Grand Prix of America

This article is about the Grand Prix in New Jersey. For the Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, see United States Grand Prix. For other United States-based Grands Prix, see United States Grand Prix (disambiguation). For the motorcycle race, see Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas.
Not to be confused with the Grand Prix Americas.

Grand Prix of America
Port Imperial Street Circuit
Race information
Circuit length5.15 km (3.20 miles)

The Grand Prix of America[1] was a failed Formula One World Championship race proposal. In 2011, plans were revealed for the race for target planned entry into the 2013 Formula One World Championship.[2] The plan was to hold the race on the proposed 5.2 km (3.2 mi) Port Imperial Street Circuit through the New Jersey towns of West New York and Weehawken[1] near Weehawken Port Imperial,[3] with the Hudson River and New York City skyline as a panoramic backdrop.

The Grand Prix of America had planned to have its first event on June 16, 2013,[4][5] but was not run in 2013.[6][7][8] In late 2013, Formula One President and CEO Bernie Ecclestone stated that the promoters were in breach of contract and that new proposals from other parties would be welcome.[9] The race was repeatedly added then removed from future Formula One provisional calendars, and dropped completely from even the provisional calendar by 2016.[10]

  1. ^ a b "New Jersey to host Grand Prix of America in 2013". BBC Sport. October 25, 2011.
  2. ^ Noble, Jonathan (October 19, 2012). "New Jersey Grand Prix to be postponed until 2014". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  3. ^ Elizalde, Pablo (October 25, 2011). "New Jersey confirms F1 Grand Prix from the 2013 season". Autosport.com. Haymarket Press. Archived from the original on October 27, 2011. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
  4. ^ Noble, Jonathan (September 28, 2012). "FIA confirms 2013 Formula 1 calendar". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  5. ^ Baime, A. J. (October 26, 2011). "Formula One Roars to Banks of Hudson". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved October 27, 2011. "Formula One... will hold a Grand Prix race on the banks of the Hudson River against the backdrop of the Manhattan skyline in June 2013."
  6. ^ "Weehawken's Formula One Grand Prix race delayed again", The Record (Bergen County), July 24, 2014. Accessed August 4, 2016.
  7. ^ "World Motor Sport Council". fia.com. September 27, 2013. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
  8. ^ "The final 2013 meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) took place today (4 December) in Paris, France" (Press release). FIA. December 4, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  9. ^ Sylt, Christian (December 24, 2013). "New Jersey Grand Prix organizers in breach of contract says Ecclestone Formula One boss says if another group wants to take over Grand Prix of America, 'they can have it'". Auto Week. Archived from the original on June 8, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  10. ^ "World Motor Sport Council 2014 – Beijing" (Press release). FIA. September 4, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2014.