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  Grand Prix Hall of Fame
In has last season he lost a spectacular Monaco Grand Prix to Jochen Rindt but the fact that he was competitive even at the age of 43 in a young man's sport only adds to his legacy.
Vittorio Jano's P3 dominated the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa in 1925 after the local favorite, the Delage team, had retired all of their cars.
Grand Prix History is produced by The Motorsports Publishing Group, LLC
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  Reference.com/Encyclopedia/1988 Italian Grand Prix
The 1988 Italian Grand Prix was held on September 11, 1988 at Monza.
The 1988 Formula 1 season was dominated by Team McLaren, who had won all 11 of the season's races before the Italian Grand Prix, and would go on to win the 4 remaining races.
The 1988 Italian Grand Prix was the first Formula 1 race in Italy held after the death of Ferrari founder Enzo Ferrari, making it a very emotional event for his team and its passionate fans, the tifosi.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/1988_Italian_Grand_Prix   (375 words)

  
 Soup :: MotoGP: Italian Grand Prix Preview.
This Grand Prix meeting is one of the highest rated sporting events of the year in Italy in terms of viewing figures, and many households will come to a standstill when the lights go out for the MotoGP race.
A huge global television audience will join the Italian viewers, and one of the main attractions is, of course, the battle between the riders with green, white and red blood running through their veins.
The 3.259-mile Mugello circuit was constructed in 1974 in a valley between the rolling Tuscan hillsides and held it's first Grand Prix in 1976, with the event a permanent fixture on the Grand Prix calendar since 1991.
www.superbikeplanet.com /2006/May/tb/060531x.htm   (1449 words)

  
 Macau Grand Prix Official Homepage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Macau Grand Prix was, for the first time, entered on the international racing calendar as a "national race with foreign participation," and was subject for the first time to the regulations published by the FIA for sports and grand touring cars.
In the Motor Cycle Grand Prix, a new star was on the horizon in the form of "Rocket" Ron Haslam, who took victory in the 30 lap race in 1:22:57.75, followed by Sadeo Asami in second and Dutchman Boet Van Dulmen in third.
The 30th Macau Grand Prix was another landmark year for the event with its nomination as the FIA Formula 3 World Cup.
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 German Grand Prix - WOI Encyclopedia Italia
A precusor to the German Grand Prix, the first race was won by Italian Felice Nazzaro in a Fiat.
The first national event in German Grand Prix motor racing came to the Automobil Verkehrs und Übungs-Straße AVUS race course in southwest Berlin in 1926 as a sports car race.
The 1930 and 1933 German Grands Prix were both cancelled due to the country's economic problems.
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 Grand Prix Journal VI
Grand Prix racing often only took place on the television screen, except for the German round of the championship, when some guys had crashed fatally.
Surely, the image of Grand Prix driving as a profession was a negative one in a Germany of the 68 generation, who often were able to remember the war or the post-war era.
The Grand Prix driver not as a fair sportsman, but as the Aryan superman, instead of fighting for wins with his competitor, having the order to consider him as a brutal enemy to bring complete, if possible, fatal defeat to - that was the horrible example the Nazis had created.
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 Italian Grand Prix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first Italian Grand Prix motor racing championship took place on September 4, 1921 at Brescia.
However, the race is more closely associated with the course at Monza, which was built in 1922 in time for that year's race, and has been the location for most of the races over the years.
The Italian Grand Prix counted toward the European Championship from 1935 to 1938.
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 Soup :: Italian Grand Prix Preview: Fever Pitch in Italy 2005
The 2005 F.I.M. Grand Prix Motorcycle World Championship has reached round five of its global trek, and this weekend, the travelling circus will be performing on one of the finest stages in the sport.
The Italian Motorcycle Grand Prix is one of the highest-rated sporting events of the year in Italy in terms of viewing figures and, for sure, the whole country will come to a standstill when the lights go out for the MotoGP race.
The 3.26-mile Mugello circuit was constructed in 1974 in a valley between the rolling Tuscan hillsides and held its first Grand Prix in 1976 with the event a permanent one on the Grand Prix calendar since 1991.
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 Grand Prix Challenge Driving FAQ - IGN FAQs
Grand Prix This is a full grand prix weekend, from practice to qualifying to warm-up to the race itself.
Tires There are four tire compounds available in Grand Prix Challenge: Hard: These tires have the longest life, which means that the player can remain on the circuit longer between pit stops.
World Feed: Because F1 races are televised (generally live) worldwide, FIA has implemented the World Feed system, in which the images of grand prix weekends are provided by the FIA- licensed F1 broadcaster for the country hosting each grand prix; all other F1 broadcasters must then use these images and sounds for their F1 coverage.
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 1988 Italian Grand Prix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is remembered for the extremely improbable 1-2 finish for the Ferrari team, and the only race of the 1988 season that Team McLaren failed to win.
The team's drivers were Frenchman Alain Prost (the 1985 and 1986 World Champion) and Ayrton Senna, a rising star from Brazil, who would go on to win the 1988 World Championship.
The Italian crowd was overjoyed as Berger inherited the win, with Alboreto taking second place.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1988_Italian_Grand_Prix   (361 words)

