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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: German Grand Prix
The Grand Prix motorcycle racing event is also called German GP but this article concentrates on the automobile GP.
A precursor 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 AVUS (Automobil Verkehrs und Übungs-Straße) race course in southwest Berlin in 1926 as a sports car race.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/German-Grand-Prix   (5198 words)

  
 1997 Pontiac Grand Prix SE Comments - Carsurvey.org
This questin is for the gentleman with the 1997 grand prix with the blower not turning off.
1997 Grand Prix SE Mystery is solved - I have had many of the same problems as the other posters.
Guess what, the reason your Grand Prix has trouble running is BECAUSE of all that crap of which you are apparently so proud.
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  German Grand Prix Results   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
1997 German GRAND PRIX TRACK: Nurburgring DATE: 20 July 1997 WEATHER: Rain for 125.
After refusing to ride at the Imola GP of 6 July, Troy Corser was officially replaced by Kirk McCarthy in the Red Bull Yamaha team for this weekend's German GP.
Under the rules applied by IRTA, the race team association, Corser will not be able to re-join the official works Yamaha team, even if negotiations were able to bridge the gap that had lead Corser to call the offer made to him for completing the season with the team, as "an insult".
www.motorcycle.com /mo/mcmail/1997/gps/german-results7_20.html   (422 words)

  
 F1 News - Grandprix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Constructors > Stewart Grand Prix
Initially PSR ran Paul Stewart himself with Texaco backing in British Formula Ford 2000 but at the end of that season the team bought the assets of the Gary Evans Motorsport Formula 3000 team in Egham and moved from its original base in Southampton.
In January 1996 Jackie Stewart announced that he had secured the factory Ford Formula 1 engine supply for 1997 and that a new organization called Stewart Grand Prix was to be established.
The car was plagued with engine problems but Bridgestone tires helped Barrichello to finish second at Monaco in 1997 - the team's only result of the year.
www.grandprix.com /gpe/con-stewa.html   (622 words)

  
 Autographed Formula 1 Grand Prix Programmes
British Grand Prix programme held on the 9th - 11th June 2006 at Silverstone, unsigned.
Spanish grand prix programme at Catalunya signed by Juan Pablo Montoya on his first formula 1 podium position where he achieved second place.
Italian grand prix programme at Monza signed by Juan Pablo Montoya at his first f1 grand prix victory.
www.maxiview2000.com /programmes   (2092 words)

  
 The Hindu : Sport : German Grand Prix: Michael Schumacher starts favourite on current form
The German Grand Prix was first held there in 1970, although the first ever German GP was held in 1951 at the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit in the Eifel Mountains.
The two-week gap between the French and German races has allowed all the teams to conduct some testing before the mid-season testing ban kicked in.
Williams was at the Spanish circuit of Jerez de la Frontera, where it completed an intensive schedule of tyre testing, as well as work on the braking and cooling systems, in preparation for the races in Hockenheim and next weekend in Hungary.
www.hindu.com /2006/07/30/stories/2006073007161600.htm   (711 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Sport | Breaking news | Formula One statistics for the German Grand Prix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Michael Schumacher's French Grand Prix victory for Ferrari was his fourth of the season and second in a row.
Sunday's race is the 30th German Grand Prix at Hockenheim since the first in 1970.
Honda are celebrating their 300th Formula One grand prix this weekend, as constructors and engine manufacturers.
sport.guardian.co.uk /breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-5975297,00.html   (393 words)

  
 USDF
Presented in Tribute to Chuck Grant 1914-1990 Trainer of 17 competitive Grand Prix horses, instructor and noted author, Chuck Grant introduced Dressage to the Midwest and inspired students for generations.
Keen went on to place fourth in the Grand Prix Special in Aachen, Germany, in 1978 and seventh at the World Championships at Goodwood, England.
When he and Gurney won both the Grand Prix and the Intermediate II at Dressage at Devon (PA) in 1979, Keen was largely undefeated in the U.S. That same year, at the Pan American Games, Keen won team and individual gold, with all five judges placing him first.
www.usdf.org /halloffame/1997.asp   (1219 words)

  
 Events in Germany - German Carnival, German Christmas Markets, German Grand Prix, Rhine in Flames, German Winefestivals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The first of this year’s races — the European Grand Prix - will be held between May 5 and 7 2006 at the Nürburgring, the famous track in the Eifel region of Germany, 40 miles north-west of Koblenz.
In addition to watching Grand Prix, would-be racers can even have a go themselves at the Nürburgring on the older part of the track which is no longer used for Grand Prix races.
In 1997 and 1998 Nürburgring was the venue for the Luxembourg Grand Prix; since then, the annual race there has been labelled the European Grand Prix.
www.germany-tourism.co.uk /pages/event_highlights_1039.htm   (970 words)

