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  Formula 1 complete - all in F1 - Ferrari (Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro)
In the 1961 Formula One season, with new rules for 1500cm³, the team kept Hill, von Trips and Ginther, and debuted another Chiti-designed car, the Ferrari 156 based on the Formula 2 car of 1960, which was dominant throughout the season.
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  Formula One
Formula One, or Grand Prix racing is the best known single-seater auto racing class, which involves an annual world championship.
In 1950, a world championship Formula One was established for drivers.
The sport is lesser-known in the United States than either their mostly-domestic open-wheeler racing series (at the moment there are two major ones, IRL and CART) or NASCAR, but in terms of budgets and global TV audiences F1 is bigger than all three.
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 Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Formula One
Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is a form of formula racing and the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing.
Formula One teams must build the chassis in which they compete, and consequently the terms "team" and "constructor" are interchangeable; this requirement distinguishes the sport from "spec series" such as IRL and NASCAR.
Throughout the 2004 season, Formula One Management president Bernie Ecclestone repeatedly voiced his disapproval of the Silverstone Circuit, and suggested that unless its owners, the British Racing Drivers Club, modernise the facilities, the British Grand Prix would not appear on the 2005 schedule.
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Formula One was a new formula agreed after World War II in 1946, with the first non-championship races being held that year.
When a new Formula One, for engines limited to 2.5 litres, was reinstated to the world championship in 1954 Mercedes-Benz introduced the advanced W196, which featured innovations such as desmodromic valves and fuel injection as well as enclosed streamlined bodywork.
Formula One can be seen live or tape delayed in almost every country and territory around the world and attracts one of the largest global TV audiences.
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 Formula One - Wikicars
Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel formula auto racing in the world.
The F1 season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix, held in most cases on purpose-built circuits, and in a few cases on closed city streets.
Formula One teams must build the chassis in which they compete, and consequently the terms "team" and "constructor" are more or less interchangeable.
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 BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | Schumacher's greatest yet?
Nevertheless, Schumacher's season was not all we have come to expect from him, and in 2003 there was the definite sense of the beginning of the end of one era and the start of another.
The 34-year-old made a series of uncharacteristic mistakes in the first three races of the season, which prevented him from reaping the benefits of what at that time was clearly the fastest car on the grid.
Brilliant in the slippery opening laps of the first race of the season in Melbourne, he then took a superb third place in Malaysia and followed that with a stunning drive in Spain, keeping Schumacher on his toes for the entire distance.
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 Grand Prix Cars - Ferrari 500
The action was in Formula 2 and trough the insistence of the track promoters the governing body decided to sanction Grands Prix that were open only to F2 cars as championship scoring events.
The 1952 season was inaugurated at Syracuse in Sicily.
With the new rules for the 1954 season Formula 1 was once again the premier series the Tipo 500 was upgraded to 2.5 litres capacity and redesignated the Tipo 625.
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 Formula One
Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seater (open-wheel) auto racing; it is a worldwide sport, and involves an annual World Drivers Championship and World Constructors Championship.
Non-championship Formula One races were held for many years around the world, but due to rising costs and sinking interest, the last of these ended in the early 1980s.
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 Formula One - WebArticles.com
Formula One, abbreviated to F1, is a type of Grand Prix motor racing.
Non-championship Formula One races were held for many years, but due to the rising cost of competition, the last of these occurred in the early 1980s.
Formula One teams must build the chassis in which they compete, and consequently the terms "team" and "constructor" are more or less interchangeable.
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 1951 Formula One season - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The 1951 Formula One season was the 2nd FIA Formula One World Championship season.
It commenced on May 27, 1951, and ended on October 28 after eight races.
The points that count for the championship are shown above; while the total points that the driver scores are shown in parenthesis.
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 Formula One
Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of auto racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motor sport's world governing body.
The F1 world championship season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix, held usually on purpose-built circuits, and in a few cases on closed city streets.
Formula 1 can be seen around the world on RTL, the longest serving F1 broadcaster, ITV in the United Kingdom, SPEED Channel (as well as a few races being broadcast on CBS with the GP's in San Marino, Germany (European Grand Prix), Spain, and Monaco) in America and many other stations relaying the action live.
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 Formula One
Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel formula auto racing.
The F1 season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix, held in most cases on purpose-built circuits, in a few cases on closed city streets, whose results determine two annual World Championships, one for drivers and one for constructors.
The formula has seen many evolutions and changes through the history of the sport: engines have ranged from normally-aspirated straight-4 engines to supercharged V12 engines, displacements have ranged from 1.5 litres to 4.5 litres, and the maximum power achieved in the history of the series has been around 1200 bhp, during the turbo era.
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 F1 News - Grandprix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Races > Swiss GP, 1951
With Monaco not being held in 1951 it was not until the end of May the first two events took place, the Swiss Grand Prix taking place on Sunday May 27 and the Indianapolis 500 on Wednesday May 30.
The European season has seen Gigi Villoresi unchallenged at Syracuse and Pau and his Ferrari teammate Alberto Ascari victorious at San Remo.
Sanesi and de Graffenried finished fourth and fifth with Ascari - who was suffering from burns he had suffered in a Formula 2 race in Genoa the previous weekend - was sixth.
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 rpm.espn.com: Brazil remains a hotbed for racing talent
Four others drive in Formula One, while five are in Formula 3000, waiting for a chance in the big leagues.
