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The '''Dutch Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] automobile race held at [[Circuit Zandvoort]], from 1952 to 1985. ! [[1985 Formula One season|1985]]

...urer of [[sports car]]s and [[motor racing]] cars since 1957. Elfin Sports Cars was purchased in 1998 by businessmen and historic racing enthusiasts Bill H ...l championship driver and designer and builder of racing and sports/racing cars as '''Elfin Sports Car Company'''.

Results from the 1962 [[Formula One]] '''[[Italian Grand Prix]]''' held at [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]] | '''[[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]]-[[Coventry Climax|Climax]]'''

...sed form as ''Alessandro de Tomaso''. He participated in two [[Formula One|Formula 1]] Grands Prix, debuting on January 13, 1957. He scored 0 championship poi ===Complete Formula One results===

...was brought up in Prestwich. He is most significant for founding [[Chevron Cars Ltd]]. ...was only a modest success - rear-engined competition from [[Lotus]] and [[Cooper]] was more than a match for it, and the era of the special-builder in FJ wa

...Laystall]], [[Reg Parnell]], [[Scuderia Centro Sud]], [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]] | ...Partnership|UDT Laystall]] and [[Scuderia Centro Sud]] teams in [[Formula One]].

...ams]], [[Surtees]], [[McLaren (racing)|McLaren]], [[BRM]], [[Shadow Racing Cars|Shadow]] | ...ith a [[Porsche 935]]. He was for many years associated with the [[Chevron Cars Ltd|Chevron]] marque, founded by fellow-Lancastrian Derek Bennett.

...g industry, and the Cooper name lives on in the [[Mini Cooper]] production cars that are still built in England but are now owned and marketed by [[BMW]]. ...[[Fiat]] [[Fiat Topolino|Topolino]] front-ends together. According to John Cooper, the stroke of genius that would make the Coopers an automotive legend -- t

...[Stirling Moss]]'s father and former manager respectively — in 1957 to run cars for Stirling, when not under contract with other firms. ...During this time four of the team's drivers were killed while racing their cars, and the Yeoman Credit management became concerned that the team was not ge

..., England. For many years it formed the premier non-championship [[Formula One]] event in Britain, alongside the [[Race of Champions (Brands Hatch)|Race o ...Club (BRDC) in August 1949, sponsored by the Daily Express newspaper, for cars meeting contemporary [[Grand Prix motor racing]] regulations. The BRDC drew

...[[Formula 2]] teams contested the Championship, the team used a [[Bristol Cars|Bristol]] unit. [[Stirling Moss]] became the driver, but results were disap ...e ''ERA Mini Turbo'', a [[turbocharged]] version of the [[Mini Cooper|Mini Cooper S]] capable of 115mph.

...mula Three]], and although Italian marques dominated the first year of the formula, they were soon overtaken by British constructors. ...pacity sports car racing had become the accepted route into racing. As the formula gathered momentum, though, constructors started to take note.

| Formula One | [[Cooper T53 F1]] <br> [[Lotus 24]]

...e-4''' is an [[internal combustion engine]] with four cylinders aligned in one row. This inline configuration is the most common in engine displacements u ...d [[Porsche]] to use a 3.0&nbsp;L (2990&nbsp;cc) straight-4 engine on road cars like the [[Porsche 968]], but the largest modern non-diesel was the plain 3

...uses up central space, making it impractical for any but two-seater sports cars. ...ut is heavily employed in [[formula (car)|Formula]] racing cars (such as [[Formula 1|F1s]]).

| [[Formula One]] ...la One season]] and remained in use by customer teams until [[1960 Formula One season|1960]].

...acing]] driver and the founder of the [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]] [[Formula One]] constructor. ...ula 3]]. In 1958, he advanced to [[Formula Two]] in a [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]]-[[Coventry Climax|Climax]], joining [[Cecil Libowitz]] and [[Alan Brown (

...ar]] manufacturer from England, commonly known simply as '''Alta'''. Their cars contested five FIA World Championship races between 1950 and 1952, as well ...''vice versa'', allowing drivers on a limited budget to contest more than one class without having to buy a second car.

