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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.
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	Ayrton Senna - WOI Encyclopedia Italia
		In addition to winning the prestigious and high-profile Macau Grand Prix, Ayrton saw off the challenges of Martin Brundle in the 1983 British F3 championship, and after testing with Williams, McLaren and Toleman, he managed to secure a seat with the latter in time for the 1984 season.
		Alas, Mansell badly bruised his back in an accident while practicing for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, which effectively handed the World Championship to Piquet since he would be out of the season-ending race at Australia in Adelaide as well.
		That weekend, he was particularly upset by two events: On the Friday of the Grand Prix, during the morning session, Senna's protégé, the then newcomer Rubens Barrichello was involved in a serious accident that would keep him out of the race.
	www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php/Ayrton_Senna (4121 words)

	The Story of the Grand Prix Pt10
		While the German race was held at Hockenheim the European Grand Prix found itself at the new Nurburgring, a circuit which regrettably had nothing in common with the old course, adding a final tragic note to Lauda's near-fatal crash of a year ago.
		The Belgian Grand Prix was a complete disaster when the track broke up during qualifying forces the race to be abandoned in disgrace.
		The Austrian Grand Prix saw a victory by Prost as well as a retirement notice by its native son.
	www.ddavid.com /formula1/story10.htm (1223 words)

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		For the first time in years, a lady driver attempted to qualify for a Grand Prix, but Italy's Giovanna Amati was unable to follow the example of her countrywomen, Lella Lombardi and failed to make the grid at any of her three attempts.
		It was 31 years since his late father, Graham Hill, had scored his maiden Grand Prix victory in the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort at the wheel of a BRM.
		Jaques won his first grand Prix at his fouth attempt at the Nurburgring and he won a total of four races in the season - a record for a rookie Grand Prix driver.
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	Formula One
		Formula One, or Grand Prix racing is the best known single-seater auto racing class, which involves an annual world championship.
		Whilst the home of the sport is undoubtedly Europe, races have also been held in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
		Historically, the series evolved from pre-war European Grand Prix racing[?] of the 1920s and 1930s.
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		Alain Prost, whose record of 51 Grand Prix victories was broken by Schumacher last year, was one of them.
		The ultimate example of this was perhaps in qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix in 1988, when Senna was in his first year at McLaren-Honda as team-mate to Alain Prost.
		Senna did sometimes appear to be putting his ambition ahead of his instinct for survival, most notably at the Japanese Grand Prix in 1990, when Senna secured the second of his three titles by driving into the back of Prost's Ferrari at 160mph, taking them both out of the race.
	bodieofci5.tripod.com /asgv/id8.html (2166 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is retiring after this season’s last race, the Brazilian Grand Prix.
		The German is the only driver to win seven championships in Formula One history and he also owns most of the sport’s meaningful records.
		Announces retirement, effective at the end of the season, after winning Italian Grand Prix.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1061023/asp/sports/story_6905911.asp (1070 words)

	AYRTON SENNA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In addition to winning the prestigious and high-profile Macau Grand Prix, Ayrton saw off the challenges of Martin Brundle in the 1983 British F3 championship and secured a seat with the Toleman-Hart F1 team in 1984.
		The next year, Senna joined the Lotus team and won the Portuguese Grand Prix, his first Grand Prix victory, on April 21, 1985 at Estoril, Portugal under treacherous conditions.
		The following year 1990 Prost moved to Ferrari, but it was more of the same, culminating in the notorious 'professional foul' committed at the beginning of the title-deciding Japanese Grand Prix in 1990.
	www.ayrtonsenna.com.ar (1838 words)

	Untitled Document
		The Grand Prix formula, now extended to the end of 1960, now stipulates the use of AvGas in the place of alcohol fuels and reduces the length of Championship events from 500 km or three hours to 300 km or two hours.
		Italian Grand Prix is held on the Monza banked track, British teams boycott the race on safety grounds.
		Following the Italian Grand Prix, a new safety measure is introduced to F1: medical cars follow Formula One cars on the formation lap of every Grand Prix, in order to improve reaction time in case of a first lap accident.
	www.f1freaks.com /html/f1history.asp (5576 words)

	F1 Grand Prix Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The 1985 Formula One Monaco Grand Prix held at Monaco on May 19, 1985.
		The 1985 Formula One Dutch Grand Prix held at Zaandvort on August 25, 1985.
		The 1985 Formula One Italian Grand Prix held at Monza on September 8, 1985.
	grandprixarchives.wordpress.com (1128 words)

