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American GP
Saturday 18th of June 2005
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Sunday 19th of June 2005
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Venue:
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Indianapolis
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No. of Laps:
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73 |
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Lap Distance:
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4.192 km |
| Race Distance: |
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306.106 km |
| Lap Record: |
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Rubens Barrichello, 1'10.399 |
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| Circuit Details |
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway may be one of the most famous motorsport venues in the world, but its grand prix history is relatively short. Originally built as a test track for the Detroit motor industry in the early part of the 20th century, ?the brickyard? became a Mecca for American motor racing, thanks to the popularity of the Indy 500.
The race became a round of the newly-formed world championship in the Fifties and F1 stars Graham Hill and Jim Clark took victories in the Sixties. Other F1 stars have also had success at Indy with Mario Andretti and Emerson Fittipaldi also scoring wins. Jacques Villeneuve continued this tradition of F1 world champions triumphing at Indy when he won the race in 1995 while current Williams star Juan Pablo Montoya won in 2000.
The US GP has been held at a number of venues ? including Sebring, New York?s Watkins Glen, Detroit and Phoenix. The race moved back to Indy in 2000 after circuit boss Tony George built a new infield complex. In 2000 and 2003, Michael Schumacher took vital wins at the track to move to within touching distance of the title. But 2002's event was blighted by controversy when Schumacher inexplicably attempted to engineer a dead heat with team-mate Rubens Barrichello.
Address
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corp
4790 West 16th Street
Indianapolis IN 46222
USA
Tel: +317 2412500
2004
1 Michael Schumacher
2 Rubens Barrichello
3 Takuma Sato
4 Jarno Trulli
5 Olivier Panis
6 Kimi Raikkonen
7 David Coulthard
8 Zsolt Baumgartner
Recent Winners
2004 - M Schumacher - Ferrari
2003 - M Schumacher - Ferrari
2002 - Barrichello - Ferrari
2001 - Hakkinen - McLaren
2000 - M Schumacher - Ferrari
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