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  San Marino - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
San Marino is an enclave in Italy, on the border between the regioni of Emilia-Romagna and Le Marche.
Although San Marino is not an official European Union member, it is allowed to use the euro as its currency by virtue of arrangements with the council of the European Union; it is also granted the right to use its own designs on the national side of the euro coins.
San Marino's postage stamps, which are only valid within the country, are mostly sold to philatelists and also form a source of income.
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 San Marino - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
The Most Serene Republic of San Marino or San Marino (Italian: Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino or San Marino) is one of the smallest nations in the world.
San Marino claims to be the world's oldest republic still in existence, founded in A.D. by a skilled builder referred to as St.
San Marino is an enclave in Italy, on the border between the regioni of Emilia-Romagna and Marche.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for 1994 San Marino Grand Prix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
FERRARI: Ferrari and the San Marino Grand Prix.
Motor racing: Death of charismatic legend that shocked Formula One; It is 10 years since Ayrton Senna was killed at the San Marino Grand Prix.
Formula one: Death of charismatic legend that shocked Formula One; It is 10 years since Ayrton Senna was killed at the San Marino Grand Prix.
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 Global F1 - Feature Article: Season 2001 Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
McLaren: 2001 will no doubt go down as a disappointing year for the Woking based team, despite the fact they claimed four Grand Prix victories in total during the course of the season, and they and David Coulthard finished runners-up in the constructors and drivers championships respectively.
Williams: The 2001 San Marino Grand Prix in April saw Williams claim their first victory since securing BMW engines at the beginning of 2000, and their first victory since the 1997 European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring, won by Jacques Villeneuve.
His maiden Grand Prix victory duly came at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, and he will have to become of the hot prospects to rival Michael Schumacher next season, together with team mate Ralf Schumacher, and the new McLaren duo of Coulthard and Kimi Raikkonen.
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 The Official Formula 1 Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
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.
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 BMW Sauber F1 Team report from San Marino Grand Prix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The historic Republic of San Marino, after which the Grand Prix is named, covers an area of just 60 square kilometres and lies to the southeast of Imola.
At Imola on 15 April 2001, BMW celebrated its first win since its return to Formula One in 2000 in partnership with the Williams team.
“The San Marino Grand Prix is the first race of the season in Europe and, from experience, this is when the teams come out with their first major round of modifications.
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 HP F1 Racing - San Marino Grand Prix — 18/19/20 April 2003 - PREVIEW
The most noticeable change we will have to respond to will be the temperatures in San Marino which will be colder than the first three races.
San Marino can also be quite cold and wet.
Together with the Interlagos circuit in Brazil, Imola is the second Grand Prix circuit in the calendar in which the race direction is anti-clockwise.
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 San Marino Grand Prix Tickets : San Marino Grand Prix Nascar Tickets at Cheappremiumtickets.com
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The track has seen some memorable races over the years and although it is in Italy, the circuit plays host to the San Marino Grand Prix.
If you want to buy San Marino Grand Prix tickets from the venue or organization box offices or their official distribution outlets, please inquire directly with the venues or organizations themselves.
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 2001 San Marino Formula One Grand Prix Race Report
This will be the 21st Grand Prix held at Imola: 19 San Marino Grands Prix have already taken place, but the first Grand Prix at Imola was the Italian in 1980.
And among the milestones on this occasion should be Rubens Barrichello's 100th Grand Prix.
Enzo Ferrari's status in motor racing meant that he was able to persuade motor racing's governing body and those in charge of promotion to adopt Imola as the venue for a San Marino Grand Prix, having particularly close links with the Republic.
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 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.
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 San Marino GP practice: BMW WilliamsF1 Team
Weather: Rain in the morning, dry in the afternoon.
A mixed result for the BMW WilliamsF1 Team drivers in the first Free Practice sessions of the 2001 San Marino Grand Prix.
Ralf Schumacher was 3rd but Juan Pablo Montoya achieved no timed laps in the second session, on a drying track, due to technical problems with his FW23.
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 The Epoch Times | Alonso Wins San Marino Thriller
Spanish Renault driver Fernando Alonso hotly pursued by German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher during the San Marino Grand Prix, 24 April 2005 in Imola, Italy.
While Alonso celebrated his third win in a row and the French manufacturer's fourth out of four, he was pushed to the limit by the seven-times champion he hopes to dethrone.
It was the first time since 1998 a that anyone outside the Schumacher family had won at Imola, Michael having won for five of the last six years and his brother Ralf winning in 2001.
