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Formula 3000
...ula One]] and above [[Formula Three]]. It was named for the fact that the cars were powered by 3000 cc engines. ==Formula 3000 championships==

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Lancia D50
{{Formula One Infobox | ...r better weight distribution and aerodynamics. Six of the cars were built, two of them are displayed in Italian museums.

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Alejandro de Tomaso
...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===

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Connaught
...prix, entering a total of 52 races with their A, B, and C Type Grand Prix Cars. They achieved 1 podium and scored 17 championship points. ==Complete Formula One results==

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Elfin Cars
...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'''.

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Formula racing
...ormula 3000]] (which had itself been the effective replacement for Formula Two). ...here there is an open chassis formula but a restricted single brand engine formula.

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Straight-two engine
...offset) and is commonly called parallel twin. An inline twin or straight-two has one piston moving up as the other moves down (180° offset). The third Straight-two engines regardless of configuration do not use a common crank pin for both

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Circuito del Jarama
| Events = '''[[Formula One]]''' [[Spanish Grand Prix]] ...3.404 km (2.115 mile) race course in Madrid, Spain which has hosted nine [[Formula One]] [[Spanish Grand Prix]].

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Kieft
...ar company that built [[Formula 3]] racing cars and some road going sports cars in a factory in Derry St, Wolverhampton. ...of the drivers was [[Stirling Moss]] who explained the shortcomings of the cars. As a result of this a new design was acquired and Moss joined the company

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Jim Crawford
...x, debuting on July 19, 1975. He was also the winner of the 1982 [[British Formula One]] Championship. ...ford moved to the United States in the 1980s and began a career in [[Champ Cars]]. In 1987, he suffered a devastating accident during qualifying for the [[

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Gioacchino Colombo
...[[V12 engine|V12]] for use in the new [[Ferrari]] marque's racing and road cars. ...These included the famed 3.0 L [[Ferrari 250]] racing, sports, and GT cars.

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Formula Nippon
[[Image:Formula Nippon.png|right]] '''Formula Nippon''' is a type of [[formula racing]] and the top level of single-seater racing in Japan.

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Clubmans
''Clubmans'' are prototype front-engined sports racing cars that originated in Britain in 1965 and remain a very popular class of racin ...ed cars such as the [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Lotus 23|23]]. Before long, the cars rapidly evolved into highly specialised and very quick sports-racers (retai

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Caparo
...ased in England. It was began by two former engineers of [[McLaren|McLaren Cars Ltd.]] and cut their teeth helping design and engineer hyper exotic [[super ...as envisioned as a road-legal car with performance approaching that of a [[Formula 1]] race car.

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Formula Junior
...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.

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Carlo Chiti
...us [[Ferrari 156 Sharknose]] cars, with which [[Phil Hill]] won the [[1961 Formula One season|1961 championship]]. Shortly afterwards Chiti was part of the br ...asion by Chiti, Alfa Romeo gave Autodelta permission to start developing a Formula One car on their behalf. The partnership with Brabham finished before the e

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Pole position
== Formula One == {{main|List of Formula One polesitters}}

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BMW M12 engine
...ced in 1961, powered the F1 cars of [[Brabham]], [[Arrows]] and [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]] and won the world championship in 1983. ...kW) from the beginning, it rendered the normally aspirated engines in the two liter category useless. After some development, power, driveability and rel

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Kurtis Kraft
'''Kurtis Kraft''' was a designer and builder of race cars. The company was founded by [[Frank Kurtis]]. ...dy cars (champ cars)]], and [[List of Formula One constructors|Formula 1]] cars.

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Test driver
In NASCAR, test driving has mainly related to "Research & Development cars". A team might hire a driver and put him in the race to gather more data. N ...ocusing its attention elsewhere, Bobby Allison left the team mid-season -- two weeks after Sacks' July 4 win.<ref name="sacksfan">[http://www.longislandra

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W18 engine
...[[Bugatti EB 118]], [[Bugatti EB 218]] and [[Bugatti 18/3 Chiron]] concept cars in the late 1990s. This engine featured three banks of six cylinders set 60 ...ee cylinders and one bank with only two. Essentially the four-bank W18 was two V9 engines (one bank of five cylinders and one bank of four) mated to a com

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Montjuïc circuit
Events = '''[[Formula One]]''' [[Spanish Grand Prix]] [[Penya Rhin Grand Prix]] | ...h [[Autosport]] rating it among its ten best for their 50th anniversary of Formula One issue.

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

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Frank Kurtis
...acing|sprint cars]], [[IndyCar|Indy cars (champ cars)]], and [[Formula 1]] cars. He was the founder of [[Kurtis-Kraft]]. ...and 1955. [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] (US) running gear was used. About 36 cars had been made when the licence was sold to [[Madman Muntz]] who built the M

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Circuito da Boavista
...guese Grand Prix]] [[FIA WTCC Race of Portugal]] [[International Formula Master]] | ...was a [[street circuit]] in Oporto (Porto), Portugal used twice for the [[Formula One]] [[Portuguese Grand Prix]].

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Silver Arrows
...and also later applied to the [[Mercedes-Benz]] [[Formula One]] and sports cars in 1954/55. ...auto racing colors|traditional color in automobile racing]]. Italian race cars are still famous for their [[Rosso Corsa]] red color, English ones are [[Br

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Mercedes-Benz W196
...] entry of [[Mercedes-Benz]] in the [[1954 Formula One season]] and [[1955 Formula One season]], winning 9 of 12 races at the hands of [[Juan Manuel Fangio]] ...lready won the first two GPs of 1954 with a [[Maserati]], won this and the two following GPs, securing his 2nd World Championship.

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British Racing Partnership
...[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

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Stars in Fast Cars
'''''Stars in Fast Cars''''' was a humorous motoring-themed celebrity game show series, in which va ...ty of motor-esque machines, from the aforementioned armchairs to Formula 1 cars.

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Flat-12 engine
...ed to the more commonly-used V-12, the design is rarely used on production cars. ...s. A true boxer has one crank pin per piston, while in the 180° V-engine, two opposing pistons share the same crank pin.

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Lotus 96T
The project was the brainchild of former [[Formula 2]] team owner Roy Winkelmann. During the 1960’s Winklemann had proved su .... However he did not wish to buy an "off-the-shelf" March or [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] chassis as was de rigueur in [[CART]] racing during the 1980s. Inste

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Jim Hall
...l = http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/title.html | title = The Formula One Archives | accessdate = 2007-08-13}}</ref> ...siness and motorsports racing legacies. The saga of Jim Hall and Chaparral Cars is documented at the [[Permian Basin Petroleum Museum]] in [[Midland, Texas

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Merzario
...d [[Formula Two]] team and constructor from Italy. They participated in 39 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix but scored no championship points. ==Formula One==

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Brian Redman
...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.

