1993 Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix

March 2026 June 2020 June 2021 Australia Surfers Paradise Surfers Paradise Street Circuit.svg Map of the track 21 March 1993 1993 Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix 1 16 IndyCar Surfers Paradise Street CircuitQueensland, Australia Temporary Street Circuit 2.794 4.496 65 181.610 292.240 Nigel Mansell Newman-Haas Racing 1:38.555 GBR Nigel Mansell Newman-Haas Racing 1:39.67 GBR Nigel Mansell Newman-Haas Racing GBR Emerson Fittipaldi Marlboro Team Penske BRA Robby Gordon Copenhagen Racing USA 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 GBR Nigel Mansell Newman-Haas Racing Lola T93/06 Ford XB Cosworth 1:38.555 2 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi Team Penske Penske PC-22-93 Chevrolet-Ilmor C 1:38.882 3 CAN Paul Tracy Team Penske Penske PC-22-93 Chevrolet-Ilmor C 1:39.171 4 USA Robby Gordon A. J. Foyt Enterprises Lola T92/00 Ford XB Cosworth 1:39.435 5 NED Arie Luyendyk Chip Ganassi Racing Lola T93/06 Ford XB Cosworth 1:39.635 6 USA Mario Andretti Newman-Haas Racing Lola T93/06 Ford XB Cosworth 1:39.739 7 CAN Scott Goodyear Walker Motorsport Lola T93/06 Ford XB Cosworth 1:40.127 8 BRA Raul Boesel Dick Simon Racing Lola T93/06 Ford XB Cosworth 1:40.488 9 USA Jimmy Vasser Hayhoe Racing Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A 1:40.645 10 USA Scott Brayton Dick Simon Racing Lola T93/06 Ford XB Cosworth 1:40.980 11 USA Mark Smith Arciero Racing Penske PC21-92 Chevrolet-Ilmor B 1:40.992 12 ITA Teo Fabi Racing Team VDS Lola T93/07 Chevrolet-Ilmor C 1:41.066 13 USA Bobby Rahal Rahal-Hogan Racing Rahal-Hogan RH-001 Chevrolet-Ilmor C 1:41.096 14 USA Al Unser Jr. Galles Racing Lola T93/07 Chevrolet-Ilmor C 1:41.180 15 COL Roberto Guerrero King Racing Lola T93/07 Chevrolet-Ilmor C 1:41.481 16 USA Eddie Cheever Turley Motorsports Penske PC21-92 Chevrolet-Ilmor B 1:41.848 17 USA Robbie Buhl Dale Coyne Racing Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A 1:43.311 18 SWE Stefan Johansson Bettenhausen Motorsports Penske PC-22-93 Chevrolet-Ilmor C 1:43.908 19 SWI Andrea Chiesa Euromotorsport Lola T92/00 Cosworth DFS 1:43.985 20 AUS Gary Brabham Split Cycle Racing Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A 1:44.351 21 USA Danny Sullivan Galles Racing Lola T93/07 Chevrolet-Ilmor C 1:44.958 22 CAN Ross Bentley Dale Coyne Racing Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A 1:45.213 23 ITA Andrea Montermini Dale Coyne Racing Lola T92/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A 1:46.224 24 JPN Hiro Matsushita Walker Motorsport Lola T93/06 Ford XB Cosworth 1:46.342 25 USA Buddy Lazier Leader Cards Racing Lola T91/00 Chevrolet-Ilmor A 1:46.970 26 BRA 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 GBR Nigel Mansell Newman-Haas Racing 65 1:52:02.886 1 21 2 4 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi Team Penske 65 +5.1 secs 2 17 3 14 USA Robby Gordon A. J. Foyt Enterprises 65 +10.7 secs 4 14 4 6 USA Mario Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 65 +25.4 secs 6 12 5 10 NED Arie Luyendyk Chip Ganassi Racing 65 +25.4 secs 5 10 6 1 USA Bobby Rahal Rahal-Hogan Racing 64 + 1 lap 13 8 7 69 USA Eddie Cheever Turley Motorsports 64 + 1 lap 13 6 8 9 BRA Raul Boesel Dick Simon Racing 64 + 1 lap 8 5 9 8 ITA Teo Fabi Racing Team VDS 64 + 1 lap 12 4 10 2 CAN Scott Goodyear Walker Motorsport 63 + 2 laps 7 3 11 15 JPN Hiro Matsushita Walker Motorsport 63 + 2 laps 24 2 12 16 SWE Stefan Johansson Bettenhausen Racing 63 + 2 laps 18 1 13 18 USA Danny Sullivan Galles Racing 62 + 3 laps 21 14 90 AUS Gary Brabham Split Cycle Racing 62 + 3 laps 20 15 3 USA Al Unser Jr. Galles Racing 62 + 3 laps 14 16 22 USA Scott Brayton Dick Simon Racing 61 + 4 laps 14 17 39 CAN Ross Bentley Dale Coyne Racing 56 + 9 laps 22 18 25 USA Mark Smith Arciero Racing 50 + 15 laps 11 19 40 COL Roberto Guerrero King Racing 49 Transmission 15 20 20 USA Buddy Lazier Leader Cards Racing 35 Suspension 25 21 12 CAN Paul Tracy Team Penske 30 Electrical 3 22 25 BRA Marco Greco International Sport 18 Contact 26 23 19 USA Robbie Buhl Dale Coyne Racing 15 Transmission 17 24 18 USA Jimmy Vasser Hayhoe Racing 12 Contact 9 25 50 ITA Andrea Montermini Dale Coyne Racing 9 Fuel pressure 23 26 42 SWI Andrea Chiesa Euromotorsport 2 Electrical 19 Notes Average Speed: 97.284 mph km/h on 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 UK Nigel Mansell 21 2 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi 17 3 US Robby Gordon 14 4 US Mario Andretti 12 5 NED Arie Luyendyk 10 External links Full Weekend Times & Results 1993 Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix 1993 1993 Valvoline 200 1992 Daikyo IndyCar Grand Prix 1994 Australian FAI Indycar Grand Prix 27 59 17.9 S 153 25 42.1 E type:event_region:AU-QLD title Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix FAI IndyCar Grand Prix Category:Gold Coast Indy 300 Category:March 1993 sports events in Australia