Clay Regazzoni
Ferrari
Long Beach Street Circuit – F1 Track Layout, Records & Winners
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The Long Beach Street Circuit, threading through the harbour district of Long Beach, California, hosted the United States Grand Prix West from 1976 to 1983. The 3.275 km layout (original F1 configuration) wound past the convention centre and the Queen Mary ocean liner. Conceived by Chris Pook as the \"Monaco of America\", it remains an iconic IndyCar venue today after losing F1 hosting to costs.
Layout & Facts
Track Geometry
| Lap distance | 3.275 km / 2.035 mi |
| Circuit type | Street circuit |
| Elevation change | 5 meters / 16 feet |
| Driving direction | Clockwise ↻ |
| Corners | 14 corners (7 low / 6 medium / 1 high speed) |
Driving Demands
Traction
Braking
Lateral
Downforce
Performance
| Wins by grid position | P150%P238%P6+13%based on 8 races |
| Pole position side | Left side |
| Top speed | 285 km/h (177 mph) |
| Average race speed | 148 km/h (92 mph) |
| Pit lane time loss | 22.0 seconds |
| Lap record | 1:19.830 (148 km/h / 92 mph) (Nelson Piquet, 1980) Brabham BT49 · Ford |
Race Strategy
Overtaking
Track Evolution
Rain Risk
Safety Car
Heritage
| Opened | 1975 (51 years ago) |
| Local timezone | America/Los_Angeles (PDT, UTC-07) |
| Owner | City of Long Beach |
| Official website | www.gplb.com |
Surface & Tyres
Asphalt Grip
Asphalt Abrasion
Tyre Stress
Tyre Degradation
History
Key corners
01 Linden Avenue Hairpin
A tight slow hairpin at the end of the longest straight, the primary overtaking opportunity during the F1 era. Heavy braking from over 280 km/h on a dirty street surface.
02 Queen Mary turn
A medium-speed right-hander running alongside the Queen Mary ocean liner moored in Long Beach harbour — providing one of the most distinctive backdrops in 1970s motor racing.
03 Fountain
A flowing left-right complex past the convention center fountain. The corner sequence that defined the technical character of the circuit.
Winners & Podiums
F1 winners & podiums
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Drivers Ranking
All-time driver ranking
| NO | Driver | GP | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Pod | Pole | FL | Avg Grid | Avg Pos | Points | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Niki Lauda | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 27 | 61 |
| 2 |  Mario Andretti | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 | 9.9 | 21 | 4 |
| 3 |  Carlos Reutemann | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | 13.2 | 15 | 49 |
| 4 |  Nelson Piquet | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 13 | 80 |
| 5 |  Alan Jones | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10.0 | 9.3 | 13 | 49 |
| 6 |  John Watson | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.4 | 11.9 | 13 | 31 |
| 7 |  Clay Regazzoni | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14.4 | 10.2 | 9 | 80 |
| 8 |  Gilles Villeneuve | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 12.6 | 9 | 118 |
| 9 |  Jody Scheckter | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.6 | 7.2 | 12 | 76 |
| 10 |  Riccardo Patrese | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 11 | 24 |
| 11 |  Keke Rosberg | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 12.8 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 |  Patrick Depailler | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 13 | 0 |
| 13 |  Emerson Fittipaldi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.6 | 8.2 | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | René Arnoux | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 10.8 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | Jacques Laffite | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 11.3 | 8 | 19 |
| 16 | Michele Alboreto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 6.5 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 |  Ronnie Peterson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | Marc Surer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.5 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 |  Eddie Cheever | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.8 | 12.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Elio de Angelis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.8 | 14.4 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 |  Jochen Mass | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 10.8 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 12.1 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 |  Johnny Cecotto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Patrick Tambay | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 16.0 | 1 | 25 |
| 25 | Didier Pironi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.6 | 13.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Mauro Baldi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Rolf Stommelen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 |  Chico Serra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Slim Borgudd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Brett Lunger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Ricardo Zunino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Renzo Zorzi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Carlos Pace | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Danny Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 |  Hans Binder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Beppe Gabbiani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Alex Ribeiro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Derek Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Tom Pryce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 |  Chris Amon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Gunnar Nilsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Brian Henton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Arturo Merzario | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.5 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Manfred Winkelhock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.5 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 |  Eliseo Salazar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.5 | 24.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 |  Hector Rebaque | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 |  Roberto Guerrero | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.5 | 16.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Raul Boesel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.5 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Hans Joachim Stuck | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 |  Nigel Mansell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 12.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 |  Derek Daly | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Vittorio Brambilla | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 |  Alain Prost | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 18.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Andrea de Cesaris | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14.0 | 17.7 | 0 | 14 |
| 56 |  Jan Lammers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Bruno Giacomelli | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 |  James Hunt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 16.8 | 0 | 0 |
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Constructors Ranking
All-time constructor ranking
| NO | Team | GP | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Pod | Pole | FL | Avg Grid | Avg Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ferrari | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4.9 | 9.6 | 51 |
| 2 |  McLaren | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14.6 | 11.6 | 30 |
| 3 |  Williams | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7.2 | 10.0 | 28 |
| 4 |  Team Lotus | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.8 | 12.1 | 23 |
| 5 |  Brabham | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10.6 | 13.4 | 17 |
| 6 | Arrows | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12.3 | 10.0 | 9 |
| 7 | Tyrrell | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11.9 | 8.9 | 17 |
| 8 | Fittipaldi | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.8 | 9.3 | 7 |
| 9 | Wolf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 12.7 | 4 |
| 10 | Ligier | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 8 |
| 11 |  Alfa Romeo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.8 | 15.0 | 3 |
| 12 |  Theodore | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.5 | 12.3 | 2 |
| 13 | Penske | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1 |
| 14 | Parnelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0 |
| 15 | RAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 24.0 | 0 |
| 16 | Merzario | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.5 | 19.5 | 0 |
| 17 | Toleman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 22.5 | 0 |
| 18 | Surtees | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.5 | 14.5 | 0 |
| 19 | March | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.6 | 14.0 | 0 |
| 20 | Osella | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 17.7 | 0 |
| 21 | Shadow | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 12.4 | 0 |
| 22 | ATS | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.5 | 20.0 | 0 |
| 23 |  Renault | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 14.8 | 0 |
| 24 | Ensign | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.2 | 11.5 | 0 |
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Long Beach Street Circuit — Frequently Asked Questions
How many F1 Grands Prix have been held at Long Beach Street Circuit?
Long Beach Street Circuit has hosted 8 Formula 1 Grands Prix since the first edition in 1976.
Who has the most F1 wins at Long Beach Street Circuit?
Clay Regazzoni holds the record at Long Beach Street Circuit with 1 victories.
Which constructor has won most often at Long Beach Street Circuit?
Ferrari is the most successful constructor at Long Beach Street Circuit with 3 wins.
What is the lap record at Long Beach Street Circuit?
The lap record at Long Beach Street Circuit is 01:19.830, set by Nelson Piquet in 1980.
Where is Long Beach Street Circuit located?
Long Beach Street Circuit is located in Long Beach.
When was Long Beach Street Circuit built?
Long Beach Street Circuit opened in 1975.
In which direction is Long Beach Street Circuit driven?
Long Beach Street Circuit is driven clockwise.
How many corners does Long Beach Street Circuit have?
Long Beach Street Circuit has 14 corners.
Is Long Beach Street Circuit a street or permanent circuit?
Long Beach Street Circuit is a street circuit.
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