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Circuit Mont-Tremblant
...adian Grand Prix]] events staged here. Of the forty cars entered in those two races ([[1968 Canadian Grand Prix|1968]] & [[1970 Canadian Grand Prix|1970] ...hicane]] was added in Turn 2, while Turns 6 and 10 were modified to create two separate circuits which could be run simultaneously. The signature hump wa

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Porsche 804
| Formula One ...che 804''' was the car built by Porsche for the sole intention of entering Formula One in 1962. The 804 followed on from the single-seater versions of the [[P

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Gillet
...champion of Belgium for several consecutive years, builder and driver for two [[Paris-Dakar]] rallies, he came to the automobile industry in 1982, when h ...arbon fibre and honeycomb materials (a technology directly borrowed from [[Formula One]]), insuring a greater strength and resistance, while being lighter (58

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English Racing Automobiles
...e at [[Nürburgring]], ERAs took first, third, fourth and fifth places. The two Siamese princes, Chula and [[Prince Bira|Bira]], whose pair of ERAs became ...[[Formula 2]] teams contested the Championship, the team used a [[Bristol Cars|Bristol]] unit. [[Stirling Moss]] became the driver, but results were disap

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Circuit de Catalunya
| Events = '''[[FIA]] [[Formula One]]''' [[Spanish Grand Prix]] [[GP2 Series|GP2]], Spanish [[Grand t ...k]] in Montmeló, to the north of Barcelona, Catalonia. It is home to the [[Formula One]] [[Spanish Grand Prix]]. With long straights and a variety of corners,

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Naturally-aspirated engine
...of [[RPM|engine speeds]] and hence is most useful in very high performance cars, aircraft and helicopters. Many N/A engines today make use of [[Variable L ...e all in this category. Naturally-aspirated engines have been mandated in Formula One since 1989, in order to curb excessive power output and the high cost o

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Talbot
...''Talbot''. Locally designed cars followed from 1906 and by 1910 50 to 60 cars a month were being made. A Talbot was the first car to cover 100 miles (160 ==Talbot in Formula One==

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Reims-Gueux
Events = '''[[Formula One]]''' [[French Grand Prix]] [[Grand Prix de la Marne]] | ...tween the towns, and teams strove to maximize straight-line speed of their cars; many slipstream battles ensued. Race organizers actually felled trees and

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Arturo Merzario
Team(s) = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], [[Frank Williams Racing Cars|Williams]], [[Fittipaldi (constructor)|Fittipaldi]], [[March Engineering|Ma ...helmet) is a former [[racing driver]] from Italy. He participated in 85 [[Formula One]] World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on July 15, 1972. He scored

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Guy Buckingham
...hnology to help build triangulated, multi-tubular, [[space frame]]d racing cars, which had in the past been seen in Australia only as imported automobiles. ...lt front engine cars. These still exist and are known as the "89" and "90" cars. The 1959 car won the first FJ race held in Australia at Warwick Farm with

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Tax horsepower
...ing was computed not from actual engine power but by a simple mathematical formula based on cylinder dimensions. At the beginning of the twentieth century tax ...acity) with very long stroke and low piston surface area: British cars and cars in other countries applying the same approach to automobile taxation contin

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Osella
...They participated in 132 Grands Prix between 1980 and 1990. They achieved two points finishes and scored 5 championship points. ...in 1974 to further develop his business. The team would rise to [[Formula Two]] in 1975 achieving some success with its own car (the Osella FA2); [[Fran�

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V10 engine
...V10 engine''' is a [[V engine]] with 10 [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s in two banks of five with a distinct exhaust note. ...a source for this. But as it stands this is no controversial topic and the two sentences just serve to stop the reader thinking about an ideal V10 --> A 3

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Cisitalia
...the wealthy industrialist and sportsman [[Piero Dusio]]. Cisitalia was a [[Formula One]] constructor from Italy. Piero Dusio participated in a single grand pr ...oted the D46 to multiple successes against more advanced, but older racing cars. The successes led to a much more ambitious single seater project that woul

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Chevron
...later moved into the [[Clubmans]] category. Bennett also built a one-off [[Formula Junior]] car which was only a modest success - rear-engined competition fro ...ens) for a decade and a half Chevron produced successful, beautiful racing cars.

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Group C
...pes like [[Porsche 935]]) and [[Group 6 (racing)|Group 6 Two Seater Racing Cars]] (open-top sportscar prototypes like [[Porsche 936]]). Group C was used in ...an 800 hp. Engines had to be from a recognized manufacturer which had cars homologated in the FIA's Group A Touring Car or Group B GT Car categories.

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Honda RA107
| [[Formula One]] ...car produced by [[Honda Racing F1]] and intended for use during the [[2007 Formula One season]].

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Kyalami
...The circuit has been used for [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] and [[Formula One]] races and has hosted the [[South African Grand Prix]] many times. In .../index.php?fArticleId=4722182|title=THREE-HOUR ENDURANCE RACE FOR HISTORIC CARS|date=2008-11-20|publisher=[[Independent Online (South Africa)]]|accessdate=

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Offenhauser
...position in 10 of the 11 years. In 1959 [[Lime Rock Park]] held a famous [[Formula Libre]] race, where [[Rodger Ward]] shocked the expensive and exotic [[spor ...[All American Racers|Eagle]] chassis driven by [[Jim McElreath]], although two Vollstedt chassis with Offenhauser engines failed to qualify for the 1983 [

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Detroit street circuit
| Events = [[Formula One]], [[Champ Car|CART]], [[Trans-Am Series|Trans-Am]] The streets of '''Detroit, Michigan''' hosted [[Formula One]] racing, and later [[Champ Car|CART]] racing, between the 1982 and 199

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MR layout
...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]]).

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Martini Racing
...tive dark blue, light blue and red stripes on (most often) white or silver cars. ...at the [[Hockenheimring]] in 1968. Martini Racing was then formed to enter two [[Porsche 907]] in several sports car races in 1969.

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Matra
...tomobiles René Bonnet]]. Matra Automobiles produced racing cars and sports cars, and was very successful in racing. ==Matra road cars==

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Porsche 718
| Two-door, two-seat coupe/open top ==Formula One==

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Ground effect in cars
...y of streamlining. [[IndyCar]]s employ ground effect to some extent, but [[Formula One]] and most other racing series worldwide currently use design constrain ...'wings', or inverted airfoils, were routinely used in the design of racing cars to increase downforce, but this is ''not'' ground effect.) This kind of gro

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Lucien Bianchi
...h Racing Partnership|UDT Laystall]] and [[Scuderia Centro Sud]] teams in [[Formula One]]. ...Tour de France]]'' as well as the Paris 1000 sports car race in the latter two years.

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BMW V12 LMR
...iately fast, taking the pole position in qualifying. During the race, both cars ran towards the front for the first six hours. Unfortunately, V12 LMR chass ...as able to take the 4th fastest lap time over the practice session, behind two [[Toyota GT-One]]s and a [[Panoz]] prototype.

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Veritas
...ion. After only a few cars were made, following an objection from BMW, the cars became simply known as Veritas. ==Veritas road cars==

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Alta Car and Engineering Company
...ar]] manufacturer from England, commonly known simply as '''Alta'''. Their cars contested five FIA World Championship races between 1950 and 1952, as well ...s available. These were mounted on a low-slung [[chassis]] frame with open two or four seat bodies. Thirteen were made of which five are thought to surviv

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Ferrari FZ93
...-of supercar built on Testarossa for the 1993 Geneva Auto Show. Called the Formula Zagato ‘93 (FZ93), it followed a small series of curious Zagato 348s and ...was responsible for the legendary Aston Martin DB4 Zagato and more recent cars like the iconic Alfa Romeo 155. His Testarossa made no concessions to the o

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1998 Monaco Grand Prix
The '''1998 Monaco Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] held at [[Circuit de Monaco|Monaco]] on May 24, 1998. The race was wo ...sichella]]. He managed to put his car up into third place, behind only the two [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]. At one stage Fisichell

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Lotus Mark III
|Category = Formula [[750 Motor Club]] [[road racing]] ...he end of the racing season, it was apparent the Mark III was the best 750 Formula car in the country.