	Double Top for Spaniard Dani Pedrosa and Honda
		The first at the Portuguese Grand Prix where he suffered a slow puncture that ended his late race charge.
		Team manager Puig, himself a successful grand prix racer, has been a huge influence on Pedrosa’s development from a raw mini-bike novice to double World Champion and is full of admiration for his young charge.
		With one race remaining in the series, the Grand Prix of Valencia on October 31, Pedrosa will have to delay his title celebrations.
	www.industrypages.com /artman/publish/Industry_News_4613.stm (1492 words)

	ESPN.com - Knutson: F1's strange misses
		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.
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	F1, Formula 1 Racing, News, Formula one Grand Prix, Formula 2005 schedule, history
		Dan Gurney in his Porsche graces the cover, giving Porsche their one and only victory in Formula 1 at the 1962 French Grand Prix.
		In what must be one of the most beautiful racing photos of all time, Jim Clark is shown at Spa heading for a memorable first win at the 1962 Belgian Grand Prix.
		Ayrton Senna's splashing maiden win in the rain at the 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix is probably one of the greatest drives in Formula 1 history.
	www.wheel2wheel.com /calender.asp (224 words)

	OlaMacauGuide - Macau Grand Prix Winners \| Ola Macau Travel Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		These Formula 1 stars are winners of the Macau Grand Prix and have graduated from the narrow, twisting Guia street circuit.
		The Guia Race of the Macau Grand Prix is the premiere touring car event in the Asia-Pacific region and a showcase for the top champions of the world.
		The end of the year 1983 for Formula Three was celebrated in the Portuguese enclave of Macau at the Macau Grand Prix with drivers from all of the national series.
	www.olamacauguide.com /grandprixwinners.html (508 words)

	Prost_Career (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		McLaren TAG drivers Alain Prost and Niki Lauda celebrate after the Portuguese Grand Prix at the Estoril circuit in Portugal.
		However, the following year, 1985, he took the first of his four titles and successfully defended it in 1986, then only the fourth driver ever to do so.
		In 1988 he was joined at McLaren by a new star of F1, the Brazlian Ayrton Senna, and despite personal hostility between the two men, as a driving duo they proved awesome.
	www.homestead.com /formulakaz/Prost_Career.html (751 words)

	Formula One news, comment and analysis from F1Fanatic » Blog Archive » 100 Greatest F1 Videos - Part I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		95 - 2002 Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka - lap with Takuma Sato
		Mika Hakkinen triggered a massive shunt on the first lap of the 1994 German Grand Prix which wiped out half the field.
		The rivalry between Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost had perceptibly heightened in 1988 - their McLaren-Hondas were the class of the field and it was usually the two of them out in front.
	www.f1fanatic.co.uk /2006/06/18/100-greatest-f1-videos-part-i (986 words)

	GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Constructors > Jordan Grand Prix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		At the start of 1991 Jordan Grand Prix revealed its plans with 7Up sponsorship, Ford customer engines and drivers Andrea de Cesaris and Bertrand Gachot.
		He was replaced at the Belgium GP by Michael Schumacher but Jordan let the new star slip through his fingers when he switched straight over to Benetton to replace Roberto Moreno.
		Moreno himself drove for Jordan in both the Italian and Portuguese GPs, but was then replaced by another new rising star called Alex Zanardi.
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/con-jorda.html (1352 words)

	GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Races > 1985 Results > Portuguese GP
		The big news in the days after the Brazilian Grand Prix was that Rene Arnoux had been fired by Ferrari as a result of problems with his physical condition.
		It was not a great race but it was Senna's first victory and an assured one.
		Portuguese GP, Estoril, April 21, 1985, Round: 2, Race Number: 406
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/rr406.html (384 words)

	United States Grand Prix
		Welcome to the third day of the sixth annual United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis, the ninth event of the 2005 FIA Formula One World Championship.
		This is the second podium finish for a Jordan driver in the United States Grand Prix.
		It was the first points scored by a Portuguese driver since the 1995 Australian Grand Prix, when Pedro Lamy finished sixth for Minardi.
	www.usgpindy.com /news/story.php?story_id=4896 (3975 words)