  
 United States Grand Prix
This has set up a fabulous championship showdown, and the United States Grand Prix on Sept. 28 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will play a crucial role in the outcome of both the Drivers and Constructors Championships.
The Italian Grand Prix on Sept. 14 will set the scene for the United States Grand Prix, where the title could be won.
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=1854   (1290 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Monaco Grand Prix: Computer & Video Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Monaco Grand Prix does an excellent job of that, so if you make even the slightest mistake on one of the curves, you could completely spin out.
Grand Prix is not that great, even for a driving sim.
The soundtrack is lame (possibly with the exception of the German track), and once you do master the tracks and levels, there's still no sense of satisfaction.
www.amazon.com /Monaco-Grand-Prix/dp/B00002970D   (2575 words)

  
 Auto Racing Analysis: 1995 Highlights - Part One   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The 1997 victory was the second consecutive for a Finch entry (Jeff Purvis won in 1996) and the car owner's third as Purvis also won in 1993.
Dalmas' 1997 pole for Ferrari gave the Prancing Horse a three-race Sebring pole streak, matching the record three-race pole streaks of the Porsche 935 Turbo (1979-81) and the Nissan GTP cars (ZX-T in 1989 and 1990, NPT-90 in 1991).
The four 1997 "plate" races were won by four different drivers (Labonte, Gordon, Mark Martin, John Andretti) with Hendrick Racing leading the teams with two wins to one apiece for Roush and Yarborough as Chevrolet and Ford split the victories.
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 SimHQ.com - Motorsports Zone - Preview: 2004 German Grand Prix - Round 12 of 18
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.
The Ferrari driver took his first Grand Prix victory after starting 18th on the grid and after a race that was dictated by changing weather conditions and a disgruntled Mercedes employee who decided to walk across the track, Rubens succumbed to tears on the podium as his emotions overwhelmed him.
The German Grand Prix was moved to Hockenheim after Niki Lauda's fiery accident at the old Nurbergring in 1976.
www.simhq.com /_motorsports/motorsports_027b.html   (3344 words)

  
 GP-Site
The team finished third in the constructors' championship in 1988 and won a race again in 1989 as Sandro Nannini took a lucky victory in the Japanese Grand Prix after Ayrton Senna was disqualified.
He took a slightly fortuitous first grand prix victory in that year's Belgium Grand Prix and Benetton again secured third place in the constructors' championship.
Berger took the team's last victory at the 1997 German Grand Prix and sadly for the Enstone-based team, Benetton hasn't looked close to winning a grand prix since.
homepage.eircom.net /~grandprix2000/page38.html   (416 words)

  
 Benetton F1 Team - Formula One Team Information
The team won the Mexican Grand Prix during their debut year, 1986, with Gerhard Berger at the wheel, finishing the season in 6th position.
Schumacher was disqualified during the British Grand Prix after overtaking Damon Hill during the warm-up lap and then ignoring the subsequent fl flag.
A fire during refuelling at the 1994 German Grand Prix caused Benetton driver Jos Verstappen some scary moments although he was uninjured in the incident.
www.geocities.com /MotorCity/Lane/4994/benetton.html   (517 words)

  
 2006 Formula 1 Schedule & Results - The 2006 F1 Calendar - News On F1
On the 26th of October 2006, the World Motor Sport Council released the 2006 Formula 1 Calendar.
The season starts with the Bahrain Grand Prix as the Australian Grand Prix is pushed back to early April due to a conflict with the Commonwealth Games.
There will be the usual 3 week break prior to the San Marino Grand Prix and the Turkish Grand Prix.
www.newsonf1.com /2006/sched.htm   (247 words)

  
 Phil Hill - WOI Encyclopedia Italia
Raised in Santa Monica, California, where he still lives, Phil Hill began racing cars at an early age, going to England as a Jaguar trainee in 1949 and signing with Enzo Ferrari’s team in 1956.
He made his debut in the French Grand Prix at Reims France in 1958 driving a Maserati.
That same year, he won the 24 hours of Le Mans with Belgian team mate Olivier Gendebien (1924-1998), driving for most of the night in horrific rainy conditions.
www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php/Phil_Hill   (286 words)

  
 Germany 1997
The 1997 championship was mainly dominated by Villeneuve and Schumacher.
But Gerhard was flying and within a few laps he had caught the Jordan-Peugeot and outbraked Fisichella very firmly at the approach of the Ayrton Senna Curve.
And Villeneuve struggled throughout the whole weekend and spun halfway in the race under the pressure of Jarno Trulli’s Prost.
www.farzadsf1gallery.com /features/hock97.html   (373 words)

