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	Monza Track info
		The Grand Prix of Nations for 1924 was a triumph for the Guzzi 500, a one horizontal cylinder bike with overhead camshaft and four valves, ridden by Mentasti, who gave Italy its first victory in the exclusive world of champion 2- wheelers.
		The tragic 1961 Italian Grand Prix run on the full 10-kilometre circuit and saddened by the fatal accident that cost the life, at the entrance to the 'parabolic" curve, of Von Trips in a Ferrari and eleven spectators, marked the end of the use of the high speed track for Grand Prix single-seaters.
		In relation with this development of cars and in concert with the GPDA (Grand Prix Drivers' Association) two chicanes were built in 1972 for the purpose of reducing speed at the entrance to the fastest curves on the course, the "curva grande" (big bend) at the end of the grandstand straight and the "Ascari" curve.
	www.silhouet.com /motorsport/tracks/monza.html (7147 words)

	GRAND PRIX MOTOR RACING DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORY \| FORMULA ONE RECORDS AND RACING SPEED ACES \| THE BLUEBIRD ELECTRIC ...
		From 1927 to 1934, the number of races considered to have Grand Prix status exploded, jumping from five events in 1927 to nine events in 1929 to eighteen in 1934 (the peak pre-World War II year).
		The Grand Prix of Argentina was noteworthy as Moss, driving a Cooper, used one less pitstop and had to conserve his tires in the later stages of the race, just crossing the line with the canvas showing.
		The French Grand prix was held at on the Bugatti circuit at LeMans.
	www.speedace.info /grand_prix_history.htm (14761 words)

	Grand Prix Hall of Fame
		In 1953 he had a second title, during his career he was only driver who could compete with Fangio on the same level until Stirling Moss.
		In has last season he lost a spectacular Monaco Grand Prix to Jochen Rindt but the fact that he was competitive even at the age of 43 in a young man's sport only adds to his legacy.
		Vittorio Jano's P3 dominated the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa in 1925 after the local favorite, the Delage team, had retired all of their cars.
	www.ddavid.com /formula1/ten.htm (1866 words)

	Grand Prix motor racing - WOI Encyclopedia Italia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		This was true of the Le Mans circuit of the 1906 Grand Prix, as well as the Targa Florio (run on 93 miles of Sicilian roads), the German Kaiserpreis circuit (75 miles long), and the French circuit at Dieppe (a mere 48 miles), used for the 1907 Grand Prix.
		The 1933 Monaco Grand Prix was the first time in the history of the sport that the grid was deciding by timed qualifying rather than the luck of a draw.
		All the competing vehicles were painted in national colors: blue for France, green for Britain, red for Italian, yellow for Belgium, and white for Germany.
	www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php/Grand_Prix_motor_racing (1387 words)

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		Grand Prix This is a full grand prix weekend, from practice to qualifying to warm-up to the race itself.
		Grand Prix Challenge This gameplay mode presents ten challenges; each challenge must be successfully completed (by having the most points at the end of the challenge) in order to unlock the next challenge.
		World Feed: Because F1 races are televised (generally live) worldwide, FIA has implemented the World Feed system, in which the images of grand prix weekends are provided by the FIA- licensed F1 broadcaster for the country hosting each grand prix; all other F1 broadcasters must then use these images and sounds for their F1 coverage.
	www.cheatcc.com /psx2/sg/grand_prix_challenge.txt (20803 words)

	Atlas F1 Magazine: Team Connaught: Remembrance of Things Fast (Part 2)
		On the Championship Grand Prix level, Connaughts 1953 season was less stunning but it was not for lack of trying as a Connaught of some kind or other competed in six of the seven European races that counted for the Championship.
		In all then, 1953 was a busy season for Connaught with virtually all of its cars in action at all levels but unable to turn in points-paying performances in the Grands Prix, while being credible players in the non-Championship races.
		But the only Grand Prix entered that year by Connaught was the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on July 17th 1954, when five of the A-Types, still powered by the Lea-Francis engines took to the grid.
	www.atlasf1.com /2001/can/okeefe.html (2472 words)