They are heirs to a tradition that began half a century ago, when the late Chico Landi raced for Ferrari in the 1951 Formula One season.
But the real trailblazer was Emerson Fittipaldi, who turned Brazilians on to Formula One when he won titles in 1972 and 1974, then led the U.S. invasion with Indy 500 wins in 1985 and 1993 and a Formula Indy title -- what later became CART -- in 1989.
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 BERNIE ECCLESTONE FORMULA ONE RACING MANAGEMENT
(born October 28, 1930 in Suffolk, United Kingdom) is the president and CEO of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration, he also owns a major stake in Alpha Prema, the parent company of the Formula One Group of companies.
His first racing experience came with 500cc Formula 3 Series; he drove at a very few events, and gave up in 1951 after an accident at the Brands Hatch circuit when his car landed in the car park on the outside of the track.
On December 6 Alpha Prema acquired JP Morgan's share of SLEC to increase its ownership of Formula One to 86%, the remaining 14% is held by Lehman Brothers.
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 A History of Ferrari in Formula One
After Alfa had won the first two championships in 1950 and 1951, they decided to withdraw from racing.
For 1952,the race organizers and sporting authorities realized that there would not actually be much competition in the F1 category so it was decided to run the championship for Formula 2 cars until the advent of a new set of regulations in 1954.
Its number one driver, Ascari, whom they had hired away from Ferrari, was killed in a testing accident early in 1955.
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The Grand Prix formula, now extended to the end of 1960, now stipulates the use of AvGas in the place of alcohol fuels and reduces the length of Championship events from 500 km or three hours to 300 km or two hours.
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For the first time in Formula One, the safety car is used at the British GP as a means of allowing the race to continue at a reduced pace in the event of a serious accident.
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 Ferrari Formula One Team
In 1999, having taken the title to the wire for the third successive season, Ferrari were rewarded with the constructors' title.
The season began with Ferrari on the back foot and losing out to Renault in the opening three races.
After swapping wins throughout the season with Alonso, Schumi marked victory in Italy by announcing he would be retiring from Formula One.
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 Grand Prix Cars - Alfa Romeo 158
The first post-war race in which the Alfettas participated was held in Paris to ‘Formula Libre’ regulations.
In 1947 a new set of regulations were established and the premier class was called ‘Formula 1’.
1951 saw the Alfa Romeo’s first major defeat since 1939 when Froilan Gonzalez drove a Ferrari 375 to victory in British GP at Silverstone.
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 Schumacher wins Belgian GP - smh.com.au
Five-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher drove his Ferrari to an unprecedented 10th victory in one season on Sunday, winning the Belgian Grand Prix on his favourite Spa-Francorchamps circuit.
Schumacher roared out from the pole position and, setting one lap record after another, he never looked back as he completed the 44-lap race on the scenic 6.963km track in one hour, 21 minutes, 20.634 seconds.
Sunday's win on the track where he made his Formula One debut in 1991 and won his first race a year later leaves the German ace with only one milestone to reach - a sixth drivers' title.
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 Michelin | Motorsports | Tire Tech
Around the time we built our first polymer plant dedicated to creating new tread compounds for Formula One racing, we found that the cooler interior of our radial tires could withstand compounds that ran hotter during competition and in turn deliver a higher level of grip.
Just a year and a half after their first Formula One appearance, Michelin radials score a double title with Ferrari in the series' championships for drivers and constructors.
Michelin’s 16.5” tires are the number one choice this season at the Moto Grand Prix.
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Schumacher helped the team finish a credible third behind an all-conquering Williams team in his first year with the team after their long hiatus (he won the Grand Prix of Spain, Belgium and Italy).
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 Formula One History - The Early Years
otor racing after World War II initiated a new formula — originally called Formula A but soon to be known as Formula 1 — for cars of 1,500 cc supercharged and 4,500 cc unsupercharged.
Farina, who topped Juan Manuel Fangio by three points in the 1950 season, is best remembered for his style of driving; the relaxed, inclined position and outstretched arms that was to influence a whole generation of drivers.
Leaving for Ferrari in 1951, for the next two seasons Farina fought a personal battle with Alberto Ascari, a battle he was bound to lose, for Ascari was by far the better driver; more controlled, faster and more precise.
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 The official site of the St. Louis Rams - Article
Led Rams to NFL championship with 17 touchdown receptions in 1951.
Led Rams to 1951 World Championship with 73-yard touchdown pass in fourth quarter to beat Cleveland.
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 Michael Schumacher Biography (Auto Racer) — FactMonster.com
Michael Schumacher was the undisputed king of Formula One auto racing throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s.
By 1991 he was racing Formula 1 cars, winning his first Grand Prix a year later.
Schumacher remained a dominant force in the sport of Formula 1 racing through 2006, when he retired at the end of the season.
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 Juan Manuel Fangio Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Fangio had signed a contract with Mercedes Benz, which authorized him to race with another motor racing team while the german cars were being readied for competition.
He began the season driving a Maserati 250 F, and ended it piloting a Mercedes Benz W 196, christened The Silver Arrow.
At the time Fangio became the the world´s champion for the second time, in 1955, the Mercedes Benz team withdrew from competition after one of his cars caused a true massacre at Le Mans.
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