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Formula 1 - Long Beach (USA)

Seizoen: 1983 - Aflevering: 2 / 4 - Eerst uitgezonden: 27 maart 1983 - Episode ID: 398829

8th United States Grand Prix West Date: March 27 1983 Location: Long Beach, California Course: Temporary street course 3.283 km (2.04 mi) Distance: 75 laps, 246.230 km (153.00 mi) Weather: Sunny, warm Pole position: Patrick Tambay Ferrari 1:26.117 Once again, the circuit had been slightly modified, primarily to free up Ocean Boulevard, one of the city's main thoroughfares. Since the alternate route on Seaside Way included a tunnel under the Long Beach convention center, the pits were moved to the long, curving Shoreline Drive section, where the Start and Finish lines were reunited for the first time since 1977. After struggling mightily in qualifying, the McLaren team found their way on race day, as John Watson and Niki Lauda climbed from positions 22 and 23 on the grid to finish first and second in the final USGP West at Long Beach. Notes Rumors persisted all weekend that race organizer Chris Pook, the main figure in the attempt to create a "Monte Carlo of the United States" in Long Beach, had decided that Formula One was too expensive and risky, and, indeed, after the race, he announced that he planned to run a CART race at Long Beach in 1984 instead of F1. Despite tremendous success since the race's inception in 1976, and the observable impact of the global exposure it brought to the city, the organizers believed that the less expensive and more popular (in the United States at least) CART championship, dominated by American drivers, would be a more promising investment.