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  Monza Track info
The Grand Prix of Nations for 1924 was a triumph for the Guzzi 500, a one horizontal cylinder bike with overhead camshaft and four valves, ridden by Mentasti, who gave Italy its first victory in the exclusive world of champion 2- wheelers.
In relation with this development of cars and in concert with the GPDA (Grand Prix Drivers' Association) two chicanes were built in 1972 for the purpose of reducing speed at the entrance to the fastest curves on the course, the "curva grande" (big bend) at the end of the grandstand straight and the "Ascari" curve.
The Italian Grand Prix was the greatest attraction for the public during this period, an event that has always been held -- in recent years at least -- on the road circuit, the layout of which has been unchanged since 1976.
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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)

  
 ITALY
Italy is called "il Belpaese" (Italian for beautiful country) by its inhabitants, due to the beauty and variety of its landscapes and for having the world's largest artistic patrimony; the country is home to the greatest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites (41 as of July 13, 2006).
Italian was spoken by a small part of the population while the rest spoke local dialects.
The Italian national team has won the World Cup four times (1934, 1938, 1982 and 2006) and is the current titleholder, while major Italian clubs frequently compete at a high level of European competitions.
www.solarnavigator.net /geography/italy.htm   (5747 words)

  
 CHEQUERED FLAG CLUB - an Exclusive Club for Formula One Enthusiasts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Grand Prix in Buenos Aires held in three separate periods: 1953-58 and 1960; 1972-75 and 1977-81; and from 1995-98.
Circuit of the French Grand Prix in 1965, 1969-70, and 1972, to the south of Paris.
Grand Prix held in Buenos Aires in three distinct periods: 1953-58 and 1960; 1972-75 and 1977-81; and from 1995-98.
www.cfclub.org /glossary.htm   (11696 words)

  
 ABC's of FORNULA ONE
The home of the Grand Prix at each circuit; this is a secure area from which the Formula One teams operate and where all motorhomes and transporters are parked.
Grand Prix held between 1962-85 (with the exception of 1964, 1966 and 1981) and in 1992-93.
A one-off Grand Prix that took place in the Texas metropolis in 1984, it was run on a 3.9-km street circuit and won by Keke Rosberg (Williams).
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 French Grand Prix - WOI Encyclopedia Italia
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.
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.
www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php/French_Grand_Prix   (249 words)

  
 The Sports Section: The Race: Italy 2000
Italian fire marshall Paolo Ghislimberti, 30, was killed when he was struck, probably by a wheel, following a multiple collision on the opening lap of the race which was won by Michael Schumacher in a Ferrari.
Italian volunteer fire marshall Paolo Ghislimberti died from the injuries he received from flying debris during a dramatic opening lap crash at the second chicane.
Italian Jarno Trulli in a Jordan was third-fastest, three-tenths of a second behind Barrichello, and ahead of the two McLarens driven by Finn Mika Hakkinen, defending champion and this year's leader, and Briton David Coulthard.
www.euronet.nl /users/guidof/gp13.html   (10717 words)

  
 Italian Grand Prix - WOI Encyclopedia Italia
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?title=Italian_Grand_Prix&redirect=no   (190 words)

  
 Ferrari F1 1948 - 2003
Victories in 1975: Monaco Grand Prix, Belgian Grand Prix in Zolder, Swedish Grand Prix in Anderstorp, French Grand Prix in Le Castellet and USA Grand Prix in Watkins Glen (driver in each case: Niki Lauda from Austria) as well as Italian Grand Prix in Monza (driver: Clay Regazzoni from Switzerland).
Victories in 1990: Brazilian Grand Prix in Interlagos, Mexican Grand Prix, French Grand Prix in Le Castellet, English Grand Prix in Silverstone and Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez (driver in each case: Alain Prost from France) as well as Portuguese Grand Prix in Estoril (driver: Nigel Mansell from England).
Victories in 1998: Argentinian Grand Prix in Buenos Aires, Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, French Grand Prix in Magny-Cours, English Grand Prix in Silverstone, Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring and Italian Grand Prix in Monza (driver in each case: Michael Schumacher from Germany).
www.research-racing.de /ems03f1-x.htm   (5533 words)

  
 Grand Prix of Canada - OCTANE
This year's Grand Prix of Canada is being held in the middle of the World Cup of soccer.
So you can be sure that as of Wednesday, when the majority of team personnel will have arrived, we'll be hearing lots of "ohs" and "ahs" and probably some cursing in the team rest areas as they take a break and sit in front of their television screens.
Their squad faces Sweden today and could find themselves in a second-round match on the Saturday or Sunday of the Grand Prix against the Germans of the Schumacher brothers, Heidfeld and several representatives of BMW and Mercedes-Benz.
www.grandprix.ca /octane/06061/EN   (1973 words)

