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  Britain.tv Wikipedia - Formula One
Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of auto racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motor sport's world governing body.
Formula 1 is generally one of the biggest global TV draws behind the Football World Cup and the Olympics.
Formula 1 can be seen around the world on RTL, the longest serving F1 broadcaster, ITV in the United Kingdom, SPEED Channel (as well as a few races being broadcast on CBS with the GP's in San Marino, Germany (European Grand Prix), Spain, and Monaco) in America and many other stations relaying the action live.
www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Formula_One   (6851 words)

  
 Formula-1 News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Organisers of the Turkish Formula One Grand Prix have paid half of the five-million-dollar fine imposed for politicising the event after Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat made the trophy presentation, as...
Formula One star Mark Webber admitted he had made "a costly mistake" by ignoring advice not to sign with Williams two years ago.
By Sarah Holt When Michael Schumacher brings the curtain down on his 15-year Formula One career at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday, debate is certain to centre on whether he is the greatest Formula One...
www.topix.net /formula1?full=318cfa479e   (929 words)

  
 2007 Formula One season - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2007 season is significant in that it will herald the end of the existing Concorde Agreement between the existing Formula One constructors and Bernie Ecclestone.
Kubica was later announced on October 19, 2006 to retain the race seat for the 2007 season, with Sebastian Vettel remaining as the team's test driver.
One 29 August 2006, The FIA published a calendar for the 2007 Formula One season.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2007_Formula_One_season   (1896 words)

  
 FORMULA ONE RACING DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORY | GRAND PRIX RECORDS AND RACING SPEED ACES | THE BLUEBIRD ELECTRIC LAND ...
Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is a form of formula racing and the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing.
Formula One teams must build the chassis in which they compete, and consequently the terms "team" and "constructor" are more or less interchangeable; this requirement distinguishes the sport from "spec series" such as IRL, CART, Formula 3000 and NASCAR.
Throughout the 2004 season, Formula One Management president Bernie Ecclestone repeatedly voiced his disapproval of the Silverstone Circuit, and suggested that unless its owners, the British Racing Drivers Club, modernise the facilities, the British Grand Prix would not appear on the 2005 schedule.
www.speedace.info /formula_one.htm   (4145 words)

  
 CBC Sports Online: Formula One 2006
Formula One bearing no relationship to real life, of course, it's hardly a surprise that the 24-year-old Spanish wonder, who last year became the youngest ever world champion, has already signed to leave Renault at the end of this season.
Last season, teams were forced go the entire race weekend on one set of tires.
For the first time in four seasons, 11 teams will take to the grid in Formula One: 22 drivers, including three world champions, ten Grand Prix winners and three rookies, will take the green flag and be vying for glory on the track.
www.cbc.ca /sports/indepth/formula_one   (1239 words)

  
 Formula 1 - Australia to host first Grand Prix in 2007 - Eurosport
Melbourne has been the traditional site for the opening event of the season for the past decade since the race was moved from Adelaide, which staged the last race of the season from 1985 to 1995.
WHile the 2007 Australian Grand Prix will clash with the world swimming championships, scheduled to be held in Melbourne from March 18 to April 1, Victoria state government officials said they did not expect any logistical problems.
Formula One left Indianapolis on Monday, hoping for a return next...
eurosport.com /formula1/american-gp/2006/sport_sto933472.shtml   (502 words)

  
 AutoWeek   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Formula One’s new look will be implemented earlier than planned, in 2009.
Istanbul finally provided what Formula One has wanted to see all season: a fight on the track between the two world championship protagonists,...
Formula One will indeed return to Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2007, although track CEO Tony George only signed a one-year extension to the...
www.autoweek.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=FormulaOne   (522 words)

  
 Alonso begins season as Formula One's No. 1 | www.azstarnet.com ®
SAKHIR, Bahrain - On a small island in the Persian Gulf, Fernando Alonso is ready to begin the Formula One season as defending champion.
Alonso, who became the youngest F1 champion last season at age 24, will be looking to keep his title with Renault before moving to McLaren in 2007.
Rule changes last season brought Ferrari back to the pack, with Alonso and Raikkonen pushing Schumacher to third place - his lowest finish for a full season since joining Ferrari in 1996.
www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/119375   (575 words)