An early user was [[GWK|GWK]], who produced over 1000 light cars with Coventry-Simplex two-cylinder engines between 1911 and 1915. Just bef ...ompany|Bayliss-Thomas]], [[Clyno]], [[Crossley Motors|Crossley]], [[Crouch Cars|Crouch]], GWK, and [[Marendaz]], [[Morgan Motor Company|Morgan]], [[Triumph

...thousands of relatively affordable, cutting edge [[sports car]]s. Lotus is one of but a handful of British performance car builders still in business afte ...Seven|Lotus 7]] in 1957 that things really took off, and indeed [[Caterham Cars]] still manufacture a version of that car today - the Caterham 7; while ove

...ngine is recognised to be the first truely developed by Porsche for use in one of their own automobiles. The relatively small capacity allowed the 718 to ==Formula One==

|Category = [[Formula One]], [[Formula Two]] |Marque/Constructor = [[Cooper Car Company]]

...els with a [[Formula Junior]] Stanguellini. Siffert graduated to [[Formula One]] as a privateer in 1962, with a four-cylinder [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Coven ...rks [[March Engineering]] F1 since the German company did not wish to lose one of their prize drivers to rival Ferrari. His association with March in F1 w

...he season also included a number of non-championship races for Formula One cars. ...a constructor, scoring his first points in his own car. [[Stirling Moss]], one of the great drivers, crashed heavily before the championship season begun

...mpionship|F2]], [[GP2 Series|GP2]], [[A1 Grand Prix]], or even a [[Formula One]] [[third driver|test]] or race seat. ...that day. The race was won by [[Eric Brandon]] in his [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]] Prototype (T2).

{{Formula One}} ...[[Alberto Ascari]], in [[1952 Formula One season|1952]] and [[1953 Formula One season|1953]].

...which was only a modest success - rear-engined competition from Lotus and Cooper was more than a match for this and the era of the special-builder in FJ was ...ens) for a decade and a half Chevron produced successful, beautiful racing cars.

|Years = [[1951 Formula One season|1951]] – [[1961 Formula One season|1961]] ...ercedes-Benz]], [[Maserati]], [[Vanwall]], Rob Walker [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]] & [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]

...proposed [[Formula One]] team that was granted entry to the [[2010 Formula One season|2010 season]].<ref name=2010EntryList>{{cite web |title=2010 FIA Formula One World Championship Entry List

| Cooper F1 and F3 cars ...an racing car manufacturer, Cisitalia. Dusio planned to enter into Formula One with a highly complex racer, built with all the technical innovations Porsc

...'''British Racing Motors''' (generally known as '''BRM''') was a British [[Formula 1]] motor racing team. Founded in 1945, it raced from 1950 to 1977, compet ...[[Raymond Mays]], who had built several [[hillclimb]] and [[road racing]] cars under the [[English Racing Automobiles|ERA]] brand before the war, and [[Pe

...iated with it result in the race being considered the jewel of the Formula One crown.<ref>[http://www.saf1.co.jp/en/feature/topics/tpc_060528.html Super A ...nges and tight corners make it one of the most demanding tracks in Formula One. On the race weekend frogmen (divers) are employed to rescue any drivers wh

{{Formula One}} ...mpeted or plan to compete in the [[Formula One#Distinction between Formula One and World Championship races|FIA World Championship]].

...lid;" |'''1950 [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] [[Formula One]] World Championship season''' |Next: [[1951 Formula One season|1951]]

...n Masters|DTM]]<br>[[British Formula Three Championship]]<br>[[Superleague Formula]] |Record_class = [[Formula One|F1]]

|Team(s) = [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]]{{·}} [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]{{·}} [[Brabham]]{{·}} [[McLaren (rac ...Belgian former racing driver who achieved 25 podium finishes in [[Formula One]] and six wins in the [[24 hours of Le Mans]].

