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Topic: 1977 Japanese Grand Prix

	Japanese Grand Prix 1976
		It was the first Japanese Grand Prix ever, taking place at the Fuji Speedway, that had been opened in the sixties, on 24th October, 1976.
		In spite of leaving out the Spanish, the German and the Dutch Grand Prix before, Niki Lauda had come to Japan with a 3 point championship lead ahead of Hunt, but the Briton had won both the last races in Canada and the United States.
		That was in 1977 and the event was won by James Hunt.
	www.research-racing.de /Japan1976-1.htm (1031 words)

	1977 - Canadian Grand Prix
		In 1977 they visited Watkins Glen on the first weekend of October for the US Grand Prix - East and a week later contested the Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport.
		Unlike the competition the Wolf held together and Scheckter won the Canadian Grand Prix by a margin of 6.77 seconds.
		James Hunt won the Japanese Grand Prix and finishing behind him in the point scoring positions were Carlos Reutemann, Patrick Depallier, Alan Jones, Jacques Laffite and Riccardo Patrese.
	www.zoompics.com /1977f1.htm (1737 words)

	Compaq F1 Racing - Williams among sport's great teams
		Grand Prix racing's normally aspirated era was coming to an end and in 1983 it proved an uphill struggle, although Rosberg did win in great style at Monaco.
		Rosberg won the USA East Grand Prix, Mansell's two consecutive wins at Brands Hatch and Kyalami were particularly sweet as they were his first in Formula One and Rosberg's victory in Australia ensured a team hat- trick to round off the season.
		During the third Grand Prix of the year at Imola in Italy, Ayrton Senna was killed while leading the race when his car left the circuit at the notorious Tamburello corner and crashed into a concrete wall.
	espn.go.com /rpm/compaq/features/1170940.html (2611 words)

	Japanese Grand Prix - Formula One (F1) Championship
		The first Japanese Grand Prix, in 1976, was held at the Fuji circuit, 40 miles north of Yokohama.
		In monsoon conditions, Lauda, who had survived a near fatal crash at the German Grand Prix earlier in the season, decided his life was more important than the championship, allowing Hunt to score the 3rd position he needed to win the title by the slender margin of one point.
		At the most recent Japanese Grand Prix, on October 12, 2003, Michael Schumacher endured one of the most trying races in his illustious career but managed to secure the point he needed to take his sixth World Championship, beating the record held by Juan Manuel Fangio.
	www.japan-101.com /culture/japanese_grand_prix.htm (588 words)

	Indianapolis Motor Speedway
		Suzuka has been hosting the Japanese Grand Prix since 1987, and many of the drivers rate it, along with the Spa circuit in Belgium, as their favorite track because it is immensely challenging.
		Five-time United States Grand Prix winner Schumacher may be retiring at the end of the season, but he has lost none of his speed.
		The Brazilian Grand Prix on Oct. 22, and it is going to be a tense affair as both the Drivers and Constructors World Championships will be settled.
	www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com /news/story.php?story_id=7676 (1032 words)

	Japanese Grand Prix - Formula 1 - The Circuit
		The first Formula 1 Grand Prix in Japan was held at the Fuji Speedway in 1976.
		In the 19 Japanese Grands Prix (1976-1977; 1987-2003) 11 have seen the title decided (1976, 1987-1991, 1996, 1998-2000, and 2003), with 5 (1976, 1996, 1998-1999 and 2003) being Championship deciders.
		The 2004 season sees the Brazilian Grand Prix becoming the last race of the season in place of the traditional Japanese Grand Prix which is now the penultimate race.
	www.japanese-grand-prix.com /circuit.php (293 words)

	pitpass - the latest, hottest F1 & A1GP news
		Built in 1962, as a test track for Honda, Suzuka has the unique distinctions — in F1 terms, at least — of a figure-of-eight configuration and an adjacent funfair, the latter of which was built to entertain the families of workers at a nearby Honda plant.
		It staged its first world championship grand prix in 1987, when Japan returned to the schedule after a decade's absence, and has since been ever-present.
		Michelin did not participate in the first 16 Japanese Grands Prix — the company made its world championship debut in 1977, but its sole partner Renault did not travel to Fuji — and only recorded its maiden Suzuka F1 success in 2005.
	www.pitpass.com /fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=29568 (581 words)

	F1 Fanatic - Formula 1 Blog » Blog Archive » Japanese Grand Prix 2006 preview (Site not responding. Last check: )
		One thing is certain heading into this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix – if it’s better than last year’s it will be one of the greatest races ever.
		Fuji held the first two Japanese Grands Prix in 1976 and 1977, the latter very sadly seeing the death of two spectators.
		This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006 at 9:10 pm and is filed under Grand Prix Previews, Fernando Alonso, Giancarlo Fisichella, Robert Kubica, Felipe Massa, Juan-Pablo Montoya, Kimi Raikkonen, Takuma Sato, Michael Schumacher, Ralf Schumacher, Scott Speed, Mark Webber, Sakon Yamamoto, Lewis Hamilton, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Tiago Monteiro, Christijan Albers, Christian Klien.
	www.f1fanatic.co.uk /2006/10/03/japanese-grand-prix-2006-preview (1310 words)