  
 2007 Formula 1 Tickets - F1 Grand Prix Tickets to all the Formula 1 races in the 2007 Formula One season
As the home of Formula One Grand Prix racing in the Middle East, Bahrain International Circuit is unrivalled in the quality of its facilities, range of activities on offer and the professionalism of its employees...
Inaugurated two weeks before its first Formula 1 Grand Prix, September 1991, the Catalunya circuit has proved to be one of the best-designed circuits of the recent era; it is well-liked by most drivers and so has retained the privilege of hosting the Spanish Grand Prix ever since.
The first GP was held there in 1929, it was on the calendar for the first year (1950) of the Formula One World Championship, and it has hosted a round continuously since 1955.
www.newsonf1.com /tickets/index.htm   (2234 words)

  
 List of Formula One circuits - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of Formula One circuits which have hosted a Formula One World Championship Grand Prix from the 1950 Formula One season to the 2006 Formula One season.
The first to do so was Silverstone, where the first Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, the 1950 British Grand Prix, was held.
For the 2007 season schedule it has been announced that the Japanese Grand Prix will switch from the Suzuka Circuit to the Fuji Speedway.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Formula_One_circuits   (350 words)

  
 2002 Formula One season - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2002 Formula One season was the 53rd FIA Formula One World Championship season.
He was dropped by Prost at the end of the 2001 season for financial reasons, and returned to Formula 3000 for 2002.
With three races left to go in the 2001 season, Mika Häkkinen announced that he was not intending to drive in F1 in 2002.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2002_Formula_One_season   (817 words)

  
 Motor racing-Buoyant Button looking for podium finish at Suzuka
Britain's Jenson Button said today that he was hungry for more success after breaking his Formula One duck this season.
There will be extra poignance for Honda in particular with Suzuka being replaced by Fuji Speedway for the 2007 Formula One season.
It's physically and mentally very demanding and you see the top cars and top drivers come top.'' Schumacher's former team mate Barrichello, meanwhile, has failed to gain a podium in his first season with Honda but the Brazilian feels it is only a matter of time.
news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/Sports/20061003/468414.html   (481 words)

  
 Formula 3 - the latest news of F3 & young drivers
Sodi finished the season with a bang at Essay, where this year's FFSA 2006 Grand Prix Karting meeting was held.
Racing Engineering, the Andalusian team participating in the Spanish Formula 3 Championship, as well as in the GP2 Series, is organizing a two day selection test for drivers to enter the team in 2007.
Lola Formula Three racer Joey Foster was badly injured during the Recaro F3 Cup meeting at Lausitzring in Germany on July 28.
www.formula3.cc /component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1   (1614 words)

  
 IGN Boards - Fisichella to stay at Renault in 2007
Fisichella is currently enjoying his strongest Formula One season to date.
Sure as hell, he'll be looking to impress in the final GPs of this season, to give them good reason to have confidence in his ability.
Briatore does not want to be head of a losing team in 2007 because he knows that in that situation he would quite likely be the scapegoat.
boards.ign.com /formula_one_racing/b5763/119780355/p1   (1259 words)

  
 F1 Schedule 2007
The FIA published the 2007 Formula One calendar on Tuesday morning.
There are five sets of back-to-back races on the 2007 calendar: Malaysia and Bahrain in April; Canada and the US in June; France and Britain in July; Italy and Belgium in September; and China and Japan in September/October.
The final schedule for the 2007 Formula One Season will be released end of November.
www.f1corporate.com /content/f1-schedule-2007   (234 words)

