Queensland Raceway, turn by turn

National layout

Shapes come from Purple Sector’s registry geometry.

Turn 1

Turn 1 is a roughly right-angle right-hander, turning through about 75°. Turn 1 comes 705 m after T6, and T2 follows 320 m later.

• Jack Perkins: Brake hard but don’t run wide on exit; the kerb drops away to dirt. (Supercars.com (James Pavey, 28 Jul 2014))
• Craig Lowndes: Bumps limit entry speed and the apex is bumpy too, so the car must be set up to ride them. (MotoAus (17 Aug 2011))

In Nate’s car, he slows to about 128 km/h and leaves at about 135 km/h; his braking point here ranges from 73 to 146 m before the slowest point across his laps, so no single figure is given.

Turn 2

Turn 2 is a roughly right-angle right-hander, turning through about 105°. Turn 2 comes 320 m after T1, and T3 follows 845 m later. A layout added in 2022 leaves the National here, after the first two corners, turning right into the infield at a corner Speedcafe calls the Dipper. (Speedcafe (28 Nov 2022))

• Jack Perkins: Don’t rush it; settle the car over the bumps to set up the run down the back straight. (Supercars.com (James Pavey, 28 Jul 2014))
• Craig Lowndes: Off-camber and bumpy; slight understeer on entry and oversteer on exit are typical. (MotoAus (17 Aug 2011))

In Nate’s car, he slows to about 123 km/h and leaves at about 129 km/h; his braking point here ranges from 88 to 217 m before the slowest point across his laps, so no single figure is given.

Turn 3

Turn 3 is a right-hand hairpin, turning through about 177° with a radius of about 35 m. Turn 3 comes 845 m after T2, and T4 follows 655 m later.

• Jack Perkins: One of the biggest stops: brake deep but carefully over the bumps, and balance entry against the long exit. (Supercars.com (James Pavey, 28 Jul 2014))
• Craig Lowndes: Let the car ride the braking bumps to avoid a lock-up; the tight entry opens up on exit. (MotoAus (17 Aug 2011))

In Nate’s car, he starts braking about 160 m before the slowest point, slows to about 69 km/h and leaves at about 107 km/h (braking points from 154 to 173 m on his 10 fastest laps).

Turn 4

Turn 4 is a roughly right-angle left-hander, turning through about 115° with a radius of about 40 m. Turn 4 comes 655 m after T3, and T5 follows 155 m later.

• Craig Lowndes: First left-hander of the lap; the right-front tyre can still be cool, so expect some understeer. (MotoAus (17 Aug 2011))
• Jack Perkins: Flows straight into Turn 5, so the two are driven as one sequence. (Supercars.com (James Pavey, 28 Jul 2014))

In Nate’s car, he starts braking about 130 m before the slowest point on 8 of his 10 fastest laps (126 to 140 m), slows to about 81 km/h and leaves at about 96 km/h.

Turn 5

Turn 5 is an open left-hander, turning through about 68° with a radius of about 55 m. Turn 5 comes 155 m after T4, and T6 follows 485 m later.

• Jack Perkins, describing a Supercar lap in 2014: Brake deep to get through Turns 4 and 5 cleanly; that sets up the middle sector. (Supercars.com (James Pavey, 28 Jul 2014))
• Craig Lowndes: Short-shift or carry throttle through the exit for speed and stability; slight understeer is normal. (MotoAus (17 Aug 2011))

Nate’s figures come from a different car in a different era (2026), so they do not contradict Perkins: in his car, T5 is taken without braking. The speed is lowest at the entry, about 96 km/h, and rises to about 119 km/h by the exit.

Turn 6

Turn 6 is a right-hand hairpin, turning through about 180° with a radius of about 40 m. Turn 6 comes 485 m after T5, and T1 follows 705 m later. It leads onto Dick Johnson Straight, the start/finish straight. (Speedcafe (28 Nov 2022))

• Jack Perkins: Brake hard and maximise drive onto the straight; this one corner makes up the final sector. (Supercars.com (James Pavey, 28 Jul 2014))
• Craig Lowndes: Drivers choose a conventional line or a V-line; manage wheelspin as the car bucks on exit. (MotoAus (17 Aug 2011))

In Nate’s car, he starts braking about 140 m before the slowest point, slows to about 72 km/h and leaves at about 100 km/h (braking points from 121 to 170 m on his 10 fastest laps).

Sportsman layout

Shapes come from Purple Sector’s registry geometry.

Turn 1

Turn 1 is a roughly right-angle right-hander, turning through about 75°. Turn 1 comes 675 m after T6, and T2 follows 320 m later. Turns 1, 2 and 3 on the Sportsman layout are the same corners as on the National layout.

Turn 3

Turn 3 is a right-hander, turning through about 176°. Turn 3 comes 845 m after T2, and the Crossover follows 235 m later.

Crossover (no turn number): The Crossover

The Crossover is a left-hander, turning through about 176°. The Crossover comes 235 m after T3, and T6 follows 85 m later. It is known as The Crossover. (Speedcafe (28 Nov 2022); Queensland Raceway (operator))

Turn 6

Turn 6 is a right-hander, turning through about 170°. Turn 6 comes 85 m after the Crossover, and T1 follows 675 m later. It is the same final corner as the National’s Turn 6, reached from the Crossover instead of from Turn 5.

Changes coming to Queensland Raceway

Owner Tony Quinn plans an extension around Turn 2, with work reported to start in December 2026 and the track ready around 1 January 2027. This guide describes the layouts as they are on 23 October 2026.

How the National figures were measured

The figures come from 4 MyChron sessions Nate recorded in his car between 26 September and 18 October 2026, 36 clean flying laps in all. Each figure is the median of his 10 fastest clean laps, the fastest of them 1:31.85. Purple Sector’s own corner analysis, the same code that runs on every upload, read each lap. His car has no brake sensor, so each braking point is an estimate from GPS speed and acceleration, good to about ±20 m at Turns 3, 4 and 6 and up to about ±35 m at Turns 1 and 2. Speeds are rounded to whole km/h and distances to the nearest 5 m.

Questions

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