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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.
	www.speedace.info /grand_prix_history.htm (14761 words)

	Wikinfo \| Monaco Grand Prix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Monaco Grand Prix, held there annually, was first organized by Antony Noghes, a well-to-do cigarette manufacturer and a resident of Monte Carlo, under the auspices of Prince Louis II through the establishing of the "Automobile Club de Monaco" of which Noghes was the founding president.
		Grand Prix motor racing came to Monaco in 1929 when the first Grand Prix of Monaco automobile race was held.
		The Grand Prix of Monaco is organized each year by the Automobile Club de Monaco who also runs the Monte Carlo Rally and the Monaco Kart Cup.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Monaco_Grand_Prix (305 words)

	The Story of the Grand Prix Pt6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		With the cancellation of the Grand Prix of Argentina the first race of the season would be Monte Carlo.
		The French Grand Prix was held at Rouen in Normandy.
		The German Grand Prix at the famous Nurburgring saw Porsche determined to win the race in front of their home crowd.
	www.bonus.com /contour/Grand_Prix_History/http@@/www.ddavid.com/formula1/story5.htm (2755 words)

	McLaren (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Current permanent home of the Australian Grand Prix, since 1996, the 5.302-km track is located within the city boundaries of Melbourne, capital of the state of Victoria.
		A Grand Prix in Buenos Aires held in three distinct periods: 1953-58 and 1960; 1972-75 and 1977-81; and from 1995-98.
		The first Austrian Grand Prix took place at Zeltweg in 1964, and the race ran from 1970-87 inclusive at the Osterreichring, near Salzburg.
	groups.msn.com /McLaren/a.msnw (596 words)

	Italian Grand Prix - WOI Encyclopedia Italia
		The Italian Grand Prix is one of the longest running events on the motor racing calendar.
		The Italian Grand Prix counted toward the European Championship from 1935 to 1938.
		The Italian Grand Prix was one of the inaugural Formula One championship races in 1950, and has been held every year since then.
	www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php/Italian_Grand_Prix (190 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		An automotive turntable supplied by British Turntable is creating the spirit of the Monaco Grand Prix right in the heart of London's West End.
		The Café Grand Prix, situated on Berkeley Street, comprises a suite of three superb eating and drinking experiences styled on original locations in Monaco.
		British Turntable also offers a portable full platform revolve for automotive display, the Olympian 4.5, as well as a range of revolving stages from 2m to 10m in diameter.
	www.british.turntable.co.uk /news_cafegrandprix.htm (404 words)

	Motorcycle Online: The Early Years of Grand Prix Racing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Grand Prix had been born, motorcycle racing was organized, highly competitive and, then just as it is now, dangerous.
		While British factories persevered with singles and twins and outdated chassis design (the Velocette that took the 350 crown had girder forks) the Italians were developing multi-cylinder engines.
		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)

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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)

	Grand Prix Challenge Circuit Histories FAQ - IGN FAQs
		The Silverstone International circuit (used for the British TOCA series) shares much of the same pavement as the Grand Prix circuit used for the annual F1 Grand Prix of Great Britain; in fact, the pavement for the two circuits even cross at approximately two-thirds of the way around the International circuit.
		The British Racing Drivers' Club operated Silverstone until 2001, when current owner Octagon Motorsports took control of the venue; this also ensures that the British Grand Prix will be held at Silverstone for at least the next fifteen years.
		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).
	faqs.ign.com /articles/389/389006p1.html (4459 words)

	The Honda History Page
		Although Honda only returned to Grand Prix racing in 2000, the company boasts a distinguished pedigree in all forms of motorsport and it is often said that racing is in Honda’s DNA.
		By 1959 Honda began to prevail in its new activities and the company’s determination gained respect long before it won a TT outright, but in 1961 Honda took the first five places in both the 250cc and 125cc races.
		The decision to withdraw from Grand Prix racing at the end of 1992 was taken in light of the company having achieved all the targets that had been set for the programme, but within eight years, the challenge of top level motor sport proved too great for Honda to resist.
	www.geocities.com /sgarvey/histhonda.html (762 words)

	Grand Prix Racing - the whole story
		In the mid 1950 the RAC decided that the British Grand Prix should not remian the total preserve of Silverstone.
		Most of the corners were rather slow and unchallenging although its greatest asset was the facilities with the motor racing fans sharing the grandstands used for horse racing.
		The first event staged here was the 1955 British Grand Prix and, as in the rest of that year's races, Mercedes were the dominant force.
	www.gpracing.net192.com /circuits/13.cfm (339 words)

