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Date: | March 8 |
| Grand Prix: | Australia |
| Circuit Length: | 5.269km |
| Laps: | 58 |
| Total Distance: | 305.602km |
| 1997 Winner: | David Coulthard |
| 1996 Winner: | Damon Hill |
| Track Record: | Jacques Villeneuve (1996) | 1:33,431
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This is the third year that the new Albert Park track will be used. It replaced Adelaide as the season-opener.
There has been a lot opposition against constructing this circuit form environmentalists.
The new Albert Park circuit varies from the original lay-out used in 1953, 1956 and in 1958 in one significant way;
the 1997 Formula 1 cars raced clockwise, as is the case with most Grand Prix circuits.
The circuit has a lot a fast corners and places to take over other cars.
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