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Formula One Formula One, or Grand Prix racing is the best known single-seater auto racing class, which involves an annual world championship. In 1950, a world championship Formula One was established for drivers. The sport is lesser-known in the United States than either their mostly-domestic open-wheeler racing series (at the moment there are two major ones, IRL and CART) or NASCAR, but in terms of budgets and global TV audiences F1 is bigger than all three. www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/fo/Formula_One.html   (1232 words)

Formula One History - Wings, Shunts & Ground Effects Lotus returned in force in 1970, a season which was all about the brilliance of Austrian Jochen Rindt with the new Lotus 72 (taking the laurels in Monaco, Holland, France, Britain and Germany) and was overshadowed by Rindt's horrific death in practice for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza's infamous Parabolica corner. Despite a season marred by protests and concerns about driver safety — Fittipaldi refused to drive in the Spanish GP, which was stopped after 29 laps when a car launched into the crowd, killing four spectators — Lauda took nine poles and won five races to capture his first of three F1 crowns. Formula One cars now sported huge airboxes behind the cockpits to increase air flow to the engine, leading the way (after a short experiment with the famous six-wheel Tyrrell P34, which was a front-runner throughout 1976) to the next major technical revolution in F1: ground effects. www.f1-grandprix.com /history4.html   (1370 words)

Formula One 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. www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_F1   (6856 words)

Formula One Motor Racing FAQ (modified 3/14/97), Part 1/2 From: mitchmcc@ultranet.com (Mitchell McCann) Newsgroups: rec.autos.sport.f1,rec.answers,news.answers Subject: Formula One Motor Racing FAQ (modified 3/14/97), Part 1/2 Followup-To: poster Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 17:55:11 GMT Organization: UltraNet Communications, Inc. Message-ID: <3379fbfe.22542488@news.ultranet.com> Summary: This article is a collection of information on Formula One racing, teams, personnel and technology. The high point of the season, during which Minardi did not score any points, was Martini's front row start at the U.S. In 1991 Minardi adopted the V12 Ferrari engine and after struggling with it at the beginning of the season finished 7th in the constructor's championship. In 1996 he had another difficult season scoring an early 6th place at Argentina but failing to score any more points as the ddvelopment of the car was halted with the sale of the team to Tom Walkinshaw. www.faqs.org /faqs/sports/formula-one-faq/part1   (7988 words)

Formula1 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. members.fortunecity.com /formulaone2/drivers.html   (1544 words)

BBC SPORT | FORMULA ONE | Racing legend Stewart knighted Born in 1939 in Dunbartonshire, Stewart was a natural sportsman as a youngster and represented his country at shooting before settling for a career in motor sport. That first season was a huge success - he won his first championship point in his first race, recorded his first Grand Prix victory at Monza and finished an incredible third in the World Drivers' Championship. The following season was marred by injury after an horrific crash at Spa in Belgium which led to him campaigning for improved safety measures - a campaign he continued throughout his career. news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/1390460.stm   (382 words)

3 - McLaren As the 1967 season got underway, they embarked on a domination of the Can- Am that would last five years. During the final race of the season at Las Vegas, Denny Hulme became the first person to turn a lap in a Can-Am car at a speed over 120 mph. By 1969, Team McLaren and the Can-Am were known as the "Bruce and Denny Show" because of their domination. www.vintagerpm.com /mclaren_history.htm   (1375 words)

Guardian Unlimited Sport | Formula one | Formula one: Alonso vindicates Briatore's faith Formula one: Ferrari a far cry from the chaos of old That view is shared by Jackie Stewart, who won three world championships in 1969, 1971 and 1973 and who emphasised that it can take several seasons for a really talented rising star to perfect the right balance of speed and consistency to string together a realistic title challenge. Jarno Trulli, Alonso's former team-mate, whose outstanding form at Toyota this season is further proof that he too has matured as a formula one driver, is finally over last year's contractual problems at Renault according to the technical director Mike Gascoyne. sport.guardian.co.uk /formulaone/story/0,10069,1452225,00.html   (718 words)

Mark Webber - Formula One - BMW WilliamsF1 In Formula 2 Courage won a race at Enna and Williams's team ran a variety of different youngsters including Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell, who would both become F1 drivers and go to enjoy enormous success in sports car racing. Formula 1 was in the middle of the turbo revolution and Williams did a deal with Honda. The 1984 season was frustrating as the engines were under development but in 1985 with Rosberg being joined by Nigel Mansell things began to get better and by the end of the year the Williams-Honda was unbeatable. www.markwebber.com /formula_one/team.cfm   (1506 words)