	Alberto Ascari Profile
		He also finished in 9th place in the 1940 Tripoli Grand Prix in a Maserati 6CM and after this race, Alberto did not drive again till after World War II in 1947.
		In 1950, Ascari drove the Ferrari 4 1/2 litre 375 and won in the non-title Penya Rhin Grand Prix at the Barcelona Pedralbes circuit which was the last race of 1950.
		Italian Grand Prix at Monza where Ascari was beating the Mercedes driven by Juan Manuel Fangio until Alberto's engine blew up.
	f1ferrarifan.50webs.com /Alberto_Ascari.htm (695 words)

	Australian winners in Grand Prix
		Troy Bayliss will start his 10th attempt at winning a motorcycle grand prix 50 years to the day since Ken Kavanagh became the first Australian to win a GP in the premier class of two-wheel racing.
		Italian Max Biaggi, on the Pramac privateer Honda, needs to add to his seven previous victories at Brno - which include premier class wins in 1998, 2000 and 2002 - to stay within striking distance of the championship leaders.
		Bayliss and his Italian teammate Loris Capirossi are fifth and fourth in the championship, and should benefit from Ducati’s first test at the Czech circuit last month.
	www.mcnews.com.au /Features/2003/GP_50year_Anniv_Aus_Wins.htm (1449 words)

	Beginners Guide to Formula 1 - Grand Prix events - mad4F1.com
		If a single country hosts multiple grands prix, they receive different names; for example, Germany, Spain and Britain have at various times held a second race known as the European Grand Prix.
		The grands prix, some of which have a history that predates the Formula One World Championship, are not always held on the same circuit every year.
		The British Grand Prix, for example, though held every year since 1950, alternated between Brands Hatch and Silverstone from 1963 to 1986.
	www.mad4f1.com /f1-basics/formula1-grand-prix.htm (305 words)

	CNNSI.com - Motor Sports - Schumacher still has F1 records to claim - Monday September 02, 2002 01:14 PM
		The world champion's masterful Belgian Grand Prix victory on Sunday was his record 10th of the season and extended an extraordinary Ferrari streak of 50 successive races with podium finishes.
		Schumacher's 63 wins are a record, as are his 923 points, his 50 fastest laps, his 19 successive races in the points and 16 podium finishes in a row.
		Italian Alberto Ascari, in 1953, chalked up nine wins in a row while Schumacher has managed only six.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /motorsports/news/2002/09/02/shumi_records (636 words)

	FORMULA ONE RACING DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORY \| GRAND PRIX RECORDS AND RACING SPEED ACES \| THE BLUEBIRD ELECTRIC LAND ...
		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.
		The number of Grands Prix held in a season has varied over the years.
		The Bahrain Grand Prix along with other new races in China present new opportunities for the growth and evolution of the Formula One Grand prix franchise while also raising the bar for other Formula One racing venues around the world.
	www.speedace.info /formula_one.htm (4145 words)

	Motorcycle Online: The Early Years of Grand Prix Racing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Grand Prix had been born, motorcycle racing was organized, highly competitive and, then just as it is now, dangerous.
		The 1953 season marked the start of a new phenomenon in Grand Prix racing that was to reappear several times throughout its history -- the rider's strike.
		It was a situation to be echoed many times in the future as talented designers and engineers had their race- and market-winning designs stuffed away by company accountants and lawyers as they short-sightedly drove their firms to collapse.
	www.motorcycle.com /mo/mcracing/gphistory.html (3294 words)

	Audi Nuvolari quattro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Nuvolari, who was born in Mantua, Italy, in 1892, died in 1953, and therefore the 50th anniversary of his death will be commemorated on August 11, 2003.
		This slim-built Italian actually began his racing career on two wheels, and remained loyal to the motorcycle until 1930, though his first outings at the wheel of a racing car date from 1927.
		AUDI AG and its Italian importer Autogerma are the main sponsors of this event, for which many magnificent historic racing cars are entered each year.
	www.audiworld.com /news/03/geneva/nuvolari/content5.shtml (410 words)