  
 UpdateF1 >> Formula 1 News > 2007 season set for slow start
Aug.10 (GMM) F1 organisers at the Sepang circuit have been handed a provisional race date for 2007 of April 8, according to local press reports in Malaysia.
The 2007 season will kick off in Australia on the unusually late opening date of March 18, with - also oddly - the hop to Malaysia not due to occur until a full three weeks after that.
But the opening dates for next year have raised some eyebrows among the F1 fraternity, with the travelling circus faced with the prospect of either spending three weeks in Australia or Malaysia before round two, or making the long-haul flight back to Europe before returning to the Asian region a few days later.
formula-1.updatesport.com /news/article/1155227914/formula_one/F1headlines/2007-season-set-for-slow-start/view.html   (311 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | Belgian GP set to return in 2007
The race's comeback was assured after the signing of a contract between F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone and the race's new management team.
The 2007 race is due to be staged at the historic Spa-Francorchamps circuit on Sunday 16 September.
As for the Belgian GP's future after 2007, there are three options under discussion.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/6042538.stm   (184 words)

  
 Formula 1 : Follow F1 Live, with Racing-Live.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The following is a press release from the FIA detailing regulation changes as well as the 2007 race calendar which no longer features the San Marino Grand Prix.
The following sporting regulations were approved for the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship...
Follow the F1 season directly from your mobile phone with I.mode or WAP.
f1.racing-live.com /f1/en   (348 words)

  
 Headline News :: Sports News Blogs :: Alonso to Join McLaren for 2007 Formula One Season (Update1)
The Spaniard became the youngest world champion, at 24, in his fourth F-1 season, two years after gaining his first win for Renault.
McLaren beat Ferrari, Formula One's oldest and most successful team, in this year's constructors' championship for the first time since 1999.
The 19-race 2006 F-1 season begins at Bahrain on March 12.
www.bloggossip.com /index.php?id=7278   (320 words)

  
 MercuryNews.com | 06/16/2006 | Lester aims to qualify again in NASCAR, this time without fanfare
Besides qualifying for the race, which he must do on speed since his Bill Davis Racing entry is not among the top 35 in car owner points, Lester hopes to be a lot more competitive than he was at Atlanta.
Fisichella, in his 10th full season in Formula One, also has raced for Minardi, Jordan, Benetton and Sauber Petronas.
He is in his second season with Renault, and has won two races with the team.
www.mercurynews.com /mld/mercurynews/sports/motorsports/14831419.htm   (486 words)

  
 McLaren and Alonso join forces in 2007 - F1Technical.net
Woking, Great Britain, Monday 19th December 2005: The 2005 Formula One World Champion Fernando Alonso and Vodafone McLaren Mercedes will be joining forces for the 2007 Formula One season.
Both Juan Pablo and Kimi are extremely talented, professional and competitive Formula One drivers and they have and will continue to concentrate on our joint challenge for the Championships.
However for now our focus must remain on the 2006 season where we want to go one better than we did in 2005.
www.f1technical.net /news/1503   (626 words)

  
 Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Heikki Kovalainen will attempt to fill big shoes in the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship, including the United States Grand Prix on June 17 at Indianapolis, as the Renault F1 Team on Sept. 6 named the Finn to fill the seat soon vacated by reigning World Champion Fernando Alonso.
2007 USGP tickets: The ticketing program for the 2007 United States Grand Prix, scheduled for June 17, started Wednesday, Aug. 30 with the renewal period for existing USGP customers and the sale of three-day “Season Passes” for $60 to all customers.
Ticket holders who renew by Monday, Sept. 25 will receive the official 2006 Formula One Season Review, a full-color book valued at $40, that recaps all of the exciting action of this World Championship season, including the 2006 USGP.
www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com /news/story.php?story_id=7497   (570 words)

  
 CNN.com - Honda hopeful of retaining drivers - Oct 3, 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) -- Honda are hopeful of maintaining their current driver line-up of Briton Jenson Button and Brazil's Rubens Barrichello for the 2007 Formula One season.
Honda are heading for a solid fourth-place finish in the constructors' championship with two races left, although well behind leaders Renault's 179 points and Ferrari's 178.
However, Honda will be aiming to make an impact at the weekend after Suzuka was dropped from the 2007 calendar in favor of Toyota-owned Fuji Speedway.
edition.cnn.com /2006/SPORT/10/03/motors.honda.reut/index.html   (392 words)

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