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	GRAND PRIX MOTOR RACING DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORY \| FORMULA ONE RECORDS AND RACING SPEED ACES \| THE BLUEBIRD ELECTRIC ...
		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.
		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.
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	The Story of the Grand Prix
		The defining race of the pre- WW1 era was the ACF Grand Prix of 1914.
		In 1922 the Italian Grand Prix was held at one of these new tracks, the Autodromo Monza.
		Grand Prix racing in accordance with a strict formula based on engine size and weight was abandoned in 1928.In its place, races were run under Formula Libre rules.
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	Monaco Grand Prix Monte Carlo F1 Hotels & Monaco GP tickets - Grand Prix Tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Monaco Grand Prix is a Formula One race held annually in the Principality of Monaco.
		The Monaco Grand Prix counted toward the European Championship from 1936 to 1939 (although the race was cancelled in 1938).
		The Monaco Grand Prix was one of the inaugural races in the Formula One championship in 1950.
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		The most prominent example is that of Belgian sports car ace Olivier Gendebien, who raced a yellow Ferrari at his 1958 home Grand Prix.
		Born from a wealthy Belgian family (some sources actually convert his wealth into aristocracy) in Brussels on 12 January 1924, Gendebien was a paratrooper in World War II before spending some four years in forestry in the Congo, where he met a rally driver named Charles Fraikin.
		He was fit for the start of 1956 and, with virtually no single-seater experience behind him, finished fifth on his Grand Prix debut at the Argentine GP, followed by sixth in the Mendoza GP.
	www.teamquail.com /drivers/gendebien.htm (977 words)

	Grand Prix Legends, Screenshots, Reviews, News, Files, Downloads, Mods - SimRacingWorld (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		While Grand Prix Legends provided the most realistic (and hence, difficult) simulation of automotive physics in a PC game at its launch, the reputation of "difficult to drive" was exacerbated by a number of decisions made both for the demo and the launch of version 1.0.
		Version 1.0 of Grand Prix Legends allowed users to reduce the number of computer opponents if their PCs were unable to render a full grid of cars at a reasonable frame rate.
		Grand Prix cars from 1967 typically ran 5 to 6 inches of ground clearance, unlike the later ground effect cars that were designed to have the chassis as close to the ground as possible.
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	Grand Prix Challenge Driving FAQ - IGN FAQs
		Grand Prix This is a full grand prix weekend, from practice to qualifying to warm-up to the race itself.
		Tires There are four tire compounds available in Grand Prix Challenge: Hard: These tires have the longest life, which means that the player can remain on the circuit longer between pit stops.
		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.
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	Grand Prix Hall of Fame
		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.
		In 1970 driving an old Lotus 49 he drove in one of the most stirring finishes in modern Grand Prix history when he caught three-time World Champion Jack Brabham at the Monaco Grand Prix on the last corner of the race and claimed the checkered flag.
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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.
		Whilst the home of the sport is undoubtedly Europe, races have also been held in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
		Historically, the series evolved from pre-war European Grand Prix racing[?] of the 1920s and 1930s.
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		The French Grand Prix is a Formula One race held as part of the “Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile”.
		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 thirty-two automobiles.
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	GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Races > 1955 Results > Belgian GP
		When the Grand Prix teams gathered at Spa the Lancia team was missing.
		Eugenio Castelotti managed to persuade the company to let him race a D50 in Belgium and he impressed everyone by setting the fastest time in qualifying ahead of Juan-Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss in the their Mercedes-Benz W196s.
		In the race Fangio took the lead at the start and Moss was up to second soon afterwards and the pair drove away from the remainder of the field, while Karl Kling (in the third Mercedes) battled for fourth position with Farina, Behra and Belgian racer Paul Frere in a Ferrari.
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		The Belgian Grand Prix held on 18th June 1950 was the fifth race in Formula One history.
		Kimi's fastest race lap at Spa in 2004 — 1:45.108 - was the longest of all Grands Prix (followed by the Malaysia lap with a 1:34.223).
		Only two out of the last ten Grand Prix weekends at Spa have not been affected by the changeable weather, the last one was six years ago.
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	A Lap of Spa-Francorchamps
		This will be the 46th Grand Prix in Belgium, with a fascinating fact about almost every one of the previous 45.
		The Grand Prix has been spread around four quite different circuits: the original, marvellous Spa which took in visits to Burnenville, Masta and Stavelot from 1956 through 1970, before the event went briefly to Nivelles and, for a slightly longer stay, to Zolder.
		The newly standardised numbering system was first used at the 1973 Belgian Grand Prix, and eight years later, the race was stopped for the first time due to a startline accident.
	www.atlasf1.com /2000/bel/preview/bellap.html (1320 words)

