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In the News (Sat 26 May 12)

  
 Venue Selection for Special Sporting Events: With Referece to the 1996 Melbourne Grand Prix/ May, 1997
Grand Prix chief executive officer, Judith Griggs, said the award, for the event staged in March, belonged to the thousands of people who made the controversial event happen.
Yet the choice of venue for the 1996 Melbourne Grand Prix was the subject of debate among various interested parties before and after the great event staged in March 1996.
In addition, the fact that the Grand Prix had been held at Albert Park in the 1950s enabled the government to utilize the argument that the "Grand Prix was returning home!" support.
www.hotel-online.com /Neo/Trends/AsiaPacificJournal/VenueSelection.html   (5008 words)

  
 Dynasties: Jones
Stan won the Australian Grand Prix at Longford in Tasmania in a Maserati.
Alan's Formula 1 debut in the Spanish Grand prix in a Hesketh 308 sponsored by Harry Stiller and Rob Walker Dutch Grand Prix transfers to Embassy Hill Racing replacing an injured Rolf Stommelen.
Williams Grand Prix Engineering signs Alan as driver and he finishes second at the US Grand Prix.
www.abc.net.au /dynasties/txt/s1518440.htm   (543 words)

  
 1996 Australian Grand Prix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1996 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on March 10, 1996 at Melbourne.
It was the first time this race was held in Melbourne, taking over from Adelaide as the host of the Australian Grand Prix.
The race was restarted after an opening lap accident.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1996_Australian_Grand_Prix   (181 words)

  
 Ten years of sound and fury at Albert Park - Editorial - www.theage.com.au
For many, Melbourne's Grand Prix will always be associated with a whining sound, one that isn't confined to the noise the cars make as they scream around Albert Park Lake.
The Minardi team boss, Australian Paul Stoddart, triggered these events by refusing to accept an FIA ruling on Friday that two of his cars did not comply with new technical regulations.
Australian Grand Prix chairman Ron Walker was right to observe that the FIA's action has "huge implications for a country operating under the Westminster system".
www.theage.com.au /news/Editorial/Ten-years-of-sound-and-fury-at-Albert-Park/2005/03/06/1110044250042.html   (510 words)

  
 Webber confirms switch to Williams - Motorsport - www.theage.com.au
His first race with Williams will be his home grand prix in Melbourne from March 3-6 next year.
Webber left Australia in 1996 to pursue his ambition of being the world's best driver, rising from formula Ford racing through the open-wheeler classes to the F1 scene in 2002.
Australians beware: we have not yet won the economic war
www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/07/28/1090694026042.html?from=storyrhs   (529 words)

  
 Vegemite :: Home :: Our Heritage :: Australian Timeline :: 1990's   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Australian cinematographer, Dean Semler, won an Oscar at the Academy Awards for 'Dances With Wolves'.
The Australian Football League (AFL) celebrated its 100th season and North Melbourne Football Club emerged as premiers defeating Sydney before a crowd of 93,102 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
The Aria awards are the Australian Record Industry’s way of giving recognition to talented musicians for their efforts and excellence.
www.vegemite.com.au /index.cfm?fuseaction=AustralianTimeline.1990   (673 words)

  
 italiaspeed.com
For the first time since this event moved from Adelaide to Melbourne in 1996, the Australian Grand Prix is not the opening round of the Formula 1 World Championship.
It is also a fair assumption to make that some Melbournians would have been annoyed at having to chose between attending a day at the Grand Prix or the athletics competition, because like all Australians, sport is a key part of their life.
Because the thirty-eight year old is an Australian national, whose family lives just over a hundred kilometres away from the city that hosts the third round of the Formula One World Championship.
www.italiaspeed.com /2006/motorsport/f1/03_australia/preview.html   (1226 words)

  
 Grand Prixtensions - The Economics of the Magic Pudding
The net benefit records the alleged economic impact of the Grand Prix, after subtracting the alleged economic impact of the projects that were given up to pay for the Grand Prix.
If the Grand Prix is as good for the economy as the EIA claims, then those industries who are benefiting ought to be able to buy out the government share - at a price that gives a commercially viable return to the taxpayers' extensive investment.
According to the Government and various spokespeople for the Australian Formula One Grand Prix, the EIA is "proof of the puddin' " that they're onto an economic winner that generates - and will continue to generate - substantial revenues for Victorian coffers.
home.vicnet.net.au /~sapark/sapweb/pEC1.html   (4987 words)

  
 Australian Grand Prix Collection
The Frame is specially designed to harness each edition of the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix collection to be released over the next five years.
The collection is modelled upon a 1958 V-Twin Grand Prix classic, of which 'The Engine' is indicative to the vintage.
The Gearbox commerates the 2004 Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix and is the penultimate piece in the collection, so the bike will be complete next year.
www.ceramicinnovations.com.au /collctrs.htm   (1355 words)

