US Grand Prix West

US Grand Prix West

Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit
Route data
in the racing calendar:	1976-1983
Route length:	3.275 km
Race length:	245.625 km in 75 laps
Records
Lap record:	1: 19,830 (1982, Nelson Piquet , Brabham )
Lap record qualification:	1: 17,694 (1980, Nelson Piquet , Brabham )
Most wins:	Clay Regazzoni , Mario Andretti , Carlos Reutemann , Gilles Villeneuve , Nelson Piquet , Alan Jones , Niki Lauda , John Watson (1 each)
Most Poles:	Clay Regazzoni , Niki Lauda , Carlos Reutemann , Gilles Villeneuve , Nelson Piquet , Riccardo Patrese , Alain Prost , Patrick Tambay (1 each)

The Grand Prix of the USA West (also Grand Prix of Long Beach ) was a Formula 1 race which was held eight times between 1976 and 1983. The venue was the Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit in Long Beach , California .

history

The name USA West was chosen because Formula 1 wanted to host two races on US soil. In 1976 the new street circuit in Long Beach, California, was chosen as the venue. Formula 5000 was a guest here a year earlier . An IndyCar race has been held annually since 1984 under the name Grand Prix of Long Beach .

In 1980 there was a momentous accident on the 51st lap of the race, which ended the career and almost the life of Clay Regazzoni , when he collided with a four-ton concrete block at around 280 km / h . Regazzoni survived the impact seriously injured, but has been paraplegic since that accident .

Results

Edition	year	route	winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Fastest lap
1	1976	Long Beach	Clay Regazzoni ( Ferrari )	Niki Lauda ( Ferrari )	Patrick Depailler ( Tyrrell - Ford )	Clay Regazzoni ( Ferrari )	Clay Regazzoni ( Ferrari )
2	1977	Long Beach	Mario Andretti ( Lotus - Ford )	Niki Lauda ( Ferrari )	Jody Scheckter ( Wolf - Ford )	Niki Lauda ( Ferrari )	Niki Lauda ( Ferrari )
3	1978	Long Beach	Carlos Reutemann ( Ferrari )	Mario Andretti ( Lotus - Ford )	Patrick Depailler ( Tyrrell - Ford )	Carlos Reutemann ( Ferrari )	Alan Jones ( Williams - Ford )
4th	1979	Long Beach	Gilles Villeneuve ( Ferrari )	Jody Scheckter ( Ferrari )	Alan Jones ( Williams - Ford )	Gilles Villeneuve ( Ferrari )	Gilles Villeneuve ( Ferrari )
5	1980	Long Beach	Nelson Piquet ( Brabham - Ford )	Riccardo Patrese ( Arrows - Ford )	Emerson Fittipaldi ( Fittipaldi - Ford )	Nelson Piquet ( Brabham - Ford )	Nelson Piquet ( Brabham - Ford )
6th	1981	Long Beach	Alan Jones ( Williams - Ford )	Carlos Reutemann ( Williams - Ford )	Nelson Piquet ( Brabham - Ford )	Riccardo Patrese ( Arrows - Ford )	Alan Jones ( Williams - Ford )
7th	1982	Long Beach	Niki Lauda ( McLaren - Ford )	Keke Rosberg ( Williams - Ford )	Riccardo Patrese ( Brabham - Ford )	Andrea de Cesaris ( Alfa Romeo )	Niki Lauda ( McLaren - Ford )
8th	1983	Long Beach	John Watson ( McLaren - Ford )	Niki Lauda ( McLaren - Ford )	René Arnoux ( Ferrari )	Patrick Tambay ( Ferrari )	Niki Lauda ( McLaren - Ford )

Legend
abbreviation	class	comment
F1	formula 1	Formula 1 World Championship from 1950
F2	Formula 2
FL	Formula libre	Vehicle class usually advertised by the organizer
SW	Sports car
TW	Touring car
GP	Grand Prix vehicles
	↓ Solid gray lines indicate when a new course was used in history. ↓
	Entries with a light red background were not runs for the automobile or Formula 1 world championship.
	Entries with a yellow background were runs for the European Championship .

Web links

Commons : US Grand Prix West  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Own presence of the Grand Prix of Long Beach
• Formula 1 race statistics on statsf1.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ oldracingcars.com: Long Beach Grand Prix 1975
2. ↑ gplb.com: Statistics ( Memento of the original from August 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.