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	Japanese Grand Prix - Formula 1 - The Circuit
		The first Formula 1 Grand Prix in Japan was held at the Fuji Speedway in 1976.
		In the 19 Japanese Grands Prix (1976-1977; 1987-2003) 11 have seen the title decided (1976, 1987-1991, 1996, 1998-2000, and 2003), with 5 (1976, 1996, 1998-1999 and 2003) being Championship deciders.
		The 2004 season sees the Brazilian Grand Prix becoming the last race of the season in place of the traditional Japanese Grand Prix which is now the penultimate race.
	www.japanese-grand-prix.com /circuit.php (293 words)

	Japanese Grand Prix - Preview
		PREVIEW Japanese Grand Prix, 12-14 October 2001 For the final race of the 2001 Formula One World Championship, Honda and its partner teams, Lucky Strike B.A.R Honda and Benson and Hedges Jordan Honda, head to the manufacturer’s home race at Suzuka for the Japanese Grand Prix.
		As part of the build up to the Japanese Grand Prix, B.A.R Honda’s Jacques Villeneuve and test driver Takuma Sato will drive their F1 cars through the streets of Tokyo as the highlight of Fuji Television’s F1 Super Run on Monday 8th October.
		Note to all accredited F1 media attending the Japanese Grand Prix: To mark the end of the 2001 FIA World Championship, Honda has invited all accredited F1 media to a Welcome Party in Motopia, the amusement park at Suzuka Circuit Land, from 18:30 to 21:00 on Thursday 11 October 2001.
	www.theautochannel.com /news/2001/10/05/030608.html (650 words)

	Japanese Grand Prix - Formula One (F1) Championship
		The first Japanese Grand Prix, in 1976, was held at the Fuji circuit, 40 miles north of Yokohama.
		In monsoon conditions, Lauda, who had survived a near fatal crash at the German Grand Prix earlier in the season, decided his life was more important than the championship, allowing Hunt to score the 3rd position he needed to win the title by the slender margin of one point.
		At the most recent Japanese Grand Prix, on October 12, 2003, Michael Schumacher endured one of the most trying races in his illustious career but managed to secure the point he needed to take his sixth World Championship, beating the record held by Juan Manuel Fangio.
	www.japan-101.com /culture/japanese_grand_prix.htm (588 words)

	Formula one, 2001 season Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at Suzuka: Practice and Qualifying: the jpoc report. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Formula one, 2001 season Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at Suzuka: Practice and Qualifying: the jpoc report.
		Although there were no Japanese drivers at Suzuka, there was a real feeling that the last race of the 2001 season was marking an upturn in Japan's involvement in F1.
		He would also be using Japanese tyres and the 2002 season would also see a second Japanese car manufacturer, Toyota, enter the fray.
	www.jpoc.net /cars/sport/f1/2001/japanqualifying.html (1625 words)

	Formula one, 2001 season Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at Suzuka: Race Preview: the jpoc report. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Formula one, 2001 season Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at Suzuka: Race Preview: the jpoc report.
		At something more that three and a half miles, the Suzuka circuit is one of the longer ones in the Grand Prix year.
		He was testing aerodynamic and gearbox components for Japan.
	www.jpoc.net /cars/sport/f1/2001/japanpreview.html (469 words)

	Grand Prix 2001 - Round 14 - Phillip Island - Preview
		Following his eighth grand prix victory of the season at the Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi in Japan last Sunday, Rossi needs just eight more points in the final three rounds of the 16 round title chase to add the 500cc title to his 125 and 500cc crowns.
		Japanese Honda rider Daijiro Katoh must have been targeting the 25 lap race at Phillip Island to win his first World title but that was before the race in Motegi.
		It's a big race for Elias who'd been on the podium for the previous seven grands prix.
	mcnews.com.au /MotorcycleRacing2001/GrandPrix500/Round14/Preview.htm (646 words)

	2001 United States Grand Prix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 2001 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on September 30, 2001 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana.
		Juan Montoya appeared with the Williams PR staff at a downtown Indianapolis department store to sign autographs on the Wednesday before the race; Mika Häkkinen was in the same mall at the time and had to be shuffled to the back of a clothing store to escape a crowd of well-wishers.
		Since the race was less than three weeks after the September 11, 2001 attacks, members of some teams took alternate air routes from Europe (through Philadelphia or Chicago), apparently for safety reasons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2001_United_States_Grand_Prix (1320 words)

	CNN.com - Moscow set to host Grand Prix - May 11, 2001
		Ecclestone is in the Russian capital surveying its ambitious plans to secure a slice of the glamorous multi-million dollar Grand Prix industry.
		He added that the Formula One calendar of 17 races would not be extended, meaning that one of the existing venues would have to be dropped to accommodate the city.
		The only other former communist country to host a Grand Prix is Hungary, which first staged a race in 1986.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/europe/05/11/f1.russia/index.html (283 words)

