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	Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and also known as Grand Prix racing, is recognized as the highest class of auto racing in the world.
		Formula 1 is generally one of the biggest global TV draws behind the Football World Cup, the Olympics, and American football's Superbowl.
		Formula 1 can be seen around the world on RTL, the longest serving F1 broadcaster, ITV in Great Britain, 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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Formula_One (5773 words)

	Formula One - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel formula auto racing.
		The formula has seen many evolutions and changes through the history of the sport: engines have ranged from normally-aspirated V12 engines to turbocharged straight-4 engines, displacements have ranged from 1.5 litres to 4.5 litres, and the maximum power achieved in the history of the series has been around 1200 bhp, during the turbo era.
		Formula 1 is generally one of the biggest global TV draws behind football and the Olympics.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/F1 (5598 words)

	Formula One - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Non-championship Formula One races were held for many years, but due to rising costs and sinking interest, the last of these ended in the early 1980s.
		Formula One teams must build the chassis in which they compete, and consequently the terms "team" and "constructor" are interchangeable; this requirement distinguishes the sport from "spec series" such as IRL 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.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/F1 (4077 words)

	Category:Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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		The following articles and subcategories pertain to Formula One.
		There are 13 subcategories shown below (more may be shown on subsequent pages).
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	RH-PR Website - Safety In F1 from 1950 continued
		The constructors who joined the association were the kit car teams who lacked the economic and influential representation the works team had.
		FOCA therefore developed to represent the interests of the kit car members - kit car teams were developing differently from works team, especially technically where kit car designers attempted to compensate for less powerful engines by developing innovative chassis and aerodynamic designs.
		FOCA became increasingly influential and powerful, an aspect of this power coming from the centralized organization of many of the collective concerns of the FOCA teams.
	www.btinternet.com /~rhobbs/foca.htm (826 words)

	Automobile Racing - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Formula racing, or single-seat automobile racing in which car specifications are strictly regulated, is governed by FIA.
		The Formula One Constructors Association (FOCA), based in London, England, led the challenge.
		FOCA is made up of the companies that manufacture the cars used in F1 racing.
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		Formula 1 today is controUed by two governing bodies:- The FOCA, (The Formula One Constructors Association) is controlled by Nir Bernard Ecclestone and is based in London.
		Formula I is also used within Renault as a communications medium, providing actual evidence that two companies from separate national backgrounds canwork together successfully and effectively and bread, down cultural barriers through a common cause.
		Formula I is the ultimate expression of a free market policy and to enforce editorial controls onto an already well controlled sport would lead to immense damage to Formula 1, general sport and the commercial world of sponsorship as a whole.
	www.library.ucsf.edu /tobacco/batco/OCR/500/559.txt (1887 words)

	Formula One - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The formula has seen many evolutions and changes through the history of the sport: engines have ranged from normally-aspirated straight-4 engines to supercharged V12 engines, displacements have ranged from 1.5 litres to 4.5 litres, and the maximum power achieved in the history of the series has been around 1200 bhp, during the turbo era.
		Image:Afetta 159.jpg The inaugural Formula One World Championship was won by Italian Giuseppe Farina in his Alfa Romeo in 1950, barely defeating his Argentine teammate Juan Manuel Fangio.
		Formula 1 can be seen around the world on RTL, the longest serving F1 broadcaster, ITV in Great Britain, Speed TV in America and many other stations relaying the action live.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/F1 (6181 words)

	UpdateF1 >> F1 Magazine > When the lights went out in F1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The upshot was a string of boycotts, by certain teams at certain races, culminating in a move that saw the FOCA teams boycott the San Marino Grand Prix, a traditional Ferrari show piece.
		Toleman had emerged from the successful Formula Two outfit financed by the haulier Ted Toleman, and were at Imola with the TG181, a huge and ungainly device from the pen of an emerging engineering talent by the name of Rory Byrne.
		Some of you familiar with the ‘modern’ version of Formula One may question the naivety of Villeneuve's belief that he had been duped, and would be fair to do so, but that is the difference between the likes of Gilles, of Jones, Piquet, Scheckter, Lauda, of many of the days great drivers.
	formula-1.updatesport.com /magazine/article/When-the-lights-went-out-in-F1/1145446538.html (2704 words)

	Atlas F1: The Formula One World Championship Timeline
		Formula One returns to Portugal for the first time since 1960 at the Estoril circuit.
		Formula One returns to Japan for the first time since 1977 for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.
		Formula One reaches a peak in involvement, with 39 cars competing for most of the season.
	www.atlasf1.com /timeline/80s.html (1296 words)

