 With teammate Okada starting from pole, Crivillé moved up from the middle of the field up to third as the race progressed.He then overtook second placed Roberts Jr. and went after leader Okada.After a failed overtaking attempt at turn 10 (the "Melbourne Hairpin") and a comeback from Okada on the same corner to retake the lead on the last lap, Crivillé held on and won the race by 0.536 seconds.