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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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 The Sports Section: The Race: San Marino 2000
Although there was still hope of victory until the final Japanese Grand Prix, in reality the title was lost after Schumacher's injury at the British Grand Prix left Eddie Irvine as Ferrari's sole challenger for the bulk of the campaign.
Ralf Schumacher, warming up for the season's third round, the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola on Sunday, said he was very close to his brother who has won the season's first two races and the drivers' title twice.
Schumacher said he was now fully recovered from the crash at the British Grand Prix last year when his Ferrari ploughed off the track at high speed into a crash barrier, breaking his leg.
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 Everything You Needed to Know about Silverstone (and More)
Italy has had the input of the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola and, quite apart from the Indianapolis 500 (which was initially included), the United States has had as many as three Grands Prix in a year.
Nigel Mansell won the British Grand Prix four times, and three of those were one-twos with his current Williams team-mate, Piquet in 1986 and 1987 and Patrese in 1992.
The grand old man of the Grand Prix circuit, Jean Alesi has celebrated his 170th Grand Prix, but his 171st this weekend means that he will have taken part in as many races as Niki Lauda, which puts him 10th in the all-time participation standings.
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 Grand Prix Diary.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
On closer inspection though, this is no picture from a Grand Prix weekend (the dolly bird holding the lollipop gives that much away) as the picture is from the Jerez circuit which has not held a Grand Prix for years.
In their Chinese Grand Prix preview they inform us that Takuma Sato was penalised 10 grid places in Japan for shunting Michael Schumacher out of the Italian Grand Prix.
Grand Prix Diary checked the FIA’s sporting regulations and found nothing to forbid an invisible car, although General Safety Regulation 90, which says ‘Any driver intending to leave the track should signal his intention to do so clearly to other competitors and in good time’ could be the teams only stumbling block.
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Hunt won the Spanish Grand Prix at Jarama in May but was disqualified when his car was found to be a fraction too wide.
Canadian Villeneuve was third in the USA-West Grand Prix at Long Beach but was disqualified for using an irregular rear wing.
Prost won the San Marino Grand Prix but was disqualified because his car weighed less than 540 kg.
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 2004 San Marino Grand Prix
Gerhard Berger (210 Grand Prix, 10 wins) already was sitting in the fl and gold JPS Lotus Renault 97T with the seat belts fixed, on the white overall he was wearing there was the sticker of the Ayrton Senna Foundation.
Der Grand Prix von San Marino (seit 1981) fand heuer zum letzten Mal statt, 2005 kommt Istanbul.
Einige Tage vor dem San Marino Grand Prix 2004 fuhr Motorradweltmeister Valentino Rossi (der seinen Wechsel von Honda zu Yamaha gleich mit einem Premierensieg in Welkom/Südafrika krönte) in Fiorano einen F2004 und trug dabei Schumachers Helm und Overall.
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 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)

  
 F1 Posters Signed by Schumacher, Montoya, Villeneuve and others
Poster for the Italian Grand Prix held at Monza on the 10th -12th September 1999.
Poster for the 24th San Marino Grand Prix held at Imola.
Official poster for the 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix held on the 10th - 12th March 2006.
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 Ayrton Senna
He won his first Grand Prix in Portugal 1985 and won 41 Gran Prix in 161 starts, including a record six wins at Monaco.
He was killed at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix at Imola.
Not only was it a loss for his own nation Brazil the whole world was in mourning, Tributes recognizing his genius not only as a racing driver but as a fine human being arrived from every corner of the globe.
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 2001 San Marino Formula One Grand Prix Race Report
This will be the 21st Grand Prix held at Imola: 19 San Marino Grands Prix have already taken place, but the first Grand Prix at Imola was the Italian in 1980.
And among the milestones on this occasion should be Rubens Barrichello's 100th Grand Prix.
The largest margin of victory was a full lap in 1985, but then that was an odd race anyway: Ayrton Senna was heading for victory when his Lotus ran out of fuel.
