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• Lola
  ...re diversifying into one of the oldest and largest manufacturers of racing cars in the world. ...rtin Birrane]] in 1998 after the unsuccessful Lola MasterCard attempt at [[Formula 1]].
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• Ken Tyrrell
  ...racing|racing]] driver and the founder of the [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]] [[Formula One]] constructor. ...in 500 cc<ref name="Setright1"/> [[Formula 3]]. In 1958, he advanced to [[Formula Two]] in a [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]]-[[Coventry Climax|Climax]], joinin
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• Antônio Pizzonia
  | current series = [[Superleague Formula]] | first year = [[2008 Superleague Formula season|2008]]
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• Mark Blundell
  ...rmer [[Formula One]], [[sports car]], and [[CART]] racing driver. He was a Formula One presenter for the British broadcaster ITV until the end of the 2008 sea ...t success, and in his first season he placed second in both British Junior Formula Ford Championships (despite 25 wins and 24 poles). The following year, Mark
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• Formula Three Euroseries
  ...utomobile]] (FIA), motorsport's wold governing body. [[Lewis Hamilton]], a Formula One driver for the [[McLaren]] team in 2007, won the Euroseries drivers' ti ...tor Company|Ford]] run by Team Cowangie.<ref>{{cite web | title = European Formula 3 Championship Archive | url = http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/eurof3.ht
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• World Sportscar Championship
  ...s inception in 1953. The '''World Sportscar Championship''' was, with the Formula One World Championship, one of the two major world championships in circuit ...ionship in 1959. Notably absent from the overall results were the [[Jaguar Cars|Jaguar]] works team, who did not enter any events other than Le Mans, despi
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• Left-foot braking
  ...automatic transmission]] or [[semi-automatic transmission]] which is the [[Formula One]] style gear box), have no foot-operated clutch, and so allow the drive |title=We join the reigning champion team...and drive the junior car
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• Jo Siffert
  ...four wheels with a [[Formula Junior]] Stanguellini. Siffert graduated to [[Formula One]] as a privateer in 1962, with a four-cylinder [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[C ...of the sad epitaphs of Seppi was the focus on vehicle and driver safety in Formula One and lesser formulae and far better fire retardant driving overalls.
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• Mercury
  ...e of the [[Ford|Ford Motor Company]] founded in 1939 to market semi-luxury cars slotted between entry-level Ford and luxury [[Lincoln]] models, similar to ...incoln-Mercury Division]], with Ford hoping the brand would be known as a "junior Lincoln", rather than an upmarket Ford. In 1949, Mercury introduced the fir
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• Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche
  ...automobiles and, eventually, became a world powerhouse for producing sport cars. ...[[Austro-Daimler]] in Austria. His designs were focused on compact street cars, and racecars. Austro Daimler was so strongly tied to the local royalty tha
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• Race car
  ...rs|Frank Duryea]] winning in 10 h and 23 min, beating three petrol-fuelled cars and two electric.[http://www.historicracing.com/index.cfm?OTDother=8&fullTe ...s saw the radical differentiation of racing vehicles from high-priced road cars, with [[Delage]], [[Auto Union]], [[Mercedes-Benz]], [[Delahaye]] and [[Bug
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• Stirling Moss
  |Years = [[1951 Formula One season|1951]] – [[1961 Formula One season|1961]] ...driver contributed to their final World Championship tally (see [[List of Formula One World Championship pointscoring systems|list of pointscoring systems]]
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• Motor Racing
  69 cars started the 50 km (31 mi) selection event that would show which entrants wo ...or]] (Panhard) at 55’30”. The official winners were Peugeot and Panhard as cars were judged on their speed, handling and safety characteristics, and De Dio
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• Bernie Ecclestone
  ...his companies also manage the administration, setup and logistics of each Formula One grand prix. Ecclestone himself attempted to compete in two Grand Prix r ...with Fred Compton. His first racing experience came in 1949 in the 500cc [[Formula 3]] Series, acquiring a Cooper Mk V in 1951. He drove only a limited number
  30 KB (4,686 words) - 15:04, 6 July 2010
• Mark Webber
  ...d Prix]], he became the first Australian to win a race since [[Alan Jones (Formula 1)|Alan Jones]] in 1981. ...nal Formula 3000|Formula 3000]] team, which eventually took them both into Formula One when Stoddart bought the [[Minardi]] team.
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