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Get your COTA: Five facts about the United States Grand Prix

The United States Grand Prix has been part of the Formula One calendar since 1959, when Sebring International Raceway was the host in Florida. The US race has visited five other locations in its time on the calendar, moving to the Riverside International Raceway, California in 1960, before heading to a more permanent home of Watkins Glen, in New York from 1961 – 1980. There was then a nine year hiatus before the US Grand Prix returned to the calendar, when the Phoenix Street Circuit was the location of choice from 1989 – 1991. However, from 1976 – 1983 the United States also hosted the self-titled Long Beach Grand Prix, in California. As well as the Las Vegas Grand Prix from...
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