flag of the United States.svg Parker Johnstone Comptech Racing Reynard 96I Honda 1:37.023
8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Greg Moore Forsythe Racing Reynard 96I Ford XB Cosworth 1:37.026
9 Flag of Brazil.svg André Ribeiro Tasman Motorsports Lola T96/00 Honda 1:37.162
10 Flag of Mexico.svg Adrián Fernández Tasman Motorsports Lola T96/00 Honda 1:37.195
11 Flag of Brazil.svg Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Reynard 96I Ford XB Cosworth 1:37.311
12 Flag of Brazil.svg Gil de Ferran Hall Racing Reynard 96I Honda 1:37.325
13 Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Rahal Team Rahal Reynard 96I Mercedes-Benz 1:37.642
14 Flag of the United States.svg Robby Gordon Walker Racing Reynard 96I Ford XD Cosworth 1:37.695
15 Flag of Brazil.svg Raul Boesel Team Green Reynard 96I Ford XD Cosworth 1:37.809
16 Flag of the United States.svg Al Unser Jr. Team Penske Penske PC25-96 Mercedes-Benz 1:38.189
17 Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Herta Team Rahal Reynard 96I Mercedes-Benz 1:38.420
18 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi Hogan Racing Penske PC25-96 Mercedes-Benz 1:38.588
19 Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Moreno Payton/Coyne Racing Lola T96/00 Ford XB Cosworth 1:38.940
20 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson Bettenhausen Racing Reynard 96I Mercedes-Benz 1:39.479
21 Flag of Mexico.svg Carlos Guerrero Scandia/Simon Racing Lola T96/00 Ford XB Cosworth 1:40.478
22 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Lawson Galles Racing International Lola T96/00 Mercedes-Benz 1:40.655
23 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Fangio II All American Racing Eagle Mk. V Toyota 1:41.902
24 Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Krosnoff Arciero-Wells Racing Reynard 96I Toyota 1:42.056
25 Flag of Japan.svg Hiro Matsushita Payton/Coyne Racing Lola T96/00 Ford XB Cosworth 1:42.921

Race

PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/retiredGridPoints
112 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 652:00:46.856122
220 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Pruett Patrick Racing 65+7.7 secs216
399 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 65+12.3 secs814
417 Flag of Brazil.svg Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing 65+20.2 secs1112
511 Flag of Brazil.svg Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 65+26.8 secs610
616 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson Bettenhausen Racing 65+44.2 secs208
710 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Lawson Galles Racing International 65+1:06.3 secs226
831 Flag of Brazil.svg André Ribeiro Tasman Motorsports 65+1:45.0 secs95
92 Flag of the United States.svg Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 64+ 1 lap164
1024 Flag of Japan.svg Hiro Matsushita Payton/Coyne Racing 64+ 1 lap253
118 Flag of Brazil.svg Gil de Ferran Hall Racing 63Fuel122
1234 Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Moreno Payton/Coyne Racing 61+ 3 laps191
131 Flag of Brazil.svg Raul Boesel Team Green 60Fuel15
1422 Flag of Mexico.svg Carlos Guerrero Scandia/Simon Racing 48Contact21
1536 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Fangio II All American Racing 46Fuel23
165 Flag of the United States.svg Robby Gordon Walker Racing 45Electrical14
1728 Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Herta Team Rahal 40Pit fire17
1825 Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Krosnoff Arciero-Wells Racing 38Contact24
196 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 36Electrical5
2018 Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Rahal Team Rahal 33Transmission13
214 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing 31Transmission3
223 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy Team Penske 16Contact4
2332 Flag of Mexico.svg Adrián Fernández Tasman Motorsports 14Contact10
2449 Flag of the United States.svg Parker Johnstone Comptech Racing 10Contact7
259 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi Hogan Racing 8Engine18

Notes

Previous race:
1996 Indy Car Rio 400
Indy Car Indycar World Series
1996 season
Next race:
1996 Grand Prix of Long Beach
Previous race:
1995 Indycar Australia
1996 Bartercard Indycar Australia Next race:
1997 Sunbelt IndyCarnival

Coordinates: 27°59′17.9″S153°25′42.1″E / 27.988306°S 153.428361°E / -27.988306; 153.428361

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