	Going Places
		The 1976 Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Raceway had seen Britain’s James Hunt snatch the world driver’s championship from Austrian Niki Lauda, when the latter withdrew early in the race due to the pouring rain and left the way open for Hunt to take the title.
		(The Japanese GP took place when Lauda had his horrific Nurburgring crash fresh in his memory and said he was not prepared to risk his life under the dangerous conditions).
		A marshal was killed at the end of the straight during the 1977 Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Raceway and Japan did not have a round of the F1 world championship for 10 years.
	www.newsonline.co.za /article_detail.asp?Article_ID=868 (647 words)

	Celluloid Heroes » Blog Archive » Grand Prix (1966)
		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.
		Meanwhile, Pete is offered a ride by Izo Yamura (Toshirô Mifune), a Japanese industrialist and team owner who is new to Formula One and impatient with his other drivers’ lack of success.
		Grand Prix is a flawed classic with its dizzying camerawork and great nostalgic value.
	www.celluloidheroreviews.com /2006/08/10/grand-prix-1966 (756 words)

	Archive Image of the Month
		This was one of three Fairlady 1600s entered by SCCN, a racing team formed by Genechiro Techara, the winner of the sports car race at the first Japan Grand Prix meeting in 1963, with the support of Nissan.
		In 1980 he achieved a grand slam in Japan by winning the four major national championships; the All Japan Formula 2, Suzuka Formula 1, the Grand Championship sports car and All Japan Formula Pacific series.
		He drove a Tyrrell to 9th place in the 1977 Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji, after which he became a regular contender in the Fuji Grand Championship.
	www.datsun.org /fairlady/Sep2006.htm (331 words)

	Japanese GP switched to Fuji for 2007 - Breaking News - Sport - Breaking News
		The track replaces the Suzuka international circuit, which is owned by rival Japanese car manufacturer Honda and has hosted the race since 1987.
		Fuji, which was built in 1966, hosted the first grand prix in Japan in 1976, when James Hunt finished third in a rainstorm to clinch the world title.
		Briton Hunt also won the second race in 1977 but the day was marred by a crash which killed two people at trackside and there was no Japanese Grand Prix for the next 10 years.
	www.theage.com.au /news/Sport/Japanese-GP-switched-to-Fuji-for-2007/2006/03/24/1143083980091.html (261 words)

	Motorsport.com: News channel
		The Fuji International Speedway will host the 2007 Japanese Grand Prix, circuit owner Toyota confirmed on March 24th, with an October date to be finalised.
		In 1987 the Sepang circuit near Nagoya, which was originally built as a test track for Honda, hosted the Grand Prix and the race remained there up to and including this season.
		The Japanese GP at Suzuka, which was won by McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen in 2005, is the penultimate round of this year's championship on October 8th.
	motorsport.com /news/article.asp?ID=212760&FS=F1 (404 words)

	Button gets out the razor after slicing way on to the grand prix winners' list - Independent Online Edition > Motor ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The one he hated most was 114, the number of grands prix in which he competed before finally winning.
		Prior to that, the longest spell between British victories was 54, between James Hunt's 1977 Japanese Grand Prix in Fuji and John Watson's triumph at Silverstone in 1981.
		First, like Watson when he won the 1976 Austrian Grand Prix for Penske, there may be a change in facial hirsuteness.
	sport.independent.co.uk /motor_racing/article1217606.ece (710 words)

	Castrol Motor Oil and Lubricants - Japanese Grand Prix (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Nico Rosberg qualified 10th and finished in the same position in the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, the penultimate round of the 2006 Formula 1 World Championship.
		Suzuka is one of the most challenging circuits on the F1 schedule and a favourite among the drivers but, next year, the Japanese Grand Prix moves to Fuji and the future of F1 at Suzuka is unknown.
		With the Japanese GP moving to Fuji next year, for the first time since 1977, the future for Suzuka is unknown.
	www.castrol.com /castrol/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9004301&contentId=7023758 (579 words)

	ESPN.com - Montoya not the only bizarre scratch
		The Toleman team, for example, suspended Ayrton Senna from the 1984 Italian Grand Prix because it was incensed that he had signed to drive for McLaren in 1985 when the team thought he was still under contract to it.
		David Coulthard fractured several ribs when the private jet he was on crashed while landing just a few days before the 2000 Spanish Grand Prix.
		Alan Jones arrived at the 1981 Italian Grand Prix with a broken finger suffered in a fight with two guys in a road-rage incident.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=2027704&type=story (916 words)

	F1 News - Grandprix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Races > Japanese GP, 1977
		The final round of the World Championship saw a much-reduced field with Fittipaldi, Hesketh, Williams and Renault Sport all deciding not to bother.
		Laffite was classified fifth with Riccardo Patrese (Shadow) sixth, scoring his first World Championship point.
		Japanese GP, Fuji, October 23, 1977, Round: 17, Race Number: 297
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/rr297.html (420 words)

	Table of Contents / Inhaltsverzeichnis
		Grand Prix von Bahrain / Bahrain Grand Prix
		Grand Prix von Belgien / Belgian Grand Prix
		Grand Prix von Österreich / Austrian Grand Prix
	www.research-racing.de /Titel.html (1521 words)

