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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. www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/fo/Formula_One.html   (1232 words)

Formula One   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) 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. Formula 1 is generally one of the biggest global TV draws behind the Football World Cup and the Olympics. 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. www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_F1   (6856 words)

UpdateF1 >> Full Throttle F1 Magazine > Brazil: The Fittipaldi family legacy With some of the most famous names in Formula One history hailing from Brazil, you would be forgiven for thinking the South American country boasts a long and illustrious history spanning the breadth of the 55 year old World Championship. The runaway success of the brothers in the lower formulae had inspired more of their countrymen to try their hand in Europe, and one who stood out from all the others was Carlos Pace. During his six seasons he drove for such as Frank Williams, John Surtees and Bernie Ecclestone, and indeed it was with the latter's Brabham equipe that Carlos won his one and only Grand Prix, his home race in 1975, beating Fittipaldi to the chequered flag. formula-1.updatesport.com /magazine/article/Brazil--The-Fittipaldi-family-legacy/1127383162.html   (1330 words)

The Official Formula 1 Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) He made the leap from bikes to cars with surprising ease, though his quick climb to the pinnacle of motorsport was also the result of a great deal of hard effort by a serious-minded driver whose fierce independence ultimately proved to be a handicap. After a frustrating 1969 season with BRM Surtees decided to follow the lead of Jack Brabham and Bruce McLaren and form his own team, though he was destined to have much less success. In nine Formula One seasons the best results for Team Surtees were a second and a third for Mike Hailwood, himself a multiple world champion on bikes. www.formula1.com /archive/halloffame/driver/129.html   (1121 words)

ESPN.com - Auto Racing - Ferrari's Formula One champions Scheckter had to finish in front of Villenueve to take the title and he led from the start, followed closely by his teammate who obeyed orders against overtaking when Ferrari were leading 1-2. He was 500cc motorcycling champion with MV Agusta in 1956, 1958, 1959 and 1960, also taking the 350cc title in 1958, 1959 and 1960. Hill excused himself from the victory celebrations and Ferrari withdrew from the final race of the season at Watkins Glen. espn.go.com /auto/formulaone/news/1999/1026/135310.html   (551 words)

Alonso has pulling power The Spaniard, without a point in his career before March after a season at Minardi in 2001 was followed by a year as Renault test driver, has scored points in every round so far. De Portago, who shared his car with Briton Peter Collins in 1956, was an all-round sportsman who could have been a winner had he not died in the 1957 Mille Miglia. His Formula One debut with Minardi came as a teenager, after he had entered Formula 3000 aged 18, and by the start of this season he could count on 18 years of racing experience. www.rediff.com /sports/2003/apr/28alonso.htm?zcc=rl   (955 words)

American GP - Phil Hill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) In 1956 after racing private Ferraris he was promoted to the works team. Driving for Ferrari in Formula One in 1960 meant driving one of their last front-engined cars against their rear-engined British rivals. The championship season began at Monaco and only a tremendous drive by Moss in a Lotus Climax prevented a Ferrari 1-2-3. www.bonus.com /contour/Grand_Prix_History/http@@/www.ddavid.com/formula1/phill.htm   (617 words)

"Cheyenne" (1955)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) Two things about that first season: though the show ran an hour, each episode was not a normal hour length installment (50 mins.) but between five and ten minutes less than that, owing to 'behind the scenes' previews of upcoming WB movies. One last thing about the opening season - the episodes were far more spectacular than any to follow, as WB actually did mini remakes of big budget western films, using the stock footage from them and simply replacing whoever had starred with Clint. And, in truth, during its final two or three seasons, Cheyenne was awfully routine, in terms of scripting, direction, etc. But that first season was a real winner, and the next two or three were strong too. www.imdb.com /title/tt0047720   (749 words)

Formula One Betting Formula One betting is the mainstay of Centrebet's motor racing odds service. Formula One is a religion to millions of petrol heads, so it makes sense that one of the world's leading online sports bookmakers would bend over backwards to provide a complete coverage. Formula One Grand Prix betting gets bigger and better every year, with bookmakers such as Centrebet dreaming up more things on which to bet. www.centrebet.com /formula_one_betting.php   (344 words)

American GP - The Drivers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) Bucknum came to Formula One at the end of 1964 for the Japanese Honda team. At the age of twenty he was in Formula 1 with Hesketh but without a competitive drive he returned to Formula 2. In 1956 he drove for Vanwall most of the year but in 1957 he switched back to Maserati and scored a pair of second place finishes Pau and Silverstone. www.ddavid.com /formula1/drivers_us.htm   (2801 words)

