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

	Wikinfo \| Monaco Grand Prix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Monaco Grand Prix, held there annually, was first organized by Antony Noghes, a well-to-do cigarette manufacturer and a resident of Monte Carlo, under the auspices of Prince Louis II through the establishing of the "Automobile Club de Monaco" of which Noghes was the founding president.
		Grand Prix motor racing came to Monaco in 1929 when the first Grand Prix of Monaco automobile race was held.
		The Grand Prix of Monaco is organized each year by the Automobile Club de Monaco who also runs the Monte Carlo Rally and the Monaco Kart Cup.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Monaco_Grand_Prix (305 words)

	GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Races > 1973 Results > British GP
		The British Grand Prix marked the midway point in the World Championship and thanks to his three points scored in France Jackie Stewart was leading the title race by a single point from Emerson Fittipaldi.
		As usual there were additional entries for the British GP with four drivers making their Grand Prix debuts.
		It was Revson's first Grand Prix victory and the second consecutive race with a new winner, Peterson having scored his first win in France.
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/rr229.html (679 words)

	McLaren
		Current permanent home of the Australian Grand Prix, since 1996, the 5.302-km track is located within the city boundaries of Melbourne, capital of the state of Victoria.
		A Grand Prix in Buenos Aires held in three distinct periods: 1953-58 and 1960; 1972-75 and 1977-81; and from 1995-98.
		The first Austrian Grand Prix took place at Zeltweg in 1964, and the race ran from 1970-87 inclusive at the Osterreichring, near Salzburg.
	groups.msn.com /McLaren/a.msnw (596 words)

	Formula One 1/43 Diecast models
		The 1971 French Grand Prix was held at a new circuit, built high in the mountains above Marseilles at Le Castellet by multi-millionaire Paul Ricard.
		In the 1973 British Grand Prix, Jody Scheckter trying his utmost, lost control of his McLaren in the middle of the pack at the end of the first lap at Woodcote Corner.
		The 1975 Spanish Grand Prix was a shambles.
	home.clara.net /nigelk/fact1970.htm (1996 words)

	Italian Grand Prix - WOI Encyclopedia Italia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Italian Grand Prix is one of the longest running events on the motor racing calendar.
		The Italian Grand Prix counted toward the European Championship from 1935 to 1938.
		The Italian Grand Prix was one of the inaugural Formula One championship races in 1950, and has been held every year since then.
	www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php/Italian_Grand_Prix (190 words)

	David Purley 1945 - 1985
		Lec Refrigeration Ltd. spent the biggest part of the advertising budget on their domestic made Grand Prix car as it was done by German Guenter Schmid at his light metal wheel factory ATS and in Brazil by the sugar group Copersucar at the Fittipaldi team.
		In 1973 the financial means only were enough for the entrance of a single Grand Prix racing car of the 731G type (that had got it´s basis in the commercial Formula 2 chassis of the same year as it´s predecessor) inspite of the main sponsor STP Oil Treatment from the USA.
		The life of the Grand Prix driver, constructor, enterpreneur, soldier and pilot David Purley, G.M. ended in the summer of 1985, where it had begun fourty years before during the last winter of World War II, at the South coast of Great Britain marked by extraordinary beauty.
	www.research-racing.de /purley3.htm (4089 words)

	C4 News - Home - Sport - British Grand Prix no more (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The British Grand Prix has been dropped from the motor racing calendar for the first time in Formula One history in a row over the multi-million pound deal to promote the Silverstone race, the track's owner's said today.
		The British Racing Drivers' Club, which owns and runs the Northamptonshire circuit, had until today to submit an offer to promote the 2005 Grand Prix which met the approval of Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone.
		In May of this year Max Mosley, the president of the FIA said the Grand Prix was almost certain to stay at Silverstone for the next two years.
	www.channel4.com /news/2004/09/week_4/30_silverstone.html (876 words)

	Grand Prix Challenge Circuit Histories FAQ - IGN FAQs
		The Silverstone International circuit (used for the British TOCA series) shares much of the same pavement as the Grand Prix circuit used for the annual F1 Grand Prix of Great Britain; in fact, the pavement for the two circuits even cross at approximately two-thirds of the way around the International circuit.
		The British Racing Drivers' Club operated Silverstone until 2001, when current owner Octagon Motorsports took control of the venue; this also ensures that the British Grand Prix will be held at Silverstone for at least the next fifteen years.
		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).
	faqs.ign.com /articles/389/389006p1.html (4459 words)