	Road & Track -- Racing News, Formula 1 News, NASCAR News, Champ Car News, IRL News Index
		Since then, the Clermont-Ferrand-based marque has worked relentlessly to push back new technological boundaries, and when it made its grand prix debut, at Silverstone on 16 July, 1977, it was as part of a mission to prove the superiority of its radial tyres.
		Not only was it the beginning of the Michelin Formula One story, but its groundbreaking radials were fitted to the Renault RS01, a revolution in itself because it was the first grand prix machine to feature a turbocharged engine.
		Its comeback race would be the 2001 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, and it spent the whole of 2000 developing suitable tyres.
	www.roadandtrack.com /default.asp?section_id=21&crashnet_id=41673 (688 words)

	NBCOlympics.com - Athletes - Miki Ando (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Japanese Skating Federation based its Olympic team selection on international results over the past two seasons, but some in the media were suspicious of the process.
		One reason why several top Japanese skaters have sought training bases in the West is overcrowding at rinks in Japan, where top athletes often share the ice with recreational skaters and must wait in long lines to have their program music played.
		Ando appeared in television commercials for eight companies last year, and the Japanese media is as likely to gossip about her clothing and appearance as it is to discuss her skating.
	www.nbcolympics.com /athletes/5085543/detail.html (1246 words)

	F1 News - Grandprix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Drivers > Kunimitsu Takahashi
		Takahashi started on two wheels and in 1961 became the first Japanese rider to win a motorcycle Grand Prix riding a 250cc Honda to victory at Hockenheim.
		He drove a Tyrrell to ninth place in the 1977 Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji after which he became a regular contender in the Fuji Grand Championship.
		He was Japanese sports car champion on four occasions in the 1980s.
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/drv-takkun.html (123 words)

	Formula 1 career summary
		Although he was forced to miss a couple of races Riccardo ended the year with a superb sixth place, and his first World Championship point, at the Japanese Grand Prix.
		A 10th place finish was impressive enough but at the next Grand Prix in South Africa Patrese and the team stunned the F1 establishment by leading for 36 laps.
		Thus it was that Riccardo Patrese ended his Grand Prix career as teammate to Michael Schumacher.
	www.riccardopatrese.com /formula1.htm (890 words)

	1:43 Scale European Minardi PS04B - G.Bruni - Pre-Order and more Formula 1 Gifts and Models
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	fruggle.co.uk /tsf1/prods0005.htm (7248 words)

	- June 2006
		The 1976 Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Raceway had seen Britain’s James Hunt famously snatch the world driver’s championship from Austrian Niki Lauda, when the latter withdrew early in the race due to the pouring rain and left the way open for Hunt to take the title.
		A marshal was killed at the end of the straight during the 1977 Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Raceway and Japan did not have a round of the F1 world championship for 10 years.
		For Rob Smedley, the British Grand Prix is not only the eighth round of the world championship, it is also the opportunity to make a rare trip home, as Felipe Massa's race engineer is one of a small band of English people working for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro.
	www.thef1blog.com /thef1blog/thef1blog.php/2006/06 (6252 words)

	e-Tracks: News \| 2001 \| Suzuka in bid to retain GP
		Picture: Toyota F1 onda has moved to secure the future of the Japanese F1 Grand Prix at its Suzuka track in the wake of fresh interest in the event from Fuji Speedway.
		The Japanese motoring giants have pledged £18 million to upgrade the facility and hopes the improvements will keep the race at Suzuka when the current contract ends in 2006.
		Work, which will be completed in time for this year's race, will be the first major overhaul at the circuit since it won the contract to host the Japanese Grand Prix in 1987.
	www.etracksonline.co.uk /News/stories/news_id001.html (244 words)

	D1 Grand Prix Drifting slides into the U.S.!
		Racing buffs and hot rodders may have an easier time grasping the mechanics of how professional drifters manipulate race cars around a track, but it was difficult (to say the least) for a lughead like me to picture what exactly these guys are doing in the car.
		That said, ten seconds into the first D1 Grand Prix USA practice run at the Irwindale Speedway, and I was completely blown away by what I was seeing.
		The D1 Grand Prix USA Invitational at the Irwindale Speedway on August 31, 2003 was the first offical drifting competition held outside of Japan.
	www.crutchfieldadvisor.com /ISEO-rgbtcspd/reviews/20031028/grand_prix.html?page=2 (574 words)

	Istria on the Internet - Prominent Istrians - Mario Andretti
		Driving a Lotus, Mario realized his lifelong dream and qualified on the pole on his very first Formula One race at the 1968 United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, but was forced out of the race with a clutch problem.
		He won the Japanese Grand Prix, then in 1977 still with the Lotus, won the Western (at Long Beach) United States, Spanish, French and Italian (at Monza) Grand Prix.
		In 1982 he returned to Ferrari and took part in the two last Grand Prix races of his career, in Italy, where he obtained his eighteenth pole position and came in third.
	istrianet.org /istria/illustri/andretti/index.htm (2069 words)

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