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Circuit · Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Detroit Street Circuit

One of four US venues used in the 1980s alongside Long Beach, Las Vegas and Dallas.

Championship races
7
Seasons
1982–19887 seasons
Length
4.023 kmcurrent layout
Turns
17
Direction
clockwise
Type
street
F1DB layout detroit-2 · 4.023 km · 22 turns, F1DB’s figures · 1983–1988 · 6 rounds
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy

Bumpy concrete-walled streets around the Renaissance Center

Most wins here

Most wins here
DriverWinsSpan
Ayrton Senna31986–1988
John Watson11982
Keke Rosberg11985
Michele Alboreto11983
Nelson Piquet11984

Constructors here

Constructors here
ConstructorWinsSpan
McLaren21982–1988
Team Lotus21986–1987
Brabham11984
Tyrrell11983
Williams11985

Where winners start here

All 7 races won here, counted together. No layout timeline is recorded for this circuit.

Won from first on the grid
3 of 7 (43%), against 32 of 111 (29%) at every circuit, 1982–1988
Won from the first two slots
4 of 7 (57%), against 54 of 111 (49%) at every circuit
Lowest winning grid slot
17th — John Watson, 1982
Most wins by a driver
Ayrton Senna, 3
Most wins by a team
McLaren and Team Lotus, 2 each
11984 Nelson Piquet, Brabham, from 1st1986 Ayrton Senna, Team Lotus, from 1st1988 Ayrton Senna, McLaren, from 1st21987 Ayrton Senna, Team Lotus, from 2nd3451985 Keke Rosberg, Williams, from 5th61983 Michele Alboreto, Tyrrell, from 6th78910111213141516171982 John Watson, McLaren, from 17th1811984 Nelson Piquet, Brabham, from 1st1986 Ayrton Senna, Team Lotus, from 1st1988 Ayrton Senna, McLaren, from 1st21987 Ayrton Senna, Team Lotus, from 2nd3451985 Keke Rosberg, Williams, from 5th61983 Michele Alboreto, Tyrrell, from 6th78910111213141516171982 John Watson, McLaren, from 17th18

A dot is a race won from that slot; over eight, the box shows the count. Boxes stand two abreast, as grids do now. No winner drawn here has a colour on record, so every dot is hollow.

Where winners start here
Grid slotWinsRaces won
1st31984 Nelson Piquet (Brabham); 1986 Ayrton Senna (Team Lotus); 1988 Ayrton Senna (McLaren)
2nd11987 Ayrton Senna (Team Lotus)
5th11985 Keke Rosberg (Williams)
6th11983 Michele Alboreto (Tyrrell)
17th11982 John Watson (McLaren)

Race by race

  1. 1980s
    1. 1982 Detroit Grand Prix McLaren 17th
    2. 1983 Detroit Grand Prix Tyrrell 6th
    3. 1984 Detroit Grand Prix Brabham 1st
    4. 1985 Detroit Grand Prix Williams 5th
    5. 1986 Detroit Grand Prix Team Lotus 1st
    6. 1987 Detroit Grand Prix Team Lotus 2nd
    7. 1988 Detroit Grand Prix McLaren 1st

Every layout raced here 2

The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists. Each one is fitted to its own box, so these are not to scale: a longer layout is not drawn larger, and none of them carries a direction, a position or a start line. The drawing that opens the page is the latest layout raced or on the calendar here, not the longest.

1 more layout
F1DB layout detroit-1 · 4.168 km · 24 turns, F1DB’s figures · 1982 · 1 round
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy

Every race here 7

Held here as the Detroit Grand Prix (7 races).

The same on all 7 rows: Layout — not established.

Every race here
SeasonGrand PrixWinnerConstructor
1988Detroit Grand PrixAyrton SennaMcLaren
1987Detroit Grand PrixAyrton SennaTeam Lotus
1986Detroit Grand PrixAyrton SennaTeam Lotus
1985Detroit Grand PrixKeke RosbergWilliams
1984Detroit Grand PrixNelson PiquetBrabham
1983Detroit Grand PrixMichele AlboretoTyrrell
1982Detroit Grand PrixJohn WatsonMcLaren

Where this comes from

Official name
Detroit Street Circuit
Location
Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
Confidence
medium