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  Belgian Grand Prix - WOI Encyclopedia Italia
To accommodate Grand Prix motor racing, the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps race course was built in 1921 but it was only used for motorcycle racing until 1924.
The first Belgian Grand Prix was won by Antonio Ascari whose son Alberto would win the race in 1952 and 1953.
There was no Belgian Grand Prix in 2003 because of the country's tobacco advertising laws but it returned to the schedule again in 2004.
www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php/Belgian_Grand_Prix   (786 words)

  
 MS_Ten_years_in_F1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
1991 Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, Jordan 191: Michael's pace was known to those who followed him in the Mercedes sports car, but his stunning Grand Prix debut elevated Michael to world prominence.
1994 Australian Grand Prix, Adelaide: Despite the controversy surrounding his World Championship success, Michael and his Benetton team were naturally elated at achieving the ultimate prize in motor sport.
2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Budapest, Ferrari F2001: In a season where the records seem to fall as often as Michael wins races - the World Championship is wrapped up early for Ferrari and Michael as he crosses the line to win his 51st Grand Prix and 4th World Championship.
www.homestead.com /formulakaz/MS_Ten_years_in_F1.html   (442 words)

  
 The 2004 Belgian Grand Prix quiz -- free game
F1 GP 2004 : The 2004 Belgian Grand Prix
Michael Schumacher was disqualified in the 1994 Belgian Grand Prix.
Rubens Barrichello was in last position at one stage, yet still gained a podium position in the 2004 Belgian Grand Prix.
www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=189948   (466 words)

  
 rpm.espn.com: Alboreto died while testing for Audi
Alboreto, born in Milan on Dec. 23, 1956, won five grands prix in the 1980s and was a member of the Porsche team which won the 1997 Le Mans and the Audi team which finished third there last year.
He was given his Formula One chance by Tyrrell in 1981 and achieved his first two grand prix wins with them in Las Vegas in 1982 and Detroit in 1983 -- the last two victories achieved by the British-based team.
He switched to Ferrari in 1984 and won the Belgian Grand Prix that year and the Canadian and German Grands Prix in 1985, when he finished second in the drivers' championship behind Frenchman Alain Prost.
espn.go.com /rpm/f1/2001/0425/1186119.html   (534 words)

  
 Belgian Grand Prix 2002
What Wimbledon means for Boris Becker, that is the world´s longest and demanding Grand Prix circuit, the track of Spa-Francorchamps in the Belgian Ardennes mountains, for Michael Schumacher: It is his living room.
And he made himself a really nice present for his 10th anniversary as a Grand Prix winner: With the 10th victory of the season he is alone on the of the record list ahead of the legendary Briton Nigel Mansell with 9 wins per year.
His 63th Grand Prix win the same time was the 6th in Belgium, where he had been disqualified as a winner back in 1994, because the undertray of his Benetton Ford had not been in accordance with the technical regulations of that time.
www.research-racing.de /B02-2.htm   (1105 words)

  
 DVD Verdict Review - Grand Prix
I mean the actual race—Frankenheimer blended footage he shot of the actual 1966 Grand Prix of Monaco with scenes shot with his actors (in real cars, with the real drivers on the course as well) to create the sequence.
There is also lesser coverage of the French Grand Prix in Cleremont-Ferrand, Auvergne, and the British GP at the Brands Hatch course.
Grand Prix captures that simpler era of F1 right before it began to turn into the high-speed, high-tech, big money extravaganza it is today.
www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/grandprix.php   (2053 words)

  
 Canadian Grand Prix - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Canadian Grand Prix (FR: Grand Prix du Canada), is a Formula 1 auto race held in Canada since 1967.
The first winner in Montreal was Quebec native, Gilles Villeneuve who died in 1982 on the final qualifying lap for the Belgian Grand Prix.
Because of tobacco legislations, new venues, and a maximum of 17 races on the schedule, the Canadian Grand Prix was preliminarily removed from the 2004 F1 schedule.
www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Canadian_Grand_Prix   (160 words)

  
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Grand Prix This is a full grand prix weekend, from practice to qualifying to warm-up to the race itself.
Grand Prix Challenge This gameplay mode presents ten challenges; each challenge must be successfully completed (by having the most points at the end of the challenge) in order to unlock the next challenge.
For the purposes of Grand Prix Challenge, however, traction control is available for ALL events in the season.
www.cheatcc.com /psx2/sg/grand_prix_challenge.txt   (20803 words)

  
 Grand Prix Challenge Driving FAQ - IGN FAQs
Unfortunately, there is no provision in Grand Prix Challenge to save tuning options for each car/circuit combination, so tuning will need to be done every time the player changes circuits and/or cars.
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.
faqs.ign.com /articles/389/389005p1.html   (20042 words)