	GameSpy: D1 Grand Prix
		D1 Grand Prix recreates the exhilarating art of drifting, including all the cars, tracks, drivers and physics that has made the D1 Grand Prix the pinnacle series in drift racing.
		Updated D1 Grand Prix data from the 2005 racing season is included, as are new cars and new courses, including more than ten technical courses.
		D1 Grand Prix (06/21/06) - If you like being out of control and the smell of burnt rubber, this is the driving game for you.
	ps2.gamespy.com /playstation-2/d1-professional-drift-grand-prix-series-2005 (256 words)

	USATODAY.com - Montoya captures Italian Grand Prix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		MONZA, Italy — Juan Montoya won Sunday's Italian Grand Prix on a somber day of auto racing at a track that is usually among the most boisterous in the sport.
		The next race is the U.S. Grand Prix at Indianapolis on Sept. 30.
		The finale is the Japanese Grand Prix on Oct. 14.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/motor/formula1/2001-09-16-monza-win.htm (528 words)

	CNN.com - Police to probe grand prix race death - March 9, 2001
		A track side race marshal was killed when a wheel from a disintegrating racing car flew through a gap in the safety barriers and struck the man, aged in his 50s.
		It was the first fatality at an Australian Formula 1 grand prix since the event began being held in Australia in 1985.
		Australian Grand Prix Corporation chairman Ron Walker described the marshal's death as "one in a billion" accident.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/03/04/aust.crash (297 words)

	K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 for PlayStation 2 Review - PlayStation 2 K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Review
		Hear and see why K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 is one of the best kickboxing games ever.
		K-1 World Grand Prix is a wonderful interpretation of the sport of kickboxing for the PlayStation 2.
		In the end, K-1 World Grand Prix is a terrific interpretation of the sport of kickboxing.
	www.gamespot.com /ps2/sports/k1worldgrandprix2001/review.html (1264 words)

	Ilmor: Bowmen of the Silver Arrows
		In 1997, the new FO110E V10 engine was coupled to the McLaren MP4/12 and David Coulthard opened the Grand Prix season with a victory in Melbourne, Australia, giving Ilmor-Mercedes their first win and ending McLaren's three season drought of Formula One victories.
		Coulthard brought Ilmor-Mercedes their second victory at Monza, Italy, while Hakkinen won the European Grand Prix at Jerez, which turned out to be one of the strangest and most controversial races in Formula One history.
		surely at the Luxembourg Grand Prix, where Hakkinen's and Coulthard's engines both failed, within a lap of each other, while lying 1st and 2nd, in front of DaimlerChrysler's senior management, who were seated in the Nurburgring's Grandstands.
	www.atlasf1.com /2001/jan03/tytler.html (1203 words)

	2001 Grand Prix Hiroshima
		After twelve hours of intense mental battle we were left with just two great Japanese superstars to determine who would walk out 2001 Grand Prix Hiroshima Champion.
		With a large audience and Hobby Japan reporters watching the match, the pressure was on both these veterans of the spotlight and the attention didn't seem to bother them at all.
		Higashino was cool, calm, and collected in taking the match 2-0 and becoming the 2001 Grand Prix Hiroshima Champion pocketing an impressive week-end earnings of $2,400.
	www.wizards.com /sideboard/event.asp?event=GPHIR01 (129 words)

	rediff.com: sports channel - Schumi satisfied with best season so far
		The German also made clear at the season-ending Japanese Grand Prix that he was looking forward to targeting a fifth title, and third in a row, with an even stronger Ferrari team in 2002.
		Schumacher has won eight races in 2001, one fewer than in 2000 when he became Ferrari's first champion in 21 years.
		He cut a subdued figure at the Italian Grand Prix that followed immediately after the September 11 attacks on America and finished runner-up at Indianapolis to Finland's Mika Hakkinen.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2001/oct/11schu.htm (522 words)

	British Motorcycle Grand Prix 2001
		Grand Prix in the 500 class last year.
		Ian McConnachie was the last British rider to take solo GP victory, winning the 80cc race at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in 1986.
		The last time a British rider took a win in the 250 class was when Alan Carter won the French Grand Prix at Le Mans in 1983.
	www.birmingham101.com /101motorsMOTOGP.html (1605 words)

	rpm.espn.com: Japanese Grand Prix team recaps
		World champion Schumacher took his ninth win of 2001 and ended the season with a record 123 points.
		Montoya, who won his first Grand Prix in Italy last month, finished second for the third time this season and ended the year as top rookie.
		Alonso said it was the best race of his Grand Prix career.
	espn.go.com /rpm/f1/2001/1014/1263917.html (584 words)

	One-horse race: with the most dominant car in series history, 2002 was a great year for Ferrari, but a frustrating one ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Ferrari's focus on Schumacher turned controversial at the Austrian Grand Prix when the team instructed Barrichello to hand the lead over to his teammate much to the chagrin of the race's fans.
		Montoya's teammate, Ralf Schumacher, won the Malaysian Grand Prix early in the season, when Ferrari was still running its 2001 car.
		As a result, a single fifth-place finish by rookie Takuma Sato in the final race of the season--his hometown Japanese Grand Prix--vaulted the DHL Jordan Honda team from eighth to sixth in the Constructors Championship.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FCH/is_2_31/ai_95555112 (941 words)

