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	Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Formula One
		Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is a form of formula racing and the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing.
		Formula One teams must build the chassis in which they compete, and consequently the terms "team" and "constructor" are interchangeable; this requirement distinguishes the sport from "spec series" such as IRL and NASCAR.
		Throughout the 2004 season, Formula One Management president Bernie Ecclestone repeatedly voiced his disapproval of the Silverstone Circuit, and suggested that unless its owners, the British Racing Drivers Club, modernise the facilities, the British Grand Prix would not appear on the 2005 schedule.
	fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/F1 (3772 words)

	Formula One - WOI Encyclopedia Italia
		Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel formula auto racing.
		Europe is Formula One's traditional centre and remains its leading market; however, Grands Prix have been held all over the world, and with new races in Bahrain, China, Malaysia and Turkey, its scope is continually expanding.
		Formula 1 cars are the most expensive race cars currently in production and the sport is among the most expensive in the world.
	www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php/Formula_One (4479 words)

	FORMULA ONE RACING DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORY \| GRAND PRIX RECORDS AND RACING SPEED ACES \| THE BLUEBIRD ELECTRIC LAND ...
		Formula One teams must build the chassis in which they compete, and consequently the terms "team" and "constructor" are more or less interchangeable; this requirement distinguishes the sport from "spec series" such as IRL, CART, Formula 3000 and NASCAR.
		Entering a (new) team in the Formula One World Championship requires a £25 million up-front payment to the FIA, which is then repaid to the team over the season.
		This is an ongoing task - after the deaths of Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger at Imola during the 1994 season, the FIA mandated further changes to circuits.
	www.speedace.info /formula_one.htm (4145 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)

	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)

	BBC SPORT \| FORMULA ONE \| Prost's French folly
		Another dismal performance in the championship this season was topped off by his team going into receivership on Thursday.
		And the Prost team's record over five seasons is a far cry from his personal achievements on the track.
		Prost blamed the poor year on a serious crash suffered by Panis at the Canadian Grand Prix and there was a slight improvement in 1999 with a final haul of nine points.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/1670316.stm (648 words)

	The Year in American Soccer - 1980
		As in the past two seasons, the Cosmos, with their all-star lineup, continued to dominate the regular season, easily winning the National East division with a 24-8 record.
		At the end of the season, there were dark clouds looming on the horizon: the continued financial drain of the league's high-spending style was finally catching up with some of the weaker franchises.
		Although the ASL, now entering its 47th season, had shown that it had potential to survive in the 1970's soccer market, whether that would be sufficient to keep it going in the 1980's was still a major question.
	www.sover.net /~spectrum/year/1980.html (6142 words)

	USATODAY.com - Prost team opts for bankruptcy, plans to keep racing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Prost, who dominated Formula One as a driver for much of the 1980s and early 1990s, attributed the move to poor results and a bad economic climate.
		It was ninth at the end of the 2001 season.
		He won 51 Formula One races during his career from 1980-93 — a record until Michael Schumacher won his 52nd race in September.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/motor/formula1/2001-11-22-prost-bankruptcy.htm (351 words)

	Mark Webber - Formula One - BMW WilliamsF1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		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)

	1980 in Australia - tScholars.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planet2.scs.cs.nyu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory - Post did not exist in 1980.
		October 5 - Alan Jones becomes the second Australian driver to win the Formula One World Drivers Championship after winning the final race of the season at Watkins Glen, New York.
		December 13 - The Illawarra Steelers are accepted as the 13th team in the NSWRL premiership for 1982, making them the first team from outside the Sydney metropolitan area to compete in the competition since Newcastle in 1909.
	www.tscholars.com.cob-web.org:8888 /encyclopedia/1980_in_Australia (618 words)

	1980 United States Grand Prix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1980 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 5, 1980 at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York.
		In the fall of 1980, the autumn colors of upstate New York passed from the Formula One calendar just as the name of Frank Williams was being scrawled across it.
		Alain Prost, completing his first F1 season, was still suffering from the effects of his qualifying crash on Saturday, and was replaced after the warmup by Dutchman Jan Lammers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1980_United_States_Grand_Prix (924 words)