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 Formula One Round Four - San Marino Grand Prix
Round Four of the Formula One 2001 season shifted all the focus to Europe as the San Marino Grand Prix started the series of various circuits in Europe.
The European leg of the tournament is much significant since all but two of the teams competing in Formula One are from Europe.
The San Marino Circuit, Imola, is the second of the only two circuits that run in anticlockwise direction in Formula One.
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 Tyres face traction test at Imola | F1.on.net | Formula 1 Online NEWS | F1, Formula 1
After three flyaway races in three different continents, Formula 1 returns to Europe for the San Marino Grand Prix, a race which Bridgestone is determined to see won by a car on its tyres.
Consequently, Bridgestone’s engineers have studied closely the performance of the 2001 tyres and the track to produce what hopefully will be a race-winning specification this time.
The Imola track has hosted the San Marino Grand Prix since 1981 but the circuit itself is this year celebrating its 50th anniversary since opening.
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 United States Grand Prix
Wurz competed in 57 Grands Prix between 1997 and 2000 driving for Benetton, which is now Renault, and his best finish was third in the 1997 British Grand Prix.
The first victory for a BMW-powered Williams was in the 2001 San Marino Grand Prix with Ralf Schumacher driving.
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.
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 Weather Could Determine Driver Reigning In Malaysia:: Indianapolis Motor Speedway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Malaysian Grand Prix, round two of 16, will be the second time this year that the teams, drivers and fans get to see the outcome of all the new rules, including single-car, one-lap qualifying, that have been introduced this year.
Although he finished fourth in the 2003 Australian Grand Prix, and missed being on the podium for the first time since the Italian Grand Prix in September 2001, Ferrari’s Michael Schumacher is still very optimistic for this season.
Heading into the 2000 United States Grand Prix, which was the inaugural F1 event to be staged at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Schumacher was two points behind championship leader Mika Hakkinen.
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 Ferrari1 Preview: The San Marino Grand Prix || Ferrari 1 - Unofficial Ferrari F1 News and Views
With three races of the season already run, the Formula One circus arrives at Imola.Currently on 16 points, Ferrari are in joint third with Williams, both 23 points behind early leaders Mclaren and 7 points behind Renault, Ferrari have to perform this weekend to stay in touch with the leaders.
Currently on sixteen Constructors points, Ferrari are in joint third in the championship, tied with Williams, both 23 points behind early leaders Mclaren and seven points behind the surprise package from Renault, and know they have to perform this weekend to ensure they stay in touch with the leaders.
Ralf Schumacher took the chequered flag in 2001, but the current master of San Marino is Michael Schumacher with victory for Benetton in 1994, and a hat-trick of triumphs for Ferrari in 1999, 2000, and 2002.
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 San Marino - Formula One Circuit Guide 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Imola first held a grand prix in 1980 when the Italian Grand Prix needed a temporary home after a dispute between the FIA and Monza
When the Italian GP moved back to its traditional venue a year later Imola was given its own race, the San Marino Grand Prix - the long slipstreaming run down to the Tosa hairpin made the track a great venue for racing
Due to this tragedy there was a safety review of the sport and the character of Imola was changed forever in 1995 by a pair of chicanes which 'removed' the mile-long drag down to Tosa from the start-finish straight
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 GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Races > 2001 Results > San Marino GP
THE Schumacher brothers made world championship history in the sunshine of San Marino, becoming the first sibling drivers to each win Formula 1 Grands Prix, and the first to win Grand Prix races since Emilio and Luigi Villoresi in the 1930s.
After the thrills and spills of the opening three rounds of the 2001 season Formula 1 returned to Europe, and Italy of all places.
San Marino GP, Imola, April 15, 2001, Round: 4, Race Number: 667
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 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.
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 San Marino Grand Prix - Preview :: car.kak.net ::
After three hard flyaway races when most of the Formula 1 circus spent a month away from home, Round 4 of the 2006 world championship signals the start of the European season.
The Italian circuit of Imola has been home to the San Marino Grand Prix for over 20 years.
Ralf Schumacher has enjoyed many good results at the San Marino GP down the years.
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 Telegraph | Sport | San Marino Grand Prix: Schumacher leads Williams to glory
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.
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 Telegraph | Sport | Scot on a roll but leaves it late for pole
He even suggested that he is driving towards a place among the grand prix legends.
The way he outpaced Michael Schumacher and Mika Hakkinen to take pole for today's Monaco Grand Prix leaves little room for debate.
There was brighter news for Jaguar, with Eddie Irvine achieving the team's highest qualifying position of the season - sixth on the grid.
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