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**Albert Park**   Australia became part of the F1 world championship in 1985 with the last race of the season held on the street circuit in Adelaide. The Adelaide Street Circuit, which held its last Formula One race in1995, has often been stated as being one of, if not, the greatest street circuits in the world. Whenever the teams came to Adelaide they enjoyed the party atmosphere. In 1993 an important businessman named Ron Walker started working with Jeff Kennett to make Melbourne host the F1 Australian Grand Prix. After the Kennett government spent a lot of money to get the event to come to Melbourne it was announced in late 1993 day after the South Australian election. The race moved to Melbourne in 1996. The decision to hold the race there was controversial. A series of protests were organised by the "Save Albert Park" group, who claimed that the race turned a public park into a private playground for one week per year. they claimed that the race cost a great deal of money that would be better spent, if it were to be spent on motor racing, on a permanent circuit elsewhere.
 * Adelaide[[image:parque-albert.jpg width="450" height="288" align="right"]] **
 * Melbourne **