  
 The Supposed Benefits of the Grand Prix: Fallacies and Facts
The 1996 Melbourne race was attended by 31,000 visitors but only 16,900 came to Melbourne January 1997 specifically for the race.
The disappointing tourism accommodation figures for March 1996 compared with March 1995 and the month-for month growth in tourism for other months indicates that the event caused a significant avoidance effect.
Australian Bureau of Statistics data suggests that up to 30,000 visitors avoided Melbourne at the cost of over $12 million to the State economy.
home.vicnet.net.au /~sapark/sapweb/p79.html   (1269 words)

  
 Quantas Australian Grand Prix 2001
We should not deny anything: Grand Prix Racing was able to avoid it`s worst possible catastrophe only by millimeters on the first Sunday of March 2001.
All new cars are extremely underweight and the ballast carried is used for better weight balance on the individual track - the same nonsense as the water bottles taken into the side pods (officially for better brake cooling) in the early eighties had been used only for manipulation.
Worldchampionship points in the first Grand Prix ever are as rare as the Blue Mauritius stamp.
www.research-racing.de /Melbourne2001-3.htm   (1261 words)

  
 Brazilian Grand Prix - Formula 1 - Drivers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
At the 2004 US Grand Prix at Indianapolis, Ralf Schumacher was injured in a high speed crash.
Da Matta was replaced by Ricardo Zonta for the Hungarin Grand Prix (Round 13) and will not return for Toyota this season.
Pantano was replaced by Timo Glock for the Canadian Grand Prix (Round 8) because of a payment dispute.
www.brazilian-grand-prix.com /drivers.php   (200 words)

  
 Bodybuilding.com - David Robson - 2006 Australian Pro Preview.
This alone should be worth the price of admission, but there is one other major attraction in store: the battle between incumbent Australian Pro champion Lee Priest and current flavor of the month Warren Branch.
With six top level pros compared to only two (Lee and Chris Cormier) at last year's event, the 2006 Australian Pro is yet another contest that is getting better each year.
The Australian Pro should hopefully see him presenting the kind of shape he stunned the audiences with at the 2004 Olympia.
www.bodybuilding.com /fun/drobson163.htm   (1064 words)

  
 Jacques Villeneuve - WOI Encyclopedia Italia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve (born April 9, 1971) is a Canadian automobile racing driver, and winner of Formula One and Champ Car championships and the Indianapolis 500, one of only two drivers to accomplish all three feats (the other being Emerson Fittipaldi).
The German replicated his 1994 Australian Grand Prix tactics and turned in on Villeneuve.
He was previously engaged to Australian singer Dannii Minogue in the late 1990s and is currently engaged to American ballerina Ellie Green.
www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php/Jacques_Villeneuve   (1710 words)

  
 F1factory - Everything about Formula One
The European Grand Prix will be the 100th race in Formula One for DHL Jordan Honda’s Giancarlo Fisichella.
Fisichella, who made his F1 debut at the 1996 Australian Grand Prix, is widely respected within the sport for his outstanding talent, and the statistics substantiate his reputation.
The team currently has just three cars after losing a chassis in the Austrian Grand Prix, so chassis 2 (the T-car) was used for testing and will then be rebuilt before being sent to Nürburgring.
www.f1factory.nl /news/newsart.php?art=785   (677 words)

  
 F1 Specialties - Books: Autocourse annuals
The outcome of the 1997 was settled on lap 48 of the European Grand Prix at Jerez, the final race of the season...
The 1996 Grand Prix season was dominated by an epic battle for the Drivers' Championship between Britain's Damon...
Combining in depth coverage of the 1997 Grand Prix season with a race-by-race account of the previous year's action, it provides essential...
www.f1specialties.com /main/books-autocourse.php   (901 words)

  
 Sportal.com.au - Motorsport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park will be moved back to accommodate for the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne during March.
The FIA is yet to confirm the calendar for the 2006 season, but has revealed the Australian race is now likely to be the third in the year.
March and April will prove to be busy sporting months for Melbourne, with the Games beginning on the March 15, the Grand Prix on April 2 and a round of the AFL season that same weekend.
www.sportal.com.au /motorsport.asp?i=news&id=65300   (321 words)

  
 itv.com/f1 - Martin Brundle's new book
Over the next few weeks we'll be holding a competition, speaking to Martin about the book and carrying dates of signing events around the country (click here for more details).
But we kick things off with an extract in which Martin recounts his dramatic accident at the 1996 Australian Grand Prix.
I had joined Jordan for 1996 and got off on the wrong foot when my Peugeot engine blew up on the first day, followed by another engine failure the day after.
www.itv-f1.com /Feature.aspx?Type=General&PO_ID=31307   (1133 words)

  
 Williams F1 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX Preview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Moved from its traditional slot as the season’s opening race to allow for the Commonwealth Games, the Australian Grand Prix will, for the eleventh time, be held at the picturesque Albert Park circuit in the heart of Victoria’s capital, Melbourne.
Having secured seven podium finishes at Albert Park since the Grand Prix moved from Adelaide in 1996, the team is determined to field competitive FW28s for Mark Webber’s home race and Nico Rosberg’s debut at the Melbourne street circuit.
The Australian Grand Prix will be the final leg of a continuous three race tour for the team before returning home for the start of the European season.
www.motorspor.com /index.cfm?fuseaction=haberler.habergoster&haber_id=4417   (1271 words)