ESPN.com - Auto Racing - Hakkinen, Irvine could produce closest title finish The previous closest finish to a season occurred in 1984 when Austrian Niki Lauda beat Frenchman Alain Prost by just half a point -- a tally rendered possible only because the Monaco Grand Prix was stopped due to rain after 31 of 77 laps. Prost won in Monte Carlo, and with nine points available to the winner in those days, was awarded half the score. Were Germany's Michael Schumacher to win at Suzuka, as he has done twice before, Irvine could finish fourth behind both Hakkinen and his McLaren teammate David Coulthard and yet still be champion by one point. espn.go.com /auto/formulaone/news/1999/1026/135307.html   (876 words)

Amazon.ca: X-Files: The Complete Sixth Season (Widescreen Collector's Edition) [6 Discs]: DVD: X-Files   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) Season six was the first season to be built almost solely upon stand alone episodes. There was a perfect formula to this season that I just can't put my finger on, but it's a shame that season seven came along and blew the whole thing to pieces. The season's only successfully humorous episodes are also mythology-related, namely the two-part "Dreamland," in which Mulder and an Area 51 operative switch bodies, and "The Unnatural," which tells the story of a star baseball player who is in fact an alien. amazon.ca /X-Files-Complete-Season-Widescreen-Collectors/dp/B00006G8J8   (2728 words)

SI.com - Motor Sports - F1: Renault ready to run with big boys - Thursday March 27, 2003 06:00 PM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) Renault finished fourth in the constructors' championship last season with 23 points, 42 points behind third-place finisher McLaren and even farther behind runner-up Williams and champion Ferrari. Fernando Alonso and Jarno Trulli finished in the top two spots in qualifying with Alonso became the youngest driver to ever gain a pole position in a Formula One race, accomplishing the feat at 21 years, nine months of age. Last season was Renault's first as a team since 1984, when it had dropped out and concentrated on developing and supplying engines. sportsillustrated.cnn.com /motorsports/news/2003/03/26/f1_renault_ap   (643 words)

Stanguellini Formula Junior - Features - European Car Magazine Though born in Italy, Formula Junior's popularity spread quickly to the rest of Europe (particularly England) and the United States. By the 1960 season, two changes in FJ put a halt to Stanguellini's unbridled monopoly: the above noted segue toward rear engined cars, and FJ's increasing world wide popularity, brought more than 100 car builders into the fray...tightening the competition considerably. The emergence of historic racing has introduced Formula Junior to a new generation of enthusiasts, though anyone wishing to see the quintessential front-engined Formula Junior need only look as far as the nearest Stanguellini. www.europeancarweb.com /features/0503ec_stanguellini_formula_junior   (948 words)

Donington Grand Prix / Formula 1 Collection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) It was not until 1956 that it was abandoned. But up to this point in the young season the weather gods had not smilled on Prost, and as a result he and Senna possessed one win each. Prost had taken the Kyalami event despite a downpour at the end, but had gone off ignominiously in the wet at Brazil, leaving a victorious Senna to fall into the arms of his adoring countrymen. www.ddavid.com /formula1/doning.htm   (2737 words)

McLaren Formula 1- hard and unforgiving   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) Bruce admitted that the engine’s greatest success was in being by far the noisiest thing running round Monte Carlo, and the raucous echoes it set up between the cake-icing buildings of the old town threatened not only the occupants’ eardrums but their window panes. Formula One racing was as hard and unforgiving then as it is now. Some of the spirit of Formula One in those days is typified by the pit stop as Bruce believed his misfire problem was fuel pressure and bawled as much at the crew. www.bruce-mclaren.com /cars/formula1/mclaren_formula_one_hardandunforgiving.htm   (1257 words)

List of Formula One Champions - WOI Encyclopedia Italia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) The Formula One World Championship is awarded by the FIA to the most successful driver (World Drivers' Championship or WDC) and constructor (World Constructors' Championship or WCC), as determined by a pointscoring system based on results over the season. The WDC has been awarded every season since 1950, and the WCC has been awarded every season since 1958. Before 1991 a driver could not count all of his results towards the championship - in the first season 4 races out of 7 were counted, and in the era of 16-race seasons, only 11 resutls from 16 counted. www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php/List_of_Formula_One_Champions   (478 words)

