The
Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 presented by
Nestlé
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was an event in the
IRL IndyCar Series
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, contested in the
2010 through
2013 IndyCar Series season
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s.
The event was originally announced on November 25, 2009, as the first championship event for the series outside North America and Japan, and the first
American open-wheel race in the country since the
Rio 200 at
Jacarepaguá
Jacarepaguá (), with a land area of , is a neighborhood situated in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2010, it had a population of 157,326. The name comes from the indigenous name of the location, "shallow pond of caymans", yakaré (c ...
in the
2000 CART season
The 2000 FedEx Championship Series season was the twenty-second in the CART era of open-wheel racing in the United States. It consisted of 20 races,
beginning in Homestead, Florida on March 26, 2000 and concluding in Fontana, California on Octo ...
. Due to a lengthy distance to travel from most team bases, the event promoters offered each team a six-figure sum of money, as well as paying for all expenses.
The
street circuit race track was laid out in the
Santana district, birthplace of legendary
Brazilian driver
Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna da Silva (; 21 March 1960 – 1 May 1994) was a Brazilian racing driver who won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in , , and . Senna is one of three Formula One drivers from Brazil to win the World Championship and ...
and Brazilian auto racing pioneer
Chico Landi
Francisco Sacco Landi (July 14, 1907 – June 7, 1989), better known as Chico, was a racing driver from São Paulo, Brazil. He participated in six Formula One World Championship ''Grands Prix'', debuting on September 16, 1951. He scored a to ...
. The main straightaway of the circuit was along the
Sambadrome of Anhembi
The Polo Cultural e Esportivo Grande Otelo, commonly known as Anhembi Sambadrome, is a Sambadrome and one of the largest outdoor venues for major events in the city of São Paulo in Brazil. It opened in 1991, and has a capacity of 103,200 people. I ...
and utilized portions of the
Marginal Tietê
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service drive. The
Anhembi Convention Center was used for support facilities and spectator attractions. The circuit was one of two IndyCar Series circuits (
Baltimore
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the other) to have pit lanes not positioned at the start-finish line; São Paulo's was positioned after turn four.
Past results
*2010: Race shortened due to rain and two-hour time limit.
[
*2011: Rain forced a postponement of the race after 15 laps. Race resumed on Monday and was shortened due to rain and two-hour time limit.][
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See also
* Brazilian Grand Prix
References
External links
The official website of the São Paulo Indy 300
IndyCar.com race page 2013
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Recurring sporting events established in 2010
Tourist attractions in São Paulo