	Formula 1 - WOI Encyclopedia Italia
		Europe is Formula One's traditional centre and remains its leading market; however, Grands Prix have been held all over the world, and with new races in Bahrain, People's Republic of China, Federation of Malaysia and Turkey, its scope is continually expanding.
		As a consequence, constructors desiring to enter Formula One often prefer to buy an existing team: British American Racing, B.A.R.'s purchase of Tyrrell and Midland's purchase of Jordan allowed both of these teams to sidestep the large deposit.
		Whereas in the 1950s a driver was lucky to find a strategically placed bale of straw to absorb an impact, modern Formula One circuits feature large run-off areas, gravel traps and tire barriers to reduce the risk of injury in crashes.
	www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php/Formula_1 (5021 words)

	cars - Formula One (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		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.
		Historically, the Formula One series evolved from pre-war European Grand Prix motor racing of the 1920s and 1930s.
		After the deaths of Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger during the 1994 season, the FIA mandated higher safety standards; modern Formula One circuits feature gravel traps and tyre barriers to reduce risk of injury in crashes.
	www.carluvers.com /cars/F1 (3759 words)

	AskMen.com - Bernie Ecclestone
		Later on, Bernie and Max spearheaded the Formula One Constructors Association (FOCA), and viewed the Federation Internationale du Sport Automobile (FISA), the governing body of Formula One that was a forerunner of what is now the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), as the enemy.
		The focal point of this confrontation was the commercialization of Formula One racing versus the drafting of the rules of Formula One racing.
		Ecclestone's brainchild was to form 2 bodies: the FOCA (Formula One Constructors Association) was formed to represent a union of the teams.
	www.askmen.com /sports/business/44_sports_business.html (694 words)

	BERNIE ECCLESTONE FORMULA ONE RACING MANAGEMENT
		His first racing experience came with 500cc Formula 3 Series; he drove at a very few events, and gave up in 1951 after an accident at the Brands Hatch circuit when his car landed in the car park on the outside of the track.
		Ecclestone became chief executive of FOCA in 1978 with Mosley as his legal advisor; together, they negotiated a series of legal issues with the FIA and Jean-Marie Balestre, culminating in Ecclestone's famous coup, his securing the right for FOCA to negotiate television contracts for the Grands Prix.
		On December 6 Alpha Prema acquired JP Morgan's share of SLEC to increase its ownership of Formula One to 86%, the remaining 14% is held by Lehman Brothers.
	www.speedace.info /bernie_ecclestone.htm (1694 words)

	Sports: Bernie: boss with the most
		Formula One's Ecclestone is the richest person in England, worth more than the Queen.
		Bernie Ecclestone, a trawler captain's son and racing lifer, runs Formula One with an iron fist and a walkie-talkie in hand.
		Ecclestone is the richest resident of England with a annual salary of $80-million and a fortune of $3.8-billion.
	www.sptimes.com /News/092300/news_pf/Sports/Bernie__boss_with_the.shtml (733 words)

	Saltire : Blogging by Steve MacLaughlin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		During that same year Ecclestone became secretary of the Formula One Constructors Association (FOCA), which was formed in 1964 to represent the constructors concerns with the sport's governing body of the FIA, the Commission Sportive Internationale (CSI).
		The main point of contention between FOCA and the CSI was the commercialization of Formula One and the drafting of the rules of the sport.
		Ecclestone single handedly transformed Formula One into the global spectacle that it is today, and his attention to the business side of the sport is unrivaled.
	saltire.weblogger.com /2003/06/18 (1847 words)

	Formula One 1/43 Diecast models
		The opening round of the 1981 season in Argentina was postponed as the row between FISA and FOCA blazed on.
		FOCA were still threatening to form a breakaway World Championship series.
		Mike Hailwood, the former motorcycle World Champion, who had retired from Formula One after badly damaging his ankles when his McLaren crashed at the Nurburgring in 1974, was killed in a road accident with his little daughter.
	home.clara.net /nigelk/fact1980.htm (1791 words)

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		Modern F1 The official Formula One logoThe early 2000s have been dominated by Michael Schumacher and a resurgent Ferrari, whilst several driver aids returned due in part to rumours that teams were able to evade the restrictions.
		Formula One cars are faster than any other single-seater circuit racers.
		Compared with their American counterparts, Indy Cars and Champcars, Formula One cars are lighter, use more exotic materials, are more involved in aerodynamics than in suspension tuning, and thanks to much larger budgets, are more highly developed.
	www.hollywoodsportsbook.com /indy500/indy_racecars.cfm (1852 words)

	Bloomberg.com: News & Commentary
		Formula One Administration made a profit of $126.5 million on revenue of $642.7 million in 2002, according to the latest figures on file at London's Companies House, which holds public information on limited U.K. companies.
		Formula One Management Ltd., a second Ecclestone-owned company that administers the sport, reported a loss of 37.5 million pounds ($67 million) and revenue of 50.1 million pounds.
		Ecclestone's two Formula One companies, which list their main focus as the organization of the sport, paid him the equivalent of $2.7 million in salary in 2002.
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	Trial opens over death of Ayrton Senna
		Senna, the three-time Formula One champion, died of head injuries in 1994 when his car smashed into a concrete wall during the early laps of the San Marino Grand Prix.
		This is the first time Formula One executives have been brought to trial in Europe for a racing accident.
		The prosecutor said he planned to call as witnesses Damon Hill, the reigning world champion; Bernie Ecclestone, head of the Formula One constructors association; and Michael Schumacher, Ferrari's No. 1 driver.
	www.jhu.edu /~newslett/02-21-97/Sports/Trial_opens_over_death_of_Ayrton_Senna.html (414 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Bernie Ecclestone, the man behind Formula One
		Bernie Ecclestone may be a short man - 5ft 4in (1.6m) - but he is the most important component of Formula One and one of the highest-salaried executives in the world.
		In a recent interview, Mr Ecclestone said his determination to proceed with the sale of the company was driven by fear that the business could fall into the wrong hands when he retired or died.
		He now controls the Formula One Constructors' Association, which represents all the top teams, and is second-in-command to Max Mosley at the FIA.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/29426.stm (438 words)

