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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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 A Racing Class called Formula Junior
The original Formula Junior rules called for the cars to be powered by production-based engines of 1000cc with a 360kg (792-lb) car or 1100cc with a 400kg (880-lb) car.
The Formula Junior Lotus 18 was powered by the Ford Anglia engine that had been developed by Cosworth Engineering, and suddenly Keith Duckworth had all the orders he needed to keep his fledgling company afloat.
As appealing and affordable as those formula racers may be, they still don't carry the same mystique and aural impact of a brightly colored field of Formula Juniors.
www.europeancarweb.com /features/0401ec_formula_junior   (2275 words)

  
 Formula One   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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.
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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.
Formula One has been called the soap opera of the sports world: the exotic locations, vast quantities of money, and famous faces involved in the "F1 circus" lend the sport an aura of glamour entirely absent from most other world sports.
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 Amazon.com: Complete Encyclopedia: : Formula One HD: Books: Carlton Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Formula One World Championship was held for the first time in 1950, linking established Grands Prix from just six countries.
Grand Prix, Alfa Romeo, Formula One, Mugen Honda, Alain Prost, Minardi Team Minardi, Nelson Piquet, Nigel Mansell, Graham Hill, Ayrton Senna, Niki Lauda, Kurtis Kraft, Andrea de Cesaris, Williams Team Williams, Michael Schumacher, Grands Prix, Leyton House, Formula Three, Ford Ford, Formula Two, Rob Walker, Emerson Fittipaldi, Jack Brabham, John Watson, Derek Warwick
This is a pretty good book, it has lots of detail and is well written, but its all in fl and white and it doesn't cover any of the technical aspects of the cars and how they changed over the years.
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Formula Two and Minardi beckoned for 1981, but Michele so impressed Tyrell with a one-off drive at the San Marino Grand Prix that theygave him a contract until the end of the 1983 season.
Formula Three proved an even harder nut to crack, for although he finished third overall at his first attempt, it took four full years before he moved on to Formula Two for 1983, with an ORECA-run Martini.
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.
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 Timeline 1957
1957 Jan 22, Suspected "Mad Bomber" George P. Metesky, accused of planting more than 30 explosive devices in the New York City area, was arrested in Waterbury, Conn. He was later found mentally ill and committed to a mental hospital; he was released in 1973, and died in 1994 at age 90.
1957 Jul 25, Monarchy in Tunisia was abolished in favor of a republic.
1957 In the USSR a nuclear waste container exploded at the Mayak plant in the Chelyabinsk region of the southern Urals and 20 million curies of deadly strontium and cesium were released.
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 ESPN.com - AUTO - Hakkinen ready to make it three straight
Since the modern Formula One world championship began in 1950, five drivers have won the title three times: Jack Brabham, Niki Lauda, Ayrton Senna, Nelson Piquet and Jackie Stewart.
Hakkinen has said last year's championship duel with Irvine, which went down to the final race, was extremely stressful and that he needed a vacation to prepare for this year's 17-race season.
This year's 17-race F1 schedule is relentless with a Grand Prix every two weeks between the season opener March 12 in Australia and the season finale Oct.
espn.go.com /auto/formulaone/news/2000/0302/393730.html   (855 words)

  
 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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 Grand Prix Cars - Cooper-Climax T51
The first victory was achieved against great odds, in Argentina during the 1958 season when Moss, with worn-out tires, ran non-stop in a little 1.96 liter Cooper-Climax T-45 to defeat the mighty 2.4-liter Ferrari 246s.
The pattern for the rest of the season was set.
The last race of the season was won by Bruce McLaren who remained for the next 20 odd years the youngest winner of a World Championship GP, being 22 years 3 months old at the time.
www.ddavid.com /formula1/cooper.htm   (1048 words)

  
 Schumacher has chance to leave on top - Motor Sports - MSNBC.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
If Michael Schumacher does indeed announce at Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix at Monza that he is retiring at the end of the season, it will be because the most successful driver in Formula One history feels the time is right and not because he is being pushed to go.
Formula One has been the German’s world for 15 years, with Ferrari his second family for 10 of them, and saying goodbye is far from easy.
His Formula One career finally fizzled out in 1995 after two races at McLaren when he was unable to fit into the car.
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 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)

  
 List of Formula One Champions - WOI Encyclopedia Italia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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)

  
 RacingOne - Nascar Racing: Auto Racing, Nascar News, Racing News, Nascar Online, Nascar 2006, Nascar Drivers, Nascar, ...
It’s only appropriate that a driver with so much history will be seeking his first win of the season at an historic speedway like Nashville.
In 1969, the track was lengthened to.596-mile and the 35-degree turns were taken down to the current 18-degree mark.
Last season Miller and Dave Sensiba were part of an early race accident that saw both cars burn to the ground.
www.racingone.com /article.aspx?artnum=7595   (449 words)

