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	West Surrey Racing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		WSR has won over 70 races in Formula 3 and over 20 class and outright wins in the BTCC.
		WSR moved to the BTCC in 1996 having been chosen to run the works Ford team, their most high-profile moments arguably coming in 1998 when Nigel Mansell drove a third Mondeo at selected events during the season.
		WSR were chosen to run the Team New Zealand team for the inaugural 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Surrey_Racing (421 words)

	Encyclopedia: Grand Prix motor racing
		Races in this period were heavily nationalistic affairs, with a few countries setting up races of their own, but no formal championship tying them together.
		The rules varied from country to country and race to race, and typically centered around maximum (not minimum) weights in an effort to limit power by limiting engine size indirectly (10–15 liter engines were quite common, usually with no more than four cylinders, and producing less than 50hp).
		The races that formed the first Constructors Championship were the Indianapolis 500, the European Grand Prix, and the French and Italian Grands Prix.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Grand-Prix-motor-racing (4488 words)

	A1 Team New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The car is prepared in London by West Surrey Racing, WSR, which is owned by New Zealander Dick Bennetts and has specialised in race car preparation since 1981.
		While Halliday was downunder racing in the V8 Supercar series in Australia, Jonny Reid was trying to find a balance in the car during qualifying at EuroSpeedway Lausitz.
		However, during the warmup session on race morning, Reid experienced a major gearbox failure, and a rebuilt spare gearbox had to be hurriedly fitted.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/A1_Team_New_Zealand (796 words)

	Collard Racing - Rob Collard in the British Touring Car Championship
		It took until the final race of the weekend, but as Rob and the West Surrey racing team left the Scottish circuit there was jubilation all round.
		Races one and two on Sunday were relatively uneventful for Rob.
		The VX Racing driver put Rob under pressure for several laps and once Matt Neal passed Muller for second, it was the championship leader who began to close on Rob, but a nine second lead was more than sufficient to ensure there was no chance of letting that first win slip.
	www.collardracing.co.uk /2005/reports/050828knockhill.php (664 words)

	Hungry British racer has taste for V8s - www.smh.com.au
		A third leading British motor racing organisation is seeking to join the Australian supercar V8 series in a move which would further lift the standard of the two-make championship.
		West Surrey Racing was founded in 1981 and over the next decade was a major force in British formula three racing, helping to launch the formula one careers of drivers including Ayrton Senna, Mika Hakkinen, Eddie Irvine and Rubens Barrichello and claiming five championships along the way.
		The way was paved initially, though, when Tom Walkinshaw Racing ran the Holden Racing Team, a relationship which ended last year when TWR was in financial trouble and Holden bought the team, then sold it to its lead driver, Mark Skaife.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/01/16/1073878037316.html?from=storyrhs (454 words)

	West Surrey Racing : Snetterton - Rounds 19-21 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The race was run at a fast and furious pace and overtaking opportunities were very limited.
		At the end of the formation lap, Rob made an unscheduled pit stop so the WSR team could bleed his car's brakes as he had felt unsure of their performance on the way to the starting grid.
		This meant he joined the race from the pit lane one lap behind the leaders and finished 11th.
	www.btcc.net /artman/publish/article_708.php (471 words)

	West Surrey Racing : Preview - Donington Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		With 2003 Independents Trophy winner, Rob Collard, at the helm of the race winning MG ZS, WSR are quietly confident of getting on with the job of retaining the Independents Trophy for 2005.
		WSR is in discussion with several drivers for the second car and hope to have an announcement in the near future.
		The change in rules with revised race format and success ballast system should ensure even closer and yet more entertaining racing.
	www.btcc.net /artman/publish/printer_578.php (280 words)

	Pedro de la Rosa - F1-UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In 1991, Pedro raced in the Spanish Formula Renault Championship and despite a horrifying accident, finished an impressive fourth.
		In 1993, Pedro moved up to British Formula 3 racing, again with the West Surrey Racing team, and finished 6th, poor by his standards at this point.
		However, for the rest of the races he and teammate Takagi struggled with a poor car, and were consistently competing with Minardi for the back four places.
	www.newsf1.free-online.co.uk /delarosa.html (398 words)

	Mika Hakkinen Racing History
		His move into single seater racing was equally successful, he held three Formula Ford 1600 championship titles at the end of his first season, in 1987.
		When Andretti opted to return to CART racing, Mika was promoted to race driver and sensationally out qualified Senna in his first race with the team.
		However, he recovered and returned to racing, and won his first GP in 1997, which was the European Grand Prix of that year.
	www.hakkinen.com /history.html (305 words)

	Ayrton Senna quiz -- free game
		Ayrton probably would have won the 1984 Monaco Grand Prix had the race not been stopped and victory awarded to Alain Prost.
		At which race in 1989 is it believed Ayrton broke a pre-race agreement not to overtake team-mate Prost before the first corner?
		However, all was not right for Senna in the closing laps as his car developed a problem.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=59044&origin= (250 words)

