Here are the World Solar Challenge GPS positions as at 08:44 Monday October 19 (Darwin time) (Day 2).
Calculated road distances are approximate, based on interpolation between towns. The second road distance shown (in grey) is adjusted to compensate for GPS delays. Twente has just overtaken Nuon, but apparently not for long. See the tracker page for continued updates, and social media (Punch have just tweeted a video).
| 2 | Michigan  (Aurum, Challenger)         |
Approx 725 km from Darwin | 88 km/h | (Adjusted 726 km from Darwin) |
| 3 | Nuon  (Nuna8, Challenger)  |
6 km behind Michigan | 88 km/h | (2 km behind Michigan) |
| 21 | Twente (Red One, Challenger) |
15 km behind Michigan | 88 km/h | (3 km behind Michigan) |
| 10 | Tokai  (Tokai Challenger, Challenger) |
11 km behind Michigan | 87 km/h | (7 km behind Michigan) |
| 8 | Punch  (Punch One, Challenger) |
30 km behind Michigan | 85 km/h | (26 km behind Michigan) |
| 23 | Kecskemét  (MegaLux, Challenger) |
59 km behind Michigan | 81 km/h | (61 km behind Michigan) |
| 16 | Stanford (Arctan, Challenger)  |
86 km behind Michigan | 80 km/h | (71 km behind Michigan) |
| 88 | Kogakuin (OWL, Cruiser) |
106 km behind Michigan | 73 km/h | (86 km behind Michigan) |
| 13 | Western Sydney  (Unlimited, Challenger)  |
92 km behind Michigan | 77 km/h | (93 km behind Michigan) |
| 5 | EAFIT  (Primavera, Challenger) |
104 km behind Michigan | 72 km/h | (95 km behind Michigan) |
| 40 | Eindhoven (Stella Lux, Cruiser) |
120 km behind Michigan | 70 km/h | (116 km behind Michigan) |
| 47 | Nagoya (Horizon Z, Challenger) |
127 km behind Michigan | 69 km/h | (125 km behind Michigan) |
| 77 | Blue Sky  (Horizon, Challenger) |
139 km behind Michigan | 68 km/h | (135 km behind Michigan) |
| 25 | Goko (Musoushin, Challenger) |
180 km behind Michigan | 65 km/h | (161 km behind Michigan) |
| 14 | UKZN  (Hulamin, Challenger) |
168 km behind Michigan | 64 km/h | (167 km behind Michigan) |
| 17 | NWU (Sirius X25, Challenger) |
169 km behind Michigan | 64 km/h | (169 km behind Michigan) |
| 51 | Kanazawa (Golden Eagle 5.1, Challenger) |
198 km behind Michigan | 61 km/h | (194 km behind Michigan) |
| 11 | Bochum  (SunRiser, Cruiser) |
211 km behind Michigan | 59 km/h | (210 km behind Michigan) |
| 33 | HK IVE  (Sophie V, Cruiser) |
216 km behind Michigan | 58 km/h | (216 km behind Michigan) |
| 46 | JU  (Solbritt, Challenger) |
230 km behind Michigan | 57 km/h | (225 km behind Michigan) |
| 38 | Tehran  (Persian Gazelle III, Cruiser) |
231 km behind Michigan | 57 km/h | (229 km behind Michigan) |
| 12 | Cambridge  (Evolution, Challenger) |
250 km behind Michigan | 55 km/h | (244 km behind Michigan) |
| 35 | Minnesota (Eos, Cruiser) |
250 km behind Michigan | 55 km/h | (244 km behind Michigan) |
| 82 | KUST  (Baek-Ho, Challenger) |
255 km behind Michigan | 54 km/h | (257 km behind Michigan) |
| 32 | Principia (Ra 9, Challenger) |
260 km behind Michigan | 53 km/h | (259 km behind Michigan) |
| 75 | Sunswift (eVe, Cruiser) |
263 km behind Michigan | 53 km/h | (262 km behind Michigan) |
| 7 | MIT (Arcturus, Challenger) |
287 km behind Michigan | 50 km/h | (286 km behind Michigan) |
| 43 | Ardingly (Ardingly Solar Car, Cruiser)  |
303 km behind Michigan | 49 km/h | (298 km behind Michigan) |
| 45 | Lodz  (Eagle One, Cruiser) |
304 km behind Michigan | 49 km/h | (302 km behind Michigan) |
| 36 | Anadolu  (Sunatolia 2, Challenger) |
303 km behind Michigan | 49 km/h | (302 km behind Michigan) |
| 34 | Liberty (Solis Bellator, Adventure) |
326 km behind Michigan | 46 km/h | (327 km behind Michigan) |
| 9 | Adelaide (Lumen, Challenger) |
333 km behind Michigan | 46 km/h | (329 km behind Michigan) |
| 22 | Siam  (STC-1, Challenger) |
359 km behind Michigan | 42 km/h | (356 km behind Michigan) |
| 26 | Durham (DUSC2015, Challenger) |
361 km behind Michigan | 42 km/h | (358 km behind Michigan) |
| 80 | Beijing  (Sunshuttle II, Challenger) |
367 km behind Michigan | 41 km/h | (368 km behind Michigan) |
| 28 | Singapore  (SunSPEC4, Cruiser) |
381 km behind Michigan | 40 km/h | (379 km behind Michigan) |
| 20 | Houston (Sundancer, Adventure) |
392 km behind Michigan | 38 km/h | (393 km behind Michigan) |
| 18 | EcoPhoton  (Stingray, Challenger) |
403 km behind Michigan | 35 km/h | (404 km behind Michigan) |
| 31 | ITS  (Widya Wahana V, Cruiser) |
411 km behind Michigan | 34 km/h | (411 km behind Michigan) |
| 15 | Solaris (DesTech Solaris, Challenger) |
447 km behind Michigan | 30 km/h | (447 km behind Michigan) |
| 30 | Arrow (Arrow1-GT, Challenger) |
613 km behind Michigan | 0 km/h | (614 km behind Michigan) |
| 42 | TAFE SA (Solar Spirit, Adventure) |
710 km behind Michigan | 0 km/h | (712 km behind Michigan) |
Scientific Gems 
What is that factor to compensate starting grid positions? Do the teams that start further down get time restored? That would reduce the importance of the Hot lap at Hidden Valley even more.
I’m not 100% certain, but that’s my interpretation of the regs. Yes, the Hot Lap isn’t really all that important, in my opinion.