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	F1 - Grandprix.com > Features > Feature > Why I look forward to... the French Grand Prix
		The race was the French GP of 1959, at Rheims, and the winner was Tony Brooks in a 2.5-litre Ferrari Dino V6.
		French motorsport owes a tremendous debt of gratitude to the eccentric millionaire Paul Ricard, who opened his privately-financed permanent circuit near Toulon in 1971.
		He was convinced (probably correctly) that French government ministers were in corrupt thrall to the construction industry, so he built his circuit to show that good roads needn't be expensive.
	www.grandprix.com /ft/ft17104.html (1423 words)

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

	The French Grand Prix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It was the kindergarten for the entire generation of French F1 stars of the 197 By 1969 the track record stood to Depailler with a lap time of 49 secs.
		French racing at both national and international level was growing rapidly.
		These connected to form a fu The French GP arrived at Magny-Cours in 1991 and for the first three years at the track the Williams-Renault team was undefeated.
	homepages.ihug.co.nz /~mrc/circuits/France/index.html (514 words)

	Grand Prix Legends, Screenshots, Reviews, News, Files, Downloads, Mods - SimRacingWorld
		While Grand Prix Legends provided the most realistic (and hence, difficult) simulation of automotive physics in a PC game at its launch, the reputation of "difficult to drive" was exacerbated by a number of decisions made both for the demo and the launch of version 1.0.
		Version 1.0 of Grand Prix Legends allowed users to reduce the number of computer opponents if their PCs were unable to render a full grid of cars at a reasonable frame rate.
		Grand Prix cars from 1967 typically ran 5 to 6 inches of ground clearance, unlike the later ground effect cars that were designed to have the chassis as close to the ground as possible.
	www.simracingworld.com /gameslist/Grand_Prix_Legends (3139 words)

	NEVERS MAGNY COURS, FRANCE - Mobil 1 French Grand Prix, Never Magny Cours Circuit
		It was the kindergarten for the entire generation of French F1 stars of the 1970s and 1980s.
		In 1988, however, the circuit was acquired by the regional conseil de la Nievre which planned to overhaul the circuit completely as part of a plan to revive the flagging economy of the department.
		The French GP arrived at Magny-Cours in 1991 and for the first three years at the track the Williams-Renault team was undefeated.
	www.pitstop.com.my /circuits/magnycours.asp (1428 words)

	Grand Steeple Chase 2006
		And thus the “Grande Semaine d'Auteuil” is created, with the Grand Steeple on the Sunday, the Grande Course de Haies on the Wednesday and the Drags on the Friday.
		The Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil is won by 5 lengths by the 5-year-old Le Paillon who, would go on to claim victory on the flat in the Grand Prix de Deauville that August and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in October.
		The Grand Steeple is brought forward by three weeks and held in the last week of May. First Gold gives the Marquise de Moratalla a fifth victory in the Grand Steeple, after that of The Fellow (1991), Ucello II (1993, 1994) and Ubu III (1995).
	www.grandsteeple.com /_en/asp/hippodrome_02.asp (1628 words)

	Jacky Ickx - Medbib.com, the modern encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In 1969, Ickx choose to drive for the Brabham team, which was focused around the owner and driver, Jack Brabham.
		The car started to improve and at the German Grand Prix (held at Hockenheimring as his favorite Nürburgring was boycotted for safety reasons) he fought with Rindt for the win, but finished a close second.
		The Belgian took the win at Canada but in the US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen he only finished fourth, with Emerson Fittipaldi scoring his first win for Lotus as well as the Championships for the team and his late team-mate.
	www.medbib.com /Jacky_Ickx (2487 words)

	F1 News - Grandprix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Races > French GP, 1969
		It had been four years since the French GP's last visit to Clemont-Ferrand, the race having been held at Reims, Le Mans and Rouen in the interim.
		Also missing was Jack Brabham who had broken his ankle in a testing crash at Club Corner at Silverstone on the Monday before the French GP.
		That allowed Ickx to take second place although he was under pressure from Beltoise for most of the race and it was not until the last lap that Ickx made a mistake and the second Matra slipped through into second place to give the French crowd the perfect result.
	www.insidef1.com /gpe/rr178.html (323 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.
	www.research-racing.de /gpr6.htm (5963 words)

