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Long Beach

Long Beach, California, United States

Circuit Type: Temporary street circuit

198319821975/1981

Original start straight (Ocean Boulevard) replaced by a complex through the Hyatt Hotel garage and a straight on Seaside Way, run to east hairpin shortened, start moved to Shoreline

Extension: 3,275 Km

Lap Record: 1:28.330

Year: 1983

Driver: Niki Lauda

Car: McLaren-Ford Cosworth MP4/1C

Speed: 133,477 km/h

 

Pole Record: 1:26.117

Year: 1983

Driver: Patrick Tambay

Car: Ferrari 126C2B

Speed: 136,907 km/h

Year Official Name Date Winning Driver Constructor Laps Time Formula
1983 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 1983 March 27 Great Britain John Watson
Great Britain McLaren 75
01:53:34.889 F1

West Hairpin at the end of Shoreline Drive bypassed and a kink introduced on Shoreline Drive at Linden Avenue

Extension: 3,428 Km

Lap Record: 1:30.831

Year: 1982

Driver: Niki Lauda

Car: McLaren-Ford Cosworth MP4/1B

Speed: 135,866 km/h

 

Pole Record: 1:27.316

Year: 1982

Driver: Andrea de Cesaris

Car: Alfa Romeo 182

Speed: 141,335 km/h

Year Official Name Date Winning Driver Constructor Laps Time Formula
1982 1982 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach April 4 Austria Niki Lauda
Great Britain McLaren 75
01:58:25.318 F1

Original circuit / Extension: 3,251 Km

(1978-1981 Start Line at Shoreline Drive, Finish Line at Ocean Boulevard)

(1976/1977 Start/Finish Line at Ocean Boulevard)

Lap Record: 1:19.830

Year: 1980

Driver: Nelson Piquet

Car: Brabham-Ford Cosworth BT49

Speed: 146,607 km/h

 

Pole Record: 1:17.694

Year: 1980

Driver: Nelson Piquet

Car: Brabham-Ford Cosworth BT49

Speed: 150,637 km/h

Year Official Name Date Winning Driver Constructor Laps Time Formula
1981 1981 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach March 15 Australia Alan Jones
Great Britain Williams 80
01:50:41.330 F1
1980 1980 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach March 30 Brazil Nelson Piquet
Great Britain Brabham 80
01:50:18.550 F1
1979 1979 Lubri Lon Long Beach Grand Prix April 8 Canada Gilles Villeneuve
Italy Ferrari 80
01:50:25.400 F1
1978 1978 Long Beach Grand Prix April 2 Argentina Carlos Reutemann
Italy Ferrari 80
01:52:01.301 F1
1977 1977 Long Beach Grand Prix April 3 United States Mario Andretti
Great Britain Lotus 80
01:51:35.470 F1
1976 1976 United States Grand Prix West March 28 Switzerland Clay Regazzoni
Italy Ferrari 80
01:53:18.471 F1

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Tags: Long Beach, USA West

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