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  Barry Mittan .:. Skating Articles
Skating Sketches, Volume 5, Number 3 (January 2000), 1-2.
Skating Sketches, Volume 5, Number 3 (January 2000), 5-6.
Skating Sketches, Volume 5, Number 3 (January 2000), 6-7.
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  Rare Ferrari Internal Books and Ferrari F1 Autographs
Austrian grand prix 14-16th July 2000 signed on the front cover by Michael Schumacher.
Austrian grand prix 11-13th May 2001 signed on the front cover by Michael Schumacher and Jean Todt.
Austrian grand prix 10-12th May 2002 signed on the front cover by Michael Schumacher and Jean Todt (the one million dollar fine race).
www.maxiview2000.com /ferrari/internal-books.html   (566 words)

  
 Auto-Racing @ MieNet: Grand Prix 2001 Special Details
Considering Burti's mid-twenties, he might not realize in what excellent company he is here: two Austrian legends likewise made their debut race in the Austrian GP: the late Jochen Rindt in the inaugural Austrian F1 GP (1964), and Niki Lauda in 1971, in the second Grand Prix being held at Osterreichring.
The Grand Prix held at old Osterreichring track in the year when its retirement was decreed, was worthy of the fearsome reputation which the Austrian track earned among the drivers shortly after its inauguration.
Grand Prix from the moment M.Schumacher and Montoya got tangled until he had to pull in for his pit stop, when McLaren's strategy triumphed over Ferrari's.
www.mienet.com /sports/autoracing/obsf1detail01b.html   (5941 words)

  
 autosport.com - F1 News: Turkey organisers relieved not to lose GP
The Turkish Grand Prix organisers were relieved to keep the event on next year's calendar and said they accept the heavy fine imposed upon them by the FIA's World Motor Sport Council today.
The National Sporting Authority of Turkey (TOSFED) and the Organisers of the Turkish Grand Prix (MSO) were found to be in breach of the FIA statutes, the international sporting code and Formula One regulations with a controversial podium ceremony at last month's race in Istanbul.
And another US$1 million fine was handed to the Hungarian Grand Prix organisers, after a track invasion at the 1998 race.
www.autosport.com /news/report.php/id/54552   (796 words)

  
 Atlas F1: The 2001 Austrian GP Preview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Although all four of the Grands Prix held at the A1 Ring have been dry, rain is a possibility as happened during qualifying for the 1998 race.
The 1998 Austrian Grand Prix was his best performance, setting fastest lap as he clawed his way back from last place after being skewered by Mika Salo's Arrows at the Remus Kurve.
Hakkinen won the 2000 and 1998 Austrian Grands Prix, finished 3rd after setting the fastest lap in the 1999 race and blew his Ilmor-Mercedes engine on the first lap of the 1997 race.
www.atlasf1.com /2001/aut/preview/tytler.html   (4511 words)

  
 grandprix.com > News > Archive > July 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Prost Grand Prix is about to be sold to a US-based company and it is expected that the purchaser (rumored to be Tony Johnson's Hidden Creak Industries) is paying $67m for the deal.
German Grand Prix race organisers have revealed that the man who caused the race to be run under the safety car was a Mercedes worker protesting against his sacking.
Mika Hakkinen's Austrian Grand Prix victory has been allowed to stand after the Federation Internationale l'Automobile (FIA) ruled the team had not benefited from the missing seal on the electronic control unit of his McLaren-Mercedes car.
www.grandprix.com /ns/nsarch0007.html   (6503 words)

  
 Ferrari's First in 20 Years 2000
Coulthard won the pole, his first since the 1998 Canadian Grand Prix, but it was Hakkinen who claimed the lead at the start only to be passed by Schumacher after 11 laps.
Between the Canadian Grand Prix and the French Grand Prix, David Colthard and his girl friend were involved in a light commercial Jet accident in France inwhich the Polit and co-Polit were killed,but Colthard and his girl friend escaped from the air crash with minor injuries.
Michael Schumacher won nine Grand Prix races during the 2000 FIA Formula One World Championship season en route to becoming the first driver to win the Drivers Championship for Ferrari since Jody Scheckter in 1979.
www.fortunecity.com /olympia/grange/54/history/story2000.htm   (2668 words)

  
 RTÉ.ie Sport - Formula 1: Hakkinen's Austrian grand prix win in doubt
Two-time world champion Mika Hakkinen of Finland won the Austrian Grand Prix at Spielberg this afternoon, as world championship leader Michael Schumacher continued his run of Ferrari misfortune when he went out of the race on the first corner.
FIA spokeswoman Agnes Kaiser said the box was missing a mandatory seal and would be investigated in London before the German Grand Prix in two weeks' time.
It was the 16th career win for Hakkinen and second this season following the Spanish Grand Prix in May. Brazilian Rubens Barrichello came in third, 33 seconds behind Hakkinen, salvaging Ferrari's pride but it was little consolation even if Schumacher held onto the season lead in the driver's standings.
www.rte.ie /sport/2000/0716/formula1.html   (583 words)