	Formula One History - The British Era
		espite Moss's mid-1950s heroics, the British era really began in 1958, when Mike Hawthorn captured the F1 championship driving the Ferrari 246 — after the death of fellow Brit Peter Collins in the French GP at Reims — and Moss once again finished second in the Vanwall (designed by Colin Chapman).
		the first British World Champion — retired at season end, only to be killed just months later in a road accident in his Jaguar in January 1959.
		A small plaque — now located behind a protective Armco guardrail — is set in the forest to mark the spot of his tragic, and still unexplained, accident.
	www.f1-grandprix.com /history3.html (670 words)

	GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Races > 1959 Results > British GP
		Strikes in Italy meant that Ferrari did not appear for the British GP but the team released Tony Brooks, who had just won the French Grand Prix, and he managed to get a drive in a Vanwall which was made available by Tony Vandervell.
		The field was bolstered as usual by a number of local F1 cars and a number of Formula 2 machines as well.
		British GP, Aintree, July 18, 1959, Round: 5, Race Number: 80
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/rr080.html (212 words)

	pitpass - the latest, hottest F1 & A1GP news
		Introduced to the World Championship in 1951, the German Grand Prix was first held at the original Nürburgring.
		The car has moved us forward in terms of both chassis and engine performance, and hopefully with the Hockenheim specific set-up work we have tested at the Silverstone test this week I will be in a position to perform better in Germany.
		David's third place on the grid in the French Grand Prix and Kimi's pole position in the British Grand Prix showed that the car is fast.
	www.pitpass.com /fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=21760 (710 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 17 \| 1955: Moss claims first Grand Prix victory
		But given the history of racing in his family it was inevitable that sooner or later Stirling Moss would win a Grand Prix.
		However, his strong sense of patriotism has kept him largely in British cars and it was not until last year he accepted an offer to join the German Mercedes-Benz team.
		Stirling Moss received an OBE in 1959 and in 1999 he was knighted.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/17/newsid_2981000/2981372.stm (500 words)

	St. Petersburg Grand Prix: Mexican contingent reveres forerunners
		Last year's grand prix (in Mexico City) was the biggest sporting event in the history of the country." It drew about 180,000 spectators for the race and about 300,000 for the weekend.
		He won his first race as a Grand Prix regular, the 1967 South African GP, and the Belgian GP three years later.
		Rodriguez was under contract to British Racing Motors in 1971 when, as was common then, he raced on a non-Grand Prix weekend.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/02/21/Grandprix/Mexican_contingent_re.shtml (980 words)

	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.
		It is sad to see the demise of a successful team in such a short time, but it is a reflection of how competitive modern grand prix racing can be.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/john_hopkinson/brabham.htm (975 words)

	TIME.com: Fast Out of the Turns -- Aug. 10, 1959 -- Page 1
		But Australian-born Jack Brabham and his Cooper-Climax are challenging—and beating—the world's biggest names this season in the exacting sport of Grand Prix road racing, the ultimate competition for lean speed machines that can chafe off rubber in skidding turns, accelerate to 190 m.p.h.
		This year Coventry Climax developed a special four-cylinder, 2.5 liter, Grand Prix engine, and the Coopers started showing their tail pipes to all comers.
		But he met with little success until this year, when he climbed behind the wheel of the retooled Cooper-Climax, won the Monaco Grand Prix (average speed: 67.6 m.p.h.), finished second in the Dutch Grand Prix, and first in the British Grand Prix.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,811221,00.html (752 words)

	Years before the British AC Ace was brought to America (eventually turned into the today’s Cobra), a Lister-Jaguar ...
		Years before the British AC Ace was brought to America (eventually turned into the today’s Cobra), a Lister-Jaguar reigned sup
		For 1959 the body was revised to improve aerodynamics with a smooth clean shape.
		His idea was to take the concept of British MotorCar design, a lightweight extremely sturdy structural chassis, updated light alloy suspension and American brute horsepower together to create the most powerful, best handling classic/racing car available.
	www.listercars.com /heritage.htm (677 words)

	United States Grand Prix
		The last driver to earn his first Grand Prix victory was 2000 Indianapolis 500 winner Juan Pablo Montoya, who won the 2001 Italian Grand Prix.
		He won the 1959 United States Grand Prix at Sebring, Fla., when he was 22 years and 104 days old.
		The problem started in the Australian Grand Prix when Villeneuve, who had a problem with his radio, pitted when it was actually Button’s turn to come in for fuel and tires.
	www.usgpindy.com /news/story.php?story_id=1082 (1049 words)