	North West Surrey MiniStox
		When the race starts remember that you are racing against the clock rather that directly against the other drivers.
		Races are usually of 4 minutes duration, not for a set number of laps.
		After the next race is over you can return to your car and get it ready for the next race; if there are only 4 heats per round this could be only 10 or 12 minutes away, so get your battery on charge, check all your fixings, and grab a cup of tea.
	home.freeuk.net /rc-ministox/faq.html (1469 words)

	SHEP Technologies Inc. Announces New Development Milestones With Pi Technology
		West Surrey Racing Limited is a leading British rapid prototyping and engineering consultancy based in the UK.
		The company is located near London in a facility housing the Motorsport and Research & Development Divisions, with state-of-the-art CAD systems and engineering facilities all under one roof.
		The services of WSR have been established to provide solutions from concept through to production, with total vehicle capability and specialist skills in product packaging, weight reduction and low volume prototype build.
	www.theautochannel.com /news/2003/09/03/167889.html (830 words)

	www.MSport-UK.com \| News \| 21.09.2004 - James Thompson Crowned BTCC Champion, One Point Ahead of Muller (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The HarrierZeuros Independents Trophy was presented to WSR MG driver, Anthony Reid who was later crowned Champion in the BTCC Masters inaugural race.
		Muller made a comeback in race two taking second place ahead of Thompson in fifth bringing the gap back down to six points going into the final round.
		In that race, Muller took his fifth win of the season, and with Thompson finishing in third, the pair were effectively tied on points.
	www.msport-uk.com /news/2004/q3/20040926_btcc_thom_champ.php (431 words)

	P1
		In 1999 and 2000 he raced for Arrows in Formula One, eclipsing the achievements of his team-mates (Toranosuke Takagi in 1999; Jos Verstappen in 2000) in the process.
		When James entered his first ever ‘Junior Class’ kart race (a category for 16-17 year olds) and won it, the organisers, a little fearful for the credibility of their championship politely requested that James take a sabbatical from racing.
		James was widely accepted as ‘the man’ in Formula Ford, winning the first three races of the year and taking a further six victories to win the championship with two races to spare.
	www.jaguar-r3.fsnet.co.uk /jag/press/text/biographies.htm (4331 words)

	West Surrey Racing
		Now renamed the 'West Surrey Engineering Racing Team', and running two Van Diemen RF80s in the Company's new corporate colours of white, red and blue, the team began the reputation for prestigious presentation that was to become their future hallmark.
		Jonathan won the first four races of the season and eventually took the title with eight outright victories, scoring points in all finishes despite running on a budget substantially less than any of the established teams.
		However, by WSR standards, the season was disappointing with the team failing to gain a victory in a season for the first time since 1979.
	village.vossnet.co.uk /j/joroma/wsrpage.htm (2324 words)

	Motor Sport Archive And Link Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		What was to happen over the next few years was beyond anyone's imagination but the team has left an indelible mark on motor racing and continues to do so today (running the works Honda Accords in the British Touring Car Championship) although it is now an independent company without any ties to West Surrey Engineering.
		The first article, called West Surrey Racing, is a copy of the WSE motor racing archive and gives a brief history of the team's activities from it conception in the late 70's to when it became independent in 1992.
		I have not limited the pictures to the driver's year in F3 with WSR - mainly because I didn't have enough 'decent' pictures (some of the early shots of Jonathan Palmer were taken using an instamatic camera!).
	village.vossnet.co.uk /j/joroma/mra.htm (365 words)

	GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Drivers > Bertrand Gachot
		In 1985 he teamed up with Keith Wiggins's Pacific Racing in British FF1600 and the combination won the RAC title in 1985 and the British Formula Ford 2000 title in 1986.
		In 1987 Gachot moved to the British F3 Championship driving for the highly-successful West Surrey Racing team and finished runner-up to Johnny Herbert.
		He then moved to Formula 3000 with Spirit Racing but money ran out and it was not until Gachot found backing from eccentric Belgian millionaire Jean-Pierre Van Rossem that his career was relaunched as a driver of the new Onyx Formula 1 team in 1989.
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/drv-gacber.html (497 words)

	BTCC 2006 from btccinfo.co.uk \| Autosport International \| RAC returns to BTCC with WSR
		RAC, the longest established motoring organisation, is sponsoring West Surrey Racing (WSR) in the 2006 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC), under the name Team RAC.
		The sponsorship deal represents a return to RAC's roots in motorsports, after the organisation was involved in the initial BTCC when it was established in 1958.
		Dick Bennetts, Team Principal, WSR, said: "We are extremely pleased to be working in partnership with RAC and forming what I believe will be a formidable force in the 2006 BTCC.
	www.btccinfo.co.uk /2006/autosport/wsr_release.html (332 words)

