A consortium is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations or governments (or any combination of these entities) with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal.
Na začetku svojih karier so mnogi znani dirkači nastopali na tej dirki, najznamenitejši zmagovalci so Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, David Coulthard, Ralf Schumacher in Takuma Sato.