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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 French Grand prix was held at on the Bugatti circuit at LeMans.
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 French Grand Prix - WOI Encyclopedia Italia
The French Grand Prix is a Formula One race held as part of Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile's annual Formula One automobile racing championship season.
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.
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 GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Races > 1965 Results > French GP
The Circuit Louis Rosier at Charade was first used in 1958 although there had been races in the Auvergne region as early as 1908.
The track had hosted the Trophee d'Auvergne Formula 2 race in July 1964 (which had been won by Denny Hulme) and in 1965 the Automobile Club de France agreed that it should replace Reims as the venue for the French GP.
French GP, Clermont-Ferrand, June 27, 1965, Round: 4, Race Number: 135
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 Alonso wins French Grand Prix
Alonso, who had not scored points in the last two races after crashing in Canada and then being unable to compete in Indianapolis due to the Michelin tyre crisis that sidelined seven of the 10 teams, was not to be threatened.
It was the first time Renault had won a French Grand Prix as a constructor at Magny-Cours.
That was some consolation for organisers of what was also the first French Grand Prix since 1965 without a French driver competing, even if Prost did appear on the podium to hand Alonso his trophy.
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 French Grand Prix: Information from Answers.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The French Grand Prix is a race held as part of Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile's annual Formula One automobile racing championships.
Grand Prix motor racing originated in France and the French Grand Prix, open to international competition, is the oldest Grand Prix races, frst run on June 26, 1906 under the auspices of the Automobile Club de France in Sarthe, with a starting field of 32 automobiles.
The French Grand Prix has been part of the Formula One championships since their inception in 1950.
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 SimHQ.com - Motorsports Zone - Preview: 2004 French Grand Prix - Round 10 of 18
Clermont-Ferrand hosted its first race in 1965, before returning to Le Mans in 1967 for a single event, then it went to Le Castellet, or Circuit Paul Ricard as it is also known, in 1971 then to Dijon in 1974 and finally to Magny-Cours for the first time in 1991.
Recently the French Grand Prix nearly dropped of the calendar due to a conflict between the FIA and the French Government over TV rights to the event.
In 2000, the French Grand Prix was the scene of David Coulthard fighting wheel to wheel with Michael Schumacher for victory.
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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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 Sandcastle V.I. - Auto Racing Classics - Dan Gurney: All American Racer / Part 3
In 1965, Dan and Carroll Shelby got together to form All American Racers -- a predominantly American team to challenge the best of Europe in the Grand Prix circuit and also to take on the challenge of the Indianapolis 500.
Although on an overall basis the Eagle Grand Prix program was not successful, Dan Gurney can justifiably be proud of what he was able to accomplish against the heavily financed factory teams in Europe.
His victory in the 1967 Belgian Grand Prix still stands as a remarkable achievement considering the small size and limited resources of the All American Racers team at the the time.
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 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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 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.
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 F1 stats for the French Grand Prix - Sify.com
Michael Schumacher's win in the U.S. Grand Prix, a 'race' with just six cars, was his first of the year and ended Ferrari's run of nine defeats in a row.
The race with the fewest finishers remains the 1966 Monaco Grand Prix, with four cars.
FRENCH GP Sunday's race will be the first French Grand Prix without a French driver since 1965.
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 Grand Prix Hall of Fame - Jochen Rindt - Biography
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.
Grand Prix History is produced by The Motorsports Publishing Group, LLC
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 2007 French MotoGP Tickets - Buy 2007 MotoGP Tickets to the Grand Prix of France at Le Mans Online from News On F1
Built in 1965 around the existing 24 hour track, the Le Mans Bugatti Grand Prix race circuit lies 5km south of the city of Le Mans and 200km south-west of Paris.
The venue has hosted Grand Prix races since the late sixties but a serious accident to Spanish rider Alberto Puig in 1995 saw it struck off the calendar until 2000 whilst stringent safety improvements were carried out.
MotoGP Tickets for the Grand Prix of France at Le Mans will be available for sale in the next few months.
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 American GP - The Drivers
George Follmer seemed a most unlikely Grand Prix driver but in 1973 that was exactly what he was when he competed the entire season for the Shadow team.
In 1909 Grand was now racing officially for the factory and his greatest victory occurred that same year in the Vanderbilt Cup.
The heir to the wealthy Dumont family he raced in 34 Grand Prix but his highest finish was 7th in Belgium 1977.
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 Jacques Bouyssou - French Marine Artist
A year later, the grand dame of Parisian art dealers, Katia Granoff invited him to exhibit, beginning a long relationship, during which she sponsored many one man shows.
In 1987, Bouyssou received one of the supreme compliments of his career when he was named an official painter of the French Navy.
His paintings have been acquired by numerous French and foreign museums as well as by private collectors around the world.
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 MotoGP 2002 - Round 4 - Le Mans - Preview  (Kanemoto)
Jurgen vd Goorbergh was again pleased with their 11th place finish at the third round in Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez and confident that their Bridgestone-assisted development is edging them closer to the extra second they are chasing per race to move them into contention for top six finishes.
The Bugatti circuit was constructed in 1965 to host world championship motorsport events other than the world famous 24-hour car race, which is staged on the longer road circuit.
The first French Grand Prix to be staged on the Bugatti circuit was in 1969 and was won by Italian Giacomo Agostini, riding the MV Agusta.
