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The United States Grand Prix is the longest-running Formula One World Championship event held in the United States. Previously, however, there were four other separate F1 events there. From 1976 until 1983, the Long Beach circuit hosted a newly created United States Grand Prix West, which ran in the same seasons as the United States Grand Prix ...
As of the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, out of the 778 drivers who started a Grand Prix, [14] there have been 115 Formula One Grand Prix winners. [15] The first Grand Prix winner was Giuseppe Farina at the 1950 British Grand Prix , and the most recent driver to score their first Grand Prix win is Oscar Piastri who took his first win at the 2024 ...
Grand Prix distance regulations have varied throughout Formula One history. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Between 1950 and 1957 , events ran for more than 300 km (190 mi) or three hours. [ 11 ] In 1958 , race lengths were set between 300 and 500 km (190 and 310 mi) or two hours. [ 12 ]
While many drivers from the United States have competed in the Formula One World Championship, the vast majority (175 in total) only competed in the Indianapolis 500, which was part of the World Championship from 1950 to 1960. As of 2024, the most recent American race winner remains Mario Andretti, who won the 1978 Dutch Grand Prix.
Nico Rosberg has the highest number of Grand Prix starts before winning his first title, a period of 206 Grands Prix between the 2006 Bahrain and the 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. [12] [13] Sebastian Vettel is the youngest winner of the World Drivers' Championship; he was 23 years and 134 days old when he won the 2010 championship. [14]
The World Championship of Drivers has been held since 1950.Driver records listed here include all rounds which formed part of the World Championship since 1950: this includes the Indianapolis 500 from 1950–1960 (although it was not run to Formula One rules), and the 1952 and 1953 World Championship Grands Prix (which were run to Formula Two rules).
2006 Hungarian Grand Prix: 25 Salih United States: 2 1957–1960: 1957 Indianapolis 500: 1958 Indianapolis 500: Lotus F1 United Kingdom: 2 2012–2015: 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: 2013 Australian Grand Prix: 27 Kuzma United States: 1 1951–1960: 1952 Indianapolis 500: Porsche Germany: 1 1957–1964: 1962 French Grand Prix: Eagle United States ...
In 1908, the United States of America became the first country outside France to host an automobile race using the name Grand Prix (or Grand Prize), run at Savannah. The first Grande Épreuve outside France was the 1921 Italian Grand Prix held at Montichiari .