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 Wikinfo | Monaco Grand Prix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The principality of Monaco, holds one of the oldest races on the Formula One automobile racing circuit.
The Monaco Grand Prix, held there annually, was first organized by Antony Noghes, a well-to-do cigarette manufacturer and a resident of Monte Carlo, under the auspices of Prince Louis II through the establishing of the "Automobile Club de Monaco" of which Noghes was the founding president.
Grand Prix motor racing came to Monaco in 1929 when the first Grand Prix of Monaco automobile race was held.
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 Monaco Grand Prix, things to do
For several centuries, the citadel of Monaco was coveted by the enemies of the Grimaldi, resulting in many conflicts with the Genoese, the French and the Spanish.
This gate opens on to the Court of Honor, admirable in its proportions, with its double stairway in Carrara marble leading to the Gallery of Hercules and which, despite the modifications carried out, may be considered as the old central part of the fortress built at the beginning of the XIIIth century.
The Treaty of Paris of 1815 restored full and complete sovereignty to Monaco and Honoré IV (1758-1819) and Honoré V (1778-1841) undertook the restoration of the Palace robbed of its collections and damaged to a considerable extent during the French Revolution.
www.f1-monaco-grand-prix.com /Formula_1/things_to_do.htm   (3058 words)

  
 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.
www.research-racing.de /gpr6.htm   (5963 words)

  
 The Official Formula 1 Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
As a boy the highlights of Ayrton's life were Grand Prix mornings when he awoke trembling with anticipation at the prospect of watching his Formula One heroes in action on television.
At Monaco (a race he would win six times), his sensational second to Alain Prost's McLaren - in torrential rain - was confirmation of the phenomenal talent that would take the sport by storm.
Even Senna confessed he occasionally went too far, as was the case in qualifying for the 1988 Monaco Grand Prix, where he became a passenger on a surreal ride into the unknown.
www.formula1.com /archive/halloffame/driver/45.html   (1095 words)

  
 History of Monaco Grand Prix Monte Carlo F1 Hotels & Monaco GP tickets - Grand Prix Tours
Too many cars entered the Monaco Grand Prix as usual and a number of cars were eliminated at the pre-qualifying session.
On the thirty-first lap the Monaco Grand Prix the race was stopped by the red flags while Prost was still in the lead.
Prost took the victory for the Monaco Grand Prix and Alboreto was able to hold on to second followed by de Angelis.
www.gptours.com /new/history.php/id/7051/decade/1980   (3155 words)

  
 Macau Grand Prix Committee
His grand prix debut came at the 1994 Spanish Grand Prix, as replacement for the late Ayrton Senna, and it took him just a year to score his first win.
He eventually went on to win three world championships, 1988, 1990 and 1991, and more success was tragically cut short by his death in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.
He made his grand prix debut four years later with Brabham and impressed enough as Williams test driver to land a full-time seat with the team in 1993, after Nigel Mansell decided to retire rather than go up against Alain Prost.
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 Grand Prix Racing - the whole story
Monaco is unique, and to many the annual blast round the streets of the tiny principality represents the jewel in the crown of Formula One.
It is also unique in that for many of the drivers the race is run on their doorstep, with the same streets they use for a daily trip to the newsagents, transformed into a race track.
Monaco is approximately twenty minutes from Nice by train and the fast road link, primarily the A7 highway, make travelling by car or taxi an easy option.
www.gpracing.net192.com /circuits/2.cfm   (986 words)

  
 Grand Prix Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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.
In 1970 driving an old Lotus 49 he drove in one of the most stirring finishes in modern Grand Prix history when he caught three-time World Champion Jack Brabham at the Monaco Grand Prix on the last corner of the race and claimed the checkered flag.
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 The Sports Section: The The Race: Monaco 2000
Michael's disappointment was the greater after starting the Grand Prix on pole and leading in typically commanding fashion for the first 55 laps.
The German, winner at Monaco four times in the past six years, nursed his Ferrari around the circuit before pulling into the pits and stepping out of the car after mechanics struggled for a minute to repair the problem.
The Monaco circuit weaves around the narrow streets that leave little room for overtaking so a good position on the grid is vital.
www.euronet.nl /users/guidof/gp5.html   (11204 words)

  
 STADIUM 64 - Reviews Archive: Super Monaco GP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Grand Prix races cover a minimum distance of 186 miles and a maximum of 199 miles within a time limit of two hours.
Here we are qualifying for that all important French Grand Prix and, would you believe it, the road is as wet as a two-hour old baby's nappy.
One of the finest features of Super Monaco Grand Prix is the data that appears in your view so you don't have to glance down the screen.
s64.emuunlim.com /reviews/supermonacogp5.htm   (939 words)

