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	The Official Formula 1 Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		No matter that it is around 80 kilometres away from the Principality of San Marino, Imola is close enough to Ferrari's home stamping ground, being barely 30 kilometres from Bologna and as such has close links with Maranello.
		Pressure from Ferrari and their adoring fans added weight to the cause for a second Grand Prix for Italy and with the reinstatement of Monza in 1981, Imola succeeded in adopting San Marino to gain official recognition and a place in the Formula One calendar.
		The largest entry for the San Marino Grand Prix was in 1989, when 39 drivers took part in practice, of whom 26 qualified to race, and the smallest field of 14 cars appeared in 1982, at the height of a FISA/FOCA dispute concerning alleged rule changing.
	www.formula1.com /news/4215.html (891 words)

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		San Marino is quite a fast circuit, although it has been slowed down for safety reasons.
		Monaco is the most glamorous grand prix in the calendar, many famous people are usually guests of the big teams.
		The British Grand Prix is one of the big sporting events of the British summer.
	www.members.tripod.com /~del_jones/f1_track.htm (1265 words)

	F-K
		The first race to be given the "Grand Prix" title was the Grand Pride l'Automobile Club de France held at Le Mans in 1906.
		Since then, it became prohibited to use the Grand Prix title for an event which did not count towards this Championship, except in the rare case of historic justification, such as the Grand Prix de Pau, which is currently a Formula 3000 event.
		He won his first Grand Prix in the European GP at Jerez 1997, and went on to win World Championships in both 1998 and 99.
	www.jclemens.com /F1/fghijk.htm (1352 words)

	Viper Alley: SAN MARINO GRAND PRIX this weekend. Formula One! - Dodge Viper Enthusiasts! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		"At the Australian Grand Prix it was the weather, in Brazil we fell foul of the new regulations.
		Victory in the San Marino Grand Prix would be Ferrari's 160th win since the first at Silverstone in 1950 and there would be no more suitable place for a party than at a home circuit named after team founder Enzo and his late son Dino.
		The last Brazilian Grand Prix, whose outcome was decided five days after the event when Italian Giancarlo Fisichella was declared the winner, was the first time since 1999 that Ferrari failed to score points.
	www.viperalley.com /showthreaded.php?&Board=offtopic&Number=52980 (1405 words)

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		Having said that at the end of the first day of the previous two Grand Prix weekends this season it has looked like going the same way but on both occasions the silver wipe-out has failed to materialise.
		With David Coulthard not managing to finish either race and Mika Hakkinen taking the Brazilian Grand Prix after a heart stopping moment when it looked like he would retire, nothing is too certain anymore.
		McLaren's grip of Formula One is starting to look a little less firm after the third round of the FIA World Championship of 1999.
	members.lycos.co.uk /benetton/sanmarino.htm (513 words)

	The Sports Section: The Race: San Marino 2000
		Although there was still hope of victory until the final Japanese Grand Prix, in reality the title was lost after Schumacher's injury at the British Grand Prix left Eddie Irvine as Ferrari's sole challenger for the bulk of the campaign.
		Ralf Schumacher, warming up for the season's third round, the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola on Sunday, said he was very close to his brother who has won the season's first two races and the drivers' title twice.
		Schumacher said he was now fully recovered from the crash at the British Grand Prix last year when his Ferrari ploughed off the track at high speed into a crash barrier, breaking his leg.
	www.euronet.nl /users/guidof/gp4.html (8736 words)

	talkaBOut sport march 2000 - Car Royale San Marino Grand Prix
		And 30km in the opposite direction down the Via Emilia is Imola, home of the San Marino Grand Prix.
		San Marino is the first chance to see the 2000 season's cars in Europe.
		But more likely contenders for San Marino race winner, apart from Schumacher and Hakkinen, are Rubens Barrichello, Schumacher's new team mate; McLaren's David Coulthard and Jordan's Heinz-Harald Frentzen.
	www.talkabout.it /sport/S0003.html (610 words)

	Johnny Herbert Website: Race News, San Marino
		The Stewart-Ford team leaves San Marino greatly encouraged by another weekend of running consistently in the top six.
		Rubens Barrichello qualified in sixth piece for the San Marino Grand Prix after being fifth for most of the session.
		The pace and form demonstrated by the Stewart-Ford SF3 in the Brazilian Grand Prix highlighted the overall improvement which the whole team has made over the winter months and we are looking forward to the chance of another strong showing this weekend at Imola.
	www.johnnyherbert.co.uk /news/races/1999/sanm99.shtml (2336 words)