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Korean International Circuit
| Events = '''[[Formula One]]''' [[Korean Grand Prix]] '''[[Formula Three]]''' [[Korea Super Prix]] ...s |url=http://www.seoulkoreaasia.com/Korean-Formula1.htm|title=Korean F1 – Formula 1 in South Korea |accessdate=2009-03-29|year=2008|publisher=seoulkoreaasia.

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Formula Three
...Two Championship|F2]], [[GP2 Series|GP2]], [[A1 Grand Prix]], or even a [[Formula One]] [[third driver|test]] or race seat. ...ritain was organised by the VSCC in July 1947 at RAF Gransden Lodge, 500cc cars being the only post war class to run that day. The race was won by [[Eric B

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Porsche Supercup
...orting the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] [[Formula One|Formula One World Championship]] organized by [[Porsche AG]]. ...1 GT3]] Cup cars based on the [[Porsche 911 Carrera]]. On average, 24 race cars take part in each race. Most circuits visited by the series are European, a

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Cooper Car Company
...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]]. ...upply immediately after World War II, the cars were constructed by joining two old [[Fiat]] [[Fiat Topolino|Topolino]] front-ends together. According to J

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De Tomaso
...liaspeed.com/2004/cars/others/detomaso/liquidation.html] despite this, new cars were still being made by De Tomaso as of 2005. [http://auto.moldova.org/aut ...aso produced various prototypes and racing cars, including a [[Formula One|Formula 1]] car for Frank Williams's team in 1970.

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Satoru Nakajima
Caption = In 2008, as the chairman of [[Formula Nippon]] | ...nto a farming family living just outside Okazaki, Japan. He began driving cars in his early teens in the family's garden with his older brother giving him

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Coventry Climax
The company was started in 1903 as [[Lee Stroyer]], but two years later following the departure of Stroyer, was relocated to Paynes Lan ...r was [[GWK|GWK]], who produced over 1000 light cars with Coventry-Simplex two-cylinder engines between 1911 and 1915. Just before World War I a Coventry

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Chaparral
...[[Indy 500]] in 1980, the Chaparrals left motor racing in 1982. Chaparral cars also featured in the [[SCCA]]/[[CASC]] [[CanAm]] series and in the European ...burgring]] in 1966 with [[Phil Hill]]. This car is one of 2 Chapparal race cars to appear in [[Gran Turismo 4]].

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Lotus 88
|Category = [[Formula One]] ...l regulations introduced in 1981 by the [[FIA]] to curb the ground effects cars.

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Automobiles Venturi
...Le Mans]]. Venturi has also built the 1992 chassis for the [[Larrousse]] [[Formula 1]] team. ...company were located in the Pays de Loire in Coueron (44) where almost 700 cars were produced in 20 years.

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Österreichring
The '''Österreichring''' is an Austrian race circuit which hosted the [[Formula One]] [[Austrian Grand Prix]] for 18 consecutive years, from {{f1|1970}} to ...id not provide enough space for cars attempting to pass others, especially cars that stalled or broke at the start.

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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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Straight-4 engine
...make use of [[balance shaft]]s above that limit. A 4-cylinder engine needs two balance shafts, rotating at twice the crankshaft frequency, to be smooth. N ...d [[Porsche]] to use a 3.0 L (2990 cc) straight-4 engine on road cars like the [[Porsche 968]], but the largest modern non-diesel was the plain 3

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Lotus 16
|Category = [[Formula One]]/[[Formula Two|Two]] ...the contemporary motor sport press. Although the Lotus 16 only scored five Formula One World Championship points in the three seasons during which it was used

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Hockenheimring
| Events = '''[[FIA]] [[Formula One]]''' [[German Grand Prix]] [[Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters|DTM]] | Record_class2 = [[Formula One|F1]]

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Maserati 250F
| [[Formula One]] ...54 Formula One season]] and remained in use by customer teams until [[1960 Formula One season|1960]].

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Aston Martin DBR3
...of a DBR1 chassis and used the same body panels as the DBR1, but featured two major changes. First, the [[Lagonda]] based 2.9L Straight-6 was replaced b ...e suspension that was being developed for the [[Aston Martin DBR4|DBR4]] [[Formula One]] car at the same time. It was believed this setup would be superior t

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Colin Chapman
...e [[Indianapolis 500]] between 1962 and 1978. The production side of Lotus Cars has built tens of thousands of relatively affordable, cutting edge [[sports ...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

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Swedish Grand Prix
...pality), about 30km from Jönköping, in Småland, Sweden. The 1930s also saw two races carry the title, the '''Swedish Summer Grand Prix''' and an ice race, ...jured, two seriously, and a riding mechanic was killed. One of the crashed cars started a fire which saw a nearby house burned to the ground.<ref>[http://w

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Grand Prix motor racing
...d international competitors. Each country was allowed to enter up to three cars. Following Bennett's lead, in the United States, the wealthy William Kissam ...n each day, and each lap took about an hour using the relatively primitive cars of the day. From the 32 entries representing 12 different automobile manufa

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Autocross
...ty level (measured in discrete turns per minute) can be higher than even [[Formula One]] due to the large number of elements packed into each course. Autocros ...sbands and wives, boyfriends and girlfriends, brothers and sisters or even two unrelated drivers to share the same car, but run it in their car's open cla

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Supertouring
...egulations (Class II)</ref> It was based on the "2 litre Touring Car Formula" created for the [[British Touring Car Championship]] (BTCC) in 1990.<ref>[ ...o collapse in the late 1990s. The cars looked like regular production road cars, while expensive changes had to be made to provide space for racing tyres i

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Aston Martin DBR2
...similar to those from the DBR1, except larger and more aerodynamic. These cars would be christened DBR2/1 and DBR2/2. ==Complete Formula One Results==

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De Tomaso Vallelunga
...at the [[Turin Motor Show]] in 1963. It entered production (by [[Ghia]]) two years later, with 53 coupe models built. ...], [[Ferrari]], and [[Lotus]] who all introduced [[MR layout|mid-engined]] cars within a few years of the De Tomaso.

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Mugen
...ula 1]], from 1992 to 1999, and up to 2005 was the exclusive supplier of [[Formula Nippon]] engines. ...sao Kimura is a veteran with more than 50 race victories in Honda [[sports cars]] and single-seaters and worked for Honda R&D and then Honda Racing Service

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BMW V12 LM98
...] engineering and construction and a [[BMW]] powerplant. In 1995 [[McLaren Cars]] entered into sports car racing using their [[McLaren F1 GTR]] in [[grand ...e of McLaren, BMW Motorsport announced a deal with WilliamsF1, at the time Formula One constructors champions, which would see Williams constructing the car's

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Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
| Record_class = [[Formula One]] | Record_class2 = [[Formula One]]

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O.S.C.A.
...had a [[Fiat|FIAT]]-derived block, alloy top, and the coach was built as a two-seater [[barchetta]]. The MT4 first raced at [[Pescara]] 1948 and later at ...red in some [[Formula One]] events although they mainly built small sports cars of which some were designed by [[Frua|Pietro Frua]].

