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 Clinton Goveas :: Wikipedia Reference
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 was a new formula agreed after World War II in 1946, with the first non-championship races being held that year.
The 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix attracted an average live global TV audience of 83 million viewers, with a total of 154 million viewers tuning in to watch at least some part of the event.
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 List of Formula One Grands Prix - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The following is a complete lists of grands prix which have been a part of the Formula One championship season since its inception in 1950.
See 2007 Formula One season for a schedule of this year's races.
European Grand Prix (in Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom)
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 cars - Formula One
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.
It is based around a series of races (19 in 2005), known as grands prix, on custom-constructed road courses or closed-off street circuits.
Historically, the Formula One series evolved from pre-war European Grand Prix motor racing of the 1920s and 1930s.
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 Formula One - 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, China, Malaysia and Turkey, its scope is continually expanding.
A number of Grand Prix racing organisations laid out rules for a World Championship before World War II, but due to the suspension of racing during the war, the World Drivers Championship was not formalised until 1947, and was first run in 1950.
As of 2005, this expansion has resulted in the disappearance of only one race, the Austrian Grand Prix, which was last held in 2003; however, several teams have expressed their preference for a shorter calendarTemplate:Ref, and the future of such races as the British, French and San Marino Grands Prix has recently fallen into doubt.
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 Formula One - WebArticles.com
Formula One, abbreviated to F1, is a type of Grand Prix motor racing.
Non-championship Formula One races were held for many years, but due to the rising cost of competition, the last of these occurred in the early 1980s.
Formula One teams must build the chassis in which they compete, and consequently the terms "team" and "constructor" are more or less interchangeable.
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 BBC SPORT | FORMULA ONE  | Euro races keep dates
Formula One's bosses have retained 17 Grands Prix on the 2002 calendar, despite claims that the schedule might have to be trimmed for next season.
Among those he has mentioned as possibilities for the future are a Russian Grand Prix in Moscow, as well as several contenders in the Middle East, including Bahrain and Beirut.
That means that the two events that were considered most at risk have kept their dates - they are the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola and the European event at the Nurburgring.
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 Formula One Details, Meaning Formula One Article and Explanation Guide
Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seater (open-wheel) auto racing; it is a worldwide sport, and involves an annual World Drivers Championship and World Constructors Championship.
Non-championship Formula One races were held for many years around the world, but due to rising costs and sinking interest, the last of these ended in the early 1980s.
Formula One has been called the soap opera of the sports world: the exotic locations, vast quantities of money, and famous faces involved in the "F1 circus" lend the sport an aura of glamour entirely absent from most other world sports.
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 Formula One: Encyclopedia II - Formula One - Grands Prix
Six of the original seven races took place in Europe; the only non-European race that counted towards the World Championship in 1950 was the Indianapolis 500, which, due to lack of participation by F1 teams, since it required cars with different spe...
For example, every year two grands prix take place in Germany, one of which is known as the European Grand Prix.
The Bahrain Grand Prix, along with other new races in China and Turkey, present new opportunities for the growth and evolution of the Formula One Grand Prix franchise whilst new facilities also raise the bar for other Formula One racing venues around the world.
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 FORMULA ONE RACING DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORY | GRAND PRIX RECORDS AND RACING SPEED ACES | THE BLUEBIRD ELECTRIC LAND ...
It is based around a series of races; 19 in the 2005 Formula One season), known as grands prix, on custom-constructed road courses or closed-off street circuits.
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.
Entering a (new) team in the Formula One World Championship requires a £25 million up-front payment to the FIA, which is then repaid to the team over the season.
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 Future of Formula One: Encyclopedia II - Future of Formula One - Grands Prix
Possible venues for future grands prix include: Mexico India Greece (possibly in 2007 [7]) The future for many traditional grands prix is on the line.
In the past, the British, San Marino, French and Canadian Grands Prix have been placed under threat as attractive circuits in lucrative markets vie for a place in the Formula One calendar.
A Russian Grand Prix was considered, but that proposal never came to fruition.
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 Indy 500 Betting Online - Indy 500 Odds: Indianapolis 500 Motor Speedway Gambling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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.
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.
This is highlighted by the 2004 pole position times at the Champcar race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, and the Formula One race at the same circuit: 1:19.897 and 1:12.275 respectively.
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 Formula One 1998: Looking Ahead
Goodyear announced their withdrawal from Grand Prix racing at the end of 1998 sighting the expenses as the reason for their withdrawal.
They are uncertain of how the new car will perform and with the retirement of Renault from Grand Prix racing at the end of 1997, Williams have lost their trusty Renault engines and are set to be powered by a new engine.
The Portugese Grand Prix has been cancelled for October due to sponsorship problems and Belgium will only know if they are still on the calendar by mid-February.
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 List of Formula One Grands Prix - Definition, explanation
List of Formula One Grands Prix - Definition, explanation
and Stirling Moss race at Monza at the 1955 Italian Grand Prix
See Formula One season for a schedule of this year's races.
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 Formula One History - The Early Years
The names from these days — Ascari, Fangio and Moss, to list a few — live on today as Grand Prix legends.
On 10 April 1950, Juan Manuel Fangio, in a Maserati, won the Pau Grand Prix, the first contest to be labeled an "International Formula One" race.