  
 Chopard official timekeeper at the 5th Monaco Historic Grand Prix
The race was held exactly one week before the Formula One Grand Prix on the original circuit of the legendary car race, along the quayside of the Principality.
Hence, Chopard’s involvement with the Monaco Historic Grand Prix is another sign of its loyal relationship with the automobile world and its profound respect for sporting excellence driven by discipline and precision.
In tribute to this year’s Monaco Historic Grand Prix, Chopard designed a new chronograph which was handed over to the victorious drivers of the different vehicle categories.
europastar.com /europastar/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002650454&imw=Y   (694 words)

  
 Grand Prix de Monaco - 1988 - Grand Prix Racing - the whole story
Grand Prix de Monaco - 1988 - Grand Prix Racing - the whole story
The entire front row was red and white for the second race in a row and both drivers made excellent starts - the Brazilian marginally quicker.
The race quickly became one of those processional affairs for which Monaco is becoming increasingly famous and it looked as if Senna had it in the back.
www.gpracing.net192.com /races/reports/455.cfm   (371 words)

  
 German Grand Prix 2001 - The Good Gambling Guide
And the first of these may be the last Grand Prix on the Hockenheimring in its current state: it's the second longest circuit currently to Spa, and it's the second fastest, to Monza.
Nurburgring hosted early World Championship Grands Prix until the end of the fifties when a single race was run on the autobahns of the Avus, just outside Berlin but then the Grand Prix returned to the Nurburgring again.
Hockenheim had its first Grand Prix in 1970 and then after Niki Lauda's accident at the Nurburgring - one of only two German Grand Prix race stoppages, incidentally - the race returned to the circuit by the Rhine in 1977, briefly returning to the 'new' Nurburgring for the 1985 race.
www.thegoodgamblingguide.co.uk /thisweek/2001/grandprix/latestgrandprixpreview.htm   (1399 words)

  
 Circuit de Monaco : The Formula One DataBase
In 1929 the inaugural Monaco Grand Prix was organised by Anthony Noghes, which was won by William Grover-Williams in a Bugatti which bore the colours which would later become world famous as British Racing Green.
The first Monaco Grand Prix to count towards the F1 World Championship was won by Juan Manuel Fangio.
However it would be 1955 before the Monaco Grand Prix would be a regular occurence in Formula 1.
www.f1db.com /f1/page/Circuit_de_Monaco   (340 words)

  
 SimHQ.com - Motorsports Zone - Preview: 2004 Monaco Grand Prix - Round 6 of 18
The one hope for those who enjoy grand prix racing is that the Ferrari has the longest wheelbase on the grid.
Cars used to be specially made for Monaco's unique challenges and it was only a tightening of the rules by the FIA that stopped this practice in the mid 90s.
In theory, Monaco is a difficult circuit for us because it's a bumpy track and one that requires lots of downforce, and these are two areas where we still need to find improvements.
www.simhq.com /_motorsports/motorsports_020e.html   (5705 words)

  
 Grand Prix 2005
The novices Narain Karthikeyan (as the first Indian in a Grand Prix cockpit) and Tiago Monteiro were wearing fur hats and their yellow overalls at minus 10°C outside.
Takuma Sato is the best Grand Prix driver ever coming from Japan, Anthony Davidson (so far two Grand Prix for Minardi) had preferred to drive races in 2005, but he had not been able to get a cockpit as a regular driver.
Professor Sid Watkins, whose pioneer work had brought Grand Prix Racing from the medical stone age to the high standard of the 21st century, had retired from the office of F.I.A.`s medical delegate at the tracks, because meanwhile he is 76 years of age.
www.research-racing.de /gp05a-7.htm   (4394 words)

  
 One-horse race: with the most dominant car in series history, 2002 was a great year for Ferrari, but a frustrating one ...
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.
It's difficult to overtake around the narrow, twisting Monaco streets, and by starting from the pole Coulthard was able to control the race and went on to win it.
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In the Eighties TWR boss Tom Walkinshaw resurrected the marque for racing as he built competition versions of Jaguar's XJS to use in the European Touring Car Championship.
The Jaguar F1 team is of course born of Stewart Grand Prix which made its debut in 1997 after being set up by Jackie and Paul Stewart.
The team scored its first pole in the French Grand Prix and Johnny Herbert went on to take a first victory against all the odds in last season's European Grand Prix.
homepage.eircom.net /~grandprix/data/teams/jaguar.html   (231 words)