	Race results round 15&16 of BTCC at Brands Hatch :: car.kak.net :: your source to car news
		The MG, as predicted by the drivers yesterday, proved to be strong in race setup and Warren kept the two cars of championship contenders James Thompson and Yvan Muller right in sight and was soon reeling them in.
		Warren Hughes was closing back up with the Vauxhalls before the compulsory pitstop, but it was another superb from the West Surrey Racing crew which mean that Warren emerged as the race leader after the field had worked through their stops.
		The race win comes as MG's second of 2003 and for Warren represents a good change of fortunes - last time out at Snetterton he exited the first race in the first lap then suffered from a wrong choice on set-up for the second.
	car.kak.net /modules.php?op=modload&name=news&file=article&sid=1175 (1577 words)

	F3-inhalt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		That this was not the fastest combination of the field became clear at the end of the season when Mika finished 7th with 18 points.
		In the same year he was invited to race in the Monaco F3 GP (16th), in the Macau F3 GP (retired) and in the Cellnet F3 Superprix at Brands Hatch as a guest driver of the West Surrey Racing Ralt Mugen Honda team.
		Races outside the British championship were held at Imola, Italy (1st), Hockenheim, Germany (pole, fastest lap and 1st) and the F3 World Championship race at Macau where he started from pole, drove the fastest lap and won the first heat.
	www.mika-hakkinen.de /sites/career/f3/f3-i.htm (469 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Anthony Ried and Warren Hughes will drive the two cars, but the three races they will compete in this year is to be considered as "shakedown" testing in preparation for the 2002 BTCC season.
		The Managing Director of WSR (West Surrey Racing) was very positiv and said: "The new regulations are an exciting change.
		There were a lot of critics initially as the cars are not as high tech as their predecessors, but personally I believe that they should give much more cost effective and better racing - possibly an equal playing field by 2002.
	www.btcctimes.com /tct/news/144.shtml (175 words)

	BTCC Pages
		For 2001 WSR will be running the new BTC Touring race team for MG/Lola.
		The factory deal includes a limited number of races in a 2 car team for 2001 followed by a full assault at the Championship in 2002 and 2003.
		After a planned intensive test programme the MG ZS BTC race car will make it’s race debut at Silverstone on September 8th 2001.
	www.btccpages.com /teams/wsr.php (75 words)

	Remembering Ayrton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		His father finally agreed to invest in his racing career on the understanding that he would pay the investment back.
		He drove a West Surrey Racing car at Thruxton, took pole, and then won by thirteen seconds.
		In January 1983 he signed for West Surrey Racing for the season.
	www.dane-online.org /senna/ff2000.html (251 words)

	British 'Firsts'
		The Isle of Man TT races were inaugurated in 1907 and are held over the island's roads.
		His work inaugurated the electrical theory of the atom, and his elucidation of positive rays and their application to an analysis of neon led to the discovery of isotopes.
		He was also the only driver to win the Formula One World Championship, Le Mans 24-Hour Race, and the Indianapolis 500 Race in his career as a driver.
	www.fatbadgers.co.uk /Britain/firsts.htm (6864 words)

	Crash.Net BTCC: Collard: Driving standards are atrocious. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		It had been a difficult weekend for Collard with a tough qualification session and a tricky first couple of races, with a high of fourth place through the changeable conditions in the second event.
		However, the action came to a head in the final race of the day, where few panels were left untouched in the mid-field, not least Collard who's right front door bore the brunt of James Pickford's rather close attentions.
		The panel-bashing has longer lasting effects for Collard too as he and West Surrey Racing need to conserve their minimal budget for developing the car instead of having to rectify any inflicted problems on the car.
	www.crash.net /uk/en/news_view.asp?cid=10&nid=115842 (516 words)

	BTCCworld.com ¦¦ News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The West Surrey Racing MG team travels North this weekend to Croft near Darlington for rounds 11 and 12 of the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC).
		The Croft circuit may be the furthest the teams travel this season, but the area is renowned for its friendly welcome and Northerner Warren Hughes will be driving on his home circuit.
		We did do a fair bit of winter testing this year with some good results and the track is similar in some ways to Rockingham in that it has fast chicanes and slow hairpins.
	www.btccworld.com /news/article_2003_croft_mgprev.php (394 words)

	WSR West Surrey Racing BTCC team profile from BTCCinfo.co.uk
		Formed in 1981, West Surrey Racing is run by New Zealander Dick Bennetts.
		He is responsible for masterminding the careers of such names as Ayrton Senna, Rubens Barrichello and Eddie Irvine with his involvement in F3 and a racing academy in the 80s and 90s.
		The task wasn't aided when factory backing was withdrawn for 2004, but a switch to lighter Judd 4-cylinder engines has seen their drivers become regular winners.
	www.btccinfo.co.uk /teams/wsr.html (122 words)

	PH: RE: New road/track car hits the road
		West Surrey Racing, which since 2002 has been running the BTC race team for MG, is developing a two-seater, bike-engined road car at its factory in Sunbury.
		Its designer, Dan Horstman, told us that although the car is heavily influenced by WSR's racing background, it is not just another track day car.
		Horstman's background is motor racing design and, over the last ten years, he has worked on various sports, touring and road car projects, including the Jaguar XJ220 and the McLaren F1.
	www.pistonheads.com /gassing/topic.asp?f=23&t=198585 (283 words)

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