Russian Grand Prix Russian Grand Prix The Russian Grand Prix () is an annual auto race held at Sochi Autodrom – a street circuit built around Olympic Park in Sochi, Russia, as part of the Formula One World Championship. The race was first held briefly in the 1910s in Saint Petersburg of the Russian Empire. Plans were made to host a Formula One event in Moscow for the 1983 season as the Grand Prix of the Soviet Union, these plans fell through. In 2010, it was officially announced that the Russian city of Sochi, which was also preparing to host the 2014 Winter
United States Grand Prix calendar since 1989. Previously, however, there were additionally four other separate F1 events in the U.S. From until , the Long Beach circuit hosted a newly created United States Grand Prix West, which ran in the same seasons as the "United States Grand Prix (East)". The United States was thus the first nation since Italy in to hold two Formula One Grands Prix in the same season. During the years – when both Grands Prix ran, the "United States Grand Prix" was also referred to as the "United States Grand Prix East". The Caesars Palace Grand Prix ran as a