Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

United States Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
statistics
Surname:	Long Beach Grand Prix (1975, 1984–1985) Grand Prix of Long Beach (1976–1983) Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach (since 1986)
Racing series:	Formula 5000 (1975) Formula 1 (1976–1983) Indy Car World Series (1984–1996) CART (1997–2003) Champ Car (2004–2007) IndyCar Series (since 2008)
Racetracks:	USA California Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit
Last Grand Prix
Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
Season:	2015
Racetrack:	Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit
Race length:	253.375 km in 80 laps of 3.167 km
Winner:	New Zealand Scott Dixon ( Chip Ganassi Racing Teams ) United States
Pole position:	Brazil Hélio Castroneves ( Team Penske ) United States
Fastest lap:	Monaco Stefano Coletti ( KV Racing Technology ) United States
Records
Most wins:	United States Al our jr. (6)
Most Poles:	United States Mario Andretti Michael Andretti Gil de Ferran Will Power (3 each) United States Brazil Australia

The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is an automobile race at the Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit in Long Beach , California , United States . It first took place in 1975. From 1976 to 1983 it was part of the Formula 1 world championship. It has been in the highest category in American Championship Car Racing since 1984 . It has been part of the IndyCar Series racing calendar since 2008 .

history

On September 28, 1975, the race, then called the Long Beach Grand Prix , was held for the first time. In the first edition, it was part of Formula 5000 . In 1976 the Grand Prix of Long Beach was added to the racing calendar of the Formula 1 World Championship. The race was also known as the Grand Prix of the USA West in this championship and is listed under this name in the statistics. Until the Formula 1 season in 1983 , the race remained a Formula 1 world championship race. In 1980 , Clay Regazzoni had a serious accident in the race and has been paraplegic ever since .

In 1984 the Long Beach Grand Prix switched to the racing calendar of the Indy Car World Series , the highest category in American Championship Car Racing . Since 1986 the race has been held under the name Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach . The race remained in the racing calendar of the championship until 2007, which changed its name to the 1997 season and was then run as the CART (1997-2003) or Champ-Car series (2004-2007). CART sanctioned the race until 2003 . From 2004 to 2008 OWRS inclusive .

After the Champ Car series was discontinued, the race was added to the racing calendar of the IndyCar Series for the 2008 season . After the race had been sanctioned by OWRS in 2008, the Indy Racing League (since 2011 IndyCar) took over this task from 2009. The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 2008 is the last race to be hosted by OWRS. All drivers who were registered for the IndyCar Series season received points. On the same day, another race in the IndyCar Series took place with the Indy Japan 300 . At the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, those teams started that originally wanted to compete in the Champ Car series in 2008.