	1969 Grand Prix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Garfield Cadets korean restaurant denver Steve Lothridge (Geeb), 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix Who started the 69-77 Grand Prix e-mail list back in 1999 on Listbot which then grew to the point where 2 lists had to be formed.
		storage unit indianapolis In 1969, the Grand Prix was dressed up for a new appearance patterned on a bit elongated version of the intermediate general Motors’ A-platform but finally had its own body.
		Grand Prix redlines consisted of: the Brabham-Repco F1, Chaparral 2G, Ford MK IV...
	1969-grand-prix.djuup.info (1238 words)

	French Culture \| Music \| CD New Releases \| Classical Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		French tenor Roberto Alagna is an ardent Edgar.
		French soprano Michèle Lagrange is dramatic and passionate in the "lyric scene" Herminie (1828).
		French tenor Daniel Galvez Vallejo applies a cloudy but powerful voice to the "monologue and bacchanale" La Mort d'Orphée (1827) and to the surviving 5-minute fragment of the cantata La Mort de Sardanaple (1830).
	www.frenchculture.org /music/cd/classical (2851 words)

	History of United States Grand Prix Indianapolis USGP F1 Tickets - Grand Prix Tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Mexican Grand Prix Event had been canceled for the year so the USGP had become the final.
		The Mexican Grand Prix was canceled because local organizers had failed to guarantee new safety measures on the track.
		The first ever Grand Prix event in Japan was to be the determining race for the year’s winner.
	www.gptours.com /new/history.php/id/7098/decade/1969 (3274 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.
	faqs.ign.com /articles/389/389005p1.html (20042 words)

	Air Grand Prix
		After testing the new Hill Ford GH2 in French Paul Ricard the team was back on their way home to England; on board of the Piper were Hill himself, the Grand Prix driver Tony Brise, the team manager Ray Brimble, the designer Andy Smallman and the mechanics Terry Richards and Tony Alcock.
		Brabham had taken part in his maiden Grand Prix at Aintree in 1955 driving a Cooper Alta; for Cooper Cars Co. he became the leading person as the 1959 and 1960 world champion.
		David Purley, Grand Prix driver and paratrooper, enterpreneur and constructor (Lec Ford), but also bomber pilot, crashed at the Southern coast of England in 1985 during a demonsration with a historic fighter plane.
	www.research-racing.de /airgrandprix3.htm (2688 words)

	French Grand Prix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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, first run on June 26, 1906 under the auspices of the Automobile Club de France in Sarthe, with a starting field of 32 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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/French_Grand_Prix (278 words)

	Celluloid Heroes » Blog Archive » Grand Prix (1966) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		When Grand Prix is in its element, using director John Frankenheimer’s car mounted cameras on the real circuits of the Formula One racing season, the film is exciting and visually spectacular.
		Jean-Pierre Sarti (Yves Montand), the world-weary French champion driving for the Ferrari team, begins an affair with a pretty American journalist (Eva Marie Saint) as he begins to question why he continues to pursue this death defying sport.
		Grand Prix is a flawed classic with its dizzying camerawork and great nostalgic value.
	www.celluloidheroreviews.com /2006/08/10/grand-prix-1966 (747 words)

	Chris Amon - Grand Prix Racing - the whole story
		After switching to the French Matra team at the end of 1970 he would dominate the 1972 French Grand Prix at Clermont- Ferrand, leaving his rivals for dead as he stormed away from the field.
		His last attempt to qualify for a Grand Prix came at Mosport Park in 1976, when his uncompetitive Wolf-Williams spun and was T-boned by another car.
		Chris was badly bruised, but otherwise unhurt.In 1977 he retired to the family farm where he lives to this day He watches Grand Prix with interest on television, but$never returned to the pit lanes to watch.
	www.gpracing.net192.com /drivers/careers/11.cfm (640 words)

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		In 1999, it was the 9th time in history that the winner of the Canadian Grand Prix earned at the end of the year the driver's championship.
		In 2000, it was the first Canadian Grand Prix raced (totally or partially) under the rain since 1989.
		In 2001, the Canadian Grand Prix has been the scene of the first ever 1-2 finish by two brothers since the launching of the Formula 1 World Championship.
	www24.brinkster.com /saravalos/grand.htm (898 words)