  
 Australian winners in Grand Prix
Troy Bayliss will start his 10th attempt at winning a motorcycle grand prix 50 years to the day since Ken Kavanagh became the first Australian to win a GP in the premier class of two-wheel racing.
Italian Max Biaggi, on the Pramac privateer Honda, needs to add to his seven previous victories at Brno - which include premier class wins in 1998, 2000 and 2002 - to stay within striking distance of the championship leaders.
Bayliss and his Italian teammate Loris Capirossi are fifth and fourth in the championship, and should benefit from Ducati’s first test at the Czech circuit last month.
www.mcnews.com.au /Features/2003/GP_50year_Anniv_Aus_Wins.htm   (1449 words)

  
 Grand Prix of the Year 2000
Mugello, home of the Italian Grand Prix, has achieved an enviable reputation over the last six years and is acknowledged as setting the standards others must achieve.
Set in the tranquillity of the rolling hills of Tuscany, less than 20 kilometres North of Florence, the 5.245km circuit boasts the finest of facilities and is a particular favourite of the majority of grand prix riders.
That is why, as Chairman of IRTA I would like to thank all the people involved with the Italian Grand Prix held at Mugello for their efforts in making us feel at home." Concluded Pons.
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1988 North Carolina fed grand jury indict PTL founder Jim Bakker on fraud and conspiracy
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1772 Willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Netherlands, 1814-40
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 Grand Prix Challenge Circuit Histories FAQ - IGN FAQs
The 1939 German Grand Prix was the final race at Nurburgring for quite some time due to the beginning of World War II.
In more recent years, the opening lap of the 2000 Grand Prix of Italy was seriously marred by the death of a trackside race marshal due to all the flying debris at the Roggia Chicane (the second chicane of the circuit).
The initial 4.192-kilometer (2.620-mile) US Grand Prix was won by Michael Schumacher in 2000, followed by Mika Hakkinen (in his final race win before sabbatical/retirement) in 2001.
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 Ferrari F1 1948 - 2003
Victories in 1975: Monaco Grand Prix, Belgian Grand Prix in Zolder, Swedish Grand Prix in Anderstorp, French Grand Prix in Le Castellet and USA Grand Prix in Watkins Glen (driver in each case: Niki Lauda from Austria) as well as Italian Grand Prix in Monza (driver: Clay Regazzoni from Switzerland).
Victories in 1998: Argentinian Grand Prix in Buenos Aires, Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, French Grand Prix in Magny-Cours, English Grand Prix in Silverstone, Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring and Italian Grand Prix in Monza (driver in each case: Michael Schumacher from Germany).
Victories in 1999: Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, Austrian Grand Prix at the A1-Ring, German Grand Prix in Hockenheim and Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang (driver in each case: Eddie Irvine from Northern Ireland) as well as San Marino Grand Prix in Imola and Monaco Grand Prix (driver in each case: Michael Schumacher from Germany).
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 Rear-view Mirror- Italian Grand Prix || Renault Rockets - Unofficial Renault F1 News and Views
Yesterday, Giancarlo became the first Italian driver to stand on the podium at his home Grand Prix since Michele Alboreto 17 years ago, in 1988.
I know Alboreto was the last Italian on the podium at Monza before me. I was lucky enough to race together with him in touring cars, and he was a great person, really special.
The 2005 Italian Grand Prix was the first time in 44 years that every starter finished the race, a record that stretches back to Zandvoort and the 1961 Dutch Grand Prix.
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 Auto-Racing @ MieNet: Grand Prix 2001 Special Details
Counting all their grand prix victories, and the single wins of Rubens Barrichello and the late Carlos Pace (Moco), Brazil totals 80 grand prix wins, standing second only to Great Britain in the all-time winners table.
The Italian driver, who is yet to score his maiden F1 victory [see related entry], must be craving for a more competitive Benetton, even more so after watching his former team-mate at Jordan (R.Schumacher) be the first to take the chequered flag in the San Marino Grand Prix.
The Spanish Grand Prix should allow an idea of how the different teams have been tackling the many different alternatives at hand so as to achieve an ideal setting for their cars and optimize their overall performance.
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 Italian Grand Prix - Monza, Mercedes McLaren win again
Giancarlo Fisichella's third place meant that he was the first Italian to stand on the podium here since the late Michele Alboreto in 1988, at least the 'tifosi' had something to cheer as their beloved Ferraris could only manage tenth and twelfth places in a race that saw no mechanical retirements.
Antonio Pizzonia driving for the injured Heidfeldt admitted that he made some silly little mistakes early on as he reacclimatised to a car he hasn't driven for three months, but seventh place with the sixth fastest lap (1m 22.870s) was a performance sufficiently impressive to stake a valid claim to a race seat in 2006.
Mark Webber was the victim in the usual first-corner shuffle as David Coulthard tagged the back of Fisichella's car (lightly enough for the Italian not even to notice) and then backed off, Webber damaged his front wing as he hit the back of the Red Bull.
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 Grand Prix Champions: Michael Schumacher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Schumacher's great strength is that his fitness beggars belief - his friends joke that when he goes running with his dog, it is the dog which tires first - and his ability to drive every race lap with furious intensity, the likes of which most of his opponents reserve for qualifying.
key characteristic of every great driver in Grand Prix history is that they have been able to lap at maximum speed from the moment the light turns green at the start of a race.
This is all absolutely central to the task of laying out the complex tapestry of a winning Grand Prix performance.
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 MONZA, ITALY - Vodafone Italian Grand Prix, Autodromo Nazionale Monza Circuit
MONZA, ITALY - Vodafone Italian Grand Prix, Autodromo Nazionale Monza Circuit
A week later Monza held its first Italian Grand Prix and 150,000 turned out to see it.
Monza's fame lies more than anything with Grand Prix racing but the track has long been the venue of other great races, including the famous Monza Lotteria, when the young drivers were able to grab a moment of glory and, perhaps, a Grand Prix drive.
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 sogni di ferrari.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Construction started on 17 October 2002 in a ceremony attended by Max Mosley and Bernie Ecclestone, with the Chinese Grand Prix due to be held in 2004.
The Italian, Luigi Fagioli, was 53 years old, when he as the oldest ever, won the 1951 Grand Prix in France.
The Italian Grand Prix takes place 12 weeks after his US Grand Prix smash, but the German was therefore unable to test this week at the circuit.
www.nansens.dk /2004_09_01_sogni_di_ferrari_archive.html   (6331 words)