	Ralf Schumacher - WOI Encyclopedia Italia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		In the knowledge that a deal had been done with BMW in 1999 he changed to the Williams team and scored three podium finishes and sixth in the World Drivers Championship with the underpowered Supertec engine.
		In 2002, he won the Malaysian Grand Prix but finished the championship behind team mate Juan-Pablo Montoya, and in 2003, he won the European Grand Prix (at the Nurburgring) and the French Grand Prix, helping, along with teammate Juan Pablo Montoya the Williams team finish second in the Constructors Championship in 2002 and 2003.
		On June 20 2004, Ralf was seriously injured in a severe accident at the United States Grand Prix.
	www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php/Ralf_Schumacher (552 words)

	GRAND PRIX : San Marino : Schuey Takes Win and Title Lead - Ferrari Happenings - The Ferrari Owners' Club
		With the two McLarens leading the field in the opening laps, it looked like being a tough struggle for Schumacher, but things got easier when race leader Mika Hakkinen crashed leaving David Coulthard within his grasp for the lead.
		It would have put Zanardi in the points, but he also spun off on his oil leaving the final point of the day to Jean Alesi's Sauber.
		San Marino Grand Prix World Championship of Drivers, round 3; Imola, May 2nd, 1999; 62 laps, 305,428 kms.
	www.ferrariownersclub.co.uk /happenings/1999/020599.html (1014 words)

	Britain, France, San Marino on F1 calendar, for now \| Arizona Daily Star ®
		LONDON - The British, French and San Marino Grand Prix races got a reprieve Wednesday when they were temporarily listed on the 2005 Formula One calendar.
		The British, French and San Marino races - among the most traditional races in F1 - have been in jeopardy and were listed with an asterisk by FIA, the sport's ruling body.
		The San Marino race at Imola on April 24 seems most vulnerable, particularly since Italy already hosts the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
	www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/43270 (450 words)

	F1empire.com - Imola, San Marino
		Nowhere on the earth is there a place with such a passion for racing cars, though it wasn’t until 1981 that Imola appeared on the F1 calendar as the venue for the San Marino GP.
		Its designation as the GP of the little known (and close by) principality of San Marino was done to secure its place on the F1 calendar, as the prestigious Monza had always held the Italian GP.
		Imola has been home to a number a memorable F1 races, though will always be remembered for the 1994 GP when the “darkest weekend in F1” claimed the life of Roland Ratzenberger in qualifying, as well as the Brazilian legend Ayrton Senna during the race, signaling the end of the mighty Tamburello corner.
	www.f1empire.com /circuits/0imola.htm (190 words)

	2003 San Marino Grand Prix Preview :: United State Grand Prix
		After circling the globe for the first three Grand Prix races of the 2003 season in Australia, Malaysia and Brazil, the Formula One teams compete in Europe for the first time this season in this weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix.
		Williams-BMW’s Ralf Schumacher scored his maiden Grand Prix win in this event in 2000, and he and teammate Montoya are confident of a good result this weekend.
		After officials reviewed the timing and scoring data, Giancarlo Fisichella was confirmed as the winner of the recent Brazilian Grand Prix five days after the event, and the Benson & Hedges Jordan-Ford driver is looking forward to his home race.
	www.usgpindy.com /news/print.php?story_id=1156 (920 words)

	A grieving Schumacher wins at San Marino
		The champion, without a podium finish since his last victory at the 2002 season-ending Japanese Grand Prix, had started on pole position with Ralf's Williams alongside him on a family front row.
		For a while it seemed as if fate was steering Ralf, his mother's 'little one' who said in a statement on Saturday that he thought about Elisabeth every step of the way in qualifying, toward a poignant victory.
		The Schumacher family have now dominated the San Marino Grand Prix for five years, with Michael leading a Ferrari one-two last year and winning in 2000 and 1999.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2003/apr/20schumi1.htm (501 words)

	Car Enthusiast - Brazilian Grand Prix 1999
		Mika Hakkinen won the incident-filled Brazilian Grand Prix to record the 10th victory of his career.
		The Brazilian Grand Prix heaps yet more pressure on the Scot, who has failed to match Mika Hakkinen both in terms of speed and in terms of consistency.
		The second race of the year has seen Prost Grand Prix equal their points tally of the whole of the 1998 season.
	www.carenthusiast.com /f199_bra.htm (2310 words)

	Formula One 1999 quiz -- free game
		Why was the Belgian Grand Prix weekend a tiring one for the BAR mechanics?
		In 1999 three teams used more than the usual two drivers.
		In the Canadian Grand Prix Michael Schumacher, Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve all crashed in the same corner?
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=42294 (346 words)

	F1express.com - 2002 San Marino Grand Prix
		We failed last year after a lot of hopes, both Rubens and myself, and we couldn't deliver as much we were expecting and this year we've given something back to the tifosi.
		It's the first home Grand Prix for us this year.
		It is, as you said, a special Grand Prix for me here today in the history of Ferrari, so therefore I am more than proud to have done it this way.
	www.f1express.com /2002sanmarinogp-pcrace.shtml (1817 words)