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Sauber
...er''' is a Swiss constructor of racing cars for [[sportscar racing]] and [[Formula One]]. The company, previously independent, is now owned by [[BMW]] and is ==Sports Cars==

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V6 engine
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Circuit de Monaco
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Prodrive
...in Banbury, United Kingdom. It designs, constructs and races [[automobile|cars]] for companies and teams such as [[Subaru]] and [[Aston Martin]]. Its Auto ...990. Since then, Prodrive has been almost continuously involved in touring cars, running campaigns for [[Alfa Romeo|Alfa Romeo]], [[Honda]] and [[Ford Moto

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Automobilwerk Eisenach
...of the French “[[Decauville]].” The company was the third to manufacturer cars in Germany after ''[[Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft]]'' and ''[[Karl Benz|Ben ...se to build Decauville motorcars was revoked. The factory started to build cars under the new name, '''Dixi''' (Latin, “I have spoken”) in 1904 with Wi

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AVUS
...an Grand Prix]] [[European Touring Car Championship|ETCC ('63-'88)]], [[Formula 3]], [[Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft|DTM]], [[Deutsche Rennsport Meist ...a road, it is unusually shaped for a race track as it is essentially just two long straights in the form of a dual carriageway, with a hairpin corner at

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Toyota Celica Twincam Turbo Rally Car
...n with [[Toyota Team Europe]], [[Toyota]] devised a plan to build 200 road cars, 20 'evolutionary' versions for rallying and a powerful new engine. ...to 380bhp, making the TA64 one of the most powerful two-wheel drive rally cars ever built.

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FISA-FOCA war
...ng, the [[Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile]] (FISA) and the [[Formula One Constructors Association]] (FOCA). The battle boiled during the late 19 ...l'Automobile|FIA]], and [[Formula One Constructors Association|FOCA]] (the Formula One Constructors' Association).

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Autodromo Nazionale Monza
... [[1000 km Monza]], [[World Touring Car Championship|WTCC]], [[Race of Two Worlds]] The circuit, best known for hosting the [[Formula One]] [[Italian Grand Prix]], is notable for the fact that drivers are on f

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Ken Tyrrell
...racing|racing]] driver and the founder of the [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]] [[Formula One]] constructor. ...cc<ref name="Setright1"/> [[Formula 3]]. In 1958, he advanced to [[Formula Two]] in a [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]]-[[Coventry Climax|Climax]], joining [[

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Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
|Record_class = [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] [[Formula One]] ...The circuit got its name shortly after it opened when [[Ricardo Rodríguez (Formula One)|Ricardo Rodríguez]] died in practice for the non-Championship [[1962

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Alfa Romeo in motorsport
...t categories of '''motorsport''', including [[Grand Prix motor racing]], [[Formula One]], [[sportscar racing]], [[touring car racing]] and [[Rallying|rallies] ...ix]].<ref name="velocetoday.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.velocetoday.com/cars/cars_75.php|title=Alfa Designers|accessdate=2007-08-24|work=velocetoday.com

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Maserati Tipo 63
| 2.9 litre (2890.3 cc) inline-four cylinder, Normally aspirated with two Weber 48 DC03 carburettors 3.0 litre [[V12]] ...he 4 cylinder engine with the powerful 3-litre V12 engine that powered the Formula 1 Tipo 250F T2 back in 1957.

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Suzuka Circuit
| Events = '''[[FIA]] [[Formula One]]''' [[Japanese Grand Prix]] '''[[FIM]] [[Endurance World Champi ...role as one of the last Grands Prix of the season means numerous [[List of Formula One World Champions|World Championships]] have been decided at the track.

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Yamaha OX99-11
...nd was originally conceived as a single seater. However Yamaha requested a two-seater vehicle, and a tandem seating arrangement was suggested, which was i * [http://www.supercars.net/cars/1898.html Specifications #2]

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Aston Martin DBR1
...most famous as the victor of the [[1959 24 Hours of Le Mans]], one of only two wins to date for Aston Martin at the endurance classic. ...ts no longer had to use cars which were road legal, or based on road legal cars, such as the [[Aston Martin DB3S]]. Therefore, with the ability to create

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Autódromo José Carlos Pace
| Events = '''[[FIA]] [[Formula One]]''' [[Brazilian Grand Prix]] [[Mil Milhas Brasil]], [[Stock Ca ...ad died prior to its naming. It is well known for being the venue of the [[Formula One]] [[Brazilian Grand Prix]].

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Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
|Events = '''[[FIA]] [[Formula One]]''' [[Canadian Grand Prix]] '''[[NASCAR]] [[Nationwide Series]]' ...'''Circuit Gilles Villeneuve''' is a motor racing circuit, venue for the [[Formula One]] [[Canadian Grand Prix]], [[NASCAR Canadian Tire Series]], [[NASCAR]]

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Ferrari 333 SP
...r = [[Ferrari]] [[Dallara]] (Series One) [[Michelotto]] (Series Two) ...'s new [[IMSA GT Championship|WSC]] class, which replaced the previous GTP cars.

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Twin-clutch Gearbox
...versa, DCT's have been configured which shift faster than [[Formula One]] cars and other single-clutch AMT's (automated-manual transmissions, a.k.a. singl ...che Doppelkupplungs)]] used in the on the Porsche 956 and 962 Le Mans race cars and the Sport Quattro S1 race car.

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Istanbul Park
| Events = '''[[FIA]] [[Formula One]]''' [[Turkish Grand Prix]] [[GP2 Series|GP2]], [[Deutsche Toure ...21 August 2005. It has been called "the best race track in the world" by [[Formula One]] supremo [[Bernie Ecclestone]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/m

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Leo Kinnunen
...born August 5, 1943 in Tampere) is a Finnish former car racer, the first [[Formula One]] driver from his country. He is also remembered for his success in [[s ...eam soon ran into financial problems. He was the last driver to compete in Formula One using an open-face [[helmet]].<ref name="f1rejects">{{cite web | title=

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DAF Trucks
*1945: After the Second World War, luxury cars and trucks were very scarce. This meant a big opportunity for DAF. ...to realize in practice. The next proposal was a three-seater with a 250 cc two-cylinder engine in the front and the transmission underneath the back seat,

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Newman-Haas Racing
...Can-Am]] championship, each began looking to Champ Car racing in 1982. The two decided to join forces for 1983, with [[Mario Andretti]] as the team’s dr In 2005, Newman/Haas Racing fielded two cars in the Champ Car World Series. The drivers were [[Bruno Junqueira]] and [[S

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Ferrari 288 GTO
...B, but the 288 GTO never raced and all 272 cars built remained purely road cars. ...s dialed down to 450 hp after Group B was banned as a whole in 1986. These cars form the clearest visual link between the 288 GTO and the F40, soon to foll

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Dino
...by [[Ferrari]] from 1968 to 1976. The Dino brand was meant to be used for cars with engines that had fewer than 12 cylinders, reserving the Ferrari name f ...Ferrari racing naming designation of displacement and cylinder count with two digits for the size of the engine in deciliters and the third digit to repr

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Mark Blundell
...TV until the end of the 2008 season. Blundell is married and the father of two children. ...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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World Sportscar Championship
...r Championship''' was, with the Formula One World Championship, one of the two major world championships in circuit motor racing. ...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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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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Cooper T51
|Category = [[Formula One]], [[Formula Two]] |Constructor's Championships = 1 ([[1959 Formula One season|1959]])

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Personal luxury car
...180 | isbn = 9780415105729 }}</ref> Typically mass produced by employing a two-door [[automobile platform|platform]] with common mechanical components ben ...y cars are characteristically two-door [[coupé]]s or [[convertible]]s with two-passenger or 2+2 seating. They are distinguished on the performance end fro

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Auto Union
...is still a trademark, and now used by Audi. They continued to market the [[two-stroke]] engined DKW brand until 1964. ...Grand Prix until the early 1980s to again reach the power levels of these cars.