  
 United States Grand Prix
Super Typhoon Number 22 never hit the Suzuka area, home of the Japanese Grand Prix, as it was forecast to do, but the storm caused plenty of havoc elsewhere in Japan.
Winner of the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix and a veteran of 158 Grand Prix starts, he has driven for Ligier, Prost, BAR and Toyota.
USGP tickets: Tickets for the 2005 United States Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway 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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 Rene Arnoux - Grand Prix Racing - the whole story
On the advice of Jean-Pierre Beltoise, who had recently won the Monaco Grand Prix, Rene's own competition career started at the Winfield racing school at Magny-Cours where he won the prestigious Volant Shell competition and moved into Formula Renault for 1973.
By 1980 Rene had become a Grand Prix winner with victories in both Brazil and South Africa, but when Jabouille was replaced by Alain Prost in 1981 Rene began to find himself outpaced.
Nevertheless, in 1982 he won the French Grand Prix against team orders, then triumphed in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza the day before it was announced that he would be joining Ferrari.
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 One-horse race: with the most dominant car in series history, 2002 was a great year for Ferrari, but a frustrating one ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Ferrari's focus on Schumacher turned controversial at the Austrian Grand Prix when the team instructed Barrichello to hand the lead over to his teammate much to the chagrin of the race's fans.
Montoya's teammate, Ralf Schumacher, won the Malaysian Grand Prix early in the season, when Ferrari was still running its 2001 car.
As a result, a single fifth-place finish by rookie Takuma Sato in the final race of the season--his hometown Japanese Grand Prix--vaulted the DHL Jordan Honda team from eighth to sixth in the Constructors Championship.
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 JORDAN F1 GRAND PRIX
Trulli admits that he not a typical Italian, he does not like football and has a finnish name.
He hasn't even driven in Italy much and when he first started in F1 the Italians didn't know who he was.
This season is his second with Jordan but may however be the last for if the car doesn't perform as well as it did in 1999 he may leave to join Benneton.
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 Italian Grand Prix Review
Oh well, Stewart Grand Prix should have the financial muscle to carry on beyond it's second year (Dome too if it decides to make the leap).
It looked like the race was going to go to either Alesi or Schumacher and if the Ferrari fans had their way it would be the latter.
The last time the Scuderia won at Monza it was 1988, just after the death of Enzo Ferrari and it signalled the start of the downward spiral that they are starting to emerge from.
www.atlasf1.com /96/ita/galvin.html   (1988 words)

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