Lap Ledger1950–2027 · every championship race

Circuit · Speedway, Indiana, United States of America

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

The Indianapolis 500 counted towards the World Championship from 1950 to 1960 although F1 regulars almost never entered. The 2005 US GP was contested by six cars after Michelin declared its tyres unsafe for the banking — a reputational disaster for the sport in America.

Championship races
19
Seasons
1950–200719 seasons
Length
4.192 kmcurrent layout
Turns
13
Direction
clockwise
Type
oval
F1DB layout indianapolis-2 · 4.192 km · 13 turns, F1DB’s figures · 2000–2007 · 8 rounds
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy

The championship used the 2.5-mile oval 1950-60 and an infield road course running the opposite way round 2000-2007

Most wins here

Most wins here
DriverWinsSpan
Michael Schumacher52000–2006
Bill Vukovich21953–1954
Bob Sweikert11955
Jim Rathmann11960
Jimmy Bryan11958
Johnnie Parsons11950
Lee Wallard11951
Mika Hakkinen12001
Pat Flaherty11956
Rodger Ward11959
Rubens Barrichello12002
Sam Hanks11957
Sir Lewis Hamilton12007
Troy Ruttman11952

Constructors here

Constructors here
ConstructorWinsSpan
Ferrari62000–2006
McLaren22001–2007

Where winners start here

All 19 races won here, counted together, across the 2 layouts the register records.

Won from first on the grid
5 of 19 (26%), against 308 of 782 (39%) at every circuit, 1950–2007
Won from the first two slots
9 of 19 (47%), against 488 of 782 (62%) at every circuit
Lowest winning grid slot
19th — Bill Vukovich, 1954
Most wins by a driver
Michael Schumacher, 5
Most wins by a team
Ferrari, 6
11953 Bill Vukovich, —, from 1st1956 Pat Flaherty, —, from 1st2000 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, from 1st2006 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, from 1st2007 Sir Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, from 1st21951 Lee Wallard, —, from 2nd1960 Jim Rathmann, —, from 2nd2002 Rubens Barrichello, Ferrari, from 2nd2004 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, from 2nd342001 Mika Hakkinen, McLaren, from 4th51950 Johnnie Parsons, —, from 5th2005 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, from 5th61959 Rodger Ward, —, from 6th71952 Troy Ruttman, —, from 7th1958 Jimmy Bryan, —, from 7th2003 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, from 7th89101112131957 Sam Hanks, —, from 13th141955 Bob Sweikert, —, from 14th15161718191954 Bill Vukovich, —, from 19th2011953 Bill Vukovich, —, from 1st1956 Pat Flaherty, —, from 1st2000 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, from 1st2006 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, from 1st2007 Sir Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, from 1st21951 Lee Wallard, —, from 2nd1960 Jim Rathmann, —, from 2nd2002 Rubens Barrichello, Ferrari, from 2nd2004 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, from 2nd342001 Mika Hakkinen, McLaren, from 4th51950 Johnnie Parsons, —, from 5th2005 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, from 5th61959 Rodger Ward, —, from 6th71952 Troy Ruttman, —, from 7th1958 Jimmy Bryan, —, from 7th2003 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, from 7th89101112131957 Sam Hanks, —, from 13th141955 Bob Sweikert, —, from 14th15161718191954 Bill Vukovich, —, from 19th20

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
1st51953 Bill Vukovich (—); 1956 Pat Flaherty (—); 2000 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari); 2006 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari); 2007 Sir Lewis Hamilton (McLaren)
2nd41951 Lee Wallard (—); 1960 Jim Rathmann (—); 2002 Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari); 2004 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
4th12001 Mika Hakkinen (McLaren)
5th21950 Johnnie Parsons (—); 2005 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
6th11959 Rodger Ward (—)
7th31952 Troy Ruttman (—); 1958 Jimmy Bryan (—); 2003 Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
13th11957 Sam Hanks (—)
14th11955 Bob Sweikert (—)
19th11954 Bill Vukovich (—)

Race by race

  1. 1950s
    1. 1950 Indianapolis 500 — 5th
    2. 1951 Indianapolis 500 — 2nd
    3. 1952 Indianapolis 500 — 7th
    4. 1953 Indianapolis 500 — 1st
    5. 1954 Indianapolis 500 — 19th
    6. 1955 Indianapolis 500 — 14th
    7. 1956 Indianapolis 500 — 1st
    8. 1957 Indianapolis 500 — 13th
    9. 1958 Indianapolis 500 — 7th
    10. 1959 Indianapolis 500 — 6th
  2. 1960s
    1. 1960 Indianapolis 500 — 2nd
  3. 2000s
    1. 2000 United States Grand Prix Ferrari 1st
    2. 2001 United States Grand Prix McLaren 4th
    3. 2002 United States Grand Prix Ferrari 2nd
    4. 2003 United States Grand Prix Ferrari 7th
    5. 2004 United States Grand Prix Ferrari 2nd
    6. 2005 United States Grand Prix Ferrari 5th
    7. 2006 United States Grand Prix Ferrari 1st
    8. 2007 United States Grand Prix McLaren 1st

Every layout raced here 2 in the timeline, 2 drawn

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. The length listed with each layout is this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under its drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.

  1. 1950–1960 Oval
  2. 2000–2007 Infield road course
Each layout with its drawing, and what changed
F1DB layout indianapolis-1 · 4.023 km · 4 turns, F1DB’s figures · 1950–1960 · 11 rounds
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy

Oval

Years
1950–1960
Length
4.023 km
Confidence
medium

The Indianapolis 500 as a World Championship round

F1DB layout indianapolis-2 · 4.192 km · 13 turns, F1DB’s figures · 2000–2007 · 8 rounds
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy

Infield road course

Years
2000–2007
Length
4.192 km
Confidence
medium

Runs anti-clockwise on the oval's main straight with an infield section

Every race here 19

Held here as the Indianapolis 500 (11 races) and the United States Grand Prix (8 races).

The same on all 19 rows: Layout — not established.

Every race here
SeasonGrand PrixWinnerConstructor
2007United States Grand PrixSir Lewis HamiltonMcLaren
2006United States Grand PrixMichael SchumacherFerrari
2005United States Grand PrixMichael SchumacherFerrari
2004United States Grand PrixMichael SchumacherFerrari
2003United States Grand PrixMichael SchumacherFerrari
2002United States Grand PrixRubens BarrichelloFerrari
2001United States Grand PrixMika HakkinenMcLaren
2000United States Grand PrixMichael SchumacherFerrari
1960Indianapolis 500Jim Rathmann—
1959Indianapolis 500Rodger Ward—
1958Indianapolis 500Jimmy Bryan—
1957Indianapolis 500Sam Hanks—
1956Indianapolis 500Pat Flaherty—
1955Indianapolis 500Bob Sweikert—
1954Indianapolis 500Bill Vukovich—
1953Indianapolis 500Bill Vukovich—
1952Indianapolis 500Troy Ruttman—
1951Indianapolis 500Lee Wallard—
1950Indianapolis 500Johnnie Parsons—

Where this comes from

Official name
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Location
Speedway, Indiana, United States of America
Confidence
high