  
 Monaco Grand Prix History - Senna Not to Blame for Monaco '88 :: I love Monte Carlo
Monaco Grand Prix History - Senna Not to Blame for Monaco '88
In an interview in this month's F1 Racing magazine (on sale next week), Trundle revealed that Ayrton Senna's famous crash in the 1988 Monaco Grand Prix was probably the result of a slow puncture rather than a driver error.
Senna had absolutely dominated the Monaco weekend and was heading for a certain victory when he understeered into the Portier barrier with just 11 laps remaining.
www.ilovemontecarlo.com /news/monaco-grand-prix-history-senna-not-to-blame-for-monaco-88.html   (240 words)

  
 The Flying Bulgarian. . . : Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In addition, the team has progressed the cascaded front wing, trialled successfully in the last two Grands Prix of 2005.
In August, he won his first World Championship Grand Prix at Brno in the Czech Republic on an AGV Aprilia RS125R.
The next year he made a stunning Formula One debut, qualifying an astonishing seventh in a Jordan for the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa, whereupon he was immediately snapped up by Benetton, where in 1992 he won his first Formula One race, again at Spa, the most demanding circuit of them all.
theflyingbulgariajn.blogs.eurosport.com /archive/2006/01/index.html   (7284 words)

  
 F1A&G - Ayrton Senna
Senna won the Monaco Grand Prix a record six times and was clearly the best qualifying F1 driver of all time, with 65 pole positions (although second on a percentage basis to Jim Clark).
His uncompromising driving style led to extreme reactions among F1 aficionados — either adulation or hatred — but his skill and bravery were unmatched.
Many who had despised him when he was younger had, with the passage of time, come to understand that Senna's brilliance as a driver was matched by a depth of character and compassion uncommon among the elite of F1.
www.f1-grandprix.com /senna.html   (582 words)

  
 GrandPrix.com > Monaco GP > Race Report
And in the meantime people across the world were doing things other than watching Grand Prix racing on TV on a Sunday afternoon.
Michael did set the fastest lap of the race but Monaco 2004 belonged to Jarno Trulli and the world loved him for it.
The two cars finished four-tenths of a second apart and Monaco was buzzing with excitement.
www.grandprix.com /race/r719racereport.html   (1981 words)

  
 GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Races > 1984 Results > Monaco GP
The Monaco Grand Prix of 1984 may not be considered a classic but it highlighted the brilliance of a rising new generation of Formula 1 stars.
The only major change to the entry was the appearance of Corrado Fabi in place of his brother Teo in the second Brabham-BMW.
Monaco GP, Monte Carlo, June 3, 1984, Round: 6, Race Number: 394
www.grandprix.com /gpe/rr394.html   (459 words)

  
 Monaco Grand Prix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brazil's Ayrton Senna has won the most Grands Prix here, taking six victories, five consecutive from 1989 to 1993, earning him the title "Master of Monaco".
Graham Hill won at Monaco more times than any other British driver.
^ To the Monaco Grand Prix, by sea.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Monaco_Grand_Prix   (2744 words)

  
 CORRY WARNS WALES: Sporting Life | Croatia v England, ICC Champions Trophy Live, Football, Cricket, Racing, Rugby ...
England captain Martin Corry on Wednesday night issued a fierce warning to Grand Slam champions Wales ahead of Saturday's RBS 6 Nations clash: We are coming after your title.
Saturday's showdown at Twickenham promises to be just as pivotal and Corry has outlined to his men the importance of making a ferocious start.
England stuttered badly after losing to Wales a year ago and went on to lose three on the trot before finishing the championship in fourth place, their worst placing yet in the Six Nations.
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 French Grand Prix 2001 - The Good Gambling Guide
It joined Britain, Monaco, Indianapolis, Switzerland, Belgium and Italy in organising Grands Prix in the first year of the World Championship, 1950.
Since then, the French Grand Prix has visited more circuits than in any other country, apart from the United States.
Prost won the race no less than six times, including his first Grand Prix win in 1981 and three times running from 1988.
www.thegoodgamblingguide.co.uk /thisweek/2001/grandprix/frenchgrandprixpreview.htm   (1510 words)

  
 McLaren Grand Prix Team - John Hopkinson's Unofficial Page
The McLaren team is ranked together with Williams and Ferrari as one of the grandee teams in F1, with sustained success over a long period of time in grand prix racing.
In 1966 Bruce Mclaren's team produced the M2 grand prix car designed by Robin Herd, and Bruce McLaren drove the car in the Monaco GP.
McLaren took over the Honda engine, when Honda withdrew from their contract with the Williams GP team, and combination of the McLaren chassis and Honda power gave the Drivers World Championship to Aryton Senna in 1988, Alain Prost 1989, Senna again in 1990 and 1991.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/john_hopkinson/mclaren.htm   (1214 words)

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