Results

Edition	year	series	winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Fastest lap
01	1975	Formula 5000	United Kingdom Brian Redman ( Lola - Chevrolet )	Australia Vern Schuppan ( Eagle - Chevrolet )	Canada Eppie Wietzes ( Lola - Chevrolet )	United Kingdom Tony Brise ( Lola - Chevrolet )	United Kingdom Tony Brise ( Lola - Chevrolet )
02	1976	formula 1	Switzerland Clay Regazzoni ( Ferrari )	Austria Niki Lauda ( Ferrari )	France Patrick Depailler ( Tyrrell - Ford )	Switzerland Clay Regazzoni ( Ferrari )	Switzerland Clay Regazzoni ( Ferrari )
03	1977	formula 1	United States Mario Andretti ( Lotus - Ford )	Austria Niki Lauda ( Ferrari )	South Africa 1961 Jody Scheckter ( Wolf - Ford )	Austria Niki Lauda ( Ferrari )	Austria Niki Lauda ( Ferrari )
04th	1978	formula 1	Argentina Carlos Reutemann ( Ferrari )	United States Mario Andretti ( Lotus - Ford )	France Patrick Depailler ( Tyrrell - Ford )	Argentina Carlos Reutemann ( Ferrari )	Australia Alan Jones ( Williams - Ford )
05	1979	formula 1	Canada Gilles Villeneuve ( Ferrari )	South Africa 1961 Jody Scheckter ( Ferrari )	Australia Alan Jones ( Williams - Ford )	Canada Gilles Villeneuve ( Ferrari )	Canada Gilles Villeneuve ( Ferrari )
06th	1980	formula 1	Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet ( Brabham - Ford )	Italy Riccardo Patrese ( Arrows - Ford )	Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi ( Fittipaldi - Ford )	Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet ( Brabham - Ford )	Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet ( Brabham - Ford )
07th	1981	formula 1	Australia Alan Jones ( Williams - Ford )	Argentina Carlos Reutemann ( Williams - Ford )	Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet ( Brabham - Ford )	Italy Riccardo Patrese ( Arrows - Ford )	Australia Alan Jones ( Williams - Ford )
08th	1982	formula 1	Austria Niki Lauda ( McLaren - Ford )	Finland Keke Rosberg ( Williams - Ford )	Italy Riccardo Patrese ( Brabham - Ford )	Italy Andrea de Cesaris ( Alfa Romeo )	Austria Niki Lauda ( McLaren - Ford )
09	1983	formula 1	United Kingdom John Watson ( McLaren - Ford )	Austria Niki Lauda ( McLaren - Ford )	France René Arnoux ( Ferrari )	France Patrick Tambay ( Ferrari )	Austria Niki Lauda ( McLaren - Ford )
10	1984	ICWS	United States Mario Andretti ( Lola - Cosworth )	Australia Geoff Brabham ( March - Cosworth )	United States Tom Sneva ( March - Cosworth )	United States Mario Andretti ( Lola - Cosworth )	not known
11	1985	ICWS	United States Mario Andretti ( Lola - Cosworth )	Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi ( March - Cosworth )	United States Danny Sullivan ( March - Cosworth )	United States Mario Andretti ( Lola - Cosworth )	not known
12	1986	ICWS	United States Michael Andretti ( March - Cosworth )	United States Al our jr. ( Lola - Cosworth )	Australia Geoff Brabham ( Lola - Cosworth )	United States Danny Sullivan ( March - Cosworth )	not known
13	1987	ICWS	United States Mario Andretti ( Lola - Chevrolet )	United States Al our jr. ( March - Cosworth )	United States Tom Sneva ( March - Cosworth )	United States Mario Andretti ( Lola - Chevrolet )	not known
14th	1988	ICWS	United States Al our jr. ( March - Chevrolet )	United States Bobby Rahal ( Lola - Judd )	United States Kevin Cogan ( March - Cosworth )	United States Danny Sullivan ( Penske - Chevrolet )	not known
15th	1989	ICWS	United States Al our jr. ( Lola - Chevrolet )	United States Michael Andretti ( Lola - Chevrolet )	Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi ( Penske - Chevrolet )	United States Al our jr. ( Lola - Chevrolet )	not known
16	1990	ICWS	United States Al our jr. ( Lola - Chevrolet )	Brazil 1968 Emerson Fittipaldi ( Penske - Chevrolet )	United States Danny Sullivan ( Penske - Chevrolet )	United States Al our jr. ( Lola - Chevrolet )	not known
17th	1991	ICWS	United States Al our jr. ( Lola - Chevrolet )	United States Bobby Rahal ( Lola - Chevrolet )	United States Eddie Cheever ( Lola - Chevrolet )	United States Michael Andretti ( Lola - Chevrolet )	not known
18th	1992	ICWS	United States Danny Sullivan ( Galmer - Chevrolet )	United States Bobby Rahal ( Lola - Chevrolet )	Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi ( Penske - Chevrolet )	United States Michael Andretti ( Lola - Ford )	not known
19th	1993	ICWS	Canada Paul Tracy ( Penske - Chevrolet )	United States Bobby Rahal ( Rahal-Hogan - Chevrolet )	United Kingdom Nigel Mansell ( Lola - Ford )	United Kingdom Nigel Mansell ( Lola - Ford )	not known
20th	1994	ICWS	United States Al our jr. ( Penske - Ilmor )	United Kingdom Nigel Mansell ( Lola - Ford )	United States Robby Gordon ( Lola - Ford )	Canada Paul Tracy ( Penske - Ilmor )	United States Al our jr. ( Penske - Ilmor )
21st	1995	ICWS	United States Al our jr. ( Penske - Ilmor-Mercedes-Benz )	United States Scott Pruett ( Lola - Ford )	Italy Teo Fabi ( Reynard - Ford )	United States Michael Andretti ( Lola - Ford )	United States Michael Andretti ( Lola - Ford )