	Motorcycle Online: The Early Years of Grand Prix Racing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Grand Prix had been born, motorcycle racing was organized, highly competitive and, then just as it is now, dangerous.
		In 1955 it was Duke and Gilera again at the top, this time with fellow Gilera-rider Armstrong as the runner-up.
		They were hard-fought battles and while these machines may seem dated and slow when compared to today's fire-breathing two-strokes, the riders rode them to the absolute limits both of in terms of their own courage and the machine's mechanical limitations.
	www.motorcycle.com /mo/mcracing/gphistory.html (3294 words)

	Grand Prix Challenge Circuit Histories FAQ - IGN FAQs
		The 1939 German Grand Prix was the final race at Nurburgring for quite some time due to the beginning of World War II.
		In more recent years, the opening lap of the 2000 Grand Prix of Italy was seriously marred by the death of a trackside race marshal due to all the flying debris at the Roggia Chicane (the second chicane of the circuit).
		The initial 4.192-kilometer (2.620-mile) US Grand Prix was won by Michael Schumacher in 2000, followed by Mika Hakkinen (in his final race win before sabbatical/retirement) in 2001.
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	KAT Hall of Fame
		A preliminary date for the Bangkok Grand Prix was set at 10th December 1939 but of course the war destroyed those plans.
		He finished 6th in the Argentine Grand Prix with a works car, finished second in his heat at the International Trophy, was 6th at the Bari Grand Prix and took what proved to be his last European victory at the GP des Frontières in Chimay.
		He finished 6th at the Belgian Grand Prix with a private 250F but of course there were no points earned for finishing 6th in those days.
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	Vintage BMW Motorcycles - webBikeWorld
		Photos Courtesy BMW AG Photos © BMW AG Monza, 12th September 1954: In the Italian Grand Prix, Wilhelm Noll with Fritz Cron in the sidecar were the first to see the checkered flag from their fully faired BMW sidecar combination.
		Their season of success was complemented by two second places - in the Ulster GP at Belfast and the Belgian GP at Spa-Francorchamps - and a third-placed finish in the Isle of Man TT.
		In the Swiss Grand Prix, the fifth round of the season, Noll / Cron were the first to cross the finishing line again.
	www.webbikeworld.com /BMW-motorcycles/vintage (683 words)

	Formula1
		Hopes of a Grand Prix swansong with McLaren in 1994, thanks to French engine supplier Peugeot, were disappointed when team boss Ron Denis chose Martin Brundle instead, even though Philippe had a run-out in place of the suspened Mika Hakkinen in the Hungarian Gramd Prix.
		This form earned him a drive with Ferrari for 1959, and he stared his second season with the Italian team by finishing second in the Argentinian Grand Prix, but he was thrown from his car in practice at Monaco and broke an arm, leaving him on the sidelines for the remainder of the season.
		It almost went right in the French Grand Prix at Clermont-Ferrand in 1972 though, as the race was his for the taking when he suffered a puncture and fell back to third place.
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		Dan Gurney drove his first race at California's old Torrey Pines circuit in 1955, and within four years was sitting in a factory Ferrari at the French Grand Prix.
		He was, however, one of few in Grand Prix racing able to run with the legendary Jim Clark, and at the fleet Scot's funeral Clark's father confided that Dan had been the only driver his son had feared.
		His victory in the 1967 Belgian Grand Prix remains the only Formula One win by an American driver in a car of his own construction, and he is generally regarded as the man who fundamentally shaped the modern era of the rear-engined Indy Car.
	www.mshf.com /hof/gurney_dan.htm (318 words)

