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25px USA United States Grand Prix West
Long Beach Grand Prix
Circuit Long Beach
Laps 75
Circuit length 3.275 km (2.04 miles)
Race length 245.625 km (152.62 miles)
Most wins by single driver
Most wins by single constructor 25px Italy Ferrari (3)
Last race (1983):
Winner 25px UK John Watson
Winning constructor McLaren-Ford
Winning time 1:53:34.889
Pole time 1:26.117
Pole driver 25px France Patrick Tambay
Pole constructor Ferrari
Fastest lap 1:28.330
Fastest lap driver 25px Austria Niki Lauda
Fastest lap constructor McLaren-Ford


The United States Grand Prix West was a Formula One motor race held at street circuit in Long Beach, California. It was a Formula 5000 race in 1975, and a F1 world championship event from 1976 to 1983. After 1983 the event became the Long Beach Grand Prix of the CART series.

Winners of the United States Grand Prix West[]

Repeat winners (drivers)[]

No driver has won the United States Grand Prix West more than once.

Repeat winners (constructors)[]

# of wins Constructor Years won
3 25px Italy Ferrari 1976, 1978, 1978
2 25px United Kingdom McLaren 1982, 1983

By year[]

Year Driver Constructor Location Report
1983 25px UK John Watson McLaren-Ford Long Beach Report
1982 25px Austria Niki Lauda McLaren-Ford Report
1981 25px Australia Alan Jones Williams-Ford Report
1980 25px Brazil Nelson Piquet Brabham-Ford Report
1979 25px Canada Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari Report
1978 25px Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari Report
1977 25px USA Mario Andretti Lotus-Ford Report
1976 25px Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari Report

See also[]

Races in the Formula One championship:

Current

AustralianMalaysianChineseBahrainSpanishMonacoCanadianBritishGermanHungarianBelgianItalianSingaporeKoreanJapaneseIndianAbu DhabiUSABrazilian

Future
(confirmed)

New: Russian (2014)
American (2014) Returning: none

Former

ArgentineAustrianCaesars PalaceDallasDetroitDutchEuropeanFrenchIndy 500LuxembourgMexicanMoroccanPacificPescaraPortugueseSan MarinoSouth AfricanSwedishSwissTurkishUSA West


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