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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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	Roger Williamson Bio
		During the Grand Prix Williamson's March car crashed, trapping the 25-year-old Leicester man. Millions of television viewers saw Purley stop his own car and try to right Williamson's, as well as grabbing a fire extinguisher and directing foam into the blazing car.
		In 1973 He tested the Trojan T101 that Jody Scheckter was to drive in the coming LandM Series in the States.
		Chronology of Sunday 29th of July 1973 from interviews with Ben Huisman, race director Zandvoort Grand Prix in 1973, Herman Brammer, track official Post #10 and Gijs van Lennep, driver at the Grand Prix at Zandvoort in 1973.
	www.asag.sk /bio/williamson.htm (3729 words)

	Formula One: Taking the long view in Britain - Sports - International Herald Tribune
		As president of the British Racing Drivers' Club, he fought a string of battles over the future of the race, which, although it is located in the heartland of the racing industry, takes place on a dilapidated circuit on a former World War II airfield in Northamptonshire owned by the drivers' club.
		He started Stewart Grand Prix with his son, Paul, in 1997 before the value of the teams began to rise.
		Telling no one, Stewart planned his retirement early in 1973, at 34, and signed long-term business agreements with Ford, Elf, Goodyear and ABC television that were to be honored whether he raced or not.
	www.iht.com /articles/2006/06/08/sports/prix.php (999 words)

	Motorcycle Online: The Early Years of Grand Prix Racing, the 1970's (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Tom Herron, the winner of the last ever 500cc Grand Prix round at the Island, was some years later killed at another road-based race, the fast and equally dangerous North West 200 in Northern Ireland.
		The British round was to be held at Silverstone in 1977.
		After the French Grand Prix he marched into the organizers office and, with the help of a translator, began to demand his prize money.
	www.motorcycle.com /mo/mcracing/gphistory3.html (5199 words)

	Irish Times Article - British Grand Prix protester believed to be Irish priest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The protester who took to the track and disrupted yesterday's Formula One British Grand Prix at Silverstone is believed to be an Irish priest, Father Neil Horan, originally from Scartaglen, Co Kerry, but now living and working in London.
		The incident took place on lap 12 of the race as the leading cars were turning on to the Hangar Straight section of the Silverstone track.
		At the German Grand Prix in 2000, a disgruntled former employee of the Mercedes company took to the track to highlight alleged grievances.
	www.ireland.com /newspaper/front/2003/0721/2022690770HM1RACING.html (468 words)

	Formula One History - The British Era
		espite Moss's mid-1950s heroics, the British era really began in 1958, when Mike Hawthorn captured the F1 championship driving the Ferrari 246 — after the death of fellow Brit Peter Collins in the French GP at Reims — and Moss once again finished second in the Vanwall (designed by Colin Chapman).
		Between 1962 and 1973, British F1 teams won 12 World Championships with drivers the likes of Scots Jim Clark and Jackie Stewart, Australian Jack Brabham, Englishman Graham Hill and New Zealander Denny Hulme.
		A small plaque — now located behind a protective Armco guardrail — is set in the forest to mark the spot of his tragic, and still unexplained, accident.
	www.f1-grandprix.com /history3.html (670 words)

	South African Formula One Championship
		He failed to qualify for the French Grand Prix but in the British Grand Prix, Charlton was competitive against the likes of Niki Lauda, before retiring with gearbox problems.
		At the end of the year March pulled out of Grand Prix racing; the car was sold to British Hill Climb specialist Roy Lane, who asked for the car to be re-built in its original 6 wheel form.
		Although always fast in qualifying, his five race Grand Prix season were a series of mishaps and accidents, the most remarkable being a spin on the second lap of the British GP in which he wiped out half the field, fortunately without serious injury to anyone.
	www.geocities.com /russell_sheldon/saf1championship.html (3632 words)

	F1A&G - Legendary Races
		It was not Mansell's first British GP victory (that was in 1986), and not his the most dramatic of his four career wins (that was in 1987, overtaking Nelson Piquet), but certainly his most rewarding.
		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)

	MSN India - Tata Racing
		A former World War 2 bomber airfield, the circuit hosted the British Grand Prix together with the Aintree track in the 50s, and later with Brands Hatch from the 60s to the 80s.
		As a result of this, a chicane was added at Woodcote for the 1975 race, the track's first alteration in 25 years.
		British motorsport received a boost at the end of 1999 when it was awarded the contract to host the British Grand Prix for the next 15 years.
	server1.msn.co.in /tataracing/circuits/british.asp (396 words)

	Archive: Grand Prix, Silverstone 2000: Previews
		The British Grand Prix at Silverstone this weekend will mark Jordan Grand Prix's 150th race and according to Eddie Jordan, it is a fitting place to celebrate the milestone given that they launched their team in a small factory until at Silverstone 10 years ago.
		The British Grand Prix is always a great weekend for the team as we have so many supporters who come from the local area and also from Ireland.
		A crucial role at the Silverstone Grand Prix will be played by weather conditions to the extent that it will be run in a normally cold and wet part of the year when the weather is subject to sudden change.
	f1rumors.net /articles/2000/04/team-preview (6049 words)