	Japanese Grand Prix 2001
		Alesi, who had given his debut at Paul Ricard back in 1989 with a Tyrrell Ford, but winning only a single one out of 201 Grand Prix, later shook hands with the Finn to give him a little support.
		That is more, than 2 drivers ever had done in the history of Grand Prix Racing.
		The Silver Arrows of the 3rd generation were formed by them, as Caracciola and von Brauchitsch had done in the pre-war era, and Fangio and Moss in the time after World War II.
	www.research-racing.de /Suzuka2001-4.htm (819 words)

	Double Top for Spaniard Dani Pedrosa and Honda
		The first at the Portuguese Grand Prix where he suffered a slow puncture that ended his late race charge.
		Team manager Puig, himself a successful grand prix racer, has been a huge influence on Pedrosa’s development from a raw mini-bike novice to double World Champion and is full of admiration for his young charge.
		Grand prix debut: 2001 Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka - 125 cc.
	www.industrypages.com /artman/publish/Industry_News_4613.stm (1492 words)

	Jacques Villeneuve News
		During the Grand Prix 24 h de Villars, the mountain town of Villars-sur-Ollon becomes the hottest place in Switzerland.
		Jacques Villeneuve is currently preparing for the season finale to the 2001 FIA Formula One World Championship, the Japanese Grand Prix held at the Suzuka circuit.
		However there is just one race remaining for this season, the Japanese Grand Prix, and while Villeneuve is not placing any expectations on the team for 2002 he is hoping that he will get the chance to taste victory once again.
	www.jacques.villeneuve.com /news/2001news_oct_e.htm (6598 words)

	The Japanese Grand Prix
		The 3.64 mile track was part of a motorcycle The first Japanese Grand Prix took place at Suzuka in 1963 and was a sportscar race which was won a young British driver called Peter Warr, who would go on to become the motive force in the Lotus F1 team after the death of Colin Chapman.
		The Japanese GP The first corner is fast and testing, sweeping right in a long arc which rises around a pond and then dives through a series of sweeps before disappearing from the main grandstand area through a fast lefthander.
		Qulifying for the Japan Grand Prix is due to take place on Saturday 13th October 2002...
	homepages.ihug.co.nz /~mrc/circuits/Japan/index.html (285 words)

	Grand Prix 2001 - Round 2 - Preview - Kyalami
		This is the fifth running of the South African GP, held in 1984 and 1985 at the original Kyalami circuit outside Johannesburg, and in 1992 at the rebuilt Kyalami.
		McCoy opened his 2001 championship campaign with a strong second-place finish on the Red Bull Yamaha in round 1 after qualifying on the front row.
		At the season-opening Japanese GP Valentino Rossi (Nastro Azzurro Honda NSR500), Daijiro Katoh (Telefonica Movistar Honda NSR250) and Masao Azuma (Liégeois Competition Honda RS125) took a clean sweep of all three races to secure the marque's 500th win.
	mcnews.com.au /MotorcycleRacing2001/GrandPrix500/Round2/Preview.htm (2648 words)

	Japanese Grand Prix Qualifying (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Making the most of their excellent knowledge of this notoriously difficult circuit, regular Japanese GP riders were joined by wild card compatriots in a domination of the 250 qualifying.
		Tetsuya Harada, the uncrowned master of Suzuka, put in a very fast lap at the end of qualifying to steal pole position from Takeshi Tsujimura on the FCC Sports NSR Honda.
		Jacque managing to withstand the onslaught of Japanese riders to take fifth place, whilst Waldmann complained of a machine that was chattering the front wheel and vibrating badly.
	www.motorcycle.com /mo/mcmail/1997/gps/japan-qual4_19.html (559 words)

	Formula one, 2001 season Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at Suzuka: Team News: the jpoc report.
		Formula one, 2001 season Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at Suzuka: Team News: the jpoc report.
		At the end of the test, Toyota announced that they were just two seconds off the fastest race lap of 2001.
		Bernd Pischetsrieder, the man behind BMW's entry into F1 as an engine supplier was clearly still chasing the glamour of the F1 paddock despite his ousting from the company in the midst of one of BMW's monthly boardroom rows over their ill fated Rover buyout.
	www.jpoc.net /cars/sport/f1/2001/japanawayteams.html (423 words)

	Telegraph \| Sport \| Finger on Button as Ferrari's rivals gear up
		Schumacher had nine wins, 11 poles and took his winning total to a record 53 grands prix.
		He believes the team are better prepared than they were before the start of the 2001 season.
		Logically, the 2002 season would appear to be a Ferrari-McLaren-Williams 1-2-3 but it is time for Sauber, Jordan, Jaguar and BAR to make something of a challenge.
	telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2001/12/29/smmoss30.xml (573 words)

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