  
 Telegraph | Sport | Austrian Grand Prix: Hakkinen triumph clouded by investigation
Austrian Grand Prix: Hakkinen triumph clouded by investigation
MIKA HAKKINEN'S runaway victory in yesterday's Austrian Grand Prix at Spielberg, is in doubt after an electronic box was removed from his McLaren-Mercedes for investigation by FIA officials.
His car was obviously a handful but Button refused to give up, even when he found himself in the gravel exiting the last corner at high speed: he kept his foot down, ploughed through the stones, over the grass and back on to the track without losing a place.
www.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2000/07/17/smagp17.xml   (852 words)

  
 rediff.com: sports channel - Team orders haunt Austrian Grand Prix
A row over team orders and unsporting behaviour has yet again overshadowed the outcome of a Formula One grand prix and left one man grinning and another in tears.
The move caused a furore in a country where widespread betting on the race had taken place and where sport is always regarded as a pure contest between individuals, or teams, without any manipulation.
Ferrari, in 1999, did the same at the Malaysian Grand Prix at Kuala Lumpur where Schumacher, returning from a long lay-off after he had broken a leg, moved over to allow Briton Irvine to win and keep alive his hopes of the drivers' title that year.
www.rediff.com /sports/2001/may/15prix.htm   (891 words)

  
 Jaguar's new F1 weapon; Courtney heads 'junior' team - Drive.com.au
Jaguar is hoping for a much better year in Formula One than its disappointing 2000 season, having slipped to ninth in the constructors' world championship after having been fourth in 1999, when the team was called Stewart Grand Prix.
Irish driver Eddie Irvine, winner of the 1999 Qantas Australian Grand Prix for Ferrari and runner-up in the world championship that season, said preparations for the new season starting at this year's AGP were going well but that "Melbourne will be the acid test".
Burti impressed the team with a mature and determined drive in the 2000 Austrian Grand Prix when he stood in for Eddie Irvine.
www.drive.com.au /editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=6603   (589 words)

  
 Grand Prix Hall of Fame
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.
www.ddavid.com /formula1/ten.htm   (1866 words)

  
 United States Grand Prix
The Austrian race was Michael’s 184th Grand Prix.
Austrian F1 round may return: While it is off the schedule in 2004, the Austrian Grand Prix may return to the F1 calendar several years from now.
The leader of the pack is the semi-retired Jabby Crombac, who has attended 570 of the 703 Grands Prix that have taken place since 1950.
www.usgpindy.com /news/story.php?story_id=1349   (1308 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Montoya not the only bizarre scratch
The Toleman team, for example, suspended Ayrton Senna from the 1984 Italian Grand Prix because it was incensed that he had signed to drive for McLaren in 1985 when the team thought he was still under contract to it.
David Coulthard fractured several ribs when the private jet he was on crashed while landing just a few days before the 2000 Spanish Grand Prix.
Alan Jones arrived at the 1981 Italian Grand Prix with a broken finger suffered in a fight with two guys in a road-rage incident.
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 GP-Site
The high spots of the year included holding Eddie Irvine off to win his home grand prix in Britain and winning the Belgium Grand Prix in a masterly show of domination, even over team mate Mika Hakkinen.
In the French Grand Prix the electronics failed whilst he was leading the race and in Malaysia the car ground to a halt after he had boldly passed Michael Schumacher and was chasing Irvine hard for the lead.
There is a pervasive feeling that DC has never quite lived up to his potential and he knows that 2000 is the year he must finally show his true mettle.
homepage.eircom.net /~grandprix2000/page53.html   (214 words)

  
 Team McLaren Mercedes - 2006 Brazil Grand Prix Race Report
Team McLaren Mercedes claimed a one-two finish in today’s Brazilian Grand Prix and took the lead in the 2005 Constructors’ World Championship.
This was the team’s first one-two since the 2000 Austrian Grand Prix and McLaren’s 40th one-two.
Juan Pablo Montoya drove a dominant race to win the Brazilian Grand Prix for the second year in a row.
www.mclaren.com /f1season/2005/brazil/sunday.php   (596 words)

  
 Obaele2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Thirty-six days before the start of the 2000 Olympics, Barbadian Obadele Thompson yesterday sent a warning to his rivals by going below ten seconds as he ran in second in the 100 metres at the Zurich Grand Prix, August 11th.
Thompson, who ran a disappointing 10.09 seconds to come in third at the Linz Grand Prix in Austria, rebounded by recording a time of 9.97 seconds to beat Trinidadian Ato Boldon, whose time was 10 seconds flat.
It was a week that would have left the Barbadian sprinter and his fans on top of the world after he had earlier slammed the field in the 200 metres in a time of 20.11 seconds at the Austrian Grand Prix.
www.obadele.com /story.htm   (169 words)