22nd	1996	ICWS	United States Jimmy Vasser ( Reynard - Honda )	United States Parker Johnstone ( Reynard - Honda )	United States Al our jr. ( Penske - Mercedes )	Brazil Gil de Ferran ( Reynard - Honda )	Canada Paul Tracy ( Penske - Mercedes )
23	1997	CART	Italy Alex Zanardi ( Reynard - Honda )	Brazil Maurício Gugelmin ( Reynard - Mercedes )	United States Scott Pruett ( Reynard - Ford )	Brazil Gil de Ferran ( Reynard - Honda )	Italy Alex Zanardi ( Reynard - Honda )
24	1998	CART	Italy Alex Zanardi ( Reynard - Honda )	United Kingdom Dario Franchitti ( Reynard - Honda )	United States Bryan Herta ( Reynard - Ford )	United States Bryan Herta ( Reynard - Ford )	United States Bobby Rahal ( Reynard - Ford )
25th	1999	CART	Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya ( Reynard - Honda )	United Kingdom Dario Franchitti ( Reynard - Honda )	United States Bryan Herta ( Reynard - Ford )	Brazil Tony Kanaan ( Reynard - Honda )	Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya ( Reynard - Honda )
26th	2000	CART	Canada Paul Tracy ( Reynard - Honda )	Brazil Hélio Castroneves ( Reynard - Honda )	United States Jimmy Vasser ( Lola - Toyota )	Brazil Gil de Ferran ( Reynard - Honda )	Brazil Gil de Ferran ( Reynard - Honda )
27	2001	CART	Brazil Hélio Castroneves ( Reynard - Honda )	Brazil Cristiano da Matta ( Lola - Toyota )	Brazil Gil de Ferran ( Reynard - Honda )	Brazil Hélio Castroneves ( Reynard - Honda )	Brazil Hélio Castroneves ( Reynard - Honda )
28	2002	CART	United States Michael Andretti ( Reynard - Honda )	United States Jimmy Vasser ( Lola - Ford )	Italy Max Papis ( Lola - Ford )	United States Jimmy Vasser ( Lola - Ford )	Brazil Bruno Junqueira ( Lola - Toyota )
29	2003	CART	Canada Paul Tracy ( Lola - Ford-Cosworth )	Mexico Adrián Fernández ( Lola - Ford-Cosworth )	Brazil Bruno Junqueira ( Lola - Ford-Cosworth )	Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. ( Lola - Ford-Cosworth )	Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. ( Lola - Ford-Cosworth )
30th	2004	Champ Car	Canada Paul Tracy ( Lola - Ford-Cosworth )	Brazil Bruno Junqueira ( Lola - Ford-Cosworth )	France Sébastien Bourdais ( Lola - Ford-Cosworth )	Brazil Bruno Junqueira ( Lola - Ford-Cosworth )	France Sébastien Bourdais ( Lola - Ford-Cosworth )
31	2005	Champ Car	France Sébastien Bourdais ( Lola - Ford-Cosworth )	Canada Paul Tracy ( Lola - Ford-Cosworth )	Brazil Bruno Junqueira ( Lola - Ford-Cosworth )	Canada Paul Tracy ( Lola - Ford-Cosworth )	France Sébastien Bourdais ( Lola - Ford-Cosworth )
32	2006	Champ Car	France Sébastien Bourdais ( Lola - Ford-Cosworth )	United Kingdom Justin Wilson ( Lola - Ford-Cosworth )	Canada Alex Tagliani ( Lola - Ford-Cosworth )	France Sébastien Bourdais ( Lola - Ford-Cosworth )	France Sébastien Bourdais ( Lola - Ford-Cosworth )
33	2007	Champ Car	France Sébastien Bourdais ( Panoz - Cosworth )	Spain Oriol Servià ( Panoz - Cosworth )	Australia Will Power ( Panoz - Cosworth )	France Sébastien Bourdais ( Panoz - Cosworth )	France Simon Pagenaud ( Panoz - Cosworth )
34	2008	IndyCar Series	Australia Will Power ( Panoz - Cosworth )	France Franck Montagny ( Panoz - Cosworth )	Mexico Mario Domínguez ( Panoz - Cosworth )	United Kingdom Justin Wilson ( Panoz - Cosworth )	Brazil Antonio Pizzonia ( Panoz - Cosworth )
35	2009	IndyCar Series	United Kingdom Dario Franchitti ( Dallara - Honda )	Australia Will Power ( Dallara - Honda )	Brazil Tony Kanaan ( Dallara - Honda )	Australia Will Power ( Dallara - Honda )	Australia Ryan Briscoe ( Dallara - Honda )
36	2010	IndyCar Series	United States Ryan Hunter-Reay ( Dallara - Honda )	United Kingdom Justin Wilson ( Dallara - Honda )	Australia Will Power ( Dallara - Honda )	Australia Will Power ( Dallara - Honda )	United States Ryan Hunter-Reay ( Dallara - Honda )
37	2011	IndyCar Series	United Kingdom Mike Conway ( Dallara - Honda )	Australia Ryan Briscoe ( Dallara - Honda )	United Kingdom Dario Franchitti ( Dallara - Honda )	Australia Will Power ( Dallara - Honda )	United Kingdom Dario Franchitti ( Dallara - Honda )
38	2012	IndyCar Series	Australia Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	France Simon Pagenaud ( Dallara - Honda )	Canada James Hinchcliffe ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Australia Ryan Briscoe ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Brazil Tony Kanaan ( Dallara - Chevrolet )
39	2013	IndyCar Series	Japan Takuma Satō ( Dallara - Honda )	United States Graham Rahal ( Dallara - Honda )	United Kingdom Justin Wilson ( Dallara - Honda )	United Kingdom Dario Franchitti ( Dallara - Honda )	Venezuela EJ Viso ( Dallara - Chevrolet )
40	2014	IndyCar Series	United Kingdom Mike Conway ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Australia Will Power ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Colombia Carlos Muñoz ( Dallara - Honda )	United States Ryan Hunter-Reay ( Dallara - Honda )	Brazil Hélio Castroneves ( Dallara - Chevrolet )
41	2015	IndyCar Series	New Zealand Scott Dixon ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Brazil Hélio Castroneves ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Brazil Hélio Castroneves ( Dallara - Chevrolet )	Monaco Stefano Coletti ( Dallara - Chevrolet )