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Surtees
...s (1970 to 1978) as a constructor in [[Formula One]], [[Formula 2]], and [[Formula 5000]]. ...aking over the failed Leda F5000 project, and his team constructed its own cars for the first time. His team was successful, winning five races, all in a

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Jensen
...ensen Motors in 1934. They built exclusive customised bodies for standard cars produced by several manufacturers of the day including [[Morris]], [[Singer ==Sports cars==

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Lotus
'''Lotus Cars''' is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at Hethel, England. The company is famous for designing and building ...d the Railway Hotel in Hornsea. Team Lotus was active and competitive in [[Formula One]] racing from 1958 to 1994. Since the 1960s the company has occupied a

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1998 Canadian Grand Prix
The '''1998 Canadian Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] race held at [[Circuit Gilles Villeneuve]] on June 7, 1998. The race ...was stopped and Alesi, Wurz and Trulli all took the restart in their spare cars. Herbert was lucky that his mechanics were able to repair his [[Sauber]], a

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Honda F1 Racing
...], this development from the remains of Honda F1 marks Mercedes' return to Formula 1 since the 1950's. ...season. Honda backed up their Grand Prix victories by dominating the 1966 Formula 2 season, winning every race that year with Jack Brabham's team. Honda comp

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1978 United States Grand Prix West
...978 Formula One season|1978]] [[United States Grand Prix West]]''' was a [[Formula One]] race held on April 2, 1978 at Long Beach, California. ''At the start of the weekend, though only 22 cars would make the grid, there were 30 entries, requiring a one-hour pre-qualif

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Brands Hatch
...n Masters|DTM]] [[British Formula Three Championship]] [[Superleague Formula]] |Record_class = [[Formula One|F1]]

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Sports car
...definition, most sports cars are [[rear-wheel drive]], have two seats and two doors and are designed to provide excellent [[Car handling|handling]], acce ...ing quality, but brands such as [[Lamborghini]] which do not race or build cars exclusively for racing are also highly regarded.

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Isdera
...ransmission]]. The Commendatore has a low, sleek, bullet-shaped design and two gull-wing doors. A velocity-sensitive electronic [[chassis]] lowers the car An estimated 70 cars have been sold by Isdera since 1983. Projects since 1993 have been kept top

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Smart Roadster
The '''smart roadster''' is a two-door [[microcar]] first introduced in 2003 by [[Smart GmbH]]. Unfortunately ...e most radical vehicle concept to hit the European market since the bubble cars of the 1950s. It was also the beginning of a very hard time for smart. The

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Straight-8 engine
...ing characteristics of the straight-8 made it popular in luxury and racing cars of the past. However, the engine's length demanded the use of a long engin ...illac]] automobiles by 1914, no straight-8 engines were used in production cars before 1920.

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Jo Siffert
...is career in the late 1960s and at the time of his death in 1971. They had two children together, Véronique and Philippe. ...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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Touring car racing
...number of distinct [[auto racing]] competitions in heavily-modified street cars. It is notably popular in Britain, Germany, Scandinavia, and Australia. ...and tires. Aerodynamic aids are usually added to the front and rear of the cars. Regulations are usually designed to limit costs by banning some of the mo

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Circuit Park Zandvoort
...= [[Dutch Grand Prix]], [[Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters|DTM]], [[Masters of Formula 3|RTL GP Masters of F3]] ...the race was called the [[Dutch Grand Prix]], and it was included in the [[Formula One]] World Championship in {{F1|1952}}. It remained on the F1 calendar for

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Ferrari 360 Modena
...360 Modena''', an enclosed two-door coupe; the '''Ferrari 360 Spider''', a two-door convertible; and the '''Ferrari Challenge Stradale''', the bare-bones ...ts six-speed gearbox is available as a [[manual transmission|manual]] or [[Formula One|F1]] [[Sequential manual gearbox|electrohydraulic shift]]. The car went

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US F1 Team
...' was a 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

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British Racing Motors
...'''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

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Spanish Grand Prix
...at the [[Circuit de Catalunya]] in Barcelona, Spain, as part of the annual Formula One championship season. ...x motor racing|Grand Prix]] in 1913 was not actually run to the Grand Prix formula of the day, but to touring car rules, taking place on a 300-kilometre road

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1972 United States Grand Prix
...''[[1972 Formula One season|1972]] [[United States Grand Prix]]''' was a [[Formula One]] race held on October 8, 1972 at the [[Watkins Glen International|Watk ...er, and his fourth in 1972. Teammate [[François Cevert]] completed the one-two finish for [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]], five seconds ahead of [[Denny Hulme]

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Ferrari 575M Maranello
The '''Ferrari 575M Maranello''' and '''575M Superamerica''' is a two seat, three door, grand tourer [[sports car]] built by [[Ferrari]]. Launche ...he gearbox, to minimize pitch throughout the 200-milliseconds gear shift). Two six-speed transmissions are available, a conventional manual gearbox and, f

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List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions
{{Formula One}} ...ips was [[Alberto Ascari]], in [[1952 Formula One season|1952]] and [[1953 Formula One season|1953]].

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Donington Park
...p|BTCC]], [[British Formula Three Championship|British F3]], [[Superleague Formula]], [[Pickup Truck Racing]] | Record_class = [[Formula One|F1]]

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Ultima
...atured the V6 engine from the Renault 30. These cars were primarily racing cars, with Lee Noble campaigning his example to great success, but Ted Marlow, a There are now two models in the current Ultima range; the [[Ultima GTR|GTR]]; and the [[conve

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Grand Prix Masters
...Prix Masters''' was a one-make [[motor racing]] series featuring retired [[Formula One]] drivers. The inaugural (and sole 2005) event, at the [[Kyalami]] circ || {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Alan Jones (Formula 1)|Alan Jones]]

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Semi-automatic transmission
..., while depressing the left paddle shifts into a lower one. Numerous road cars have inherited the same mechanism. ...torque required for a smooth clutch engagement, based on input from these two sensors as well as other factors, such as engine rotation, the Electronic S

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Scuderia Toro Rosso
...(the other is [[Red Bull Racing]]). It made its racing debut in the [[2006 Formula One season]], after [[Paul Stoddart]] sold his remaining interest in the [[ ...2009|German}}, following a series of poor performances and had scored only two points. [[Jaime Alguersuari]] took over Bourdais' seat at the {{f1 gp|2009|

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Fuji Speedway
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Ron Dennis
...was also 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/ Since 1981, Dennis had been the team principal of the McLaren Formula One team, and was instrumental in transforming the outfit into a regular wo

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Grand Prix of Long Beach
:''For the Formula One race, see [[United States Grand Prix West]].'' ...orld Series each year from 2004. The 2008 race was the last race for Champ Cars as the series merged with the [[Indy Racing League]],<ref>{{cite news |firs