  
 Historic Grand Prix
King is one of the founders of Historic Grand Prix, and competes with his March regularly in that group's feature events.
Vittorio returned to racing in 1968 in Formula 3 and won the Italian title in 1972, by which time he was already racing in Formula 2 with March.
Vittorio's best race day came at the Osterreichring in 1975 when he drove to victory in the rain-shortened Austrian Grand Prix in a works March 751.
www.historicgrandprix.com /articles/VintageMotorsport2004.htm   (1661 words)

  
 Fast and fun, on and off the track - Obituaries - smh.com.au
Still, Italian fans adopted Regazzoni as one of their own, and he was particularly successful at Monza, twice winning the Italian grand prix.
However, his grand prix career came to an end with a crash the following year that left him paralysed from the waist downwards.
Although he again won the Italian grand prix in 1975, Lauda took the drivers' championship, with Regazzoni fifth, and it was clear that the so-called "wild man" had settled down comfortably in his role as supporting actor.
www.smh.com.au /news/obituaries/fast-and-fun-on-and-off-the-track/2006/12/22/1166290737656.html   (971 words)

  
 Chequered Flag   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
It was with Parnelli that Andretti tackled Grand Prix racing full time in 1975, as opposed to the sporadic entries he made in previous years.
At the Italian Grand Prix, Andretti secured the world championship, but his joy was short lived with news the following day that Peterson had died in hospital.
It would have been misrepresentative of his skills to sign off from Grand Prix racing on such a note, so it was with great delight that Andretti returned to Ferrari for two races in 1982, replacing the injured Didier Pironi.
cfm.globalf1.net /legends/mario_andretti   (1235 words)

  
 Doohan supports new GP rules
Doohan, who won 54 grand prix races up to his retirement in 1999, pointed out there had been a lengthy tradition of four-stroke racing in the 500cc category.
Italian Giacomo Agostini won seven of his eight 500cc world championship titles on four-stroke V4 MV Agustas in the 1960s and 1970s.
The most recent appearance of a four-stroke machine at a 500cc grand prix was when multiple world champion Freddie Spencer attempted to race an oval-piston Honda NR500 in 1981.
www.mcnews.com.au /MotorcycleRacing2000/GrandPrix/GPDoohanSupportsNewRules.htm   (807 words)

  
 Modena Racing Memories: Italian Sports Car & Grand Prix Racing, 1957-1963
Italian As Racing a young 1986; man, Gauld Graham 2007; Gauld 1999; traveled to the northern 1964; Italian villa several times, striking Modena up Grand relationships 1957-1963 with famous drivers, Gauld engineers, 1988; and 1965; designers who Memories: granted 1977; him and 1957-1963 his camera unprecedented access 2000; to their 1970; facilities.
The result 1957-1963 is Sports this remarkable & history by which Prix documents the fall 1960; of Italian Sports carmakers from 1995; Grand by Prix 1990; eminence, by and 2008; their subsequent by rise to 1977; dominance Italian in international GT 1962; racing.
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 F1 News - Grandprix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Drivers > Renzo Zorzi
In 1975 he worked to develop a Lancia Formula 3 engine, built by the Repetto company, and used this to win the Monaco Formula 3, a big surprise at the time.
As a result of that success he did a deal to rent a Williams for the Italian Grand Prix and re-appeared for the team again in Brazil in 1976.
He finished sixth in his second race for the team in Brazil and had a new DN8 in South Africa but there was disaster when Zorzi pulled off with an electrical fire and a fire marshal running across the track to deal with the incident was hit by Pryce.
www.grandprix.com /gpe/drv-zorren.html   (332 words)

  
 Parmalat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The final race was the climax – and the Italian Gustav Thoeni won, in a contest that will be remembered for many years by millions of sport fans.
But 1975 was also an important year for car racing thanks to Niki Lauda, the Austrian driver who won the Formula One drivers’ championship at the wheel of a Ferrari, the world famous racing team based in Maranello, Italy.
For Parmalat, the chance to move into the world of Formula One Grand Prix was too strong to resist.
www.parmalat.com /en/ac_1975.html   (748 words)

  
 1975 Grand Prix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
1975 was a down year for the big 455, being rated at 200bhp.
This was one of the last years for the 455-powered Grand Prix.
The 1975 Spanish Grand Prix, held at Montjuc circuit on April 27, was one of the most controversial and tragic race weekends in Formula One...
www.sos-compcard.com /1975-grand-prix.html   (251 words)