  
 United States Grand Prix
Fisichella competed in the German and International Touring Car championships in 1995 and in 1996, and he made his F1 debut with Minardi in the 1996 Australian Grand Prix.
He drove for Minardi-Ford in eight Grand Prix races in 1996 with his best finish being an eighth in Canada.
USGP tickets: Tickets for the 2003 United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis are on sale, and the IMS ticket office encourages customers to place orders early to ensure the best possible opportunity to acquire good seats.
www.usgpindy.com /news/story.php?story_id=1144   (901 words)

  
 Green Left - Issues: Grand Prix opposition digs in
MELBOURNE -- Last December, when the Kennett government announced that the 1996 Australian Formula One Grand Prix would be held in inner-suburban Albert Park, the media did their best to provide an impression of universal enthusiasm.
The Save Albert Park group has made it clear that it is not opposed to the Grand Prix as such, but that holding the race at Albert Park would have a disastrous effect on the park itself and the local community.
Despite assurances by the government that the new track will be used only for Grand Prix events, opponents are sceptical, pointing out it would hardly be worth the effort and expense involved if it is only going to be used for one week a year.
www.greenleft.org.au /1994/145/9599   (674 words)

  
 Australian Grand Prix 125 Support Race 2003
The newest addition to the racing program at the Skyy Vodka Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix may be the least powerful, but it’s packed with personality.
Sponsored by the Glen Cameron Group — an Australian leader in transport logistics, operating a fleet of more than 300 vehicles and now in its sixth year as a GP sponsor — the Aussie 125s will have four races at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit over the three-day event.
Last year Josh Waters became the youngest Australian to race in an Australian GP at only 15 years and 269 days and the youngest Aussie GP rider a week earlier in Malaysia.
www.mcnews.com.au /MotorcycleRacing2003/MotoGP/Aus/Preview_125_Support.htm   (3580 words)

  
 United States Grand Prix
This year’s 19-race Formula One season, which begins with the Australian Grand Prix on March 6 and includes the United States Grand Prix on June 19 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, offers fans a wide range of exciting and intriguing changes.
Engines now must last two complete Grand Prix weekends, and if a car requires an engine change before that, the driver, depending on when the engine was changed, will lose 10 places on the starting lineup or be moved to the back of the grid.
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.
www.usgpindy.com /news/story.php?story_id=4110   (1369 words)

  
 GrandPrix.com > News > News Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
THE Grand Prix organisers of Monaco and Montreal are going to be in trouble this week with the FIA World Council meeting to consider what to do about the Monte Carlo course car accident and the Canadian track invasion.
LAS VEGAS might suddenly have emerged as the favorite in the battle to host an American Grand Prix in 1996 but the Brandy Station circuit in Virginia will still be bidding for a race at some point in the future.
AT the end of 1977 it was announced that the Canadian Grand Prix would be leaving Mosport Park, near Toronto, Ontario to move to a new circuit - not then built - in Montreal.
www.grandprix.com /nsarch9506.html   (1111 words)

  
 Bridgestone:Australian GP Preview || Ferrari 1 - Unofficial Ferrari F1 News and Views   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Since 1996, the Australian Grand Prix has taken place on the public roads of Albert Park, one of Melbourne's many city parks.
Last year's incident filled Australian Grand Prix was won in spectacular style by Michael Schumacher after starting from second place on the grid.
Bridgestone's engineers are expecting further improvements this year as a result of developments over the winter and also a direct consequence of the closer technical relationships developed with its teams enabling them to maximise the potential of the tyres on their cars.
www.sportnetwork.net /main/s85/st21036.htm   (817 words)

  
 Australian Grand Prix Preview
We all know Bridgestone are entering the Grand Prix arena as tyre suppliers, but until the cars all hit the track at the same time, we don't know who's tyres are quicker.
It was wham-bang, grand slam way to start the season, and the man who came out as the winner would go on to win the championship - Damon Hill.
The 1996 form guide is no indicator, as TWR concentrated on the design, funding and staff for 1997.
www.atlasf1.com /97/aus/preview/waller.html   (1731 words)

  
 RacingOne - Nascar Racing: Auto Racing, Nascar News, Racing News, Nascar Online, Nascar 2006, Nascar Drivers, Nascar, ...
Coulthard and Hakkinen were speaking to a group of journalists at the final Grand Prix of the 2001 season, and in the informal setting the teammates were both serious and humorous.
David had obviously already won a grand prix by that time, but he was also motivated and wanted to win.
Since making their debut as McLaren Mercedes teammates in the 1996 Australian Grand Prix through the end of the 2001 season, Hakkinen and Coulthard competed in 99 grand prix races.
www.racingone.com /article.aspx?artnum=11101   (1018 words)

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