His career declined, leading to retirement, following accidents during the 1960 Belgium Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, where Moss was thrown from the car, breaking both legs, after a rear axle broke at over 130 mph, and an even worse shunt at Goodwood in 1962.
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 F1 Gear: All the Online Shopping any Formula One Grand Prix Motorsport Enthusiast could ever want!
We have Formula One Motor Racing Books, Videos, DVDs, Apparel, Gear, Gifts, Collectibles, Memorabilia, F1 Tickets, F1 Fan Merchandise and more.
The Formula One Pack: The Most Comprehensive Interactive 3-D Study on Motor Racing Ever!
The Anatomy and Development of the Formula 1 Racing Car from 1975
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 Formula One infoTurkish.com Herşey Hakkında Türkçe Bilgi
Non-championship Formula One races were held for many years, but due to rising cost of competition, the last of these ended in the early 1980s.
The Bahrain Grand Prix along with other new races in China and Turkey present new opportunities for the growth and evolution of the Formula One Grand prix franchise while also raising the bar for other Formula One racing venues around the world.
Where in the 1950s a driver was lucky to find a strategically placed bale of straw to absorb his impact, modern Formula One circuits feature gravel traps and tyre barriers to reduce the risk of injury in crashes.
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 Formula One Motorsport Description and Background
The sport is regulated by the FIA, Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, and is generally promoted and controlled by Bernie Ecclestone.
Renault-powered Williams drivers Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Damon Hill, Jacques Villeneuve and Nelson Piquet (the latter with a Honda-powered machine, in 1987) won several world championships, as did McLaren's Niki Lauda, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, and Mika Häkkinen.
GrandPrix.com (http://www.grandprix.com) — F1 news and a Grand Prix encyclopædia
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 SPEEDtv.com | Formula 1 | Australian Grand Prix Notebook | by RACER staff | The ...
Coulthard, who won last year's Australian Grand Prix, told reporters in Melbourne on Thursday that he would love to return to Williams, for whom he drove in 1994 and '95.
Toyota, acknowledged as one of the biggest spenders in the F1 paddock, is also on his hit list.
Asked whether it portrayed a bad image of Formula 1 drivers and the sport, or was bad for the team and its sponsors to have stormed out of the press conference, Montoya replied, "I don't care, to be honest.
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 Grand Prix Tickets - Grand Prix Ticket Brokers
Grand Prix tickets are sold at above the 'face value'.
As a Grand Prix ticket broker we also buy tickets from the public.
Grand Prix Tickets are generally delivered the week of the race.
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 Grand Prix - Rotten Tomatoes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Currently, there are not enough Tomatometer critic reviews for Grand Prix to receive a rating.
GRAND PRIX is John Frankenheimer's film about the nine-leg world championship of Formula 1 auto racing, and stars James Garner as driver Pete Aron.
Grand Prix is about Formula-One racing, and that's where the action lies.
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/grand_prix   (368 words)

  
 Formula 1 : F1 Live, with F1-Live.com
Following the launch of the Honda Racing F1 Team's pioneering environmental initiative, the Australian Grand Prix will see the Honda RA107 take to the track in its new 'earth' livery for the first time.
In support of the campaign to raise environmental awareness, the team's race drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello will be visiting the Albert Park Primary School at the start of the race weekend to join the schoolchildren in an energy-saving programme...
The Australian Grand Prix will mark the race debut of the new Spyker F8-VII, which completed over 6,000km in its pre-season testing programme without any...
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 Formula One - Phoenix Grand Prix - Rotten Tomatoes
Formula One - Phoenix Grand Prix - Rotten Tomatoes
Currently, there are not enough Tomatometer critic reviews for Formula One - Phoenix Grand Prix to receive a rating.
Sacha Baron Cohen put Kazakhstan on the map, allegedly destroyed Pamela Anderson's marriage, and sparked a handful of lawsuits with "Borat," now available on DVD.
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 GameStats: Formula 1 World Grand Prix 99 Season Cheats, Reviews, News
If this is your first time to the site, let us welcome you to what we hope will become your new daily source of Formula 1 World Grand Prix 99 Season information.
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 GameStats: F1 Grand Prix Cheats, Reviews, News
As the first Formula One product for PSP, Formula One includes all of the official licensed tracks, cars and drivers of the FIA Formula One World Championship.
F1 Grand Prix on PSP offers fast action game play with seven challenge modes.
We have the most extensive list of F1 Grand Prix reviews, previews, and news from around the net.
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 Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix 2007 - Home (Hungaroring near Budapest)
The Hungarian Grand Prix is confirmed for August 5th 2007.
Briton Jenson Button won his first Formula One race on Sunday when he came home ahead of Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa at the end of a wild, dramatic and rain-swept Hungarian Grand Prix.
Alonso crashed out, too, but only after a wheel nut flew off his car and Schumacher abandoned the race with four laps remaining when he was third...
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 The 2005 Formula One British Grand Prix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The 2005 Formula One United States Grand Prix
Northamptonshire — The FIA Formula One World Championship series moved to the Silverstone Circuit in England last weekend for the British Grand Prix.
Silverstone hosted the first ever Formula One Grand Prix back in 1950.
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