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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Monaco Grand Prix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Hill, who badly damaged his legs in a crash at the end of the 1970 Formula One season, continued to compete, but after failing to qualify for the 1975 race he retired to run his Embassy Hill team.
Formula Three, also called Formula 3 or, in abbreviated form, F3, is a type of formula racing and a class of open-wheeler motor racing.
Of the 2006 Formula One contenders, several have property in the principality, including Jenson Button and David Coulthard, who is part owner of a hotel there.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Brazilian Grand Prix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Renault F1 is a Formula One racing team that has competed both as an engine supplier and as a constructor from the late 1970s to the present day, with several breaks.
The 2003 Formula One season was the 54th FIA Formula One World Championship season.
The 2005 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on September 25 at Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil.
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 F1 News - Grandprix.com
The question of customer cars is one that is convulsing Formula 1 at the moment, both in terms of the 2007 season; but also for 2008 and beyond.
When one considers the current trends in Formula 1 there is one that is beginning to emerge which is not at first obvious: racing seems to be heading for the streets, or at least circuits which are being built in urban areas to try to duplicate the excitement and atmosphere of street racing.
Formula 1 was built on the Darwinian principle of survival of the fittest: constant competition forced the teams to seek technological breakthroughs and weeded out the companies that were not meant for success.
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 Formula One - Wikicars   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel formula auto racing in the world.
The F1 season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix, held in most cases on purpose-built circuits, and in a few cases on closed city streets.
The sport's title, Formula One, indicates that it is intended to be the most advanced and most competitive of the many racing formulae.
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 Formula One - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix Racing is the highest and most ludicrously overrated mathematical formula in the world.
Formula One originally began as Grand Prix Racing in the early 1950s, where teams of local car enthusiasts would meet outside the main shopping centre in Paris and perform laps of the car park in vehicles resembling hairdryers on wheels.
Their best finish was in the 1993 season when they finished bottom of the Constructors Table after an administrative error handed them a point.
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 Formula One - WOI Encyclopedia Italia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel formula auto racing.
Formula 1 cars are the most expensive race cars currently in production and the sport is among the most expensive in the world.
Formula One teams must build the chassis in which they compete, and consequently the terms "team" and "constructor" are more or less interchangeable.
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 Driver Bio - Tora Takagi, # 12, IRL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Formula 1 and CART series driving veteran Toranosuke (Tora) Takagi and third-year team sponsor Pioneer joined Mo Nunn Racing's Indy Racing League effort for the first time this season.
After rising through the Formula Nippon Series and Japanese Formula 3 ranks, Takagi became a test driver for the Tyrrell F1 team in 1997, assumed one of its driving positions in 1998, then joined the Arrows F1 team in 1999.
Rookie season with Walker Racing was highlighted by a strong finish as he recorded three top-seven finishes in the final seven races of the year...
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 Schumacher wins in Japan | Formula One | Motor Sport | Sport | Telegraph
Schumacher ensured there was no repeat of the farcical finish to the last race in the United States when he slowed too much and handed victory to Barrichello, though he did slow enough for the Brazilian to tuck in behind him.
He only relinquished the lead for a lap during his two pit-stops in the 53-lap race as he romped to his 11th victory of the season - also a record as is his final points total of 144.
The win was the 10th in a row for Ferrari, their 15th in 17 races this season, and their ninth one-two of the campaign including the last five races.
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 1988 FORMULA ONE SEASON Italy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The 1988 Formula One season was the 39th World Championship season.
They could not improve on their performance in '93 but by '94 Schumacher had become a force to be reckoned with and he took the driver's championship in controversial fashion at the end of a controversial season.
Michael Schumacher's recruitment for the 1996 season seemed to rejuvinate the team and, after a string of embarrassing mechanical failures, the team managed three victories and 2nd place in the constructor's championship.
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 formula 1 racing
Niki Lauda commented further: "Formula Three has played a key role in the development of young drivers and a crucial part of this deal with the consortium was to ensure that the young driver development programme remained in place.
The Jaguar name in Formula Three was relatively new with only one season behind it but the team was not.
The team was set-up in 1988 by Sir Jackie Stewart and his son Paul who had just embarked on a motorsport career.
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 Formula One Motor Racing FAQ (modified 3/14/97), Part 1/2
From: mitchmcc@ultranet.com (Mitchell McCann) Newsgroups: rec.autos.sport.f1 Subject: Formula One Motor Racing FAQ (modified 3/14/97), Part 1/2 Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 17:55:11 GMT Message-ID: <3379fbfe.22542488@news.ultranet.com> Summary: This article is a collection of information on Formula One racing, teams, personnel and technology.
The Formula One Constructor's Association (FOCA) is an organization of the chassis builders (constructors) who design and build the cars that race in the F1 Grands Prix.
1988 marked the end of the turbo era, Williams switched from Honda to Judd for the FW12 and Mansell became the #1 driver partnered by Ricardo Patrese.
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 BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | F1 team-mates or rivals?
Formula One driver Jim Clark was once asked in 1967 how he was enjoying being Graham Hill's team-mate at Lotus.
The 2006 season sees shake-ups at five of the 10 established outfits and the arrival of F1 new boys Super Aguri, but the most anticipated line-up is surely Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello at Honda.
But whatever the team tactics, Montoya and the rest of the F1 stable head into a new season this weekend determined above all else to be their team's number one, whether they are at the front of the grid or at the back.
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 Deva's Michael Schumacher Homepage
However, the step-up proved to be difficult, he had to turn down an offer of a test drive in a Formula Ford, because he didn't have the necessary DM 500 required to start.
