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  Wikinfo | French Grand Prix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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 thity-two automobiles.
The first World Championships were organized in 1925 with the French Grand Prix, the Italian Grand Prix, the Belgian Grand Prix and the Indianapolis 500.
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 Monaco Grand Prix Monte Carlo F1 Hotels & Monaco GP tickets - Grand Prix Tours   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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 Minister of State is a French citizen appointed by the Prince from among candidates proposed by the French Government.
www.gptours.com /new/race.php/id/6051/Monaco-Grand-Prix   (2484 words)

  
 Grand Prix Journal VI
Grand Prix racing often only took place on the television screen, except for the German round of the championship, when some guys had crashed fatally.
Surely, the image of Grand Prix driving as a profession was a negative one in a Germany of the 68 generation, who often were able to remember the war or the post-war era.
The Grand Prix driver not as a fair sportsman, but as the Aryan superman, instead of fighting for wins with his competitor, having the order to consider him as a brutal enemy to bring complete, if possible, fatal defeat to - that was the horrible example the Nazis had created.
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 Grand Prix Hall of Fame - Stirling Moss - Biography
To say that his career was in any way a failure is not to know of the achievements that were made in his name in such legendary races as the Targa Florio, Pescara and the Mille Miglia.
Moss still keeps track of the current Grand Prix scene and is not hesitant to voice his opinion on current circuit design and their vast run-off areas and ubiquitous chicanes.
Grand Prix History is produced by The Motorsports Publishing Group, LLC
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 United States Grand Prix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The United States Grand Prix is a motor racing event which has taken place at various times since 1959 in several locations, at first as a part of the American Grand Prize series and later as a race in the Formula One World Championship.
It was one of the season's most popular events with the teams and drivers as well, receiving the Grand Prix Drivers' Association award for the best organized and best staged GP of the season in 1965, 1970, and 1972.
During the 2006 United States Grand Prix, Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has said that it does not matter to him whether or not there is a Grand Prix in America, but he will not deny any good offers.
www.tocatch.info /en/USGP.htm   (1137 words)

  
 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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 The Sports Section: The Race: France 2000
The International Motoring Federation's (FIA) road safety policy document was presented at the French Grand Prix and timed to coincide with the first weekend of France's holiday season which claimed 13 lives on the roads on Saturday, according to newspaper reports.
The Scot, who finished quickest in opening free practice for Sunday's French Grand Prix, said he was happy to sign the contract to concentrate on his championship challenge.
Williams said Silverstone was at the "heart of a cluster of seven (British) Grand Prix teams and at the core of British motor racing" and explained that it was important for the future well-being of those teams and British motor sport as a whole that Silverstone retained the British race.
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 British Grand Prix -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Grand Prix motor racing was first established in Britain by Henry Segrave at the Brooklands course in 1926 after his winning of the French Grand Prix in 1923 and the following year at the Spanish Grand Prix which raised interest in the sport.
The first ever British Grand Prix was won by the French team of Louis Wagner and Robert Senechal driving a Delage 155B.
In October 2004 the British Grand Prix was left off the preliminary race schedule for 2005 because the BRDC refused to pay the race fee demanded by Bernie Ecclestone, overall controller of Formula One.
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 1962 pontiac grand prix
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But perhaps most famously, Monaco is known for the Grand Prix, now held annually at the end of May. The Monaco Grand Prix was held for the first time on April 14th 1929 under the patronage of Prince Louis II of Monaco.
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 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Maurice Trintignant
Maurice Trintignant, the French formula one driver who twice won the Monaco grand prix, has died aged 87.
Trintignant, who was born in Vaucluse, had started racing before the second world war with a Bugatti in which he won the 1939 Grand Prix des Frontières on the spectacular Chimay road circuit in southern Belgium.
After Stirling Moss was invalided out of racing after a crash at Goodwood on Easter Monday 1962, Trintignant was retained by Rob Walker in his team, but the pleasant Frenchman was a pale shadow compared to the dynamic British driver.
www.guardian.co.uk /france/story/0,11882,1417165,00.html   (625 words)