	FIA Statutes - Article 14 - The World Motor Sport Council
		The President of the CIK, the President of the FIA Sporting Manufacturers' Commission, and either a representative of the Formula One Constructors or the President of the Formula One Constructors Association appointed by the World Motor Sport Council shall be Members by right of the World Motor Sport Council.
		For questions concerning Formula One, the vote of the President of the Manufacturers' Commission may be exercised by another person if provision is made for this in the agreements which govern the Formula One World Championship.
		No member of the World Motor Sport Council who sits as a representative of the interests of Formula One shall be entitled to participate in any decision regarding the authorisation of a new international series.
	www.fia.com /thefia/statutes/Files/article14_wmsc.html (183 words)

	Formule One News from Auto Race '97
		At the same time the constructors began to pay attention to the minutest of details in order to improve the cars' aerodynamics.
		For example, engineer Patrick Head was the first constructor to relocate the petrol pump of Cosworth's "standard engine" to an area at the back of the vehicle which was out of the wind, in order to eradicate unwanted turbulence.
		The title was won by Finnish Keke Rosberg, and with that he was, for the time being at least, the last induction engine driver to achieve the number one spot.
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	CNN/SI - Formula One - S.Africa bids for F-1 race despite tobacco ban - Monday August 03, 1998 06:15 PM
		He said Bernie Ecclestone, the boss of the Formula One Constructors Association, had been invited to lunch with him and president Nelson Mandela on August 19 to clear up any problems stemming from the Tobacco Ammendment Bill.
		A spokesman for AA Racing, owned by the Automobile Association, which has handled negotiations for the event, said a preliminary deal had been struck to stage the race.
		The tobacco industry is a major sponsor of Formula One motor racing around the world.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /motorsports/world/news/1998/08/03/sa_race (509 words)

	Gilles to be honoured before Imola race - Linksheaven F1 Forum
		The FIA was on one side and FOCA (Formula One Constructors Association - representing mainly the British / Cosworth teams, headed by Bernie and fighting to remain competative against the turbos) on the other.
		To make a long story short, the FOCA teams boycotted the 1982 San Marino Grand Prix over a disagreement from the Brazilian GP earlier in the year - The only teams participating at Imola were Ferrari, Osella, Renault, Toleman, ATS and Tyrrell.
		Tyrrell was a FOCA member and supported boycotting the race but their Italian primary sponsor insisted that they compete - they did a couple of laps and pulled in.
	www.linksheaven.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=5843 (649 words)

	Bernie Ecclestone, the man behind Formula One - F1Technical.net
		He's commonly known as Bernie and is the president and CEO of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration.
		Ecclestone was born in Ipswich, a borough of eastern England near the North Sea northeast of London.
		Ecclestone became chief executive of FOCA in 1978 with Mosley as his legal advisor, they negotiated a series of legal issues with the FIA and Jean-Marie Balestre, culminating in Ecclestone's famous coup, his securing the right for FOCA to negotiate television contracts for the Grands Prix.
	www.f1technical.net /news/1362 (1068 words)

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		Bernie Ecclestone may be a multimillionaire and Formula 1 racing tycoon, but he has humble beginnings.
		Ecclestone started out as a used car and motorcycle dealer in Bexleyheath, where his family moved to from Suffolk when he was young.
		Ecclestone took contron of Grand Prix media rights in the 1980s as president of the Formula One Constructors Association, gaining large deals for TV rights.
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	The Official Formula 1 Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Mosley was a guest at a gathering of long-timers on Friday evening at the invitation of the Formula One Constructors’ Association.
		Elsewhere on the track a superbly judged drive earned Vitantonio Liuzzi his fourth F3000 victory from five races for Arden International, and with rival Enrico Toccacelo failing to score Liuzzi grabbed back a six-point lead in the series.
		In the first Formula Three Euroseries race Britain’s Jamie Green shattered the lap record to take pole position and then romped home a comfortable winner for ASM.
	www.formula1.com /news/1846.html (158 words)

	50 Years of Technical Development in Formula One
		At the same time, the constructors began to pay attention to the minutest of details in order to improve their car's aerodynamics.
		McLaren-Honda wrote Formula One history in 1988, when Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost succeeded in winning 15 of the year's 16 World Championship races.
		And the season's only defeat, at the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, was nothing to do with mechanical reliability either: only a moment of inattentiveness on the part of Senna while lapping prevented the full-season domination from occurring.
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