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  British Grand Prix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grand Prix motor racing was first established in Britain by Henry Segrave at the Brooklands course in 1926 after his winning of the French Grand Prix in 1923 and the following year at the Spanish Grand Prix which raised interest in the sport.
In October 2004 the British Grand Prix was left off the preliminary race schedule for 2005 because the BRDC refused to pay the race fee demanded by Bernie Ecclestone.
The 2005 Grand Prix was an important race for all the drivers, especially Fernando Alonso, Kimi Räikkönen and Michael Schumacher.
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 Czechoslovakian Grand Prix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Czechoslovakian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor racing event first held on September 28, 1930 at the Masaryk Circuit in the town of Brno in Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic).
In 1937, several spectators were killed or injured when Hermann Lang skid off the track.
However, this would be the last Czechoslovakian Grand Prix, and the race would never be part of the Formula One World Championship.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Czechoslovakian_Grand_Prix   (179 words)

  
 Bernd Rosemeyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In only his second ever Grand Prix, at the daunting Nürburgring, Rosemeyer took the lead from the great Rudolf Caracciola and was almost in sight of the finish line when he missed a gear and was repassed.
Later in 1935 he won his first Grand Prix at the Brno Masaryk Circuit in Czechoslovakia.
Several sensational Grand Prix motor racing victories in 1936 and 1937 (also in the Vanderbilt Cup in the USA) made him popular not only in Germany.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bernd_Rosemeyer   (687 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Monaco Grand Prix Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Monaco Grand Prix, held there annually, was first organized by Antony Noghes, a well-to-do cigarette manufacturer and a resident of Monte Carlo, under the auspices of Prince Louis II through the establishing of the "Automobile Club de Monaco" of which Noghes was the founding president.
Grand Prix motor racing came to Monaco in 1929 when the first Grand Prix of Monaco automobile race was held.
The Monaco Grand Prix was one of the inaugural races in the Formula One championship in 1950.
www.ipedia.com /monaco_grand_prix.html   (367 words)

  
 Belgian Grand Prix Survey @ 216.92.11.26 ()   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
To accommodate Grand Prix motor racing, the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps race course was built in 1921 but it was only used for motorcycle racing until 1924.
The first Belgian Grand Prix was won by Antonio Ascari whose son Alberto would win the race in 1952 and 1953.
In 2006, the FIA announced the Belgian Grand Prix would not be part of the 2006 Formula One World Championship, since the local authorities have started a major repairment work in Spa Francorchamps.
216.92.11.26 /encyclopedia/Belgian_Grand_Prix   (970 words)

  
 Italian Grand Prix
The Italian Grand Prix is one of the longest running events on the motor racing calendar.
The Italian Grand Prix is, however, more closely associated with the course at Monza, which was built in 1922 in time for that year's race, and has been the location for most of the races over the years.
The Italian Grand Prix was one of the inaugural Formula One championship races in 1950, and has been held every year since then.
www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/i/it/italian_grand_prix.html   (125 words)

  
 Rudolf Caracciola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Caracciola, born in Germany to a hotelier family, was a champion racer in Europe in the Grand Prix motor racing era.
In 1926, he entered the first-ever German Grand Prix at the AVUS track near Berlin and promptly won the race, much to the amazement of the 500,000 spectators.
In 1933, Caracciola, while driving a privately-entered Alfa Romeo, suffered a serious accident at the Monaco Grand Prix, seriously debilitating him for the rest of his life.
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 Louis Chiron
He learned to drive at a young age and joined the Grand Prix circuit after World War I where he had been requisitioned from the artillery section to serve as a chauffeur.
Competing in France, in 1926 he won his first local race, taking the Grand Prix de Comminges at Saint-Gaudens near the city of Toulouse.
After a remarkable 35 years in racing, on his retirement Chiron still remained active as an executive with the organization running the Monaco Grand Prix who honored him with a statue erected along the Grand Prix racecourse and named one of the track's curves for him.
www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/l/lo/louis_chiron.html   (361 words)

  
 Italian Grand Prix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The first Italian Grand Prix motor racing championship took place on September 4, 1921 at Brescia.
However, the race is more closely associated with the course at Monza, which was built in 1922 in time for that year's race, and has been the location for most of the races over the years.
The Italian Grand Prix counted toward the European Championship from 1935 to 1938.
www.objectsspace.com /encyclopedia/index.php/Italian_Grand_Prix   (260 words)

  
 Bernd Rosemeyer - WOI Encyclopedia Italia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
In only his second ever Grand Prix which was at the daunting Nürburgring Rosemeyer took the lead from the great Rudolf Caracciola and was almost in sight of the finish lie when he missed a gear and was repassed.
Their celebrity relationship was too good an opportunity to miss for the Nazi Party and Heinrich Himmler chose to make him a member of the SS, an 'honour' he would have been unwise to refuse.
A son, Bernd Jr, was born in November 1937 but just ten weeks later Bernd Snr was killed during a world speed record attempt on the Autobahn between Frankfurt and Darmstadt, on January 28th 1938.
www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php/Bernd_Rosemeyer   (446 words)

