1996 Australian Indy Car Grand Prix

Race 3 of 16

Surfers Paradise
65 laps
Time of race: 2:00:46.856
Average speed of winner: 90.218 mph
Margin of victory: 7.748 sec.
Lead changes: 2 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 13 laps
Lap leaders: Vasser 1-36, Pruett 37-41, Vasser 42-65

Race notes: First pole for Jimmy Vasser. Finale for Carlos Guerrero. Jimmy Vasser took the points lead from Scott Pruett.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	1	Jimmy Vasser	12	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	105.583	65	2	60	flagged	22
2	2	Scott Pruett	20	Firestone/Patrick Racing	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	105.565	65	1	5	flagged	16
3	8	Greg Moore	99	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Forsythe	103.667	65	0	0	flagged	14
4	11	Mauricio Gugelmin	17	Hollywood	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	PacWest	103.363	65	0	0	flagged	12
5	6	Christian Fittipaldi	11	Kmart/Budweiser	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	103.842	65	0	0	flagged	10
6	20	Stefan Johansson	16	Alumax Aluminum	Reynard	Mercedes	Goodyear	Bettenhausen	101.111	65	0	0	flagged	8
7	22	Eddie Lawson	10	Delco Electronics	Lola	Mercedes	Goodyear	Galles	99.929	65	0	0	flagged	6
8	9	André Ribeiro	31	LCI International	Lola	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	103.522	65	0	0	flagged	5
9	16	Al Unser, Jr.	2	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	102.439	64	0	0	flagged	4
10	25	Hiro Matsushita	19	Panasonic-Duskin	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	97.730	64	0	0	flagged	3
11	12	Gil de Ferran	8	Pennzoil Special	Reynard	Honda	Goodyear	Hall	103.349	63	0	0	fuel	2
12	19	Roberto Moreno	34	Data Control/Mi-Jack	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Coyne	101.662	61	0	0	flagged	1
13	15	Raul Boesel	1	Brahma Sports Car	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Green	102.837	60	0	0	fuel	0
14	21	Carlos Guerrero	22	Herdez	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Simon	100.105	48	0	0	contact	0
15	23	Juan Manuel Fangio II	36	All American Racers	Eagle	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	98.707	46	0	0	fuel	0
16	14	Robby Gordon	5	Valvoline/Cummins	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Walker	102.957	45	0	0	electrical	0
17	17	Bryan Herta	28	Shell	Reynard	Mercedes	Goodyear	Rahal	102.199	40	0	0	pit wire	0
18	24	Jeff Krosnoff	25	Arciero/Wells Racing	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	98.557	38	0	0	contact	0
19	5	Michael Andretti	6	Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	103.994	36	0	0	electrical	0
20	13	Bobby Rahal	18	Miller Genuine Draft	Reynard	Mercedes	Goodyear	Rahal	103.013	33	0	0	transmission	0
21	3	Alex Zanardi	4	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	105.269	31	0	0	transmission	0
22	4	Paul Tracy	3	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	104.789	16	0	0	contact	0
23	10	Adrián Fernández	32	Tecate/Quaker State	Lola	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	103.486	14	0	0	contact	0
24	7	Parker Johnstone	49	Motorola	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Comptech	103.670	10	0	0	contact	0
25	18	Emerson Fittipaldi	9	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Hogan	102.025	8	0	0	engine	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Jimmy Vasser	47	3	1	2	2
2	Scott Pruett	42	3	0	0	2
3	Christian Fittipaldi	28	3	0	0	0
4	André Ribeiro	25	3	0	1	1
5	Al Unser, Jr.	25	3	0	0	1
6	Gil de Ferran	21	3	0	0	1
7	Greg Moore	20	3	0	0	1
8	Bobby Rahal	18	3	0	0	0
9	Robby Gordon	14	3	0	0	1
10	Alex Zanardi	14	3	1	0	0
11	Mauricio Gugelmin	12	3	0	0	0
12	Stefan Johansson	8	3	0	0	0
13	Raul Boesel	6	3	0	0	0
14	Eddie Lawson	6	3	0	0	0
15	Roberto Moreno	5	3	0	0	0
16	Michael Andretti	4	3	0	0	0
17	Bryan Herta	3	3	0	0	0
18	Hiro Matsushita	3	3	0	0	0
19	Adrián Fernández	2	3	0	0	0
20	Emerson Fittipaldi	2	3	0	0	0
21	Paul Tracy	2	3	1	0	0
22	Scott Goodyear	1	1	0	0	0
23	Marco Greco	1	2	0	0	0
24	Carlos Guerrero	0	3	0	0	0
25	Juan Manuel Fangio II	0	3	0	0	0