	GP-Site
		But such is the cut-throat existence Formula 1 life, that this tiny Italian team is regularly the subject of take-over rumours.
		So much so that their M189 would briefly lead the Portuguese Grand Prix and the team scored a double-points finish at Silverstone.
		Minardi were failing to keep up with the rest of the pack and it took until last year for Marc Gene to put Minardi back on the score board at last season's European Grand Prix.
	homepage.eircom.net /~grandprix2000/page43.html (267 words)

	1985 San Marino Grand Prix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Michele Alboreto with Ferrari scored fastest lap but retired after 29 laps
		Results from the 1985 Formula One San Marino Grand Prix held at Imola on May 5, 1985.
		Limited fuel allowances played a big part in the race, as a succession of drivers ran out in the last few laps.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1985_San_Marino_Grand_Prix (124 words)

	Lycos- 'Colin Carter - First of Many - 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix Ltd Ed 100 Giclee Canvas
		Colin Carter - First of Many - 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix Ltd Ed 100 Giclee Canvas stretched on to 2" stretcher bars and framed
		A great victory on the rain soaked track at Estoril in 1985 was the beginning of the legendary career of arguably the greatest racing driver of all time.
		The sight of the famous yellow helmet in the well-loved fl and gold Lotus, is one that is fixed in the memory of motor racing fans around the world.
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	Senna Drives Lotus At Goodwood
		Just to add to the emotion, the 97T - now owned by Classic Team Lotus - is the car in which Ayrton Senna scored his first-ever F1 victory in the 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril.
		"To drive the car used by my uncle to win his first Grand Prix will be something truly special," says Bruno.
		"He considered the Estoril race to be his greatest ever drive, even more so than his famous victory in the rain at Donington at the 1993 European Grand Prix.
	www.carkeys.co.uk /news/2006/may/04/9936.asp (319 words)

	eBay.co.uk - Itala, Itala Books, Comics Magazines, Magazines items at low prices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		THE CAR No 69 Itala, 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix
		SUPERCARS Issue 63 ITALA Grand Prix Cutaway & Poster
		Itala Grand Prix Fold-out Poster + Cut-a-way drawi
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	Big Lorry Blog : Why I hate Formula One and truck racing----two for one rant deal from BLB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		"Maiden Wins" is a celebration of racing legends of the past and features their first Grand Prix wins.
		Jim Clark is shown at Spa, heading for a memorable first win at the 1962 Belgian Grand Prix.
		Ayrton Senna's splashing maiden win in the rain at the 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix.
	www.bizbuzzmedia.com /blogs/big_lorry_blog/comments/545.aspx (512 words)

	Pedro Chaves- Career Summary
		He exorcised his Grand Prix memories in Indy Lights before reinventing himself as Portugal's premier rally driver.
		• Portuguese Rally Championship, 7th overall in a Toyota Corolla WRC.
		• Portuguese Rally Championship, 1st overall, at least 2 wins in a Toyota Corolla WRC.
	f1rejects.com /drivers/chaves/index.html (321 words)

	Great Races
		The Canadian Grand Prix was about to start, with Jean Pierre Jarier, Ronnie Petersen's replacement at Lotus on pole, with Carlos Reutermann in second place.
		Gilles was third on the grid, and the crowd were hoping their hero would have a good race, having impressed for most of the season.
		He just managed to hold off Scheckter to win his first grand prix, and the crowd went into mass hysteria as Gilles took the winner's trophy.
	bodieofci5.tripod.com /asgv/id5.html (2150 words)

	ArmchairGM - 1985 - Sports Wiki, Sports Blog, Sports Resource, Sports Community, Sports 2.0
		1985 World Series: The Kansas City Royals defeat the St.
		Louis Cardinals 4 games to 3, becoming the first team to win the World Series after losing the first two games at home.
		February 5 — Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese football (soccer) player
	armchairgm.com /mwiki/index.php?title=1985 (936 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		"Maiden Wins" is a celebration of racing legends of the past and features their first Grand Prix wins.Dan Gurney in his Porsche graces the cover, giving Porsche their one and only victory in Formula 1 at the 1962 French Grand Prix.
		His first win was scored over arch rival Ayrton Senna, who started from pole position.Mario Andretti, the last American to win a Formula 1 race, roars to his first win at the 1971 South African Grand Prix.
		After extending the race a day to allow a slow-moving robotic vehicle to finish, the Stanford University vehicle, known as Stanley, was declared the winner of the Grand Challenge with the quickest race time of six hours and 54 minutes.
	www.peterboroughmotorclub.co.uk /05-11Mag.doc (2475 words)

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