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 United States Grand Prix
Super Typhoon Number 22 never hit the Suzuka area, home of the Japanese Grand Prix, as it was forecast to do, but the storm caused plenty of havoc elsewhere in Japan.
Winner of the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix and a veteran of 158 Grand Prix starts, he has driven for Ligier, Prost, BAR and Toyota.
USGP tickets: Tickets for the 2005 United States Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway can be purchased online at www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com or by calling the IMS ticket office at (317) 492-6700 or (800) 822-INDY outside the Indianapolis area.
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 Clermont-Ferrand
A racing circuit close to the city, using closed-off public roads held the French Grand Prix in 1965, 1969, 1970 and 1972.
Clermont-Ferrand's most famous public square is place de Jaude, on which stands a grand statue of Vercingetorix sitting imperiously on a horse and holding a glaive.
The French tire manufacturer Michelin created the tire and grew up from Clermont-Ferrand to become a worldwide leader in its industry.
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 F1A&G - Legendary Races
In this historic French Grand Prix, the oldest of them all, there has never been a battle for position as dramatic as this.
But in characteristic style, the aggressive Brazilian won five Grands Prix, including the European GP at a restored Donington Park circuit in England— where Auto Union and Mercedes had dueled in the late 1930s — in one of the most memorable drives of his career.
At the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa, Ferrari's historic 600th GP, Schumacher came into the race a mere two points behind Mika Hakkinen, who had taken over as McLaren team leader with the departure of Ayrton Senna in 1994.
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 Charade Circuit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The French Grand Prix motorcycle racing events were held at Charade from 1959 to 1967, and 1972 to 1974.
In total four Formula One French Grands Prix were held at Charade: 1965, 1969, 1970 and 1972.
The French Grand Prix moved to the new Paul Ricard Circuit.
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 GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Constructors > Ferrari (Scuderia Ferrari)
Farina and Piero Taruffi joined Ascari and (apart from the Indianapolis 500) the team won every Grand Prix of the year with Ascari collecting six consecutive victories and the Championship.
It was not a successful year as Vanwall became the leading contender in F1 and at the French GP Musso was killed.
The shark-nosed 156 proved to be an unbeatable car and while Hill and von Trips fought for the World Championship, Baghetti made history at the French GP by becoming the first man in the history of the World Championship to win on his debut.
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 Driver - Dan Gurney
He is one of only five American drivers to win a Formula One Grand Prix, and the only one to win in a car of his own manufacture.
After three second places the first year, he broke through in 1962 at the French Grand Prix with his first World Championship victory and the only GP win for Porsche.
While Brabham himself scored the maiden victory at the 1963 Solitude race, it was Gurney again who took the teams first win in a championship race, in 1964, and again in Rouen.
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 GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Races > 1968 Results > French GP
After races at Clermont-Ferrand, Reims and Le Mans in 1965, 1966 and 1967, the French GP returned to Rouen.
The entry was little changed from the field which had raced in the wet at Zandvoort two weeks earlier with the one exception being the new air-cooled Honda RA302 chassis.
Ickx went off on lap 19 and dropped behind Rodriguez and Surtees but he caught and repassed both men within two laps and stayed ahead for the rest of the afternoon to score his first victory, in only his ninth Grand Prix.
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 GRAND PRIX REDUX: The Italian Stallion Does Maranello
By coincidence or design, Grand Prix seems to be enjoying a renaissance itself; the movie has been aired recently on several TV stations around the world, and is also now available on home video.
In the era of "Grand Prix", the drivers themselves were also an interesting lot and Frankenheimer seems to have enlisted several of the drivers as actors with bit parts; Graham Hill and Jo Bonnier appear frequently and even the late Juan Manuel Fangio drops by a cocktail party at Monaco, playing himself.
Since a few carbon-fibre melee's are doubtless in the offing in the course of making the film, why not have available to the film production company the cars from last year to spare, or build more with the autoclaves and factories teams have at their disposal.
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 Eagle Eye: US GRAND PRIX 2000
He won the 1967 Belgium Grand Prix with his Eagle.
Despite all the critics and doubters, we'd done it,'' said Gurney, whose victory was the first by an American in an American-built car since Jimmy Murphy won the 1921 French GP in a Duesenberg.
In 1965, Colin Chapman of Lotus had offered Andretti an F-1 shot when the young hotshot from the U.S. Auto Club was ready.
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 GRAND PRIX WINNERS 1885-1949 LIST GUIDELINES
In 1946, the St. Cloud GP, Grand Prix des Nations and the Turin GP were added with the sole objective to determine the "Best Driver" that year.
Grandes Épreuves and events of great publicity, as well as races where some of the main contestants met for competition, are considered major races.
The A.I.A.C.R. cancelled the 1929 World Championship in October that year after an European Grand Prix had not taken place and holding that event was obligatory to authorize the championship.
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 Atlas F1: The Formula One World Championship Timeline
Italian Grand Prix is held on the Monza banked track, British teams boycott the race on safety grounds.
Giancarlo Baghetti wins the French race for Ferrari at Reims, the only driver to win a Grand Prix on debut to this day.
Jack Brabham wins the French Grand Prix at Reims to become the first driver to score a race win in a car bearing his own name.
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