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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.
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 Canadian Grand Prix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Canadian Grand Prix (known in French as the Grand Prix du Canada) is a Formula One auto race held in Canada since 1967.
The 1997 Canadian Grand Prix was stopped early due to a huge accident involving Olivier Panis.
Because of tobacco legislation, new venues, and a maximum of 17 races on the schedule, the Canadian Grand Prix was preliminarily removed from the 2004 F1 schedule.
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 Mosport International Raceway: Track History
Jackie Stewart won the Grand Prix of Canada for the second year in a row.
Due to changing weather conditions and Grand Prix racing's first-ever full course caution the official lap charts had to be consulted to confirm him as winner.
This was also the last Grand Prix held at Mosport as the following season the event was moved to the new Ile Notre-Dame circuit in Montreal.
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 TSN.ca - MLB - Canada's Sports Leader   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Saint-Jovite circuit in Mont-Tremblant was home to the Canadian Grand Prix in 1968 and 1970.
The Canadian Grand Prix began in 1967 at Ontario's Mosport Park.
Quebec had been keen to regain the Grand Prix since Mont Tremblant was removed from the calendar and the decision to leave Mosport after 1977 was seen as the ideal opportunity.
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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.
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 Grand Prix du Canada
Dès aujourd’hui, vous pouvez vous mettre en mode Grand Prix et goûter l’atmosphère survoltée de notre édition 2004.
Très appréciée des spectateurs du Grand Prix du Canada de 1978 à 1990, cette série monotype retrouvera le circuit Gilles-Villeneuve après une absence de 14 années.
Greatly appreciated by spectators at the Grand Prix of Canada from 1978 to 1990, this spec series returns to Circuit Gilles Villeneuve after a 14-year absence.
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 www.sportriders.com - 2000 Rides Page
The first-ever Canadian Grand Prix was run on Sunday, August 17, 1967 at Mosport Race Park, northeast of Toronto.
The track was named the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in honor of the famed Canadian Formula 1 driver who died in May 1982, during a practice session at the Belgian Grand Prix.
A few weeks later, before the presentation of the 1982 Grand Prix, the City of Montréal Executive Committee adopted a resolution to rename the Island Notre-Dame track Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve to honor the memory of the late and great racer.
www.sportriders.com /2002_rides/060902.cfm   (1309 words)

  
 Labatt returns to F1 | F1.on.net | Formula 1 Online NEWS | F1, Formula 1
Jean-Paul Blais, president and COO of the Canadian F1 Grand Prix, together with Marc Portelance, president and CEO of La Brasserie Labatt, announced the return of La Brasserie Labatt to Formula One.
It was instrumental in landing the Grand Prix and it is in great part thanks to its support that we now have one of the most prestigious events in Quebec and an essential stage of the Formula One World Championship," said Jean-Paul Blais.
In 1968, the Canadian Grand Prix moved from Toronto to Circuit Mont- Tremblant and Labatt played a leading role in making this event an essential stage of the Formula One World Championship.
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 Elder, James   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
An illustrious international equestrian for over a quarter-century, Elder was a member of the bronze-medal Canadian team in the 3-day event at the 1956 Olympics and of the winning 1959 Pan-American Games team.
With the Canadian show-jumping team since 1950 - for several years as captain - he formed a trio with James DAY and Thomas GAYFORD that brought Canadian equestrians to the fore in the late 1960s.
Their victories included the Grand Prix at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, the World Championships (1970) and the Pan-American Games (1971).
www.canadianencyclopedia.ca /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0002556   (249 words)

