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| Teams = [[Fiat]], [[Lancia]] | First race = 1978 [[San Remo Rally]]

...rs]]. It is responsible for development and preparation of the company's [[rally racing]] and [[off-road racing]] vehicles, and is also used as a performanc ...com</ref> His team mate at the same event in 1975 and '76, [[Doug Stewart (rally)|Doug Stewart]], set-up Ralliart Australia as the official regional license

...contracted to head [[Mazda]]'s works program in the [[British Touring Car Championship]]. The TWR developed [[Mazda RX-7|RX-7]], with Win Percy in the driving sea ...over SD1|Rover 3500 Vitesse]] for both the BTCC and [[European Touring Car Championship]].

'''Martini Racing''' is the name under which various motor racing teams raced when sponsored by the Martini & Rossi distillery that produces Martin ...tries in sports car racing, including three seasons in the [[FIA Sportscar Championship]] with [[Gianni Giudici]]'s [[Picchio]].

...om. It designs, constructs and races [[automobile|cars]] for companies and teams such as [[Subaru]] and [[Aston Martin]]. Its Automotive Technology division ...its involvement in the [[World Rally Championship]] with the Subaru World Rally Team.

...t World Championship for Drivers, known today as the [[Formula One]] World Championship for Drivers. ...rers' title was replaced by a Teams Championship. The last World Sportscar Championship titles were awarded in 1992.

...World Sportscar Championship]] for manufacturers in [[1970 World Sportscar Championship season|1970]] (drivers championships were not awarded until 1981). In [[197 ...the winner [[Simo Lampinen]]. Kinnunen also participated in the Finnish F3 Championship with an outdated [[Brabham]] in 1967, and a Titan which he drove to several

...a Romeo won the first [[World Manufacturers' Championship|Automobile World Championship]] in the history of automobile racing. Over 4 rounds the [[Alfa Romeo P2]] ...fa Romeo P3|P3]] whilst the German [[Silver Arrows]] dominated the other 4 championship events. However the P3s won 18 of the 35 Grands Prix held throughout Europe

...riefly for the famous unique and privately owned [[Lancia]] [[rally racing|rally]] team known as HF Squadra Boob. He joined the auto manufacturing giant and ...1985, he became manager of the committee which planned and put on the 1990 World Cup Italia.

...[[Formula One]] and the [[Indianapolis 500]], and their sedans dominated [[Rally racing]]. Thanks in part to Cooper's legacy, Britain remains the home of a ...motorcycle engine. Since materials were in short supply immediately after World War II, the cars were constructed by joining two old [[Fiat]] [[Fiat Topoli

...], [[British Racing Partnership|UDT Laystall]] and [[Scuderia Centro Sud]] teams in [[Formula One]]. ...3 April 1969}}</ref> Lucien Bianchi's first race event was at the [[Alpine Rally]] in 1951. He won the 1957, 1958 and 1959 ''[[Tour de France automobile|Tou

| Record_year2 = [[2008 Australian Drivers' Championship|2008]] ...went to the event in 2005 and called it ‘the best touring car event in the world’; he has been back every year since.

...is a [[motorsport]] involving the [[racing]] of [[car]]s. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports. ====Paris-Rouen. World's first motor-race====

...racing, taking pole, and finishing fourth overall. With 1986 came another championship in FF2000, this time the European title. ...a switch to the works Lola team in F3000, at that time one of the biggest teams in the series. In a closely contested season, Blundell managed a very respe

...oro Rosso''' (Italian for ''Team Red Bull'') is one of two [[Formula One]] teams owned by Austrian beverage company Red Bull (the other is [[Red Bull Racing ...[[Sébastien Bourdais]], the four-time winner of the [[Champ Car|Champ Car World Series]]. [[Sébastien Buemi]] replaced Vettel for the 2009 season, while B

...acing began in France in the late nineteenth century and is now one of the world's most popular, and perhaps the most thoroughly commercialized, spectator s ...America, the cars used in the [[American Championship Car Racing|National Championship]] (currently [[Champcars]] and the [[Indy Racing League]]) have traditional

*1945: After the Second World War, luxury cars and trucks were very scarce. This meant a big opportunity *1988: Two trucks were entered into the [[Paris-Dakar]] [[rally]]. Jan de Rooy's truck was at a certain stage at the third place overall (!

'''Rallying''', also known as '''rally racing''', is a form of [[auto racing]] that takes place on public or priv ...as a branch of [[motorsport]], probably dates from the first [[Monte Carlo Rally]] of January 1911. Until the late 1920s, few if any other events used the t

...with a 1965 win in Monte Carlo, and they had become champions all over the world in the [[Grand Touring]] class. Most prolific of all, the team had produced ...nveiled the regulations for the new [[Group B]] class of the [[World Rally Championship]]. [[Helmuth Bott]], Porsche's Research and Development Chief, saw these ne

...[Lotus Cortina]] in [[touring car racing]], taking his national saloon car championship in 1965. He also competed in [[sports car racing|sports car races]] where h ...nd Prix]] Jacky finished second and became runner-up in the drivers' world championship. He then decided to leave Brabham to return to Ferrari because he had becom

...to try to win the event, which they did from 1913 to 1919. However, after World War I, the native drivers and manufacturers regained their dominance of the ...ontinued until 1919 when the name "Liberty Sweepstakes" was used following World War I in 1919 only. The race went back to "International Sweepstakes Race"

...n image of [[Subaru]] that differs greatly from that which the rest of the world has of it. The rise of the performance-oriented [[Subaru Impreza|Impreza]] On April 23, 1998, a Subaru Legacy set a new world speed record for mass-produced [[Turbo Engine|turbocharged]] [[station wago

...ed to be one of the most important and prestigious automobile races in the world alongside the [[Indianapolis 500|Indianapolis 500-Mile Race]] and [[24 Hour ...ip|European Championship]] and was included in the first Formula One World Championship in 1950. The race is held on a narrow course laid out in the streets of Mon

...eam [[McLaren]], to win 100 races. Williams won nine [[List of Formula One World Constructors' Champions|Constructor's titles]] between [[1980 Formula One s ...the exception of Senna and Button, have captured one [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|Drivers' title]] with the team. After Senna died in a Wi

...eam [[McLaren]], to win 100 races. Williams won nine [[List of Formula One World Constructors' Champions|Constructor's titles]] between [[1980 Formula One s ...the exception of Senna and Button, have captured one [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|Drivers' title]] with the team. After Senna died in a Wi

...orks, and to pursue his hobby of motorcycles. Immediately after the end of World War II, Ecclestone went into business trading in spare parts for motorcycle ...the [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]] circuit, though he was awarded the championship posthumously. In early 1972, Ecclestone purchased the [[Brabham]] team from

...ving seven-time [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|Formula One World Champion]] driver [[Michael Schumacher]] dress up and pretend to be the cha ...token=null&offset=0 |title=The backroom boy who put Top Gear on top of the world |work=[[The Sunday Times]] |publisher=[[News International]] |date = 2005-1

==Different uses of the term throughout the world== In some parts of the world, especially in Africa, off-roading is the normal form of transport. In trop