Ayrton Senna
Detroit street circuit – F1 Track Layout, Records & Winners
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The Detroit street circuit, winding through the downtown streets of Detroit, Michigan around the Renaissance Center, hosted the Detroit Grand Prix from 1982 to 1988. The 4.023 km, 17-corner layout was widely disliked by drivers for its dirty surface, raised manhole covers, and lack of overtaking, but produced unpredictable results due to the high attrition rate.
Layout & Facts
Track Geometry
| Lap distance | 4.023 km / 2.500 mi |
| Circuit type | Street circuit |
| Elevation change | 5 meters / 16 feet |
| Driving direction | Clockwise ↻ |
| Corners | 17 corners (10 low / 7 medium / 0 high speed) |
Driving Demands
Traction
Braking
Lateral
Downforce
Performance
| Wins by grid position | P143%P214%P514%P6+29%based on 7 races |
| Pole position side | Left side |
| Top speed | 280 km/h (174 mph) |
| Average race speed | 144 km/h (90 mph) |
| Pit lane time loss | 22.0 seconds |
| Lap record | 1:40.464 (144 km/h / 90 mph) (Ayrton Senna, 1987) |
Race Strategy
Overtaking
Track Evolution
Rain Risk
Safety Car
Heritage
| Opened | 1982 (44 years ago) |
| Local timezone | America/Detroit (EDT, UTC-04) |
| Owner | City of Detroit |
Surface & Tyres
Asphalt Grip
Asphalt Abrasion
Tyre Stress
Tyre Degradation
History
More circuit history coming soon — we are still adding key corner stories for this track.
Winners & Podiums
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Drivers Ranking
| NO | Driver | GP | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Pod | Pole | FL | Avg Grid | Avg Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ayrton Senna | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2.4 | 7.0 | 27 |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 7.5 | 19 |
| 3 |  Keke Rosberg | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 7.6 | 18 |
| 4 |  Michele Alboreto | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 16 |
| 5 |  John Watson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19.0 | 2.0 | 13 |
| 6 |  Alain Prost | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5.1 | 7.0 | 17 |
| 7 | Jacques Laffite | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.8 | 6.0 | 11 |
| 8 | Elio de Angelis | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 11.8 | 8 |
| 9 |  Eddie Cheever | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 | 14.3 | 7 |
| 10 |  Stefan Johansson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.8 | 12.8 | 6 |
| 11 | Didier Pironi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4 |
| 12 | Teo Fabi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.3 | 16.3 | 4 |
| 13 |  Thierry Boutsen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 4 |
| 14 | Nigel Mansell | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 11.3 | 5 |
| 15 |  Stefan Bellof | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.5 | 7.0 | 3 |
| 16 |  Gerhard Berger | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 16.0 | 3 |
| 17 | Andrea de Cesaris | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 3 |
| 18 |  Derek Daly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 5.0 | 2 |
| 19 | Jonathan Palmer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.5 | 12.0 | 2 |
| 20 | Pierluigi Martini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.5 | 13.5 | 1 |
| 21 | Riccardo Patrese | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.6 | 15.9 | 1 |
| 22 |  Satoru Nakajima | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 0 |
| 23 | Nicola Larini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 24.0 | 0 |
| 24 | Johnny Dumfries | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 7.0 | 0 |
| 25 | Riccardo Paletti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 26.0 | 0 |
| 26 | Julian Bailey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 9.0 | 0 |
| 27 |  Huub Rothengatter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 0 |
| 28 | François Hesnault | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 21.0 | 0 |
| 29 | Maurício Gugelmin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 0 |
| 30 | Chico Serra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 11.0 | 0 |
| 31 | Corrado Fabi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 27.0 | 0 |
| 32 |  Alan Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 19.0 | 0 |
| 33 |  Luis Perez-Sala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 10.0 | 0 |
| 34 | Danny Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 0 |
| 35 | Jochen Mass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 7.0 | 0 |
| 36 | Pascal Fabre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 12.0 | 0 |
| 37 | Adrián Campos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 0 |
| 38 |  Oscar Larrauri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 18.0 | 0 |
| 39 |  Eliseo Salazar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 18.0 | 0 |
| 40 | Yannick Dalmas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 7.0 | 0 |
| 41 |  Allen Berg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 20.0 | 0 |
| 42 | Stefano Modena | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 12.0 | 0 |