	Jean Delville: Belgian Symbolist
		Jean Delville was born in Louvain in 1867 and died in 1953.
		The Salons d'Art Idéaliste were intended to continue the grand tradition of idealistic art, which Delville traced back to the ancient Greeks and Egyptians.
		Delville had considerable academic success: he won the Prix de Rome in 1895, and was a professor at the Glasgow School of Art for a number of years in the early 20th century.
	www.bc.edu /bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/art/delville.html (688 words)

	The Syracuse Grand Prix - 1955
		It was a Friday afternoon and the first practice session for the 1955 Syracuse Grand Prix was well under way, but there was no sign of the transporters that had left England for Sicily a week earlier with two Connaught racing cars - one for Brooks and the other for Les Leston.
		Musso found that by delaying his braking as the two cars approached the hairpin he was able to pass the Connaught as they entered the hairpin.
		When the Italian pulled out all the stops and got to within thirty-two seconds of the Connaught, the Englishman's reply was to open up the gap again to nearly a mile, and Musso finally crossed the finish line 50.5 seconds after Brooks had taken the chequered flag.
	www.ddavid.com /formula1/syra1955.htm (1966 words)

	rpm.espn.com: A win would set modern record
		The late Italian Alberto Ascari won nine between 1952 and 1953 but the most any driver has managed since then is five -- a tally notched up by Britons Jim Clark and Nigel Mansell, Australian Jack Brabham and now Schumacher.
		Sepang's state-of-the-art circuit, the newest on the calendar, hosts a grand prix for the third time and local fans have yet to see anyone other than a Ferrari driver clamber to the top of the podium.
		Eddie Irvine won in 1999 and Schumacher, cavorting in a scarlet wig with the rest of the Italian team, took the honors in 2000.
	espn.go.com /rpm/f1/2001/0313/1152398.html (742 words)

	rpm.espn.com: Schumacher wins sixth consecutive race
		Italian Alberto Ascari, also driving a Ferrari, won nine in a row between 1952 and 1953.
		The Italian team's choice of intermediate tires while the rest of the field relied on wet weather tires was crucial.
		The first start of the race was aborted after the Benetton of Italian Giancarlo Fisichella took the wrong slot on the grid and then tried to move diagonally across to the right one.
	espn.go.com /rpm/f1/2001/0318/1157408.html (793 words)

	pitpass - the latest, hottest F1 & A1GP news
		The 1953 Italian Grand Prix at Monza was the final World Championship GP of 1953 and the last race to be run under the 2-litre Formula 2 before the 2.5-litre Formula 1 took over in 1954.
		The A6GCM of 1952 and 1953 was the last front-line Grand Prix car to be fitted with a live axle.
		Monza in 1953 was a speed-fest with no chicanes; slipstreaming was the order of the day.
	www.pitpass.com /fes_php/pitpass_feature_item.php?fes_art_id=10642 (548 words)

	United States Grand Prix
		When Fangio started in the inaugural British Grand Prix before King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on May 13, 1950, at Silverstone, he was just 43 days shy of his 39th birthday.
		Fangio also retired in his first race, but in the next one, the Monaco Grand Prix, he won the pole and the race and was on his way to legendary status.
		The Italian Grand Prix on Sept. 14 was Schumacher’s 191st F1 start, and he is only 34.
	www.usgpindy.com /news/story.php?story_id=1922 (1002 words)

	rediff.com sports: Formula One statistics
		Ferrari have won every grand prix held at the Malaysian circuit since it first hosted a race in 1999.
		The last race without a Ferrari or McLaren driver on the podium was the September 1999 European Grand Prix at the Nuerburgring, won by the Stewart of Briton Johnny Herbert.
		Australian Mark Webber became the 51st driver in Formula One history to score on his grand prix debut with his fifth place in Melbourne.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2002/mar/12gpstat.htm (455 words)