  
 Tata Group | Media releases | Brand ambassadors | Belgian Grand Prix, spa-francorchamps, 9 — 11September 2005
Belgian Grand Prix, spa-francorchamps, 9 — 11September 2005
Following another positive two-car finish in Monza last weekend, Jordan Grand Prix is heading straight to the very challenging circuit of Spa-Francorchamps, the last European round of the season.
Located in the Ardennes forest, Spa-Francorchamps is a fantastic track that is truly a favourite among the drivers and known by the three Jordan Grand Prix drivers.
www.tata.com /0_about_us/brand_ambassadors/releases/20050909.htm   (576 words)

  
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Licensed by FIA Formula One, Grand Prix II will put players in the driver's seat as they practice, challenge for the pole, and go head-to-head with actual Formula One drivers on tracks in Monaco, Brazil, France, and beyond.
Grand Prix II provides the ultimate in realism, with every aspect of the Formula One circuit re-created with incredible accuracy and detail.
The 1994 champion won with 94 points, 8 race wins, 2 race second place finishes, 2 did not race, 2 disqualified races, and one race not finished.
www.thecomputershow.com /computershow/reviews/grandprix2.htm   (2220 words)

  
 FORMULA ONE RACING DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORY | GRAND PRIX RECORDS AND RACING SPEED ACES | THE BLUEBIRD ELECTRIC LAND ...
The grands prix, some of which have a history that predates the Formula One World Championship, are not always held on the same circuit every year.
The Bahrain Grand Prix along with other new races in China present new opportunities for the growth and evolution of the Formula One Grand prix franchise while also raising the bar for other Formula One racing venues around the world.
This is an ongoing task - after the deaths of Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger at Imola during the 1994 season, the FIA mandated further changes to circuits.
www.speedace.info /formula_one.htm   (4145 words)

  
 Cycle News Online
Johan Maris, the spokesman for the 2003 Belgian Motocross Grand Prix, told a Belgian newspaper that while no track or date is assured the event is 100 percent going to happen.
Lommel also held three 250cc Grands Prix in the 1990s, which were won by Stefan Everts (1994), Marnicq Bervoets (1993) and Pekka Vehkonen (1990).
The last Grand Prix in Nismes was held in 1999, when Frederic Bolley won the 250cc GP.
www.cyclenews.com /ShowStory.asp?HeadlineID=4105   (320 words)

  
 MercuryNews.com | 10/20/2006 | CHECKERED PAST
Schumacher made his debut at the 1991 Belgian Grand Prix for the Jordan team, replacing a driver who was arrested.
In 1994, with the championship on the line at the Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide, Schumacher and Hill collided and were knocked out of the race, allowing Schumacher to win his first Formula One title.
In 1997, he bumped Jacques Villeneuve in the season-ending European Grand Prix and was stripped of his second-place finish in the standings.
www.mercurynews.com /mld/mercurynews/sports/motorsports/15803867.htm   (685 words)

  
 Grand Prix II - PC Review - Coming Soon Magazine!
Incidentally, unlike its predecessor Grand Prix II uses all the statistics from the 1994 F1 season; meaning you'll be driving against Michael Schumacher's Benneton, Damon Hill's Williams and Mikka Hakkinen's McLaren.
Those familiar with the first Grand Prix game will be pleased with the enhancements made to the car's handling characteristics and the options added for car editing.
Grand Prix II makes that a possibility with the use of three multi-player options.
www.csoon.com /issue17/gprix2.htm   (1119 words)

  
 motoring.iafrica.com | formula 1 A history of the Belgian Grand Prix
It is also one of the most historic, having hosted its first Grand Prix back in 1925, when the circuit stretched for over nine miles through the country roads of southern Belgium's Hautes-Fagnes region.
Following that accident, Grand Prix cars did not return to Spa until after the war, on a slightly modified 8.9 mile version of the circuit.
He was also first past the flag in 1994, before disqualification handed a second successive Belgian win to Damon Hill, who went on to a third victory at the circuit with Jordan in 1998.
motoring.iafrica.com /formulaone/153116.htm   (755 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Schumi on verge of history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Belgian Grand Prix circuit, a treacherous trek through thickly wooded hills in southern Belgium, is seen as the toughest test in Formula One, and the German has responded throughout his decade-old career.
Since his death at the 1994 Imola Grand Prix, his memory lives on — especially in Spa, where his mastery of the 4.329 mile circuit earned him a memorial along the track.
In 1994, officials took away a victory because of a minor infraction in the setup of the car.
www.usatoday.com /sports/motor/formula1/2001-08-30-schumacher.htm   (745 words)

  
 Auto Racing
The Italian Grand Prix weekend saw the Colombian collect his third pole of the season, then dominate proceedings in Sunday's race.
Just as Ayrton Senna's fatal crash in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix rocked the Formula One community to it's core, the death...
Ralf Schumacher handed Williams their 104th Grand Prix victory and their first for three and a half years when he won Sunday's San Marino Grand Prix at Imola in dominating style.
www.suite101.com /welcome.cfm/auto_racing   (479 words)

