Postcards from Detroit: Remembering Formula 1 in the Motor City
By Roger Hart
From 1982 to 1988 the United States Grand Prix played itself out on the streets of Motor City—Detroit, Michigan. Featuring the glass and steel Renaissance Center as its backdrop, the Detroit Grand Prix played host to Formula One when it was going through a rapidly evolving bout of change, the old guard like Niki Lauda and John Watson were on the verge of retirement, while young bucks like Ayrton Senna were just making their debut. Likewise new teams and new technologies were in their ascendancy with turbos and active suspensions taking over for ground effects and normally aspirated Cosworths.
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