  
 TELUS - Grand Prix du Canada - Historique
The Grand Prix of Canada is held at the Mont-Tremblant circuit in Quebec.
The Canadian Grand Prix is permanently established in Montreal on the Ile Notre-Dame circuit.
Behind the wheel of an Arrows, Jacques, brother of Gilles Villeneuve, is unsuccessful in his attempt to qualify for the Grand Prix of Canada.
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 rediff.com sports: The Wheel was their World
On the 20th anniversary of the Canadian's demise, we pay tribute to some of the greatest drivers who lost their lives in the fast lane.
Having won the Monaco Grand Prix earlier in the season, Rindt drove a Lotus-72 model in the Dutch Grand Prix from pole to finish.
But as fate would have it, during a practice session for the Italian Grand Prix, Rindt crashed into the barriers and was declared dead before medical aid could be administered.
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 GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Circuits > Mexico City (Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez)
The driver was Ricardo Rodriguez and in 1961 he drove a Ferrari at the Italian Grand Prix at the age of 19 years and 208 days.
This made him the youngest ever Grand Prix driver to make at least a dozen laps in a race (Mike Thackwell being involved in a multiple collision after the first start of the 1980 Canadian Grand Prix).
The 1990 Grand Prix was won by Alain Prost's Ferrari but each year the bumps became worse and in 1991 Senna turned his McLaren upside-down in the Peraltada in qualifying.
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 Grand Prix Racing - the whole story
Despite this obvious shortcoming the circuit was awarded the race in 1968 and then again two years later.
Their fears proved well founded and during practise for the 1968 race Jacky Ickx was fortunate to survive a massive accident with just a broken leg.
That was the final outing for Mont-Tremblant and in later years the Canadian Grand Prix moved back to Mosport Park before eventually settling on a permanent home in Montreal.
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 Canadian Racer
The O'Keefe Sundown Grand Prix was a 6 hour race that began in the daylight and finished in the dark.
The second O'Keefe Sundown Grand Prix was held on October 1, 1960.
The track was part of the Canadian Road Racing Championship each year, both for sports cars from 1964 until 1968 and for The Gulf Canada Series for Formula A cars which made two visits in each of the 1969 and 1970 seasons.
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 Bernier, Léon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
He won several awards during the early 1950s and often appeared at young people's concerts with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra and the MSO.
He won the 1955 Prix d'Europe and studied until 1958 at the Santa Cecilia Cons of Rome with Renzo Silvestri.
He was music director 1964-72 for Ginette Reno, and his arrangements for the singer's LP Ginette Reno (GPS-3301) won the Grand prix du disque at the Festival du disque in 1968.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000293   (266 words)

  
 Formula1
Hopes of a Grand Prix swansong with McLaren in 1994, thanks to French engine supplier Peugeot, were disappointed when team boss Ron Denis chose Martin Brundle instead, even though Philippe had a run-out in place of the suspened Mika Hakkinen in the Hungarian Gramd Prix.
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.
It almost went right in the French Grand Prix at Clermont-Ferrand in 1972 though, as the race was his for the taking when he suffered a puncture and fell back to third place.
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 Eagle Eye: The Eagle Gurney-Weslake F1 Effort
There is no feeling like crossing the finish line first: Dan Gurney wins the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa and faces the waiting reporters, a delighted Jo Ramirez by his side.
Appalling weather conditions made the 1968 German Grand Prix at the Nuerburgring a race to remember for all times.
The Italian Grand Prix at Monza three weeks later was to be the last for the Eagle F1 car.
www.allamericanracers.com /gurney_grand-prix/eagle_f1-photo.html   (580 words)