  
 Archive: Grand Prix, Austrian GP: Warmup
They know that the Ferrari can be very quick, but are mindful that the Italian machines tend to eat their front tyres in comparison to their Silver Arrows.
Come the race, McLaren expect a more consistent ride that Ferrari and a repeat of the French Grand Prix is more than likely.
This afternoon Austrian Grand Prix is a critical race for David Coulthard.
f1rumors.net /articles/2000/10/warmup.html   (821 words)

  
 The Hindu : Schumacher aims to survive first lap
Not too high for someone who has won two Formula One World Championships and has won 40 Grand Prix races and is usually among the favourites in any race he drives in.
That turned out to be his last victory before he won again in the final race of the season, the Japanese Grand Prix, which secured his second consecutive world title.
Before that at the Austrian Grand Prix he was run into by Ricardo Zonta's Bar-Honda, again barely 10 seconds after the start.
www.hinduonnet.com /2000/08/12/stories/07120882.htm   (773 words)

  
 2000 German Grand Prix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2000 German Grand Prix was the 11th round of the 2000 Formula One season.
However, the Finn was unable to catch Barrichello, and the Brazilian took an emotional first victory.
Results from the 2000 Formula One German Grand Prix held at Hockenheimring on July 30, 2000.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2000_German_Grand_Prix   (460 words)

  
 United States Grand Prix
The Formula One teams are in Austria for round six of the FIA Formula One World Championship that includes the United States Grand Prix on Sept. 28 at Indianapolis.
The Austrian Grand Prix takes place Sunday, May 18, but it’s very likely this will be the last F1 race in the scenic country.
Brimming with confidence after finishing second in the Spanish Grand Prix in his Mild Seven Renault, Fernando Alonso is ready to take on all challengers in Austria.
www.usgpindy.com /news/story.php?story_id=1303   (936 words)

  
 GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Constructors > Prost Grand Prix
Panis returned in September and scored a point in the Luxembourg Grand Prix at the Nurburgring.
Panis and Trulli both agreed to stay in 1999 and the AP02 proved not to be a bad car although the Peugeot engine had become too big and too heavy.
The 2000 season was a disaster with Jenkins fired in the midseason.
www.grandprix.com /gpe/con-prost.html   (461 words)

  
 Auto-Racing @ MieNet: Grand Prix 2000 Special Details
I thank the team for having done a perfect job all weekend and Rubens for protecting me. He is a great teammate and one day I will repay the favour." This was Schumacher's 40th career victory, also significant in that it broke the recent tradition of drivers not winning from pole (the past 12 GP's).
Burti, who had to start from the pits (a last minute problem forced Jaguar to get Herbert's spare car ready for Burti), finished next to last, in a racing event where more experienced drivers were involved in a number of incidents.
As water from the morning rain was still covering the track, a rolling start (behind the safety car) gave this race its touch of originality.
www.mienet.com /sports/autoracing/obsf1detail00.html   (1262 words)

  
 Amazon.com: F1 World Grand Prix: Computer & Video Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
F1 World Grand Prix accurately reproduces real racing rounds from the '98 Grand Prix--complete with the weather of the day.
My one big complaint is that they should have tried to include the track from the upcoming US Grand Prix event in Indianapolis this August.
All of the 1998 tracks (which are essentially all the tracks on the 2000 circuit) are captured in amazing detail.
www.amazon.com /F1-World-Grand-Prix/dp/B0000488VN   (2509 words)

  
 Media.Ford.com: Jaguar and the 2001 FIA Formula One World Championship
Rahal, three time CART Champion and appointed to his new position at Jaguar Racing on 1st December 2000 outlined the team's driver line up for the 2001 season.
Responsibility for the development of the R2 during the 2001 season will be led by Steve Nichols who joined the team on 1st December 2000 in the position of Technical Director.
The R1'B' mates the rear suspension and new generation Cosworth CR3 engine to the front end of the 2000 season R1 leaving the team in a better state of preparation than in 2000.
media.ford.com /article_display.cfm?article_id=6973   (680 words)

  
 Hakkinen wins Austrian Grand Prix
 With seven Grand Prix left in the 17-race season and each victory worth 10 points, three drivers now have a shot at the title.
 Luciano Burti of Brazil, racing his first Grand Prix, was fined $7,500 even before the start for speeding in the pit lane and exiting the pit lane at a red light during the morning warmups.
Results Sunday of the Grand Prix of Austria on the 2.688-mile A1-Ring circuit, with driver, country, make, laps completed and time:
www.canoe.ca /SlamMotorsportsF1/austriangp.html   (902 words)

  
 Wheels24 - formula 1
Rev up your Formula One knowledge and find out who is who in next season's Grands Prix.
The following is a list of some of the biggest fines in motorsport history after F1's governing body hit Turkish Grand Prix organisers with a $5 million sanction on Tuesday.
$5m - Turkish Grand Prix organisers fined for controversial podium ceremony in August 2006 that had Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat handing out the winners' trophy after the race in Istanbul.
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