| 43 | Brian Henton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 9.0 | 0 |
| 44 | Ivan Capelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 21.0 | 0 |
| 45 | Mauro Baldi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.5 | 18.5 | 0 |
| 46 |  Johnny Cecotto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.5 | 16.0 | 0 |
| 47 | Alex Caffi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 15.5 | 0 |
| 48 | Raul Boesel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 17.0 | 0 |
| 49 | Christian Danner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.5 | 9.5 | 0 |
| 50 |  Roberto Guerrero | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 16.5 | 0 |
| 51 | Bruno Giacomelli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 0 |
| 52 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 0 |
| 53 | Patrick Tambay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 19.0 | 0 |
| 54 | Alessandro Nannini | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.3 | 21.7 | 0 |
| 55 | Philippe Streiff | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 0 |
| 56 | Martin Brundle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0 |
| 57 | Manfred Winkelhock | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.3 | 23.0 | 0 |
| 58 | Niki Lauda | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 15.5 | 0 |
| 59 |  Marc Surer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 13.3 | 0 |
| 60 | Philippe Alliot | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 13.5 | 0 |
| 61 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.4 | 21.6 | 0 |
| 62 | Derek Warwick | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.2 | 16.3 | 0 |
| 63 | René Arnoux | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.7 | 14.3 | 0 |
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Constructors Ranking
| NO | Team | GP | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Pod | Pole | FL | Avg Grid | Avg Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 39 |
| 2 | Team Lotus | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7.6 | 11.2 | 27 |
| 3 | Williams | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 34 |
| 4 | Brabham | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11.4 | 10.3 | 18 |
| 5 | Tyrrell | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.9 | 10.5 | 14 |
| 6 | Ligier | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15.6 | 12.4 | 13 |
| 7 | Ferrari | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6.1 | 12.3 | 20 |
| 8 | Benetton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 | 16.8 | 4 |
| 9 | Rial | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 4.0 | 3 |
| 10 | Minardi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.3 | 17.0 | 1 |
| 11 | Arrows | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 14.4 | 1 |
| 12 | Lola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.5 | 18.5 | 0 |
| 13 | Fittipaldi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 11.0 | 0 |
| 14 | Euro Brun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 15.0 | 0 |
| 15 | Ensign | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 19.0 | 0 |
| 16 | Dallara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 8.0 | 0 |
| 17 |  Theodore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.5 | 14.5 | 0 |
| 18 | RAM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.8 | 18.8 | 0 |
| 19 | Larrousse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 11.3 | 0 |
| 20 | AGS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.5 | 16.5 | 0 |
| 21 | March | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.5 | 16.8 | 0 |
| 22 | ATS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.5 | 21.5 | 0 |
| 23 | Zakspeed | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 15.3 | 0 |
| 24 | Toleman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.6 | 17.8 | 0 |
| 25 | Renault | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9.0 | 14.1 | 0 |
| 26 | Alfa Romeo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.9 | 16.3 | 0 |
| 27 | Osella | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.9 | 23.6 | 0 |
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Detroit street circuit — Frequently Asked Questions
How many F1 Grands Prix have been held at Detroit street circuit?
Detroit street circuit has hosted 7 Formula 1 Grands Prix since the first edition in 1982.
Who has the most F1 wins at Detroit street circuit?
Ayrton Senna holds the record at Detroit street circuit with 3 victories.
Which constructor has won most often at Detroit street circuit?
McLaren is the most successful constructor at Detroit street circuit with 2 wins.
What is the lap record at Detroit street circuit?
The lap record at Detroit street circuit is 01:40.464, set by Ayrton Senna in 1987.
Where is Detroit street circuit located?
Detroit street circuit is located in Detroit.
When was Detroit street circuit built?
Detroit street circuit opened in 1982.
In which direction is Detroit street circuit driven?
Detroit street circuit is driven clockwise.
How many corners does Detroit street circuit have?
Detroit street circuit has 17 corners.
Is Detroit street circuit a street or permanent circuit?
Detroit street circuit is a street circuit.
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