As of 8 March 2017. The fastest ever recorded lap of the original 3.780 km (2.349 mi) Grand Prix Circuit was 1:13.371 by triple World Champion Ayrton Senna driving a &lt;a href="McLaren%20MP4/8"&gt;McLaren MP4/8&lt;/a&gt; Ford during qualifying for the 1993 Australian Grand Prix. However, as this was in qualifying and not a race, it does not count as the lap record.