  
 Top 10 Michael Schumacher Moments | CBC Sports Online
The 2004 campaign marked the single greatest performance by a driver in Formula One history: Schumacher finished with a record 148 points and won 13 races (out of a possible 18), surpassing the previous single-season mark of 11 he set in 2002.
Schumacher also tied another record that season: the world title was his fifth, equalling the mark set by Argentine legend Juan Manuel Fangio in 1957.
Formula One debut: Competed in his first race at the 1991 Belgian Grand Prix as a replacement driver for the Jordan team.
www.cbc.ca /sports/indepth/10-schumacher-momments.html   (2572 words)

  
 Scout.com: Phillies Time Machine: 1957
A controversial offseason trade got the process going and the 1957 season officially ushered in a new era of Phillies baseball highlighted by youth.
For 11 seasons, Del Ennis was not only one of the better players on the Phillies teams, he was one of the most popular figures on the team as well.
The real renaissance though was in the young players that the Phillies graduated to the majors for the 1957 season.
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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.
www.f1-grandprix.com /history2.html   (653 words)

  
 F1A&G - Legendary Races
The balance of the 1991 season would see a fruitless quest by Mansell and Williams to catch Senna, including a disqualification while leading at Estoril after a wheel fell off in the middle of pit road.
Mansell's single season record of nine wins in 16 races, combined with 14 poles and five consecutive GP victories, tying Jim Clark, set a standard of excellence that may never be matched.
But the 1996 season's opening race, at Melbourne's restored Albert Park circuit, proved that Jacques was anything but a second-place driver — even though that is where the Canadian eventually finished.
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 BBC SPORT | FORMULA ONE  | Silverstone gets green light
You are in: You are in: Motorsport: Formula One
The race was originally listed in the provisional calendar for next season with an asterisk - its confirmation dependent on the outcome of an enquiry into the traffic problems by the British Motor Sports Association (MSA).
Links to more Formula One stories are at the foot of the page.
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 IGN Boards - ~Britain (06/11/2006)~
The seven-time Formula One World Champion has been the topic of much debate ever since he was found guilty of deliberately stalling in order to hold onto pole position in Monte Carlo last Saturday.
His Honda team started the season promising to fight for a maiden victory with what team boss Nick Fry claimed was the best driver line-up in Formula One.
After 1964 Formula One racing left the circuit, Aintree continued to be used for lesser events and club racing, eventually falling into disrepair.
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 Juan Manuel Fangio Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
He began the season driving a Maserati 250 F, and ended it piloting a Mercedes Benz W 196, christened The Silver Arrow.
This event marked the beginning of 1956, impelling the champion driver to sign a contract with Ferrari (the Italian team over which Fangio had always triumphed) which, this time, granted him first place on the winner´s platform for the third time in his life.
He returned to the italian Maserati team in 1957 and, once again, conquered the world title for an unprecedented fifth time, a recordwhich, to this day, no one has been able to break.
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 GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Races > 1957 Results > Argentine GP
As usual the first race of the new season was an event on its own.
The cars were much the same as they had been but there had been a few changes in the driver lineup.
Menditeguy and Schell were promoted to third and fourth when Castellotti went out and so Maserati started the year with a 1-2-3-4 result.
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 SPEEDtv.com
Although the 1950 season featured only six grands prix, Champion Giuseppe Farina used five different numbers on his Alfa Romeo in the six races.
The icing on the photographic cake is the season-by-season summary of the Formula One seasons, featuring highlights and listing the winners of each grand prix.
Tidbits of trivia are sprinkled as seasoning throughout.
www.speedtv.com /articles/auto/formulaone/23017   (980 words)

  
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Timo Glock is no longer in the running to become Williams' 'third' driver for the 2007 season.
After an impressive season in GP2, the former Jordan race and test driver is scheduled to try a BMW-Sauber in December, but the German squad recently signed Sebastian Vettel to be a test driver next year.
Felipe Massa, winner of last Sunday's Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix, has warned Kimi Raikkonen to expect a battle for the number one driver's spot at Ferrari next season.
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 GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Races > 1957 Results > Pescara GP
The cancellation of the Belgian and Dutch GPs earlier in the season enabled the FIA to include the Pescara GP in the World Championship for the first time, although it had been taking place since 1924.
Luigi Musso managed to convince Ferrari to lend him a car and entered the race as a privateer.
Schell finished third with Gregory fourth and Lewis-Evans grabbing fifth at the end of the race from the fourth Maserati factory driver Giorgio Scarlatti.
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 Formula One 1957
Formula 1 Season History Statistics CustomStat Compare Link
1957 Season Circuits Standings Driver List Driver Rezults Statistics Next Year: 1958 Previous: 1956
This is unofficial Formula 1 site - (c) informations are subject to Copyright
www.4mula1.ro /history/year/1957   (47 words)

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