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A new era for the US Grand Prix

It was on September 24 2000 that Michael Schumacher claimed victory in the first Formula One United States Grand Prix to be held at Indianapolis. When Formula One first began in 1950, the famed Indianapolis 500 was officially part of the world championship - although in those days the long-haul flight and the amount of time needed to take part in practice and qualifying meant that non-US teams and drivers skipped the event to concentrate on the European races instead. The first official United States Grand Prix to be held specifically as part of the FIA championship was in 1959, when Bruce McLaren clinched victory at Florida's Sebring Raceway. Stirling Moss won the following year at...
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