  
 GrandPrix.com > Features > Big Al > Hakkinen versus Schumacher: the showdown
Whatever the outcome of the race, it is sure to underline the fact that Schumacher and Hakkinen have cemented their position as the two most formidable competitors currently in the grand prix business.
After this year's Belgian grand prix where Schumacher squeezed his rival onto the edge of the circuit at 190mph as they battled for the lead, the Ferrari driver listened intently with the demeanor of one who understood the point as Hakkinen gently chided him immediately after the race.
In 1994, he reasoned, Hill had fundamentally a better car than his Benetton and was advantaged by the fact that Schumacher had to serve a two-race suspension in the middle of the season.
www.grandprix.com /ft/ftah007.html   (1073 words)

  
 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.
faqs.ign.com /articles/389/389006p1.html   (4459 words)

  
 Motorsport.com: News channel
The reason given by the Belgian National Sporting Authority is to allow time for the Spa-Francorchamps circuit to be upgraded, which could not be done in time for this year's September 17th date.
There were reports in the Belgian media not long ago that said the race would be cancelled but at the time the FIA dismissed the claims.
The Belgian National Sporting Authority has yet to confirm that the season finale for the GP2 Series will also be canceled, which was on the same date with the Formula One event.
www.motorsport.com /news/article.asp?ID=209542&FS=f1   (376 words)

  
 Formula One History - After Tamburello
Once again new technical regulations were imposed to slow the cars and improve driver safety, but even with the first driver fatalities in a dozen years, the show went on, as it always has.
But once again, the roots of the transition reach back further, to the 1991 Belgian GP at Spa, where young German Michael Schumacher burst onto the F1 scene by qualifying 7th in his first Formula One start for Team Jordan, moving on just one race later to Benetton.
After focusing on their active components for years, F1 designers were hard pressed to meet the new specifications, and most of the paddock was not delivered in time for much winter testing before the season's first race at Interlagos in Brazil.
www.f1-grandprix.com /history7.html   (936 words)

  
 BWP-North America
As an international show jumper with Jos Lansink, they won the Grand Prix of Nordrhein-Westfalen at Aken, became Champions of the Netherlands in 1994, were placed 2nd in the Grand Prix of Amsterdam, 2nd in Darmstadt, 2nd in Lanaken, 2nd in Helsinki and 2nd in Gothenburg.
In the Grand Prix of Rotterdam, 3 of the top 8 had Olympic Concorde to thank as their sire and at the international horseshow of Maastricht, he had 11 offspring in the international finals.
Concorde B's dam, Treasure B, is by Eros, a Belgian import from the world-class Hanoverian lines of Duft II and Fling.
www.belgianwarmblood.com /concordb.htm   (567 words)

  
 Formula one statistics
A driver is considered to be "entered" into a Grand Prix if they attempt to compete in at least one official practice session with the intent of entering the race.
Double (Pole and Win in same Grand Prix)
Grand Chelem (Pole, Win, Fastest Lap and leader all race in same Grand Prix)
www.sports-statistics.com /f1/f1_statistics.html   (231 words)

  
 Michael Schumacher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Schumacher won in 1994 while driving for Benetton, in a controversial season marred by allegations of cheating and the deaths of Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger at the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola.
The 1994 Australian Grand Prix was the final round of the 1994 season, and Schumacher entered the race with a single point advantage over Damon Hill.
In qualifying for the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix after setting the fastest lap Schumacher drove round slowly on the racing line almost causing a collision with Gerhard Berger who was still on a fast lap.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Michael_Schumacher   (6535 words)

  
 Michael Schumacher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Eddie Jordan signed Michael for his Jordan team at the Belgian Grand Prix, where Michael astonished everyone by qualifying seventh, in his first competition in an F1 vehicle.
Since the 1994 death of Ayrton Senna, Schumacher has been widely regarded as the fastest driver in F1 and the most dominant driver of his era.
The two most-cited examples are the 1994 Australian Grand Prix (where a crash with Damon Hill in the last race of the year ensured Schumacher's first drivers championship), and the 1997 European Grand Prix (where a collision with eventual champion Jacques Villeneuve led to Schumacher's disqualification for dangerous driving).
michael-schumacher.iqnaut.net   (1396 words)

  
 CNN/SI - World Motor Sports - Barrichello takes pole in French Grand Prix qualifying - Saturday June 26, 1999 11:37 AM
The popular Brazilian's demonstration of skill and courage upset all expectations for the grid for Sunday's French Grand Prix and created the prospect of an intriguing race.
Barrichello, who timed his fast laps to perfection on a stormy afternoon in central France, dominated qualifying for the 72-lap race by lapping in one minute and 38.441 seconds early in the session before heavy rain prevented his rivals from improving on his time.
Barrichello's only previous pole came at the Belgian Grand Prix in 1994 when he also took advantage of heavy rain with a perfectly-timed lap while he was a Jordan driver.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /motorsports/world/news/1999/06/26/french_prix   (596 words)

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