Melbourne 400
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| Race Information | |
| Venue | Albert Park |
| Number of times held | |
| First held | 2018 |
| Race Format | |
| Race 1 | |
| Laps | 25 |
| Distance | 130 km |
| Race 2 | |
| Laps | 13 |
| Distance | 70 km |
| Race 3 | |
| Laps | 25 |
| Distance | 130 km |
| Race 4 | |
| Laps | 13 |
| Distance | 70 km |
The Melbourne 400 (formally known as the Coates Hire Supercars Melbourne 400) will be an annual motor racing event for Supercars, held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Melbourne, Victoria starting in 2018. It will be the first time that a championship round will be contested at the circuit, after several years of supporting the Australian Grand Prix.
The event is to be staged over a four-day weekend, from Thursday to Sunday, as a support category in the lead-up to the Australian Grand Prix. Two thirty-minute practice sessions and two ten-minute qualifying sessions to determine the starting grid for the first and second races are held on the Thursday; two further ten-minute qualifying sessions to determine the starting grid for the third and fourth races, and race one, is held on the Friday; races two and three are held on the Saturday and the fourth and final race, the final support race before the main Australian Grand Prix race, is held on the Sunday.
The driver who accumulates the most points across the four races will receive the "Larry Perkins Trophy", named in honour of the Supercars Hall of Fame inductee who also started eleven Formula One Grands Prix.
Supercars, and previously the Australian Touring Car Championship have held non-championship events at the Australian Grand Prix dating back to its first appearance on the Formula One calendar in 1985. The support event, most recently known as the Supercars Challenge, was held in every year from 1985 to 2017 except 2007. After years of negotiation, the series finally attained championship status for the 2018 season.
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