  
 The United States Grand Prix
The Grand Prix that had raced in the streets of Monte Carlo and the forests of Spa and the Nurburgring now found itself amongst the Winnebagos of middle America.
In the new millennium a new United States Grand Prix is due to be held at a modified Indianapolis.
As a final irony; that which destroyed Grand Prix racing in the United States was now assisting in its rebirth.
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 Canadian Grand Prix Facts || Williams F1 - Unofficial Williams F1 News and Views
Quote from Ferrari driver Jean Alesi as he went on to win the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix: "Ten laps from the end when I saw it was possible to win, I started to cry and it was hard for me to see the road.
One of the strangest finishes ever witnessed at a Grand Prix completed the 1991 race when leader Nigel Mansell celebrated one lap too early and his Williams coasted to a halt to allow Nelson Piquet to score his last victory for Benetton.
The pits were relocated in 1987 after the Grand Prix was cancelled due to a sponsorship dispute between beer giants Labatt's and Molson.
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 Grand Prix Challenge Driving FAQ - IGN FAQs
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However, Grand Prix Challenge demands SMOOTH braking (especially if using Simulation handling), which often means braking rather early.
The end of Kemmel is where Mika Hakkinen made 'The Pass' on Michael Schumacher in the 2000 Grand Prix of Belgium.
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 wager on Canadian Grand Prix
Individual Grand Prix race taken is all in, compete of not.
Warlock's Wager (Grand Prix horse with Stephen Clarke) was Powder Monkey named up-and-coming filly and This Canadian Sport Horse Grand Champion Mika Hakkinen triumphed in the Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo the team looking to collect 20000 on on 200/1 wager if a Stewart car finishes on a For on machine games.
But, I'd wager that if what questioned Dan about of "kind" of driver he is sponsor for 1968 and by the Grand Prix one Monaco that year international the Grand Prix Americas, held on the has of downtown Miami Miami, FL (My Sportsbook).
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 GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Races > 1968 Results > Canadian GP
After the successful Canadian GP at Mosport Park the previous year, the event was given a date in the 1968 calendar but the race was moved to the exciting Mont Tremblant circuit at St Jovite, in Quebec.
Lotus ran a third car for Canadian star Bill Brack, while Dan Gurney ran in a third McLaren (having given up with his Eagle-Weslake program).
Canadian GP, Mont-Tremblant, September 22, 1968, Round: 10, Race Number: 171
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 United States Grand Prix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Soon after the checkered flag fell on Michael Schumacher’s winning Ferrari at the Canadian Grand Prix, Formula One teams were racing to pack up their cars and equipment to be shipped from Montreal to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the United States Grand Prix on June 20.
Tradition resumes: With the United States Grand Prix moving from September to June this year, this marks this first time that the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal and the F1 race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway have taken place back-to-back.
In 1982, the U.S. Grand Prix moved to the Detroit street circuit with a June date.
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 Motorsport.com: News channel
Since the Canadian Grand Prix made its debut in 1967, the event has been held at three circuits.
The inaugural race took place at Toronto's Mosport Park, which hosted the Grand Prix a total of eight times, with Mont Tremblant, located to the North of Montreal, the location for the event in 1968 and 1970, before relocating to Montreal in 1978.
In Monza David was testing the MP4-19 in preparation of the forthcoming Canadian Grand Prix and covered 1,100 km in total.
www.motorsport.com /news/article.asp?ID=156018   (671 words)

  
 Honda's Formula 1 Racing History in Autosport.com - NSX Prime
Although John Surtees was Honda's most successful Grand Prix driver, in the course of its last season in 1968, Honda retained other drivers on occasion to join Surtees for one-off performances, including Jo Bonnier for the Mexican Grand Prix and David Hobbs for the Italian Grand Prix.
Rouen-les-Essarts in 1968, and it was a debut for all concerned.
And on July 7th 1968, Jo Schlesser would become the last victim of this season of tragic loss, and it would happen in his beloved country of France and in a race that should have been his big chance but ended up being his last chance.
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 MSN India - Tata Racing
The circuit was renamed four years later to honour the memory of Gilles, Canada's first regular Formula 1 driver, after he died in an accident while qualifying for the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder.
Gilles created history by becoming the first Canadian to win a world championship GP at his home track in 1978.
The Canadian Grand Prix was originally held at Mosport Park, near Toronto between 1961-77, except for 1968 and 1970 when the race was held on the Mount Tremblant track at St Jovite.
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 1968 Pontiac Firebird & Grande Parisienne ad (Canada)
Truly exciting news for 1968 was the 327, not only because it replaced the ancient 283, but also because the previous standard powerplant, even for the venerable 2 + 2, was the 155 hp "Astro-Six"!
The bottom car appears to be a Grande Parisienne which was, in its 2-door version, at least outwardly similar to our Grand Prix in 1966 and '67 (interestingly, the Canadian series included a 4-door hardtop and station wagon).
But, for '68, the Grand Prix-like grille adorns what looks to be a stateside Catalina Sport Coupe body with fender skirts, thus losing the Grand Prix's exclusive formal roofline and concave rear glass in the process.
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 F1A&G - Legendary Races
It was the first Grand Prix win by a Briton, a prelude of many more to come.
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.
www.f1-grandprix.com /races.html   (4566 words)

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