Drivers / Teams - Most exciting Formula One season... It was the foundation on which the Mclaren domination in the 80s was built, that reached culmination in 1988, that saw Mclaren win 15 out of 16 races. You are totally right, but mine was an analysis that took into consideration a particular lapse of time: from the year of my birth (1976) till the current season. The first season for something like a quarter of a century, where the multinational companies' involvement became decisive, So, yes 1984 was a water-shed year in F1. www.f1db.com /forums/showthread.php?goto=lastpost&t=3233   (829 words)

The Telegraph - Calcutta If anyone can get the locals, for so long keener on motorcycling and rallying than Formula One, to pack the stands then he is the man. In four races so far this season, Alonso has twice finished on the podium and become the youngest driver ever to start on pole position. In Brazil, he ended it prematurely with a massive crash that could yet see him punished when an observer’s report is examined by the sport’s governing body. Until this year, former Arrows and Jaguar driver De la Rosa and Francesco Godia for Maserati in the 1950s were the most successful Spaniards in Formula One in terms of points scored — six each. www.telegraphindia.com /1030429/asp/sports/story_1920913.asp   (823 words)

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. www.f1-grandprix.com /history2.html   (653 words)

BBC News | BUSINESS | New force in F1 The knotted tangle of cross-ownerships and joint ventures that characterises Germany's media sector is planted on unexpected roots. Compare this with a deal sealed days beforehand, in which BSkyB agreed to pay £1.1bn for the right to show one season's Premier League football games, and Mr Ecclestone could be said to have snapped up something of a bargain. Formula 1's finances are notoriously complex, and Mr Ecclestone and the sport's governing body have, ominously, in recent weeks reopened talks over June's deal. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/1262343.stm   (1014 words)

A History of Ferrari in Formula One All the great champions are here plus many other cars that, while not world-beaters, represent technological innovations or other important aspects of the history of Ferrari and F1 ­ twin stories closely intertwined, since Ferrari is the only team to have contested each season since the inception of the world championship. 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. www.breithaupts.com /totc538.htm   (722 words)

BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | Alonso stalks Schumacher He led the race three times and with a bit more luck among the backmarkers, he could have forced an even tighter battle to the finish. Most departed the circuit singing his name and his praises, but almost certainly unaware that they had witnessed the best F1 result ever recorded by a Spanish driver. A dashing blade from the 1950s, Alfonso de Portago shared the second-placed Ferrari at the 1956 British Grand Prix at Silverstone. news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/3000459.stm   (711 words)

"The Office" (2005)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) For the second season, an exact set replica of the original office was built on a sound-stage for further shooting. I watched some of the British version and while it was charming I wasn't overly impressed with it, so when the American version came out I was quick to judge and assumed it would drift off into obscurity rather quickly. Then in the midst of season two my loyal friends got me addicted to it and I have to say there is nothing funnier on television, it has sort of the good unconventional randomness that arrested development had (oh why is that show canceled?) along with some good social commentary. www.imdb.com /title/tt0386676   (592 words)

RacingOne - Nascar Racing: Auto Racing, Nascar News, Racing News, Nascar Online, Nascar 2006, Nascar Drivers, Nascar, ... Hakkinen and the rest of the drivers had left the circuit by the time the technical report came out. Earlier in the day Hakkinen had dominated the Austrian Grand Prix, round 10 of 17 this season, on his way to his second victory of the season and the 16th of his career. Although Rubens Barrichello finished third in his Ferrari, McLaren-Mercedes garnered enough points to take the lead in the Constructors Championship for the first time this season, 98-92, over Ferrari. www.racingone.com /article.aspx?artnum=1956   (588 words)

The Value Production Standings:  1956-1960 -- The Hardball Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) In every season from 1951 through 1955, National League organizations had generated more WSP than their American League counterparts, and the same pattern prevailed in 1956. Another budding star first baseman who spent most of that season in the military was Bill White, and yet another still ripening in triple-A was Willie McCovey, while two young pitchers coming along in the system were named Juan Marichal and Gaylord Perry. This unlikely formula allowed the White Sox to play the bridesmaid role through the 1950s, and in 1959, after being purchased by none other than Bill Veeck, the Southsiders won their first flag since the infamous Black Sox scandal of 1919. www.hardballtimes.com /main/article/the-value-production-standings-1956-1960   (2370 words)

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