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 Formula One History - The Turbo Era
The first turbo was remarkably quick, although suffering from "turbo lag" under acceleration, but very unreliable, and it would be a year before the Renault finished a Grand Prix.
After the San Marino Grand Prix, in which Pironi passed Villeneuve, against team orders, while the Ferraris were easily running 1-2 under turbo power, Gilles vowed he would never again speak to his team mate.
Prost won the World Championship in 1985 and 1986 (the latter after Nigel Mansell, now with Williams, suffered a dramatic rear tire explosion at 180 mph at Adelaide in the season's last race).
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 United States Grand Prix
I’ve always enjoyed going to the San Marino Grand Prix, which is held on the outskirts of the town of Imola.
And so each year you arrive at the first European Grand Prix of the season to see who has won the “my motor home is bigger and fancier and more expensive that yours” competition.
Speaking of F1 races, the San Marino Grand Prix was a thriller.
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 United States Grand Prix
In 1985, now driving for Team Lotus, Senna started on the pole for United States Grand Prix though the streets of Detroit and led the race before crashing.
From winning his first Grand Prix on Portugal’s Estoril circuit in 1985, he would score victories around the world until his 41st and final win in the 1993 Australian Grand Prix.
Tickets: Tickets for the United States Grand Prix can be purchased online at www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com, or by calling the IMS ticket office at (317) 492-6700 or (800) 822-INDY outside the Indianapolis area.
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AUGUST 6th 2006: Hungary first hosted a grand prix in the 1930s, but following the Second World War and the building of the Iron Curtain it was not until the 1960s that motorsport began to find a place in the country.
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 Zakspeed
Only museum pieces are the cars of Zakspeed team today, that had given their debut at the 1985 San Marino Grand Prix with Dr Jonathan Palmer in the cockpit.
In the declined GDR Grand Prix racing had been fought with all possible means for ideological reasons, but especially in this part of Germany reached the climax of their possibility.
It was the first Grand Prix car by the Niederzissen in the Eifel mountains near the Nürburgring based team.
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 Newsletters | 2007 FORMULA 1™ Australian Grand Prix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
French Grand Prix, Circuit de Nevers-Magny-Cours: 70 laps of a 4.411-km circuit first used for F1 in 1991, when Renault reigned as engine suppliers, Williams were at the front, Riccardo Patrese was on pole  and Nigel Mansell won the race.
Venue for the German Grand Prix of 1985, the circuit has been on the calendar permanently since 1995, staging the European Grand Prix nine times since then and the Luxembourg Grand Prix twice.
The Official Grand Prix Ball brought Friday's hectic day of activities at the 2006 FORMULA 1(TM) Foster's Australian Grand Prix to a glamorous conclusion as the big names from F1, business, politics and entertainment hit the red carpet at Melbourne's Crown Palladium.
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 Toyota Racing - San Marino Grand Prix - Free Practice Round-Up
Toyota Racing - San Marino Grand Prix - Free Practice Round-Up History of Formula 1.
McLaren Mercedes 2006 San Marino Grand Prix - Free Practice
Panasonic Toyota Racing today began its preparations for the San Marino Grand Prix on a sunny day at Italy's Imola circuit.
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 GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Constructors > Ferrari (Scuderia Ferrari)
The result was the Alfa Romeo P2 which was an immediate success in 1924 but in July 1925 the company withdrew after its lead driver Antonio Ascari was killed during the French Grand Prix.
Farina and Piero Taruffi joined Ascari and (apart from the Indianapolis 500) the team won every Grand Prix of the year with Ascari collecting six consecutive victories and the Championship.
At the start of the 1985 season Arnoux was sacked and Ferrari picked up Stefan Johansson as its second driver but the package was not competitive against the McLaren-TAGs and the Williams-Hondas.
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As a result of the rivalry the grand Prix had two homes, alternating between Mosport Park and Mont-Tremblant.