The United States Grand Prix Ferrari again was a no show, this time their absence was due to their poor season rather than a tragedy though for Enzo Ferrari they may well have amounted to the same thing! 1969 the race was won by Jochen Rindt but the following year he was tragically killed at Monza and not able to defend his title. Holding a Formula One race became more and more expensive and soon was out of reach for Watkins Glen. www.ddavid.com /formula1/usgp.htm   (901 words)

Formula One Modern Michael Schumacher is the champion of champions having achieved a record six Formula One World titles, including 55 pole positions, 70 Grand Prix victories, 122 podium places and 1038 Grand Prix points up to the end of the 2003 season. Eddie Irvine in the Formula One Jaguar, this life size print by Colin Carter has to be seen to be believed, the detail is fantastic, this is not airbrush work, it is painted in oils. This is the sixth of the series of life size Formula One images by Colin Carter, this one shows David Coulthard winning the 2000 British GP at Silverstone this year. www.sportart.com.au /en-us/dept_12.html   (1182 words)

BMWNation > Articles In his most successful Formula One season to date, he followed up his victory at Imola with a win in Montreal and at Hockenheim. When Ralf drove his first Formula One Grand Prix race he was 22 years old and, after a relatively quiet year abroad, a great deal more mature On the outside he was becoming leaner and more angular, while inside he was more rounded and confident. As the season started to draw to a close, he demonstrated that his Monza performance was no mere fluke and very nearly backed up the win with a second at Indianapolis. www.bmwnation.com /articles/2002_f1preview_03.html   (1852 words)

Welcome to GPL Seasons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) What we, players, have in our hands today, is a racing simulation that spans over 1965 to 1969 formula 1 seasons including tracks, carsets, sounds and game layouts, all in a quality that enhances the original look to current standards. Hundreds of other tracks have been created, carsets exist also for formula 2 and formula 3 races, many useful utilities have been developed. The purpose of these pages is to provide an outline (necessarily one out of many) of how to update the original game to the state developed by the community to date and to give links to appropriate sites where one can find components needed for the updates. gplseasons.euweb.cz /index.htm   (405 words)

ESPN.com: Mario Andretti synonymous with racing Whether it was Indy, Formula One, Formula 5000 or Sprint cars, he proved himself a winner at all levels of competition in his 36-year career. The next year, he entered the Formula One Grand Prix racing circuit, capturing the pole position in his very first race, the U.S. Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, N.Y. However, he was forced out of the race early by clutch trouble. The highlight of his international career was in 1978 when he won six Formula One races and became the second American (Phil Hill was the first in 1961) to win the world championship. espn.go.com /sportscentury/features/00014066.html   (984 words)

M7 Formula One   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) The design was retained for 1969 but in addition two new cars were brought into service, the M7C, which is in fact an adaptation of the Formula 5000 M10, and the M9A which is a completely new four wheel drive car. For the South African GP at the start of the season Bruce McLaren’s M7A was fitted with pannier fuel tanks, which were mounted low down on the sides of the chassis, to assist in improving weight distribution as well a providing extra fuel capacity as already mentioned. The McLaren team had a very satisfactory 1969 season considering that the cars they used most of the time were basically a year old, while the M7A dated back two years in its design. www.bruce-mclaren.com /cars/formula1/m7a.htm   (1836 words)

NIAF MileStones Andretti won 100 races including prestige events like the USAC Championships in 1965, 1966, and 1969 and the Grand Prix of Endurance in 1970. He was the only racer to be named Driver of the Year in three different decades -1967, 1978 and 1984, the only one to win the Daytona 500, Indy 500 and Formula One title and the only four time Indy national championship. In addition he was one of only three drivers to win on ovals, road courses and dirt tracks in one season. www.niaf.org /milestones/year_1993.asp   (533 words)

USATODAY.com - Ferrari, Schumacher riding crest of F1 dominance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) Schumacher, the most dominant and one of the highest-paid athletes in sports, has won seven of the first eight Formula One races of 2004 and is running away with his seventh World Driving Championship. Schumacher has won seven of the eight races this season, but his domination is exacerbated by the lack of competition. While 10 races remain in the season, the chase is on for 2006 at the earliest. www.usatoday.com /sports/motor/formula1/2004-06-17-indy-preview_x.htm   (1062 words)

