BAHRAIN - Sakhir
BELGIUM - Spa
BRAZIL - Interlagos
CANADA - Montreal
CHINA - Shanghai
EUROPE - Nurburgring
FRANCE - Magny-Cours
GB - Silverstone
HUNGARY - Hungaroring
ITALY - Monza
JAPAN - Fuji
MALAYSIA - Sepang
MONACO - Monte Carlo
SPAIN - Barcelona
TURKEY - Istanbul
USA - Indianapolis
PAST CIRCUITS
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Track Facts
| Current circuit length : | 4.192 km (2000-2007) |
| Lap record : | 1m 10.399; 214.366 km/h (Rubens Barrichello 2004) |
| Fastest qualifying lap : | 1m 09.454; 217.283 km/h (Rubens Barrichello 2004 Qual 1) |
| Grand Prix held : | 19 |
| Web Site : | www.usgpindy.com |
| Location : | Indianapolis Motor Speedway 4790 W 16 Street Indianapolis Indiana IN 46224 USA Tel: (+1) 317 481-8500 Fax: (+1) 317 484-6749 |
There is little doubt that the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is one of the most famous names in world motor racing. Built on farmland five miles northwest of Indiana's capital city in the spring of 1909, it was planned as a year-round testing facility for the fast-growing automobile industry in Indiana. Four turns, each banked at nine degrees and 12 minutes and measuring exactly 440 yards from entrance to exit, were linked together by a pair of long straights and, at the north and south ends of the property, by a pair of short straights to form a rectangular-shaped 2.5 mile track as dictated by the confines of the available land. Later in 1909, 3,200,000 paving bricks were imported by rail from the western part of the state in the autumn, laid on their sides in a bed of sand and fixed with mortar, thus inspiring the nickname "The Brickyard." On May 30 - Memorial Day - a gruelling 500-Mile race paying $14,250 to win took place, enjoying instant success and attracting universal recognition...and making history as the inaugural Indianapolis 500. Asphalt was first applied to the rougher portions of the track in 1936, and the remainder of the bricks were finally covered over in 1961. Most of the original paving bricks are still in place underneath the modern asphalt surface, with only the famous "yard of bricks" still exposed at the start/finish line as a nostalgic reminder of the past. Formula 1 returned to Indy in 2000 with a new Formula 1 circuit utilising the start-finish straight then twistsing through the in-field before rejoining the oval on the final banked curve back into the main straight. |
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Past Winners
| Year | Winner | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Lewis HAMILTON | McLaren Mercedes | Click for full results |
| 2006 | Michael SCHUMACHER | Ferrari | Click for full results |
| 2005 | Michael SCHUMACHER | Ferrari | Click for full results |
| 2004 | Rubens BARRICHELLO | Ferrari | Click for full results |
| 2003 | Michael SCHUMACHER | Ferrari | Click for full results |
| 2002 | Michael SCHUMACHER | Ferrari | Click for full results |
| 2001 | Michael SCHUMACHER | Ferrari | Click for full results |
| 2000 | Michael SCHUMACHER | Ferrari | |
| 1960 | Jim RATHMANN | Watson | |
| 1959 | Rodger WARD | Watson | |
| 1958 | Jimmy BRYAN | Epperly | |
| 1957 | Sam HANKS | Epperly | |
| 1956 | Pat FLAHERTY | Watson | |
| 1955 | Bob SWEIKERT | Kurtis Kraft | |
| 1954 | Bill VUKOVICH | Kurtis Kraft | |
| 1953 | Bill VUKOVICH | Kurtis Kraft | |
| 1952 | Troy RUTTMAN | Kuzma | |
| 1951 | Lee WALLARD | Kurtis Kraft | |
| 1950 | Johnnie PARSONS | Kurtis Kraft |