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Flåklypa Grand Prix
...s a gigantic racing car: ''Il Tempo Gigante''—a fabulous construction with two extremely big engines (weighing 2.8 tons alone and making the seismometer i ...ipal collaborator throughout his career) built most of the props, sets and cars and was in charge of the technical aspects of making the film; Ingeborg Rii

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Four Wheel Drive
...ruck]]-like vehicles that required the driver to manually switch between a two wheel drive mode for streets and a [[Four Wheel Drive|four-wheel drive]] mo When powering two wheels simultaneously, something must be done to allow the wheels to rotate

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Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
| Name = Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Formula One Layout | Events = '''[[FIA]] [[Formula One]]''' [[Belgian Grand Prix]] [[Spa 24 Hours]], [[1000 km Spa|S

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Monaco Grand Prix
...ur associated 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 Sup ...tion changes 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 driver

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Top Gear (1977 TV series)
...on Five's Gadget Show) became producer and editor. Bentley added former [[Formula One]] driver [[Tiff Needell]] to the programme, and ''[[Performance Car Mag ...nt on to front the new programme "[[Wrong Car, Right Car]]", which ran for two series and 23 episodes. The name change to "Fifth Gear" was required as the

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Watkins Glen International
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Erwin Leo Himmel
...ondon, the international elite college in design. Himmel attended the full two-year master program and graduated in 1981 as ‘Master of Design’. These ...heir process of finding a new design language, and created the two concept cars, the Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution and Pajero Evolution 2+2, which were prese

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Race car
...Duryea]] winning in 10 h and 23 min, beating three petrol-fuelled cars and two electric.[http://www.historicracing.com/index.cfm?OTDother=8&fullText=1681& ...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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Jacky Ickx
...ls) is a Belgian former racing driver who achieved 25 podium finishes in [[Formula One]] and six wins in the [[24 hours of Le Mans]]. ...s at the first season and the European 50 cc trials title. He took another two titles before he moved to racing a [[Lotus Cortina]] in [[touring car racin

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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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24 Hours of Le Mans
...ing. Ford ordered the leading #1 car to slow down to let the #2 and the #5 cars catch up, in order to create a photo opportunity[http://www.autoblog.com/20 ...r 24 hours, to be classified, which leads to dramatic scenes where damaged cars wait in the pits or on the edge of the track close to the finish line for h

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Silverstone Circuit
| Events = '''[[FIA]] [[Formula One]]''' [[British Grand Prix]] '''FIM MotoGP''' British Grand Pri | Record_class = [[Formula One|F1]]

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Sports car racing
...ing''' is a form of circuit [[auto racing]] with [[automobile]]s that have two seats and enclosed wheels. They may be purpose-built or related to road-goi ...that serves as a useful distinction between sports car racing and touring cars.

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Circuit de la Sarthe
...in the era of [[Group C]] cars helped braking to some degree but presently cars are tending towards low downforce to seek higher speeds in the face of powe ...68 race alone, the Ford chicane was added before the pits to slow down the cars. The circuit was fitted with Armco for the 1969 race. The purpose built Por

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Holden Racing Team
...ned with producing 500 VL Group A Commodores to meet the [[Group A#Touring Cars|Group A]] regulations, the touring car operation was contracted out to [[La ...leted its first race win, with Perkins and Hulme completing a dominant one-two victory, walking away from the entire field and winning by a large margin.

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Buick V8 engine
...n order to meet GM directives for maximum displacement engines in mid-size cars. ...barrel setup was a "MW" coded engine. There were only 179 1966 Riviera GS cars built with the MZ coded factory dual four barrel setup, making it a very ra

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

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Antônio Pizzonia
| current series = [[Superleague Formula]] | first year = [[2008 Superleague Formula season|2008]]

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Compression ratio
==Formula== The ratio is calculated by the following formula:

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Dan Gurney
Team(s) = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], [[BRM]], [[Porsche in Formula One|Porsche]], [[Team Lotus|Lotus]], [[Brabham]], [[All American Racers|Eag ...races in Formula One (1962), NASCAR (1963), and Indy Car (1967). The other two are [[Mario Andretti]] and [[Juan Pablo Montoya]]. In 1967, after winning

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Sports Car Club of America
...e original vehicle) and designed-from-scratch "formula" and "sports racer" cars can be used in club racing. ...) Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup . The SCCA is also the governing body for the [[Formula 2000 Championship Series]]. [http://www.f2000championshipseries.com/]

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List of Formula One constructors
{{Formula One}} ...have competed or plan to compete in the [[Formula One#Distinction between Formula One and World Championship races|FIA World Championship]].

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International Motor Sports Association
...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

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Ferrari F50
...] engine that was developed from the 3.5L V12 used in the 1992 Ferrari F92 Formula One car. Only 349 cars were made, one less than Ferrari estimated they could sell. This was, in th

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Acura
...is credited with being the first to tap into a market for luxury Japanese cars outside Japan. Before Acura, automobiles from Japan were primarily economic In 1989, Acura introduced the [[Honda NSX|NSX]], a swoopy 276-[[HP|hp]] two-door sports car. The NSX, an acronym for "New Sports eXperimental", was ha

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WilliamsF1
...iamsF1's achievements, unsuccessful F1 operations, [[Frank Williams Racing Cars]] and [[Walter Wolf Racing]]. All of WilliamsF1 chassis are called "FW" the ...tood as a record until [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] surpassed it in [[2000 Formula One season|2000]].

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Williams F1
...iamsF1's achievements, unsuccessful F1 operations, [[Frank Williams Racing Cars]] and [[Walter Wolf Racing]]. All of WilliamsF1 chassis are called "FW" the ...tood as a record until [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] surpassed it in [[2000 Formula One season|2000]].

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Bernie Ecclestone
...of each Formula One grand prix. Ecclestone himself attempted to compete in two Grand Prix races during the 1958 season but failed to qualify for either of ...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

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Overhead Valve
...t can easily rev from 7,000 rpm in average engines to near 20,000 rpm in [[Formula One]] racing engines. High-rev pushrod engines have also been developed — ...lve timing. The system adjusts both intake and exhaust timing between only two settings, it can not vary the intake and exhaust cams independently. There

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Indianapolis 500
...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 ...ock-type motors before later being adjusted to the international 3.0 liter formula.

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1990 Formula One season
...t season of [[FIA]] [[Formula One]] motor racing. It featured the 1990 FIA Formula One World Championship which commenced on March 11, 1990 and ended on Novem ...r 1989 pairing of [[Thierry Boutsen]] and [[Riccardo Patrese]]. [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]] completed the signing of triple world champion [[Nelson Piquet]]

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Honda Insight
...obile]] manufactured by [[Honda]]. It was the first mass-produced [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid]] automobile sold in the United States, introduced in 1999 (in Japan ...that production of the Insight will end in September 2006. A new [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid]] model, a car smaller and less expensive than the [[Honda Civic|Civ

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Rover
...ing the Rover Safety Bicycle - a rear-wheel-drive, chain-driven cycle with two similar-sized wheels, making it more stable than the previous high wheeled ...s, lorries to Maudsley designs and not having a suitable one of their own, cars to a [[Sunbeam|Sunbeam]] design. Bicycle and motorcycle production continue

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Lancia Stratos HF
...types were allowed during the 1972 and 1973 seasons. Production of the 400 cars required for [[homologation]] in [[Group B#Group 2 and Group 4|Group 4]] we ...er the car would remain a serious competitor and proved able to beat works cars in several occasions when entered by a experienced private team with a tale