Top 10 Michael Schumacher Moments | CBC Sports Online The Ferrari legend has re-written the Formula One record books in much the same fashion that Wayne Gretzky did, winning races with equal parts skill, cunning and aggression, while cementing his status as the greatest driver in the circuit's history. 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. 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   (2582 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) This is the guy who also used his wild, fast style to win two AMA motocross season titles. This also is the guy who knows that he’ll need a different technique to succeed during his first races on four wheels, the Porsche Michelin Supercup sports car races Sept. 27-28 during the United States Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Formula One free practice sessions will take place from 8-8:45 a.m. www.indycar.com /news/print.php?story_id=1969   (803 words)

Ferrari, Michael Schumacher, formula one world champion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) Born on January 3, 1969, Schumacher’s beginnings were surprisingly unremarkable. By his early twenties, the Formula One fraternity had finally taken notice and in 1991 the Jordan team took a gamble, asking him to stand in for a jailed Bertrand Gachot at Spa. The next season, he enjoyed a maiden win in Belgium, racked up 53 points and beat his more experienced team mate Martin Brundle to take third in the championship. www.planetferrari.com   (944 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)

www.TheRaceSite.com - Print Friendly Format The Monegasque driver ended his single-seat racing career at the end of the 1994 Formula One Grand Prix season and has spent the last five years in endurance racing, culminating in outright victory at Daytona this year. Beretta was third in the championship in 1990, and took the final podium step at the Monaco Grand Prix support race that year. The following year, 1994, he finished sixth in the F3000 championship for Forti while testing for the Larrousse team before competing in ten Grand Prix for the French outfit, finishing in the top ten on three occasions, the best of which was seventh position in the German Grand Prix. www.theracesite.com /04print.cfm?form_article=575   (351 words)

Michael Schumacher Biography (Auto Racer) — Infoplease.com Michael Schumacher was the undisputed king of Formula One auto racing throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s. By 1991 he was racing Formula 1 cars, winning his first Grand Prix a year later. Schumacher remained a dominant force in the sport of Formula 1 racing through 2006, when he retired at the end of the season. www.infoplease.com /biography/var/michaelschumacher.html   (311 words)

Drivers / Teams - Most exciting Formula One season... But once the Cosworth DFV arrived, the pitch levelled out and the racing was close most of the time, even though a dominant champion like Stewart (1969 and 1971), Lauda (1975) or Andretti (1978) once in a while had a huge margin both in points and the number of GPs won in a single season. You are totally right, but mine was an analysis that took into consideration a particular lapse of time: from the year of my birth (1976) till the current season. The first season for something like a quarter of a century, where the multinational companies' involvement became decisive, So, yes 1984 was a water-shed year in F1. www.f1db.com /forums/showthread.php?goto=lastpost&t=3233   (852 words)

miscellaneous March was formed in 1969 by Max Mosley (the present FIA president), Robin Herd, Alan Rees and Graham Coaker. The "keystone" of Formula One is the Concorde Agreement, a document signed by the team owners that is most notable for the fact it regulates key financial issues relating to the operation of the sport, including the distribution of television broadcast revenues and prize money, plus travel and freight allowances. In the 5th race of the 1954 season the first driver to die in a World Championship event was Argentinian Marimon who was killed during practice. www.fortunecity.com /silverstone/saturn/8/miscellaneous.html   (1374 words)

[No title] Unfortunately 1998 may be remembered more for his rage in the pits at Spa, and his stall on the grid in Suzuka, than his valiant but ultimately unsuccessful challenge for the title. Finishes second in the Drivers' Championship but is disqualified by FIA after colliding with Jacques Villeneuve in the final race of the season. Makes his Formula One debut with Jordan, driving one race before moving to Benetton, where he finished the season with four points. myhome.iolfree.ie /~dunnerswebspace/formulaone.html   (436 words)

RacingOne - Nascar Racing: Auto Racing, Nascar News, Racing News, Nascar Online, Nascar 2006, Nascar Drivers, Nascar, ... Although Sadler has not competed full-time in the Busch Series this season, he has spent very little time away from the track. Sadler’s plans for next season have yet to be determined but Sadler admits all he wants to do is race. I know I can compete at this level and I know there are some other people that feel the same way. www.racingone.com /article.aspx?artnum=1969   (443 words)

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