  
 Rudolf Caracciola -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Caracciola, born in Germany to a hotelier family in the Rhine valley, was a champion racer in Europe in the Grand Prix motor racing era of the 1920s and 1930s, and even into the early 1950s.
In 1926, he entered the first-ever German Grand Prix at the AVUS track in Berlin and promptly won the race, much to the amazement of the 500,000 spectators.
In 1933, Caracciola, while driving a privately-entered Alfa Romeo, suffered a serious accident at the Monaco Grand Prix, seriously disabling him for the rest of his life.
www.pakistangrid.com /mediawiki/index.php/Rudolf_Caracciola   (544 words)

  
 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Bugatti   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Although founder Ettore Bugatti was born in Italy, the automobile company that bears his name was located in Molsheim, in the then-German Alsace region (which went to France in 1919).
The company was known for its advanced engineering in its premium road cars and its success in early Grand Prix motor racing, winning the first ever Monaco Grand Prix.
Only a few models of each of Ettore Bugatti's vehicles were ever produced, the most famous being the Type 35 Grand Prix cars, the huge "Royale", the flowing Type 57 "Atlantic", and the Type 55 sports car.
www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Bugatti   (1515 words)

  
 Czechoslovakian Grand Prix
The popularity of Grand Prix motor racing in other European countries in the 1920s was such that on September 28, 1930 it came to the Masaryk Circuit in the town of Brno in Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic).
The advent of German occupation and World War II saw the end of the race in that country until 1949 when the Masaryk Circuit was shortened to 17.8 kms.
However, this would be the last Grand Prix.
www.teachtime.com /en/wikipedia/c/cz/czechoslovakian_grand_prix.html   (148 words)

  
 EXPO and the CR
At the 1937 World Exposition in Paris the General Commissioner for the Czechoslovakian presentation was Prof.
The active Sutnar obtained a Grand Prix and 14 gold medals in Paris.
This failure was all the more painful considering that before 1937 an international exhibition in Prague in 1942 was being seriously considered.
www.expo2005.cz /en/expo_cr/parts_1937.shtml   (683 words)

  
 Luigi Villoresi - WOI Encyclopedia Italia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Luigi Villoresi, born May 16, 1909 - died August 23, 1997, was an Italian Grand Prix motor racing driver who continued racing on the Formula One circuit at the time of its inception.
Born in Milan, Italy, and nicknamed "Gigi," he was the older brother of race car driver Emilio Villoresi who co-piloted with him in several races at the beginning of their careers.
In 1939 he won the South African Grand Prix but the onset of World War II interrupted his racing career.
www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php/Luigi_Villoresi   (418 words)

  
 Bernd Rosemeyer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
British Grand Prix (The british grand prix is a race in the calendar of the fia formula one world championship....)
Czechoslovakian Grand Prix (Czechoslovakian grand prix was an automoble race....)
German Grand Prix (The german grand prix (großer preis von deutschland) is an automobile race....)
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 Sports Car Market > Profiles > 1923 Bugatti Type 32 Tank Replica
A single car ran in the Italian Grand Prix later in the season and five cars with modified coachwork took part in the 1923 Indianapolis 500, but victories at this elevated level of motor racing eluded their ambitious creator.
One prototype was built, followed by a team of four race cars, which made their debut in the 1923 French Grand Prix held at Tours.
The Tanks never again ran in a Grand Prix and at the end of the season Bugatti retained one and sold three, one having already been written off at Tours.
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 French Grand Prix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The French Grand Prix is a Formula One race held as part of Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile's annual Formula One automobile racing championship season.
Grand Prix motor racing originated in France and the French Grand Prix, open to international competition, is the oldest of the Grand Prix races.
The first French Grand Prix was run on June 26, 1906 under the auspices of the Automobile Club de France in Sarthe with a starting field of thity-two automobiles.
www.info-pedia.net /about/french_grand_prix   (212 words)