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway
|Image = [[Image:Indianapolis Motor Speedway - road course.png]] Formula One Grand Prix layout [[Image:Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Speedway.png |Record_class2 = [[Formula One]]

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Disk brake
...disc brakes]], and the 1956 Triumph TR3 were the first European production cars to feature modern [[4-wheel disc brakes|disc brakes]]<ref name="AutoLemon"> ...weight and eliminates a source of heat transfer to the tires, important in Formula One racing.) Discs have now become standard in most passenger vehicles, tho

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The Stig
...unctions on the show are to post [[Power Laps|Power Lap]] times in various cars around the [[Top Gear Test Track|''Top Gear'' Test Track]] in Dunsfold Park ..., such as having seven-time [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|Formula One World Champion]] driver [[Michael Schumacher]] dress up and pretend to

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Pontiac Astre
...iously appointed. GT models (hatchback and wagon) and 'Lil Wide Track' and Formula (hatchbacks) offered a choice of sporty models. ...ch included the handling package, chrome valve cover, three-piece spoiler, Formula T/A steering wheel and special decals.

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Fiat Stilo
...ions, many of which traded upon the link with the super-successful Ferrari Formula One team. The year saw both the '''Michael Schumacher''' and '''Schumacher ...ut of five. In the survey, the Fiat Stilo finished in 154th place from 159 cars.

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Alfa Romeo 155
...tion was the Silverstone edition released in the UK which was known as the Formula in Europe; this was release as an homologation exercise to allow Alfa Romeo [[Category:Compact cars]]

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Lotus Europa
...s a two door [[MR layout|mid-engined]] [[GT]] [[coupe]] built by [[Lotus]] Cars from 1966 to 1975. ...and the axles were used as upper locating links, which was very similar to Formula racing car designs of that era. Aside from the doors, bonnet (hood), and tr

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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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Pontiac Firebird 1967-1981
This page covers the first two generations of the [[Pontiac Firebird]] (1967-1981). The '''[[Pontiac]] Fi *'''[[Pontiac Firebird 1982-2002]]''' for information about the last two generations

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2010 Japanese Grand Prix
The '''2010 Japanese Grand Prix''' was the sixteenth round of the [[2010 Formula One season]]. It was held at the [[Suzuka Circuit]], in Suzuka, Mie, Japan ...243999/van-der-garde-with-two-concrete-f1-offers/|title=Van der Garde with two ‘concrete’ F1 offers|work=GPUpdate.net|publisher=GPUpdate|date=2010-10-

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2008 Formula One season
The '''2008 Formula One season''' was the 59th [[FIA]] [[Formula One]] World Championship season. It began on 16 March and ended on 2 Novemb ...0,21985,24592637-11088,00.html|title=Lewis Hamilton becomes youngest world Formula One champion|publisher=Heraldsun.co.au|accessdate=2008-11-02}}</ref>

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Riverside International Raceway
...rts Association|IMSA]]''' [[Los Angeles Times Grand Prix]] '''[[Formula One]]''' [[United States Grand Prix]] (1960) '''[[IndyCar World S ...ith a wider radius and a [[dogleg]] approach added to reduce strain on the cars' brakes.

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Pontiac Firebird 1982-2002
*'''[[Pontiac Firebird 1967-1981]]''' for information about the first two generations ...ird, the S/E (which replaced the Esprit), and of course the Trans Am. The Formula model unfortunately gone, but its absence was only temporary as it would re

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Nürburgring
|Events = '''[[FIA]] [[Formula One]]''' [[German Grand Prix]] [[European Grand Prix]] [[Deutsche |Record_class = [[Formula One]]

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Maserati Coupe
...ft paddles are mounted on the steering wheel; this is intended to simulate Formula One driving. .... wheelbase is 8.6 inches shorter than that of the coupe. The Spyder seats two and the Coupe seats four.

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Mercedes-Benz 300SL
:''This article is about the car produced from 1952 to 1963, for other cars with the same name, see [[Mercedes-Benz SL-Class]].'' The '''Mercedes-Benz 300SL''' is a two-seat, closed [[sports car]] with characteristic [[gull-wing door]]s, and la

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Porsche 917
| Two-door coupe. 'K' for short-tail, 'L' for long-tail The 917 is one of the most iconographic sports racing cars of all time largely for its high speeds and high horsepower outputs and was

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2004 Formula One season
The '''2004 Formula One season''' was the 55th [[FIA]] [[Formula One]] World Championship season, running from March 7 to October 24, 2004. ...ampionship]]. [[Rubens Barrichello]] came in a solid second place, winning two of the last four races. [[Jenson Button]], though failing to win a grand pr

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Targa Florio
...LR]] in order to beat [[Ferrari]] for the title. They had missed the first two of the 6 events, Buenos Aires and the [[12 Hours of Sebring]], where Ferrar ...e years, the greats of [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix racing]] and [[Formula One]] such as Argentina's [[Juan Manuel Fangio]], Belgium's [[Olivier Gende

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Packard
...oducing cars that sold for $440, the Packards concentrated on more upscale cars that started at $2,600. Packard automobiles developed a following not only ...t crash and subsequent depression by manufacturing slightly less expensive cars than it had prior to October 1929. As an independent automaker, Packard did

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Ferrari F355
...TS. The Spider (convertible) version was introduced in 1995. In 1998 the [[Formula One]] style paddle gear shift transmission was introduced with the Ferrari ...h the innovative F1-style gearbox management system. Derived directly from Formula 1, where it made its debut in 1989 winning the Brazilian Grand Prix, the el

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Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
...intervening years, the track has hosted USRRC, [[Can Am]], [[Trans-Am]], [[Formula 5000]], [[IMSA GT Championship|IMSA GT]], [[Champ Car]], [[American Le Mans The track itself has undergone significant changes over the past two decades to meet evolving safety homologation requirements of the Fédérati

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Fiat Nuova 500
...ting. The 500 boasts two dual stage front airbags, two front side airbags, two window-bags and a driver's knee airbag, all as standard equipment. It also ...Edition 1.jpg|Fiat 500 F1 Limited Edition created to celebrate the first [[Formula 1]] night race at the [[Singapore Grand Prix]] in 2008.

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Lotus Exige
...'''Lotus Exige''' is a two-door, two-seat sports car made by [[Lotus|Lotus Cars]]. It is essentially a coupe version of the [[Lotus Elise]]. ...with John Player Special livery inspired by the iconic Type 72 Lotus race cars fielded to dominance by the likes of Jochen Rindt, Emerson Fittipaldi, Ronn

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Continuously Variable Transmission
...most-conical parts, point to point, with the sides dished in such that the two parts could fill the central hole of a torus, or donut-shape. One part is t ...CVT. In this system, the transmission is an integral part of the [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid]] powertrain and is actually a torque combiner. The gear train is a

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1994 Formula One season
...r]] won the Drivers' title by a single point from [[Damon Hill]] after the two controversially collided at the final round in [[1994 Australian Grand Prix * [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]] kept [[Michael Schumacher]] on board, pairing him with [[JJ Leht

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Mille Miglia
...anamericana]], the ''MM'' made ''[[Gran Turismo]]'' (Grand Touring) sports cars like [[Alfa Romeo]], [[Ferrari]] (which debuted as a marque in the 1940 eve ...racers were ultimately competing with the clock and not one another. Thus, cars were assigned numbers according to their start time. For example, the 1955