	Button grabs first pole at Imola
		Britain's Jenson Button grabbed his and BAR's first pole position at the San Marino Grand Prix on Saturday to end Michael Schumacher's run of qualifying dominance.
		It will be very interesting to see how the cars slot into the first corner," said the German, who has won the San Marino Grand Prix four times in the last five years.
		Raikkonen also started the last Bahrain Grand Prix from the back of the grid after an engine problem.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2004/apr/24f1.htm?zcc=ar (549 words)

	SI.com - Motor Sports - San Marino Grand Prix: Facts and Figures - Wednesday April 16, 2003 08:04 AM
		Imola, in Ferrari's heartland, hosted its first Formula One event in 1963 when Briton Jim Clark won a race that did not count towards the world championship.
		In 1980, the Italian Grand Prix was moved to the circuit from Monza and Imola has remained on the calendar since then as the San Marino Grand Prix.
		In 1988, after his death, the circuit was renamed to include Enzo Ferrari's name as well as that of his late son Dino.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /motorsports/news/2003/04/16/sanmarino_facts (479 words)

	Grand Prix of San Marino Review
		If a trend is developing in the 1999 F1 World Championship, it's that qualifying and the pace in testing, practice and early in the races, has had precious little to do with race results and the championship so far.
		So the San Marino Grand Prix will be remembered not only as a great day for Italy, but as another race which was wrested by Ferrari, when for all intents and purposes, it should have yet again been a McLaren whitewash.
		The San Marino Grand Prix, Lap by Lap
	www.atlasf1.com /99/san/lupini.html (4115 words)

	ON THIS DAY \| 1 \| 1994: Race ace Senna killed in car crash
		Winner of 41 Grands Prix, Senna was considered the finest motor racing driver of his generation and will be mourned by fans the world over.
		"This is the flest day for Grand Prix racing that I can remember in the many, many years I have been covering the sport," said veteran BBC sports commentator Murray Walker.
		The move threatends the future of Italian and San Marino grands prix.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/1/newsid_2479000/2479971.stm (554 words)

	SimHQ.com - Motorsports Zone - Preview: 2004 San Marino Grand Prix - Round 4 of 18
		Imola has held a Grand Prix on behalf of the tiny San Marino principality since 1981 and it has been the scene of many memorable races and some enormous accidents, such as Gerhard Berger’s fiery wreck in 1989.
		Despite all the chicanes there are still a few good corners and the race in 1995 showed that the track can also still hold a good race.
		The teams all enjoy San Marino as it is the start of the European Season and therefore a hell of a lot easier to get to than the first two "flyaway" races.
	www.simhq.com /_motorsports/motorsports_017b.html (1377 words)

	Indianapolis Motor Speedway
		Button earned his first career podium finish when he took third place in the Malaysian Grand Prix on March 21, and he followed that with another third place April 4 in Bahrain.
		He won the inaugural Bahrain Grand Prix in 2004, just as he won the first United States Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2000 and the first Malaysian Grand Prix in 1999.
		USGP tickets: Tickets for the 2004 United States Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on June 20 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.brickyard.com /news/story.php?story_id=2538 (1059 words)

	Telegraph \| Sport \| San Marino Grand Prix: Schumacher leads Williams to glory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		San Marino Grand Prix: Schumacher leads Williams to glory
		RALF SCHUMACHER stole the limelight from his brother Michael to roar to the maiden win of his career in the San Marino Grand Prix in Imola yesterday.
		The 25-year-old German's triumph denied Britain's David Coulthard back-to-back wins for the first time and an outright lead in the world championship.
	telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2001/04/15/smsmgp16.xml (303 words)

	F1 News > San Marino is on - Grandprix.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		F1 News > San Marino is on - Grandprix.com
		THE San Marino Grand Prix has been confirmed on the 1999 Formula 1 calendar following talks between FIA President Max Mosley, Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo and the Italian Minister of Justice.
		The Italian government was asked to exclude dangerous sport from criminal law in June 1997 after the Association of European National Olympic Committees held a symposium on the matter.
	www.grandprix.com /ns/ns01838.html (165 words)

	Alonso Wins Duel at San Marino Grand Prix
		In a duel between Formula One's new and old leaders, Fernando Alonso went wheel to wheel with Michael Schumacher on Sunday and held on to win the San Marino Grand Prix for his third straight victory.
		Alonso edged the seven-time world champion by 0.2 seconds to give Renault its fourth win in a row, a result that could signal a shift of power after years of Ferrari dominance.
		Next up is Alonso's home race, the Spanish Grand Prix in two weeks in Barcelona.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/04/24/sports/s122844D63.DTL (688 words)

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