...the team principal of [[McLaren (racing)|McLaren]], the group's [[Formula One]] team, until 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto Since 1981, Dennis had been the team principal of the McLaren Formula One team, and was instrumental in transforming the outfit into a regular world

| [[Bristol Cars|Bristol]] 2.0L I6 | [[Lotus Cars|Lotus]] 15

...panies also manage the administration, setup and logistics of each Formula One grand prix. Ecclestone himself attempted to compete in two Grand Prix races ...ing experience came in 1949 in the 500cc [[Formula 3]] Series, acquiring a Cooper Mk V in 1951. He drove only a limited number of races, mainly at his local

...nics, aerodynamics, [[suspension (vehicle)|suspension]] and [[tires]]. The formula has seen many evolutions and changes through the history of the sport. The ...translating into extremely high monetary budgets for the [[List of Formula One constructors|constructor teams]], however, in recent years several teams ha

...h the annual [[Le Mans 24 Hours]] endurance race. First run in 1923, it is one of the oldest motor races still in existence. Other classic but now defunct ...that serves as a useful distinction between sports car racing and touring cars.

...racing''') is a [[motorsport]] involving the [[racing]] of [[car]]s. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports. 69 cars started the 50 km (31 mi) selection event that would show which entrants wo

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...lass of [[formula racing|formula]], or [[open wheel car|open-wheel]], race cars that have competed in it. It has been broadcast live over radio on the [[In ...a smattering of small events before the promoters decided to focus on just one major event and it was paved with 3.2 million bricks urged by principal Car

...Road Racing Championship]]) series for [[Group 7 (racing)|Group 7]] sports cars to recover races that had been taken by rival [[United States Automobile Cl The first race to be organized by IMSA was a [[Formula Vee]] and [[Formula Ford]] event at [[Pocono Raceway]] in October 1969. The SCCA threatened the

...ssion output. The gear set acts as a mechanical adding machine to subtract one speed from the other, allowing the car to go forwards, backwards, or neutra ...nnects the driveshaft). Power is transferred from one disc to the other by one or more rollers. When the roller's axis is perpendicular to the axis of the

{{portalpar|Formula One}} ...division has completely devoted its attention and funding to its [[Formula One]] team, '''Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro'''. Scuderia is Italian for<!--see tal

...cial stage (rallying)|special stages]]), leaving at regular intervals from one or more start points. Rallies may be won by pure speed within the stages or ...d many of the features found in later rallies: individual start times with cars running against the clock rather than head to head; time controls at the en

...m. The track was designed by [[Lotus|Lotus Cars]]. It is used to test both cars and drivers seen on the programme in three segments of the show - ''Power L ...roximately 1.75 mi (2.82 km) long. It is considered to be an equaliser for cars since, according to [[Richard Hammond]],<ref name="TGS1E1"/> both 0-60 mph

| [[Mini Cooper]] <br> [[Smart ForTwo]]<br> [[Nissan Micra]]<br>[[Suzuki Swift]]<br>[[Ford ...uned to make a growlier note. Unfortunately, you will never be able to buy one as it will only be available to Ferrari's European sales network as a court

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...r gallon|mpg]]), of a manufacturer's fleet of current model year passenger cars or light trucks with a [[gross vehicle weight rating]] (GVWR) of 8,500 poun ...title = CAFE Overview | publisher = NHTSA | url = http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/cafe/overview.htm | accessdate = 2007-03-09}}</ref> In 2011, the stan

...esigners of the past, including [[Ettore Bugatti]] who, though he made his cars in France, was Italian by birth.) ...2 mph) time of 0.33 seconds, and a quarter-mile elapsed time of 3 seconds. One special edition of La Macchina is also intended to be able to lap the [http