United States Grand Prix East

United States Grand Prix East
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Circuit	Detroit street circuit
Laps	63
Circuit length km	4.023
Circuit length mi
Race length km	253.449
Race length mi
Most wins driver	James Hunt (2)
Most wins constructor	McLaren (3)
Current year	1984
Winner	Nelson Piquet
Winning team	Brabham-BMW
Winning time	1:55:41.842
Pole driver	Nelson Piquet
Pole team	Brabham-BMW
Pole time	1:40.980
Fastest lap driver	Derek Warwick
Fastest lap team	Renault
Fastest lap	1:46.221

The title of United States Grand Prix East was applied to two different Formula One World Championship events. It was used to refer to:

• the United States Grand Prix races held at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course from 1976 through 1980; this was to distinguish it from the United States Grand Prix West, held in Long Beach, California from 1976 through 1983.
• the Formula One races held at the Detroit street circuit from 1982 through 1988; the Detroit races were also called the Detroit Grand Prix.

In 1982, the U.S. became the first country to host three Grands Prix in one season. In addition to the Long Beach (United States Grand Prix West) and Las Vegas races, the new event was held in Detroit, Michigan on another street course, encompassing the Renaissance Center. The original circuit had seventeen corners in 2.493 miles, including two very tricky hairpins and a tunnel that enclosed a gentle right-hand bend next to the river, and proved to be even slower than Monaco. The rough, demanding, course even included a railroad track crossing. In 1986, Ayrton Senna overcame a tire puncture to win his first of five American races in six years.

For 1989, it was originally planned to move the F1 grand prix to a new circuit at Belle Isle. However, early on, an agreement could not be established, and the grand prix moved to Phoenix for 1989-1991. Upon the departure of F1, the Detroit race was replaced by an event sanctioned by CART. For further information see Detroit Indy Grand Prix.

Winners

Note: The official title of the 1982 and 1984 events was United States Grand Prix East; the official title of the 1983 event was United States Grand Prix. For the winners of the 1976-1980 events, see: United States Grand Prix.

Year	Driver	Constructor	Location	Report
1984	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	Detroit	Report
1983	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	Detroit	Report
1982	John Watson	McLaren-Ford	Detroit	Report
1981	Not held
1980	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	Watkins Glen	Report
1979	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	Watkins Glen	Report
1978	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	Watkins Glen	Report
1977	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	Watkins Glen	Report
1976	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford	Watkins Glen	Report

See also

• List of Formula One Championship events
• United States Grand Prix
• United States Grand Prix West
• Las Vegas Grand Prix
• Detroit Indy Grand Prix