	Grand Prix 2001 - Round 4 - Le Mans - Preview
		This is not bad news for the fans, who are guaranteed elbow-to-elbow action as riders jostle for position under heavy braking, or squirm and wheelspin out of the slow corners with the throttles wide open.
		The French GP is a long-standing but irregular fixture on the calendar.
		The Grand Prix racers stay in Europe now until the end of September, before four more flyaway races close the year.
	www.mcnews.com.au /MotorcycleRacing2001/GrandPrix500/Round4/Preview.htm (2755 words)

	Yves Montand / films / actor / acteur / biography / biographie
		His success can be equally attributed to his undoubted talent, which is evident in his films and also in the widely available recordings of his songs.
		His father was a miltant communist and, to escape persecution from the fascist regime in Ialy, the family was forced to flee to Marseilles in the south of France.
		Although they planned to emigrate to America, the family settled in Marseilles, and was granted French nationality in 1929.
	frenchfilms.topcities.com /nf_ymontand.html (1397 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.
	www.euroteam.info /subevent.asp?event=Auto+Racing (1239 words)

	SBF Glossary: GP, gp to Gruyère
		The exceptional circumstance may be a war or other crisis, although sometimes it is the intransigence of a third party (one large enough to be required for an ordinary coalition, say, but which pushes its advantage with demands unpalatable to the larger partners).
		French: `strike.' ``On strike'' is ``en grève.'' For an example of use, see rosbif.
		Although the grammatical gender has been preserved from the French, Spanish nouns ending in the letter ee are usually male (see LONERS), so this grates slightly on the hispanophone ear, and la gripa has also come to be used.
	www.plexoft.com /SBF/G03.html (9682 words)

	F1 Grand Prix in France at Magny Cours - All inclusive packages and tours to the French race (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The original track was just over a mile in length and by 1969 the track record stood at just 49 seconds.
		Magny Cours was the home of a whole generation of French motor racing stars in the 1970s.
		In 1991 the French grand Prix came to Magny Cours and it has remained there ever since.
	www.sportstravel.co.za /motorsport/gp_france_05.htm (414 words)

	French Culture \| Cinema \| French Film Festivals in USA : Archive 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		French actress Isabelle Huppert is honoreed with a twenty-five film retrospective, which opens with the American premiere of her most recent film, Gabrielle (2005).
		French films include Backstage, The Case of the Grinning Cat, Colour Me Kubrick, Comedy of Power, East of Paradise, A Perfect Day, Prix de Beauté, Sheitan, Siah Bazi: The Joy Makers, The Temptation of Victoria, Tierney Gearon: The Mother Project, and Zaïna, Rider of the Atlas.
		French films include Strange Crime (Sotto Falso Nome) by Roberto Andò, The United States of Albert (Les États-Unis d¹Albert) by André Forcier, Doo Wop by David Lanzmann, and One Sibelius Season (Une saison Sibelius) by Mario Fanfani.
	www.frenchculture.org /cinema/festival/06archive.html (3481 words)

	GP 2000 Round 5 - Le Mans - Preview from Suzuki
		The first event was run in 1951, the third year of GP racing - but in the 49 years since there have been just 36 events under that name.
		The French GP has also been particularly restless, moving from the first event at Albi to Rouen, Reims, Clermont Ferrand, Le Castellet, Nogaro and Magny-Cours over the years.
		the first time at Le Mans was in 1969, on an early version of the then-new Bugatti circuit, which uses the traditional pits and start-finish area of the famous 24-hour circuit.
	www.mcnews.com.au /MotorcycleRacing2000/GrandPrix/GP2000round5_LeMans_Preview.htm (1044 words)

	USATODAY.com - Davenport is queen of comeback (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		PARIS — Three weeks before the French Open, the world's top player hadn't decided if she would enter the year's second Grand Slam tournament and premier clay-court event.
		Davenport, who turns 29 in two weeks, is three matches from becoming one of nine women to have won all four majors during their careers.
		Still, she almost skipped the French Open, where the slippery, slow clay doesn't suit the flat, hard groundstrokes the Laguna Beach, Calif., resident honed in her native Southern California.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/tennis/french/2005-05-30-davenport-comeback_x.htm (1209 words)

	:: F1 tickets \| Grand Prix Tickets \| Ticket Master :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		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.
	www.formula-1-grand-prix-tickets.net (1041 words)

	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.
	www.kolumbus.fi /leif.snellman/gpw4.htm (5775 words)

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