	Formula One 1/43 Diecast models
		Alan Jones continued his late season domination of 1979 in 1980 and won five races and only failed to finish on the podium in four races.He became only the second Australian World Champion in the history of Formula One, Sir Jack Brabham being the other.
		He had joined the team at the start of the season after recovering fron two badly broken legs sustained in a hang gliding accident the previous season, he was 35.
		The opening round of the 1981 season in Argentina was postponed as the row between FISA and FOCA blazed on.
	home.clara.net /nigelk/fact1980.htm (1791 words)

	Formula One History - The Turbo Era
		Niki Lauda won five of those to seven for Prost, and won the F1 drivers' title by 1/2 point — the strange total arising because the Monaco GP was halted in a thunderstorm after 31 laps and only half points awarded.
		Senna, who joined McLaren after several seasons with Lotus, won the F1 title in 1988, taking the championship deciding race in Japan at Suzuka, after stalling on the grid, with an inspired drive to catch and pass Prost and then draw away in the rain.
		And as a season, 1988 was like no other, with Senna and Prost finishing 1-2, combining for 167 points while winning 15 of the 16 GPs, and McLaren cruising to the constructors' title (shattering 1984's total).
	www.f1-grandprix.com /history5.html (1028 words)

	Formula One Wing Cars 1978-84
		Moveable/Sliding skirt systems were banned for the 1981 season, only flat bottom cars were allowed.
		The 1978-1980 Grand Prix Seasons would see several teams create some interesting cars in order to gain that extra edge of performance.
		Ground effects was banned after the 1984 season for safety reasons.
	www.angelfire.com /ca/monzagt (209 words)

	West McLaren, CA prepare for start of 2005 Formula One season
		In the build-up to the start of the 2005 Formula One season, the technology partnership between McLaren Racing and Computer Associates has continued to develop, with the parent company of the West McLaren Mercedes Formula One team broadening its use of the CA product portfolio to realise more strategic value from the partnership.
		"Formula One is the pinnacle of motor racing but it is also the pinnacle of IT usage by a company," said Mark Bridger, Country Sales Manager, CA.
		McLaren Racing, the company behind the West McLaren Mercedes team, was formed in September 1980 as a result of a merger between Team McLaren and Project Four, a British company owned by Ron Dennis, now chairman and CEO of the McLaren Group.
	www.itweb.co.za /office/cai/0503090839.htm (664 words)

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		Almost forgotten in the hype over Michael Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya going head-to-head for the Formula One World Championship points lead in the United States Grand Prix on Sept. 28 is that West McLaren Mercedes driver Kimi Raikkonen is in the thick of the fray, too.
		In 2001, his first season, he drove for Red Bull Sauber Petronas and finished 10th in the standings, scoring season-best fourth places at Austria and Canada.
		Then when Hakkinen retired after the 2001 season, Raikkonen took over the seat at McLaren and advanced his position in the standings to sixth, with a top finish of second in the French Grand Prix.
	www.indycar.com /news/print.php?story_id=1980 (1063 words)

	The 1997 Formula One Season Statistics
		The old man of the Formula One circus returned to the championship after his sanitary problems and the tragic death of his father and surprised everyone with his pole position.
		Earlier in the season they would have taken the risk, but as their only goal at that time of the season was Schumachers ten points, they did the right thing.
		Let's hope for next season that the drivers will behave like sportsmen and do not accept crashing other drivers as an appropriate means to follow their goals.
	homepage.mac.com /olivers/season97.html (11312 words)

	Brunswick Formula One Film & Video Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		For Stewart, 1972 was a year marked by ill health, accidents and breakdowns, all of which he overcame to mount a superb defence of his title.
		A film which highlights that extraordinary season for James Hunt from the early frustration to the hard-driving triumph in the final race.
		The excitement of that season, with historical footage of the years building up to it and incisive interviews with the team who crafted the Williams championship, are all part of this exclusive video record.
	www.brunswickfilms.com /vhs.html (850 words)

	The Formula - Moviefone
		Synopsis: With George C. Scott and Marlon Brando heading the cast, The Formula should have been far better than it is. Adapted by Steve Shagan from his own...
		Movies The Formula (1980): find the latest news, photos and trailers, as well as local showtimes/dvd info at Yahoo!
		FORMULA 51 Official site with synopsis, preview clips, character information, pictures, credits, and mailing list [requires Flash].
	movies.aol.com /movie/the-formula/1012532/main (146 words)