  
 Redline Books
The Czechoslovakian and Spanish chapters are the two which have the most words and photographs, but the other ten are just as fascinating.
The Japanese contribution to Grand Prix racing was paramount in the 1960s and 1970s with many famous riders.
As Grand Prix Racing Motorcycles explains, the Japanese did not suddenly become proficient in the design and development of motorcycles when they first appeared in Europe at the end of the 1950s.
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 Atlas F1 Bulletin Board - Names, Titles and Terms
Well, it couldn't be a Grand Prix, it was just a race, and I'm trying to understand, did it have a name, if yes was it "Masarykuv okruh", if no was "Masarykuv okruh" just a description.
Hans, you have Masaryk Circuit for 1934, Masaryk GP for 1935 and 1937 and Czechoslovakian GP for 1949.
If the race isn't Grand Prix, it would have "Cup", "Prix" or "Trophy" NAME or just DESCRIPTION like "Race for Grand Prix cars at Masaryk racing circuit in Brno", which could be shortened to be more comfortable.
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 GRAND PRIX WINNERS 1885-1949 LIST GUIDELINES
In 1946, the St. Cloud GP, Grand Prix des Nations and the Turin GP were added with the sole objective to determine the "Best Driver" that year.
Grandes Épreuves and events of great publicity, as well as races where some of the main contestants met for competition, are considered major races.
Rudolf Caracciola was champion in 1935, 1937 and 1938, Bernd Rosemeyer in 1936 and Hermann Lang usually is quoted for 1939.
www.kolumbus.fi /leif.snellman/gpw4.htm   (5775 words)

  
 Luigi Villoresi
At war's end, he returned to race for Maserati until 1949 when he signed again with Scuderia Ferrari debuting in Formula One with an Alfa Romeo on May 21, 1950.
He retired from Grand Prix racing in 1957 after 32 Formula 1 championship starts without a victory but made it to the podium 8 times while scoring a total of 49 championship points.
Luigi Villoresi died in 1997 at the age of eighty-eight.
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 8W - When? - Forties & fifties German F2, F Libre and sportscar racing
When BMW began serial production of the famous 328 model in 1937 Greifzu was one of their first customers and his car was delivered in time for a busy, but also quite successful first season.
The climax of the 1953 season was of course the German Grand Prix, the only World Championship event in which the East Germans had a chance to take part, as they were prevented from travelling to other countries due to obscure "passport difficulties" (as the East German racing magazine Illustrierter Motorsport wished to call it).
The final appearance of a Tatra within the covered period was at the Grand Prix at Brno in 1954.
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 BERND ROSEMEYER KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT 65 YEARS AGO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
In the very first year, after several places on the winner's rostrum, Rosemeyer won the Czechoslovakian Grand Prix in Brünn.
Even in 1937, when Rosemeyer was no longer able to compete on equal terms against the top Mercedes drivers such as Caracciola, Lang or von Brauchitsch, this did nothing to detract from his position as a superstar of his time.
Bernd Rosemeyer was viewed as a genius in the racing car cockpit and delighted hundreds of thousands of fans throughout the world with his exceptionally courageous driving style.
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 bugatti - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
Although born in Italy, the automobile company Ettore Bugatti founded was located in Molsheim, in the Alsace region of France.
Only a few models of each of Ettore Bugatti's vehicles were ever produced, the most famous being the Type 35 Grand Prix car, the huge "Royale", and the Type 55 sports car.
SOHC; Came second in the 1911 French Grand Prix
www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/bugatti   (1530 words)

  
 Czechoslovakian Grand Prix: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Czechoslovakian Grand Prix: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic
The popularity of Grand Prix motor racing (Grand prix motor racing has its roots in organized automobile racing that began in france as far back as 1894....)
this would be the last Grand Prix, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
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 ART / 4 / 2DAY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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In 1937, with the name changed to the original Russian, Esphyr Slobodkina became a founding member of the American Abstract Artists, whose efforts to promote geometric, hard-edged abstraction in the United States were largely eclipsed after World War II by the emergence of Abstract Expressionism.
Bissière won an honorable mention when he represented France at the Venice Biennale in 1964, but the award of the Grand Prix to Robert Rauschenberg signaled the definitive triumph of New York over the École de Paris.
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 Autosoviet: CZ
Although these hard difficulties, the 350 V4 obtained several good results: the best was made in 1971, at the Czeckoslovakian Grand Prix when Bohumil Stasa arrived second in the wheels of Jarno Saarinen on his 350cc twin Yamaha.
It is in 1972 that it misses the victory at the Austrian Grand Prix.
Just few laps before the finish, the CZ was leading in front of Giacomo Agostini when it had to retire...In the 1972, the CZ abandoned the GP competitions to concentrate the efforts in the motocross, less expensive.
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 Porsche 928 Driver - Dr. Ferdinand Porsche
The weight of the rear-mounted engine provided increased traction that hammered all opposition in the Swiss, Czechoslovakian and German Grand Prix and broke a trio of world land speed records.
In 1937 he extended his office to a factory in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen.
Son, Ferry, was released in mid-1946 and began to secure his fathers freedom by designing a single-seat Grand Prix car.
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 Bernd Rosemeyer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Elly Beinhorn was already a well known woman aviator when she first met her future husband, Bernd Rosemeyer in 1935.
The European Grand Prix has been held at a total of four locations since its inception in 1983, but it is the legendary Nurburgring in Germany that has been its most recent - and most frequent - home.
By brumm home page and font weight bold either a or paul stephens more like this grand prix hall of fame.
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