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Renault F1
:''"Lotus Renault GP" redirects here. For the Lotus team which competed in Formula One from 1958-1994 (using Renault engines from 1983-1986), see [[Team Lotus {{Portal|Formula One}}

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Top Gear challenges
...ny motorcycles can a double-decker bus jump over?''' ''Series One, Episode Two'' * '''What to do with the worst car of all time, the Nissan Sunny?''' ''Series Two, Episode One''

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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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Active suspension
Active suspensions can be generally divided into two main classes: pure active suspensions and '''semi-active suspensions'''. ...008/12/michelin-to-commercialize-active-wheel-technology-to-appear-in-2010-cars.html |date=1 December 2008 |work=Green Car Advisor |publisher=[[Edmunds.com

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IRacing
|accessdate = 2008-06-14}}</ref> and with all of the cars and tracks officially licensed.<ref name="ASS41"/> ...or $156. The subscription packages include a basic set of tracks and three cars with which to practice and race, as well as a certain amount of iRacing cre

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2009 Formula One season
...season''' was the 60th [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] [[Formula One]] World Championship season. The season took place over 17 rounds, and ...torsport/formula_one/8289217.stm |title=BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula 1 | Brawn win title in debut F1 year |publisher=BBC News |date=2009-10

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Off-roading
...y them from off-road manufacturers, such as Land Rover, which has produced cars for the armed forces of many countries. Greenlaning or two-tracking is one of the least extreme categories. It is generally suitable f

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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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Scuderia Ferrari
...In both the [[1954 British Grand Prix]] and [[1970 Austrian Grand Prix]], two drivers each set equal fastest lap time in Ferraris. This number includes [ {{portalpar|Formula One}}

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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 ...existing company like Lincoln. Mercury's heyday was in the 1950s, when its formula of stretching and lowering existing Ford platforms was very successful. The

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Porsche 930
...how. Wild guesses were thrown everywhere - and included everything, from a Formula One project, to a new racing car, via a completely new model and suggestion .... But demand was much stronger than expected, and Porsche had sold the 400 cars by mid-1975.

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Alpine
...began to achieve considerable competition success in one of the few French cars produced just after World War 2. Encouraged by the development of these cars and consequent customer demand, he founded the Societe Anonyme des Automobi

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NASCAR
...date=2009-04-18}}</ref> NASCAR is the largest sanctioning body of [[stock cars|stock car racing]] in the United States.<ref name="timeline">{{cite web|url ...more viewers than NASCAR.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shavemagazine.com/cars/090601|title=All About NASCAR|publisher=[http://www.shavemagazine.com/ Shav

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HTT Plèthore
..., the vehicle will have the power to weight ratio of a Formula 1 race car. Two prototypes were constructed, the second suggests a center seating position If there are [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid]] versions of this vehicle manufactured, then please elaborate a lit

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Wankel engine
...ref>[http://www.der-wankelmotor.de/Motoren/Rolls-Royce/rolls-royce.html R1 two stage compound diesel Wankel 1966]. Retrieved on September 27, 2008. </ref> ...North America ceased with the 1995 model year). The company normally used two-rotor designs, but the 1991 [[Eunos Cosmo]] used a twin-[[turbo]] three-ro

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Honda S2000
...2000 model and continues in the tradition of the lightweight roadster "S" cars such as the S600 and S800. Like previous "S" cars, the name of the S2000 comes from its engine displacement of approximately

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V8 engine
...with eight [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s mounted on the [[crankcase]] in two banks of four cylinders, in most cases set at a right angle to each other b ...t, has the same [[engine balance|secondary dynamic imbalance]] problems as two straight-4s, resulting in vibrations in large [[engine displacement]]s. As

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Horsepower
There are two important factors to consider when evaluating a "[[HP|horsepower]]" figure: : ''In fourteen hundred and ninety-two''

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Lancia Delta
If there are [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid]] versions of this vehicle manufactured, then please elaborate a lit ...r 2006 Lancia officially announced the revival of the Delta name, with new cars to be built on the Fiat C platform, as reported in the UK ''Car Magazine''.

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Turbo Engine
A [[Turbo Engine|turbocharger]] has two main parts. The compressor and the turbine. The exhaust gasses from the e ...ecause in petrol cars exhaust temperatures are much higher (than in diesel cars), and this normally has adverse effects on the delicate, moveable vanes of

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Lexus RX
...tertainment Center|DVD Rear-Seat Entertainment System]] (RSES) - (includes two pairs of wireless headphones) - $1,740 * Two-level heated front seats (includes rain-sensing variable intermittent wiper

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Saab 9-5
...9-2002. This engine was available only with an automatic transmission, and cars with this engine installed are distinguishable by their twin tailpipes. ...rochromic rearview mirror, New 17-inch alloys, matte finish roof rails and two new exterior colors; Pepper Green & Snow Silver. [http://www.autoblog.com/2

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Alcohol fuel
...ol) concerning production, for instance. Generally speaking, the chemical formula for alcohol fuel is '''CnH2n+1OH'''. ...ect on the corrosivity of alcohol fuels. Halide ions increase corrosion in two ways: they chemically attack passivating oxide films on several metals caus

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Top Gear test track
...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

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Top Gear (2002 TV series)
...show host wins online backing for British PM |quote=Top Gear is at number two |date=2008-01-01 |accessdate=2008-01-02}}</ref> ...ls around the world. The popularity of the show has led to the creation of two international versions, with local production teams and presenters for Aust

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Gas turbine
...used in the marine industry to reduce weight. The GE LM2500 and LM6000 are two common models of this type of machine. ...used on ships, locomotives, helicopters, tanks, and to a lesser extent, on cars, buses, and motorcycles.

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Suspension (vehicle)
...s pioneered on the [[Lancia Lambda]] and became more common in mass market cars from 1932<ref>{{cite book|last=Jain|first=K.K.|authorlink=|coauthors=R.B. A ...0.5625) times the spring rate. Squaring the ratio is because the ratio has two effects on the wheel rate. The ratio applies to both the force and distance

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Rallying
...ic or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars. This motorsport is distinguished by running not on a [[Race track|circuit] ...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

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Mercedes-Benz R171
..., Leicht (light), and Kurz (short). There have been two generations of SLK cars from Mercedes-Benz. The SLK was updated in 2004 with a new [[Formula One]]-inspired appearance; the new model also took design cues from the Mer

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List of Top Gear episodes
|align="center"| '''[[#Series Two|2]]''' | Aux2 = Family Saloon Formula One

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La Macchina
...esigners of the past, including [[Ettore Bugatti]] who, though he made his cars in France, was Italian by birth.) ...se of suction fans for producing downforce, among others. And street-legal cars also use engines, brakes and suspension systems—among other technologies�

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Fuel economy in automobiles
The two most common ways to measure automobile fuel usage are: ...] is more useful than mpg when comparing the fuel consumption of different cars.

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Dodge Viper SRT10
...e Viper SRT10''' is Dodge’s flagship [[supercar]] model. It is a two-door, two-seat vehicle based on the [[Dodge Viper]]. The Viper SRT10 originated in 2 ...levels with 1000lbs (455kg) downforce at 150mph. Braking is now handled by Two-piece slotted StopTech rotors mated to Brembo calipers. This alone saves 60

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Corporate Average Fuel Economy
...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

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