  
 German Grand Prix Review
he German Grand Prix did not produce the expected winner, but the driver that did win was possibly the most popular victor in recent memory.
The Italian was clearly at home in the car and beat Ralf Schumacher (perhaps guilty of trying too hard) in his home Grand Prix.
While the trials and tribulations of the Jordan team were not good for them, for the German fans, it was the best thing that could have happened.
www.atlasf1.com /97/ger/galvin.html   (2475 words)

  
 Formula One History - F1 Origins
he modern era of Formula One Grand Prix racing began in 1950, but the roots of F1 are far earlier, including such pre-World War II legends as Italian Tazio Nuvolari and the great German teams, Auto Union and Mercedes Benz.
he modern era of Formula One Grand Prix racing began in 1950, but the roots of F1 are far earlier, tracing to the pioneering road races in France in the 1890s, through the Edwardian years, the bleak twenties, the German domination of the 1930s and the early post-war years of Italian supremacy.
One of the most successful drivers of the early years was Fernand Charron, who won the Paris-Bordeaux race in 1899, also in a Panhard, at the blazing average speed of 29.9 mph.
www.f1-grandprix.com /history1.html   (702 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | Schumacher proves steel
It echoed Gerhard Berger's triumph in the 1997 German Grand Prix just days after his father was killed in a plane crash.
But while the world champion and his family gather in Germany to mourn their mother, the Ferrari family can say a silent prayer that their season is properly up and running.
The 2003 San Marino Grand Prix marked the car's 15th victory in 19 races.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/2963107.stm   (631 words)

  
 German Grand Prix
So as the two men are of very different heights it would not be the most comfortable of Grands Prix for Fisichella A few drops of rain began to fall as the race got underway with the two McLaren's making a good start with Hakkinen into the lead.
The rain however amounted to nothing and the Grand Prix took place in the dry.
But it was a great day for Mercedes with their first German GP victory since 1954 but some mixed emotions for the passionate German crowd with Michael Schumacher in the Ferrari only managing to finish in fifth place one spot ahead of his brother Ralf.
web.ukonline.co.uk /simon.wakefield/ferrari/german/german.htm   (1228 words)

  
 Benetton Formula 1 1983 - 2001
Berger gave the team their first Grand Prix victory as constructors at the end of the season at Mexico City.
The Italian, who later should have to retire from Grand Prix Racing because having sustained extreme arm injuries in a helicopter crash of the end of 1990, for that year had been partnered by threetimes world Nelson Piquet from Brazil giving Benetton 3 further victories in 1990 and 1991.
At the end of 1997 Renault withdrew from Grand Prix Racing until 2001 and Benetton was confronted with the fact to buy their remaining customer Mecachrome or Supertech engines, they entered officially under the name of some of their subsidiary companies called Playlife until 2000.
www.research-racing.de /benetton1.htm   (1319 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Montoya claims top spot for German Grand Prix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
It was the first front row for Williams since 1997.
Mika Hakkinen of Finland, a former two-time champion who won the British Grand Prix two weeks ago, was third in a McLaren-Mercedes.
Ferraris have won the last two German GPs — but not with Michael Schumacher behind the wheel.
www.usatoday.com /sports/motor/formula1/2001-07-28-german-pole.htm   (647 words)

  
 BBC News | Formula 1 | Race summaries: 1997 season
Jacques Villeneuve won the Brazilian Grand Prix after the race was restarted.
As the Jordan Team celebrated their 100th Grand Prix, Ralf Schumacher gave his team-mates an added bonus by coming third.
The winner was Mika Hakkinen of Finland, gaining his first grand prix victory.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sport/formula_1/62492.stm   (1931 words)

  
 Formule Passion ---- German Grand Prix
It's after the accident happened to Niki Lauda, in 1976, that the government decided to officialize Hockenheimring like the circuit of the Grand Prix.
The circuit is unfortunately famous bcause of the deaths of Jim Clark, Patrick Depailler and for the accident that ended the Didier Pironi's carreer.
The German had to wait 1995 and Michael Schumacher to see a German driver winning the race.
perso.orange.fr /formulepassion/_en/Circuits_en/Allemagne_en.htm   (116 words)

  
 StickyDirt motocross & Rally - News > Racing > World Trials - round 9   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Takahisa Fujinami (Repsol Montesa HRC) finally reach his dream after five years in waiting, a 3-2 result at the Swiss Grand Prix was enough to give him and Japan their first ever World trials title.
I have been waiting a long time for this moment, and although I am happy to have finally arrived at this position the full size of what I have achieved is not totally clear in mind at this minute.
Whilst Lampkin battled to keep a hold on his crown, Fujinami was mounting his own stronger campaign that really took shape with back to back day wins, to earn him his first overall victory at his home Grand Prix held at the famous Motegi Twin Ring circuit.
stickydirt.com /news.php?id=407   (2759 words)

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