  
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The original, 14-mile long Nürburgring was commissioned in the 1930s in order to combat local unemployment and from 1951-76 was home to the German Grand Prix, apart from 1959 (Berlin) and 1970 (Hockenheim).
These are strategic positions placed around a Grand Prix circuit where F.I.A. observers watch for driving infringements, the actions of corner and safety crews and the recovery of stranded vehicles.
Formula One Grand Prix's grid size is limited to 24 cars for 1999 (previously 26 cars).
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 Grand Prix Hall of Fame - Jochen Rindt - Biography
He was already something of a national hero in Austria, and won the Prix du Tyrol at Innsbruck in an Abarth 2000.
His first year at Lotus was marked by a scary accident during the Spanish Grand Prix where his aerofoil collapsed, resulting in a broken jaw and concussion.
In his home Grand Prix, at the Osterreichring, Rindt failed to finish and his main rival Jacky Ickx led a Ferrari 1-2.
www.ddavid.com /formula1/rindt_bio.htm   (1333 words)

  
 GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Races > 1962 Results > French GP
The French GP returned to Rouen for the first time since 1957.
The weekend before the event most of the F1 regulars took part in a non-championship Reims Grand Prix, which was won by Bruce McLaren in his Cooper.
At Rouen the field was rejoined by Porsche which had missed the Belgian GP because of a strike, but Ferrari failed to appear because of industrial action in Italy.
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 F1, Formula 1 Racing, News, Formula one Grand Prix, Formula 2005 schedule, history
Dan Gurney in his Porsche graces the cover, giving Porsche their one and only victory in Formula 1 at the 1962 French Grand Prix.
In what must be one of the most beautiful racing photos of all time, Jim Clark is shown at Spa heading for a memorable first win at the 1962 Belgian Grand Prix.
Ayrton Senna's splashing maiden win in the rain at the 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix is probably one of the greatest drives in Formula 1 history.
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 The F1 FAQ
The South African Grand Prix of 1968 was the first event of the season.
The history of the most win holding team is thus: Alfa Romeo won the early races and established the record at 11 races after the 1951 Spanish Grand Prix at Pedrables.
Ferrari retook the lead with it's 105th win at the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix at Montreal and have not lost the lead since.
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 Supercars.net - 1962 Porsche 804 Formula 1
What distinguished this Type 804 is the fact that the race car, with its eight-cylinder horizontally opposed engine, gainfully employed only for this one season in 1962, somehow took out a lease on eternal life.
It was milked for everything it had until 1968, by which time its two litres developed 272 bhp in hill climbs, and were even bored out to 2.2 litres.
Dan Gurney won the 1962 French Grand Prix and the Solitude Grand Prix in one of these cars but commented that the power and handling was similar to that of a VW Beetle.
www.supercars.net /garages/PeP/31v2.html   (607 words)

  
 Eifelland F1 1972
Hennerici was fascinated by the idea of constructing the first German Grand Prix car since the legendary Porsche 804, that had won the 1962 French Grand Prix with US-American star driver Dan Gurney behind the wheel.
While other Grand Prix teams needed weeks for doing so and already wind tunnel tests were used at that time, Colani and his crew of six workers did that job within 100 hours of working day and night.
At the time of the French and British Grand Prix in summer 1972 the Eifelland caravan factory was sold to window manufacturer Meeth from Trier at the Luxemburg border lying also in the Eifel mountains.
www.research-racing.de /Eifelland1.htm   (1788 words)