	FORMULA ONE RACING AND THE FIA FEDERATION INTERNATIONAL DE LA AUTOMOBILE
		Mosley (left) and Ecclestone wield the power in F1 Bernie Ecclestone made Formula One what it is today, and he rules the sport through a mixture of fear, respect and acute business acumen.
		He announced in July that he intended to quit his FIA role at the end of the season, saying that he found discussions with team owners increasingly tedious.
		But he subsequently decided to stay on until at least October 2005 after the FIA senate asked him not to step down.
	www.solarnavigator.net /formula_one.htm (4815 words)

	'Another season, another challenge' - Michelin - F1Technical.net
		The 57th Formula One world championship begins this weekend - and for the very first time the campaign kicks off in the Middle East.
		In the final season of its present F1 crusade, Michelin needs just seven more wins to become the second tyre manufacturer to notch up 100 world championship grand prix victories.
		This season marks the 10th anniversary of the F1 debuts of Michelin drivers Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault) and Jacques Villeneuve (BMW).
	www.f1technical.net /news/1980 (1208 words)

	Formula One: San Marino GP-Imola - TV.com
		The guys did a great job in the pit stops which helped, but once I was in clear air the leaders were already about 13 seconds ahead, and it was too late for me. The focus was then just to bring the car back and get third place and some points.
		The 1st world championship race to be held at Imola was the 1980 Italian Grand Prix.
		It was also the first win of the season for Ferari and the perfect homecoming at Imola
	www.tv.com /formula-one/san-marino-gp-imola/episode/662941/summary.html (1043 words)

	SPEEDtv.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Based on a Ford, it was destined for huge success in Formula Junior, and was followed by F3 and F2 units.
		In 1965 Colin Chapman began his hunt for a new Grand Prix engine for the 3-litre formula that began in 1966.
		In 1980 Cosworth was sold to an outside group called UEI.
	www.speedtv.com /articles/auto/formulaone/21300 (522 words)

	M. Trudel Gallery
		Martin made himself a name last year by realizing an original cartoon for every race of the Formula One season that were seen on the RDS network here in Quebec.
		Eric got interested in Formula One in 1978 with Gilles Villeneuve entry in the big circus and became a passionnate after Gilles accident in Zolder in 1982.
		This is the first GP of the season and Gilles first race of a complete season with Ferrari.
	villeneuve.com /gallery (727 words)

	CNNSI.com - Motor Sports - F1 Team Facts and Figures: Williams - Wednesday February 20, 2002 12:32 PM
		Posted: Wednesday February 20, 2002 12:32 PM LONDON (Reuters) -- Following are facts and figures about the Williams team ahead of the 2002 Formula One season:
		Formula One record: GPs entered 437, poles 112, wins 107, points 2,117.5.
		1992 - Mansell wins first five races and becomes first driver to win nine races in one season and be on pole 14 times.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /motorsports/news/2002/02/20/williams_facts (551 words)

	A HISTORY OF FERRARI IN FORMULA ONE BY KYOSHO THE 1980'S
		Villeneuve won 2 races that season, and the team redoubled their efforts for 1982, producing the 126C2 (120-degree V6, C=competizione or compressore, both were used) pictured here.
		Curved underbody channels with ultra-stiff suspension produced unreal levels of downforce so that smaller front and rear wings could be used.
		Later in the 1990's PM would step up to become a full sponsor of the team as Ferrari and Fiat acknowledged the realities of funding a top-level F1 effort.
	www.breithaupts.com /totc562.htm (455 words)

	Motor racing in Argentina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Formula One circuits, Buenos Aires, Motor racing in Argentina, Argentine Grand Prix
		Built in 1952 with the blessing of Juan Peron, the Autodromo has been the only site of the Formula One Argentine Grand Prix, of which there were twenty, between 1953 and 1998.
		Located in a park in the southern part of the city, the circuit was originally named El Autodromo 17 de Octobre in honor of Peron.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Motor-racing-in-Argentina (415 words)

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