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		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.
		For the purposes of Grand Prix Challenge, however, traction control is available for ALL events in the season.
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	Mahmood’s Den » The History of Formula One
		The Grand Prix started with the driver’s cup and in 1958 a constructor’s cup was established as a reward for the team accumulating the most points each season.
		The 1983 season with its 15 Grand Prix witnessed a fierce competition between a number of the drivers mainly Nelson Piquet that continued to wage a war against the drivers especially French Alain Prost who drove for Renault and Ferrari’s driver Rene Arnoux.
		The first Grand Prix win for Stewart in 1973 was at the South African Grand Prix and then followed by the Belgian Grand Prix the same year.
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	Virtual garage - 1999 Goodwood Festival of Speed
		Paul Frére, brilliant Belgian motoring writer and rapid driver began his racing career in the 1948 Spa 24 hours.
		He won the Grand Prix des Frontières for HWM in 1952, drove F1 Ferrraris to Fourth and second in the 1955 - 1956 Belgian Grand Prix, and raced his first Le Mans in 1954 for Aston Martin.
		Ickx is the son of a Belgian motoring journalist and historian Jacques Ickx.
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	CART Racing Teams
		The win was the first Grand Prix victory by an American driver in an American car in 46 years, and the only one in modern Grand Prix history.
		It was at that time that Goodyear started their big involvement in auto racing on both the Formula 1 circuit (Dan was the first driver to race a Grand Prix car equipped with Goodyear tires) and the Indianapolis 500, which up to that point was mostly a Firestone arena.
		The cars AAR was designing and building were called Grand Prix or Indy Eagles, one of the many distinguishing features being a "beak" at the front of the car.
	www.cartracingupdate.com /Teams/aarteam.htm (1966 words)

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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.
		The Belgian and Mexican Grands Prix are dropped from the calendar due to safety problems.
		Following the Italian Grand Prix, a new safety measure is introduced to F1: medical cars follow Formula One cars on the formation lap of every Grand Prix, in order to improve reaction time in case of a first lap accident.
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	Istria on the Internet - Prominent Istrians - Mario Andretti
		From 1948 to 1955, the family lived in a displaced persons camp in Tuscany - a fate similar to that of several hundred thousand other Istrian refugees who were interned in refugee camps throughout Italy while awaiting either permanent residency or legal immigration to other countries.
		In June 1955, after years of waiting, the Andretti family was granted a visa to emigrate to the United States of America where they settled in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, in Pennsylvaniaàs Lehigh Valley.
		In 1982 he returned to Ferrari and took part in the two last Grand Prix races of his career, in Italy, where he obtained his eighteenth pole position and came in third.
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	History about the car/ driver
		At the end of 1955, they took over the Lancias with Fangio using the D50 to score three wins and secure his fourth title.
		Michael Schumacher was fighting hard until an accident at the British Grand Prix saw the German sidelined for all bar the final two races of the season.
		In 1994, Michael stunned the Grand Prix world, when he was quicker in the Benetton, than Senna was in the Williams.
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	Brabham
		John Cooper was responsible for the rear engine layout design, which has become the standard for grand prix cars in the modern era.
		In 1964 the Brabham team enjoyed their first grand prix victory with the BT7 car driven by the American Dan Gurney.
		Jackie Ickx the Belgian driver (who replaced Hulme when he moved to McLaren) was second in the 1969 Championship in the Brabham-Ford car.
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		Jenatzy, a Belgian, was typical of the early Gentlemen racers having substantial wealth from his families tire company he could afford to purchase and race automobiles.
		In 1955 Stirling Moss, with journalist Denis Jenkinson as navigator, drove a Mercedes-Benz 300-SLR to victory in the Mille Miglia.
		The W196 dominated Grand Prix competition technologically in the mid-fifties, whether in streamlined body or open wheeled road-racing trim.
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	BBC News \| Sport \| France dropped from F1 season
		France has been dropped from the Formula One Grand Prix calendar by the sport's ruling body for the first time in 43 years.
		Belgium's Grand Prix, at Spa-Francorchamps, is in jeopardy following that country's to ban tobacco advertising - a huge source of revenue for Formula 1.
		The new Belgian law, which comes into effect in 1999, goes beyond plans by the 15 European Union nations to phase out tobacco ads over a 10-year period.
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