  
 All the news and information on Formula 1 & Grand Prix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Born September 20, 1975 - Montoya was born in Bogotá where his father, Pablo, worked as an architect and raced karts in his free time.
In 2002, qualifying was still on the former 12-lap format, and Montoya would repeatedly stun the paddock by snatching pole from the scarlet team on his last flying lap, often with minutes or seconds to spare in the session.
In 2003, he added the prestigious Monaco Grand Prix on the famed street circuit to his victory list, as well as the German Grand Prix at the Hockenheimring.
www.formula1zone.com /Montoya.htm   (702 words)

  
 Ferrari 312T by Exoto
The Austrian driver Niki Lauda won a total of 5 races in 1975 using this car, (his wins coming in the Monaco, Belgian, Swedish, French and United States Grand Prix's) enough to earn him his first Driver's Championship.
His team-mate Clay Regazzoni won the Italian GP to give Ferrari 6 wins in total for the year which was enough for Ferrari to clinch the Constructors crown.
In fact, their Grand Prix cars are universally superb and this Ferrari is no exception.
www.1-18scalecars.com /0Ferrari_312T-1975.htm   (340 words)

  
 Austrian Grand Prix 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The story of the Austrian Grand Prix begins, as with most Grands Prix, with a local group of motor racing enthusiasts in the 1950s.
Tragically however, Rindt was killed just days later at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, becoming the sport's first, and to date thankfully its last, posthumous world champion.
After numerous start-line accidents, arguments with local farmers over car parking and a general feeling that the circuit was unsafe, the Austrian Grand Prix at the Osterreichring was finally pulled from the calendar in 1987.
www.geocities.com /tarzansu_10/austrian_track.htm   (542 words)

  
 rpm.espn.com: Montoya leads rookies at Indy
Tomas Enge and Alex Yoong made history in the Italian Grand Prix on Sept. 16 when they became the first Czech and Malaysian drivers, respectively, to compete in a Grand Prix.
The SAP United States Grand Prix will be only the second F1 race for these two rookies.
Enge, the test driver for Prost-Acer, was called in to replace Luciano Burti for the final three races of this season while Burti recovers from the concussion he suffered when he crashed in the Belgian Grand Prix.
espn.go.com /rpm/f1/2001/0926/1255636.html   (1062 words)

  
 Minardi Club San Francisco - Supporting the Minardi Teams past and present
Former Grand Prix driver Clay Regazzoni was killed in a car crash in Italy today.
Giuseppe Regazzoni, who gave the Williams team their first Grand Prix win in 1979, made his Formula One debut in the 1970 Dutch Grand Prix, as Ferrari handed him the second seat alongside Jacky Ickx.
In 1975 he won the Italian Grand Prix, but he would not find the form that he had previously enjoyed and by the end of 1976, despite winning in Long Beach, he was replaced by Carlos Reutemann.
www.minardiusa.com /clay.htm   (405 words)

  
 The Official Formula 1 Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Italian car manufacturers of the day were keen to have a permanent motorsport and testing facility to help promote growth into foreign markets.
Its original layout was 10 kilometres long and in 1931 the Italian Grand Prix there was held over a staggering 155 laps – a total race distance of 1550 kilometres – with two drivers sharing each car.
Piquet won the Italian Grand Prix four times thanks to his victory at Imola in 1980, but Schumacher will become the first driver to win the event four times at Monza if he takes the chequered flag on Sunday.
www.formula1.com /news/807.html   (435 words)

  
 rpm.espn.com: New McLaren facing further delays
Then it was thought that the new car would be seen at this weekend's European Grand Prix.
Now the new car won't race until the British Grand Prix in mid-July, and murmurs in the Formula One paddock say that the new car might not race until the Italian Grand Prix on September 15.
If McLaren can't get the new car sorted out and reliable before the British Grand Prix on July 20, the team may have to wait until the Italian Grand Prix on September 14 before it races the MP4-18.
espn.go.com /rpm/f1/2003/0626/1573246.html   (1239 words)

  
 Articles - German Grand Prix
A precusor to the German Grand Prix, the first race was won by Italian Felice Nazzaro in a Fiat.
The first national event in German Grand Prix motor racing came to the Automobil Verkehrs und Übungs-Straße AVUS race course in southwest Berlin in 1926 as a sports car race.
The 1930 and 1933 German Grand Prix events were both cancelled due to the country's economic problems.
www.free-biz.org /articles/German_Grand_Prix   (307 words)

  
 Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum: 1975 MV Agusta 750 Sport America
Italian style and performance have never been cheap.
With the 1975 MV Agusta 750 Sport America, you got all that and more—an intoxicating taste of la dolce vita.
There were twin disc brakes in front and a tachometer that redlined at 8,500 rpm.
www.motorcyclemuseum.org /classics/bike.asp?id=43   (392 words)

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