	Ferrari History
		The mid-1950s saw Mercedes-Benz return to and dominate Grand Prix racing but the 'silver arrows' team withdrew from motor sport after one of their sports cars crashed into the crowd at the 1955 Le Mans 24 hour race.
		But Grand Prix racing was changing - a new formula with a 1.5 litre normally aspirated engine was introduced and rear engined cars became the 'standard'.
		Ferrari produced the famous 'shark nosed' GP car and Phil Hill of the United States took the 1961 Drivers World Championship with this car, after his team mate Wolfgang von Trips was killed in racing accident at the Italian Grand Prix.
	f1ferrarifan.50webs.com /History.htm (988 words)

	F1A&G - Legendary Races
		It was the first Grand Prix win by a Briton, a prelude of many more to come.
		But in characteristic style, the aggressive Brazilian won five Grands Prix, including the European GP at a restored Donington Park circuit in England— where Auto Union and Mercedes had dueled in the late 1930s — in one of the most memorable drives of his career.
		At the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa, Ferrari's historic 600th GP, Schumacher came into the race a mere two points behind Mika Hakkinen, who had taken over as McLaren team leader with the departure of Ayrton Senna in 1994.
	www.f1-grandprix.com /races.html (4566 words)

	cars - Formula One
		It is a worldwide sport, involving an annual World Drivers Championship and World Constructors Championship, and is the most expensive sport in the world, as annual team budgets average in the hundreds of millions of US dollars.
		It is based around a series of races (19 in 2005), known as grands prix, on custom-constructed road courses or closed-off street circuits.
		A number of European racing organizations laid out rules for a World Championship before World War II, but due to the suspension of racing during the war, the drivers championship was not formalized until 1950; a championship for constructors followed in 1958.
	www.carluvers.com /cars/F1 (3759 words)

	German's Victory in Malaysian Grand Prix Is His 6th in a Row : Schumacher Express Rolls On
		German's Victory in Malaysian Grand Prix Is His 6th in a Row : Schumacher Express Rolls On Subscribe to the newspaper
		As Michael Schumacher sat in his Ferrari on lap 4 of the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday, waiting in the pit lane behind his teammate for a tire change under the monsoon rains, the German driver said he was bored and should have asked for a cup of coffee.
		The next race is the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos on April 1.
	www.iht.com /articles/2001/03/19/prix_ed3_.php (838 words)

	SPEEDtv.com
		Italian claims he had the upper hand on Frenchman during Jerez tests.
		Photographs of the 600 drivers who have started a grand prix from 1950-2002 are included.
		The average age of grand prix drivers was 44 in 1950 -- 30 by 2002.
	www.speedtv.com /articles/auto/formulaone/23017 (957 words)

	2004 Spanish Grand Prix Postscript :: IndyCar® Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		He was third in the 2003 German Grand Prix and second in the 1999 European Grand Prix.
		NASCAR stars attend Grand Prix: NASCAR Nextel Cup stars Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson were in Spain to watch their first-ever Formula One Grand Prix.
		USGP tickets: Tickets for the 2004 United States Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on June 20 are on sale, and the IMS ticket office encourages customers to place orders early to ensure the best possible opportunity to acquire good seats.
	www.indycar.com /news/story.php?story_id=2697 (1368 words)

	rediff.com sports: I'm not Formula One's main man, says Schumacher
		But he is the clear favourite to win Sunday's Spanish Formula One Grand Prix -- a fourth victory in five races this season that would make the German, more than ever, Ferrari's number one.
		Ferrari say the latter but statisticians note that the team have included the 1996 French Grand Prix which he never actually raced in despite qualifying on pole.
		Austria is the only race in the championship that Schumacher has yet to win, and last year he became the first driver to score back to back wins for the team since Italian Alberto Ascari in 1953.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2002/apr/26schu.htm (527 words)

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