	Cycle World Forums: Norton Race Cars - View Post (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The car appeared in a Grande Epreuve for the first time in that year's British Grand Prix.
		Moss and Brooks duly shared Vanwall's first Grand Prix victory in Britain at Aintree, and Moss went on to win both the Italian and Pescara Grands Prix.
		Brooks made one appearance in a lower and lighter Vanwall in the 1959 British Grand Prix and the team tried again with another car in the 1960 French Grand Prix.
	forums.cycleworld.com /ibb/posts.aspx?postID=121340 (966 words)

	F1A&G - U.S. GP 2000
		The US Grand Prix, won by Ayrton Senna at Phoenix in 1991, returned to Indy after nine long seasons in 2000.
		he US Grand Prix will take place annually on a permanent, 2.55-mile (4.076-kilometer) circuit to be built at IMS — the famed Brickyard of Indy 500 lore — part of the multiyear agreement between the two parties.
		Between 1950 and 1959, the Indy 500 was officially counted toward the F1 World Championship, although rarely did European teams venture to race at the Brickyard.
	www.f1-grandprix.com /usgp.html (688 words)

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		That was the first year of the Mexican Grand Prix, which was not a very long tow from Southern California.
		If you are interested in owning one of the most historically significant Grand Prix cars of all time, this is a true opportunity.
		In 1959, Jack Brabham and the Cooper Type 51 set the standard for all Grand Prix cars to come.
	www.motorsportsmarket.com /pages_new/car_detail.asp?car=115 (2092 words)

	British Motoring (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The venue was ideal for a British car show: sweeping lawns, ample shade, and vistas of the Potomac River.
		Other saloons that were either first or last of their respective lines saw $13,280 for a Rover 825 Sterling, a Rover 416 Si Tourer for $11,454, and the last Mark Two Range Rover, which fetched $48,970.
		The cars sold were mostly duplicates and were liquidated to make way for other British marques, the aim being to make the Gaydon Museum collection reflect the entire British motor industry rather than being solely British Leyland models.
	www.britishmotoring.net /bm0303/news/news.html (1277 words)

	All about Formula One racing
		Maranello: A town in northern Italy near Modena with a tiny population of about 15,000, best known as the home of Ferrari motorcars and Scuderia Ferrari.
		Silverstone: In Northamptonshire in England, venue of first Formula One Grand Prix in 1950.
		Though motor racing has been on before, this British Grand Prix marks the start of F1 championship era.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2005/feb/05racing.htm (900 words)

	GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Drivers > Fritz d'Orey
		After racing the ex-Chico Landi Ferrari 375 extensively in South America, d'Orey came to Europe to race a Centro Sud Maserati 250F which he crashed in the 1959 British Grand Prix.
		He was then involved with Valerio Colotti's Studio Tecnica Meccanica after the Maserati factory team was closed down and raced a reworked Maserati 250F, which was renamed a Tec-Mec in the US Grand Prix at Sebring.
		Having won a Formula Junior race at Messina, he was signed by the Ferrari sports car team for the 1960 season but he had a huge accident at Le Mans when he hit a tree.
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/drv-dorfri.html (163 words)

	The Auto Channel - Search Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Formula One: Tony George: U.S. Grand Prix a Major Focus of Speedway's Vision 16 June 1999 Tony George INDIANAPOLIS -- Tony George's aspirations for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway haven't ended with the successful wooing of Formula One for the new millennium.
		COMMENTARY The German Grand Prix at Hockenheim 07/31/96 After the tragedy of Centennial Park it was a nice-if early break-to see ESPN's coverage of the German Grand Prix from Hockenheim.
		Grand Prix Racing: Jaguar takes over from Stewart for 2000 14 September 1999 Grand Prix Racing: Jaguar takes over from Stewart for 2000 Andrew Frankl Euro B.C. The year's worst kept secret became official this morning (Tuesday, September 14) on the Press Day of the Frankfurt Auto Show in Germany.
	www.theautochannel.com /search/search.html?words=Formula+One+Grand+Prix (657 words)

	F1A&G - Formula One History
		From Farina and Fangio to Schumacher and Hakkinen, from Alfa Roméo and Ferrari to McLaren and Williams, Formula One’s history is alive with the triumph of skill and technology — and the tragedy of lost opportunities and lives cut short of their zenith.
		The history of Grand Prix racing is the history of human endeavor and accomplishment, of the sheer will to win!
		All Grand Prix posters courtesy of Malcolm Mitchell's Programme Covers Project.
	www.f1-grandprix.com /history.html (106 words)

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