JULY 31st: Although Hungary hosted a Grand Prix way back in 1930’s, the events like Second World War and the Iron Curtain led to a withdrawal lasting almost three decades.
OCTOBER 10th: The fans world over are awaiting the Formula One World Championship, China Grand Prix to be held in Shanghai.
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 C.A.R. Productions - Car Art - Michele Alboretto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Born in 1956, Michele Alboretto got his first Formula 1 race with Tyrell at the San Marino Grand Prix of 1981.
His best result in the World Drivers Championship was with Ferrari in 1985 when he finished the year second having won two races and been consistent throughout the season.
He competed in 194 Grands Prix for various teams through his 14 year Formula 1 career.
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 Glossary - E   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
It was the site of Gilles Villeneuve's last Grand Prix in 1982, and where, in 1994, drivers Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger lost their lives.
Since then changes have taken place to the track by adding a number of chicanes although many say it has spoilt the circuit, the emphasis is still on power and some challenging tight corners follow long straights to give the brakes a serious testing.
The 1997 Portuguese Grand Prix was removed from the Formula One calendar when a governmental jurisdictional dispute was raised over FIA track improvement demands.
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 BMW World - Formula 1 Tracks
The track record was set in 1997 by Michael Schumacher in a Ferrari F310B V10 with a time of 1m 24.475 sec and a speed of 219.047km/h (136.109 miles/h).
The 50 year-old Silverstone circuit was the site of Formula One's first Grand Prix held in 1950, and it is still home to the British Grand Prix.
The track record was set in 1992 by Nelson Mansell in a Williams FW14B-Renault V10 with a time of 1m 17.070 sec and a speed of 198.521km/h (123.355 miles/h).
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 BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | San Marino GP as it happened
All the action as it happened at the 62-lap San Marino Grand Prix at Imola (All times BST).
This year's race is the 10th anniversary of the death of the great Ayrton Senna, and earlier on Sunday, Senna's former team-mate and close friend Gerhard Berger drove the Brazilian's 1985 Lotus around the track in his honour.
Senna and F1 novice Roland Ratzenberger were killed at the San Marino Grand Prix on consecutive days in 1994.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/3657295.stm   (1149 words)

  
 Renault San Marino GP Sunday
The Renault F1 Team took nine points from a dramatic tactical battle in Imola this afternoon, during the 2006 San Marino Grand Prix.
In a spectacular reversal of last year's result, Fernando Alonso's faster Renault R26 shadowed winner Michael Schumacher's Ferrari to the flag, having closed up a lead of almost 15 seconds that the German had built during the opening stint.
Renault San Marino GP Sunday Formula 1 news 23 April 2006.
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 Sports: CART drivers refuse to race
A race at Michigan International Speedway was put off in 1985 because of concerns over the radial tires Goodyear was to introduce on the circuit.
The most well-documented change was the insertion of a chicane at the high-speed Tamburello curve in Imola, Italy, where F1 great Ayrton Senna was killed during the San Marino Grand Prix in 1994.
CART drivers met last year after Patrick Carpentier crashed in practice for the Honda Grand Prix of Monterey in Laguna Seca, Calif. One year earlier, rookie Gonzalo Rodriguez was killed while practicing on that track.
www.sptimes.com /News/043001/news_pf/Sports/CART_drivers_refuse_t.shtml   (865 words)

  
 CNN/SI - Formula One - British Grand Prix Preview - Tuesday July 06, 1999 01:02 PM
Posted: Tuesday July 06, 1999 01:02 PM After winning the Australian Grand Prix, Eddie Irvine has finished in the points in six of seven races, getting all positions.
First triumph was for the Williams team at the 1997 San Marino GP.
Has not finished in four of seven races, with best result a fourth in San Marino (his only points of the season).
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /motorsports/world/news/1999/07/06/britishgp_preview   (805 words)

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