Mount Panorama Circuit - Lap Records

Lap Records

The fastest lap ever recorded at Mount Panorama was achieved in March 2011. As part of a publicity exercise for the 2011 Australian Grand Prix and for the team's sponsors Vodafone, McLaren brought a Formula One car for Jenson Button and Craig Lowndes to drive around the track. The fastest lap was recorded by Button at 1:48.88, but as it was not recorded during an official race it does not count as the official lap record. Similarly Allan Simonsen recorded a 2:04.9560 driving a GT3 specification Ferrari 458 at Sprint Bathurst in 2011, an event classified by CAMS under NCR 22 as a Speed event rather than a race.

Lap records for the various racing classes are:

  • Formula 3: 2:04.6187 - Chris Gilmour (Dallara F307 Mercedes-Benz).
  • GT: 2:06.3311 - Allan Simonsen (Ferrari 458 GT3).
  • V8 Supercars: 2:08.4651 - Jamie Whincup (Ford BF Falcon).
  • Development V8 Supercar: 2:09.1614 - Jonathon Webb (Ford BF Falcon).
  • Carrera Cup: 2:09.4010 - Craig Baird (Porsche 997 GT3 Cup).
  • Sports Sedan: 2:13.83 - Keith Carling (Nissan 300ZX).
  • Production Sportscars: 2:15.5791 - Scott Bargwanna (NSW) (Lotus Elise HPE).
  • NASCAR: 2:18.1027 - Jim Richards (Chevrolet Lumina).
  • Touring Car Masters: 2:22.6622 - Jason Richards (Holden Monaro HQ).
  • Improved Production: 2:23.9042 - Ray Hislop (Ford BF Falcon).
  • Formula Ford: 2:24.1300 - Jordan Ormsby (Van Diemen RF93).
  • Performance Car (GT-Production): 2:27.1194 - Terry Bosnjak (Mazda RX-7 SP2).
  • Mini Challenge: 2:30.2732 - Jason Bargwanna (Mini Cooper S).
  • Commodore Cup: 2:30.7639 - Steve Owen (Holden VS Commodore).
  • Aussie Racing Car: 2:32.5206 - Peter Carr (Aurion-Yamaha).
  • V8 Utes: 2:34.4687 - George Miedecke (Ford Falcon XR8).
  • Saloon Car: 2:35.9685 - Shawn Jamieson (Holden VT Commodore).
  • Formula Vee: 2:43.2401 - Benjamin Porter (Checkmate JP02).
  • HQ Holden: 2:56.0330 - Peter Holmes (Holden Kingswood).

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