	Formula One news, comment and analysis from F1Fanatic » Blog Archive » 100 Greatest F1 Videos - Part VI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This is from the last Grand Prix to be held at the Detroit street circuit, famously tight, narrow and exceptionally twisty.
		One of the most celebrated moments in Grand Prix history was the sight of Gilles Villeneuve optimistically dragging his three-whelled Ferrari back to the pits in Zandvoort after a tyre failure.
		This entry was posted on Friday, June 23rd, 2006 at 10:43 pm and is filed under Grand Prix reports, History, DVDs and videos.
	www.f1fanatic.co.uk /2006/06/23/100-greatest-f1-videos-part-vi (1353 words)

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		MICHEL MAY DROVE IN 2 GRANDS PRIX - THE 1961 MONACO GP IN A PORSCHE AND THE 1961 BRITISH GP AT AINTREE IN A SCUDERIA COLONIA LOTUS 18.
		LORENZO BANDINI DROVE IN 42 GRANDS PRIX AND WAS BORN DECEMBER 21, 1936 IN BARCE, CYRENAICA NORTH AFRICA.
		HE DROVE IN 1 GRAND PRIX AT MONZA IN 1988 AND COLLIDED WITH AYRTON SENNA.
	www.f1cartvideos.com /funfactsonf12.html (1798 words)

	Historic Grand Prix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Last year i was thrilled to watch the Sports Prototypes and Canam historic cars of your British "cousins" of the "Supersports" series at the Australian GP in Melbourne, I do hope that one day I'll be able to attend one of your events.
		This is what Historic Grand Prix is all about.
		Now I was sitting in Graham's seat pushing the brake pedal as the mechanic torqued the nuts and the crowd outside looked in with curiosity and envy.
	www.historicgrandprix.com /letters.htm (495 words)

	ESPN.com - Auto Racing - Coulthard survives battle of attrition in Monaco
		MONTE CARLO -- David Coulthard became the first Briton since Jackie Stewart in 1973 to win the Monaco Grand Prix when he drove his McLaren to victory in a race of dramatic twists on Sunday.
		Silverstone and the British Grand Prix is my home event, there is nothing like the Italian Grand Prix for enthusiasm for Formula One and the Monaco race is the most technically challenging of the lot for a driver."
		Barrichello, sixth on the grid, said he was blocked at the start and lost time as a result.
	espn.go.com /auto/formulaone/news/2000/0604/566669.html (688 words)

	GP-Site
		His father was a wealthy businessman and landowner, and Senna was able to draw on his family's support as he progressed through the junior ranks of the world of motor racing.
		He first made his mark on the Brazilian Kart racing circuit in 1973 and won the South American Championship in 1977.
		That year his highest placing was third at the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch.
	homepage.eircom.net /~grandprix2000/page11.html (284 words)

	Grand-Am
		Huang graduated from Georgia Tech in 1973 with a degree in industrial management and has been a strong supporter of the university ever since.
		Qualifying for the Grand Prix of Miami will be at 4:30 p.m.
		Hall moved from London to the United States in 1993 to pursue a racing career in NASCAR and was the first European to compete in a full NASCAR touring series.
	www.grandamerican.com /News/Article.asp?ID=59 (948 words)

	Taking the Long View in Britain - New York Times
		W.B.A. Stewart, who celebrates his 67th birthday at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on Sunday, stopped racing in 1973 as a triple world champion; but he has continued the rest of the gig ever since as the most elegant, eloquent and articulate advocate of the sport of Formula One and its sponsors.
		He started Stewart Grand Prix with his son, Paul, in 1997 just before the value of the teams began to rise.
		Bernard Ferguson, director of Cosworth, which supplied the team with engines and now supplies Williams, said Stewart's credibility with Ford after decades as their ambassador permitted him to persuade Ford to instead start a team from nothing when it would have been easier to buy an existing team and provide it with free engines.
	www.nytimes.com /iht/2006/06/09/sports/IHT-09prix.html (1179 words)

	Jochen Mass - Grand Prix Racing - the whole story
		His F1 debut came in the 1973 British Grand Prix at the wheel of a Surtees, and he switched to McLaren late in 1974 to drive the last few races in the Yardley- backed M23 which had previously been driven by Mike Hailwood and David Hobbs.
		He was paired with Emerson Fittipaldi in the Marlboro-McLaren line-up for 1975, winning the tragically shortened 'half points' Spanish GP at Barcelona which was flagged to a premature halt after Rolf Stommelen's Hill GH1 had crashed, killing four onlookers.
		Two years with Arrows followed, then a year off from F1 and a final, unsuccessful Grand Prix assault with an uncompetitive RAM March.
	www.gpracing.net192.com /drivers/careers/379.cfm (322 words)

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