In Formula Ford 1600 he was placed sixth in the final rankings, and in the European Championships he came second behind the Finn Mika Salo.
In Fuji, at another international Formula 3 race, he was again the first to pass under the fl-and-white checked flag.
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 AutoWeb - Renault the 2002 Formula One Season
Formula One debut at British Grand Prix, Silverstone, with Jean-Pierre Jabouille.
Withdrew from Formula One as a constructor at the end of the season.
It takes more than one and a half years for a new engine to reach a good reach a satisfactory level of development and, now that we have acquired this experience, we will be more capable of responding to the needs of the chassis team by supplying them with a competent unit.
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 Formula One Betting
Formula One betting is the mainstay of Centrebet's motor racing odds service.
Formula One is a religion to millions of petrol heads, so it makes sense that one of the world's leading online sports bookmakers would bend over backwards to provide a complete coverage.
Formula One Grand Prix betting gets bigger and better every year, with bookmakers such as Centrebet dreaming up more things on which to bet.
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 Formula One History - The British Era
The most important of these was the monocoque (or one-piece) chassis, introduced with the Lotus 25 in 1962, which along with rear engines marked the second watershed technological change in Formula One.
Clark broke the legendary Fangio's record for career victories in the opening race of the 1968 season in South Africa, but died just months later at Hockenheim in an F2 race after crashing into the trees in the rain on 7 April.
A small plaque — now located behind a protective Armco guardrail — is set in the forest to mark the spot of his tragic, and still unexplained, accident.
www.f1-grandprix.com /history3.html   (670 words)

  
 CBC Sports Online: Formula One 2006
Sato finished eighth in the 2004 season, but is coming off a disappointing 2005 campaign in which he only earned a single point.
Villeneuve left the team with one round remaining in the 2003 season after BAR decided not to re-sign him to a new contract.
Michelin and the teams then requested a chicane be built to slow the cars through a particularly challenging corner on the track, but Formula One refused their request.
www.cbc.ca /sports/indepth/formula_one   (1239 words)

  
 Formula 1 Case
The Formula 1 event was the second most watched after the Olympics in terms of followers.
Malaysia’s aim is to be able to develop their own Formula 1 engine so that they would not depend on other for the technology.
However his main aim was the Formula 1 racing and with the SIC, his chances of fulfilling his dreams seemed possible.
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 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).
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 FINN-ISH LINE Finns In Formula One
Salo drives for Panasonic Toyota Racing, the newest team entering the Formula One world in the 2002 season.
As this issue of the FINN-ISH LINE goes to press, Mika is ranked 14th in the Formula 1 Drivers' Championship, which is very respectable for his first season with Panasonic Toyota Racing.
Although, competing in the British Formula 3 Championship (1989-1990) took all my time, it was not as professional as where I am today.
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 Brunswick Formula One Film & Video Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
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.
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 Michael Schumacher (biography In German)
The 'Red Devil' of Formula 1 was born near Cologne, Germany,
Schumacher (born January 3, 1969) is a German Formula One (F1) driver...
1987 was a difficult season at the German Zakspeed team, producing a fifth...
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 Ferrari Champions (Formula One)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Between the second part of the 1952 season and the first part of the 1953 season Alberto Ascari won 9 consecutive Grand Prix.
He retired after the 1958 season and was killed in an automobile accident near Surrey England in early 1959.
His son is a race car driver (not in Formula One).
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 The Official Formula 1 Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
For starters, while Ferrari have arguably the greatest driver of all time, Michael Schumacher, in their 2004 armory, McLaren had what must rank among the greatest driver line-ups of all time, in the shape of Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna.
The competitiveness of McLaren’s 1988 pairing was further emphasised by the fact that they scored no less than ten one-two finishes during the season.
While in theory this year all the cars are on a level playing field, 1988 was the final year of the turbo age, and many teams were focussing their attentions on development of the following season’s normally aspirated engines.
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 BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | Schumacher hungry for more
Michael Schumacher insists he is still hungry for success after his most convincing Formula One season to date.
Ferrari have won 15 of this season's 17 Grands Prix, equalling the previous record set by McLaren - although there were only 16 races in total when McLaren won 15 in 1988.
And Sunday's one-two with Barrichello was the team's fifth in a row and ninth of the season.
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 Improving profitability through season extension in NY
“We choose to extend the season on a particular vegetable due to the fact it is in high demand by customers, it is a high value crop and we would not be able to have it at that time of the year if it were not grown in field houses,” Arnold says.
The Arnolds also use a formula they call the “$10,000-per-acre rule.” This means each crop is expected to have a minimum gross value of $10,000 when its value is extrapolated.
Once we learned these little peppers were so valuable, we decided to extend their season in the spring by transplanting them into a field house in May.” This technique helped the Arnolds produce red peppers by the third week of June.
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 ESPN.com - Auto Racing - Irvine to lead Jaguar into Formula One
Other carmakers in Formula One are Fiat-owned Ferrari and Honda, which has joined up with BAR for 2000.
Ford has been involved in Formula One since 1967 and has won more races (174) and more championships (13) than any other engine-maker.
Jaguar's five Le Mans victories in the 1950s -- a time when that race ranked alongside Formula One in prestige -- were with the C- and D-types.
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 Mika Hakkinen from start till date
In 1988, he entered and won the GM Euroseries for Dragon Racing, then entered British Formula Three, ending up 6th overall.
In 2000, Mika came very close to winning it again, but a poor start to the season and the engine blow-up in the crucial race at Indianapolis saw him take second to Michael Schumacher.
formula one - the scene before the spanish grand prix
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