  
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JUNE 25th 2006: In the 1960s the rivalry between French and English speaking Canada meant that the countrys Grand Prix had two homes: Mosport Park one year and Mont-Tremblant the next.
AUGUST 6th 2006: Hungary first hosted a grand prix in the 1930s, but following the Second World War and the building of the Iron Curtain it was not until the 1960s that motorsport began to find a place in the country.
MAY 28th 2006: The Monaco Grand Prix is the one race of the year that every driver dreams of winning.
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 British Grand Prix Tickets - Buy British Grand Prix Tickets
Grand Prix Racing season has begun and ShowTime is your connection to the best British Grand Prix tickets.
The British Grand Prix is one of the most exciting Grand Prix events on the circuit!
The first ever British Grand Prix was won by the French team of Louis Wagner and Robert Sénéchal driving a Delage 155B.
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 Dan Gurney - Grand Prix Racing - the whole story
This lanky, affable son of an opera singer may have only won four Grand Prix during his career, but he is remembered beyond question as one of the finest Grand Prix drivers of his generation, one of the few men rated as genuine opposition by the great Jim Clark.
Between 1963 and 1965 Dan drove for Jack Brabham at the wheel of the fine- handling tubular chassis 1.5-litre Climax-engined car carrying the Australian's name, but while he consistently proved himself almost a match for Clark and the dominant Lotus, time and again he was let down by trifling mechanical failures.
He won the French Grand Prix at Rouen again in 1964, and the Mexican race the same year, but never managed to sustain a Championship challenge during his spell with Jack's team.
www.gpracing.net192.com /drivers/careers/258.cfm   (734 words)

  
 Circuit Park Zandvoort - Historie
Sporting highlights in the period to 1973 included the 1952 Grand Prix, which was a world championship race, the Grand Prix of 1961 when all 15 starting vehicles made it to the finish without a single pit stop, and the Dutch Grand Prix in 1955, won by Fangio and Mercedes.
With scheduling that would drive U.S. promoters crazy, the Grand Prix was held as early as May 20th (1962) and as late as August 31st (1980), August was the most popular month, with eleven of the thirty races held during that month.
Coming in third, while still winless in his Grand Prix career was Nigel Mansell in a Lotus Renault.
www.circuit-zandvoort.nl /historie/formula1/movies.asp   (2605 words)

  
 F1 Specialties Conversion Decals
To be used along with the 1/20th 1962 Tamiya Lotus 25 kit decal.
Includes Jim Clark numbers #20 1962 British, #6 1963 Dutch, #16 1962 Belgium, #9 1963 Monaco and 1962 Indy Test, #12 1962 France and #5 1962 German Grand Prix.
Also included are the #26's for Jack Brabham at the 1962 French Grand Prix in which he drove a Lotus 24B.
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 Pontiac Grand Prix News
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JUNE 5th: the age-old rivalry between the French and English extended its influence to this sport also in Canada.
JULY 31st: Although Hungary hosted a Grand Prix way back in 1930’s, the events like Second World War and the Iron Curtain led to a withdrawal lasting almost three decades.
OCTOBER 10th: The fans world over are awaiting the Formula One World Championship, China Grand Prix to be held in Shanghai.
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 Porsche Rennsport Reunion
His victory in the 1962 French Grand Prix was a landmark win for Porsche and the Porsche 804 racecar.
The German racing veteran and former factory engineer was instrumental in the development of a long line of Porsche race cars from the 550 Spyder through the 911.
Current Porsche competitors in ALMS and Grand American racing scheduled to be at the event are David Donohue, David Murry, Sasha Maassen, Lucas Luhr, and Patrick Long.
www.porscheclub.com /news/daytona_lemans.html   (351 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - Porsche
Recently, 996-generation 911 GT3s have won in their class at Le Mans.
Porsche has also participated in Formula One racing, with mixed results; its first foray (as a constructor) from 1958 to 1964 produced just a single race win, claimed by Dan Gurney at the 1962 French Grand Prix.
Porsche returned in 1983 after nearly two decades away, supplying engines badged as TAG units for the McLaren Team.
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 Grand Prix Racing - the whole story
In total some 77 Grand Prix drivers have lost their lives in motor sport.
Alongside them are more than 100 spectators that have died, 80 of them wiped out in 1955 during the Le Mans race when Pierre Levegh left the track and ploughed into the crowd before exploding into flames.
The list below includes all Grand Prix starters who have died in their cars during a race.
www.gpracing.net192.com /drivers/tragedies.cfm   (283 words)

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