2015 Australian F1 Grand Prix: Support Categories Confirmed

The Australian Grand Prix Corporation has today locked in the on-track support categories for next month’s Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix.

As expected, the support categories will be headed by Australia’s V8 Supercar category, which will contest the non-championship MSS Security Challenge.

Last year’s event saw the Volvo team break a 17-year drought in Australian touring car racing when driver Scott McLaughlin took the then-new S60 Polestar to victory in Sunday’s race.

The teams will have already contested the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide ahead of the Grand Prix meeting, and drivers like Marcos Ambrose will have had seat time to learn their new teams and cars.

Porsche 911 GT3 Carrera Cup cars will return to Albert Park this year, and more on-track action will come via the Heritage Touring Cars series.

The ‘Ultimate Speed Comparison’ also returns for 2015, where a Mercedes-AMG A 45 road car takes on a Red Bull Racing Australia V8 Supercar and the Swisse Australian Grand Prix two-seater Formula 1 racer in a one-lap handicap spectacular.

V8 Supercars