Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit

Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit

Long Beach , USA
Route type:	temporary racetrack
Opening:	1975
Formula 1 venue :	1976-1983
Track layout
Route data
Important events:	IndyCar Series American Le Mans Series
Route length:	3.167  km (1.97  mi )
Records
Track record: (Champ Car)	1: 06.886 min. ( Sébastien Bourdais , Newman-Haas-Racing , 2006)
Shortened version for Formula E.
Route data
Important events:	FIA Formula E Championship
Route length:	2.131  km (1.32  mi )
Curves:	7th
Records
Track record: (Formula E)	0: 58.973 min. ( Nicolas Prost , e.Dams , 2015)

Coordinates: 33 ° 45 ′ 51.8 "  N , 118 ° 11 ′ 26.9"  W.

The Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit is a street circuit in Long Beach , California , on which, among other things, the Formula 1 Grand Prix of the USA West was held.

The streets around the Long Beach Convention Center have been cordoned off one weekend a year since 1975 to host the Long Beach Grand Prix , and from 1976 to 1983 the United States Grand Prix West , in which numerous different racing series have already been represented. It is considered the most famous street circuit in the United States . The direction of travel is clockwise.

Racing events

Main event

After the first Long Beach Grand Prix in 1975, in which a Formula 5000 race was held, Formula 1 hosted a total of eight times from 1976 to 1983 under the name " Grand Prix of the USA West ", it is the only race track on that this event has ever been held. It is also noteworthy that no driver managed to win two world championship races or more here.

From 1984 to 2008, the main successor event to the Formula 1 races was the Champ Car series (CART), which is much more popular in the USA . In 2008 this series held its farewell race here, which was already part of the IndyCar Series . The IndyCar Series started in 2009, into which the Champ Car series was incorporated the year before, in return the event on the Twin Ring Motegi was postponed to a later date in the year.

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  Route
  1976–1981

Side events

The Trans-Am series , which was replaced by the Grand-Am in 2006 , started here as a sports car racing series . The American Le Mans Series has been its successor since 2007 .

As a substructure for the IndyCar Series, the Indy Lights has also started here since 2009 . Formula Atlantic performed here from 1989 to 2008 and the original Indy Lights series from 1989 to 2001.

In 2015, the first Long Beach ePrix took place on a shortened version of the route .

statistics

All winners of Formula 1 races in Long Beach

year	driver	constructor	engine	tires	time	Route length	Round	Ø pace	date	GP the
1976	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	Ferrari	G	1: 53: 18.471 h	3.251 km	80	137.720 km / h	28th March	USA West
1977	Mario Andretti	lotus	ford	G	1: 51: 35.470 h	3.251 km	80	139.839 km / h	3rd of April
1978	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	Ferrari	M.	1: 52: 01,301 h	3.251 km	80	140.172 km / h	2nd of April
1979	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	Ferrari	M.	1: 50: 25.40 h	3.251 km	80	142,201 km / h	April 8th
1980	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	ford	G	1: 50: 18.550 h	3.251 km	80	142.348 km / h	March 30
1981	Alan Jones	Williams	ford	M.	1: 50: 41.33 h	3.251 km	80	141.860 km / h	March, 15
1982	Niki Lauda	McLaren	ford	M.	1: 58: 25.318 h	3.428 km	75	131.131 km / h	4. April
1983	John Watson	McLaren	ford	M.	1: 53: 34.889 h	3.275 km	75	129.753 km / h	27th of March

Record winner driver: ––
Record winner driver nations: ––
Record winner Constructors: Ferrari (3)
Record winner engine manufacturer: Ford (5)
Record winner tire manufacturer: Michelin (5)

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