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  • ...racing]], occupying the tier immediately below [[Formula One]] and above [[Formula Three]]. It was named for the fact that the cars were powered by 3000&nbsp ==Formula 3000 championships==
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  • | Events = [[Super GT]], [[Formula Nippon]], [[All Japan Road Race Championship]], [[World Touring Car Champio | Record_team = [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]] [[Benetton B194|B194]]
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  • ...o, moving on to Ferrari when Alfa's competition department was closed down in the late 1950s. ...rari 156 Sharknose]] cars, with which [[Phil Hill]] won the [[1961 Formula One season|1961 championship]]. Shortly afterwards Chiti was part of the breaka
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  • | Closed = 1994 | Events = [[French Grand Prix]]<br>[[Formula 2]]
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  • ...ing on July 19, 1975. He was also the winner of the 1982 [[British Formula One]] Championship. ...ed 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 [[1987 I
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  • Events = '''[[Formula One]]'''<br> [[Spanish Grand Prix]]<br> [[European Grand Prix]]| ...o Permanente de Jerez''', is a 4,428 m (2.752-mile) racing circuit located in the city of Jerez de la Frontera, deep within the sherry-producing south of
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  • '''Gillet''' is a Belgian [[automobile]] manufacturer, started in 1994 by [[Tony Gillet]], which produced the 'Vertigo' sports [[coupe]] powered b ...Seven]] replica). He broke the record for 0 to 100 km/h, in 3.85 seconds, in January 1990 with a specially modified Donkervoort. More recently, the Vert
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  • [[Image:Formula Nippon.png|right]] ...is a type of [[formula racing]] and the top level of single-seater racing in Japan.
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  • ...://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/title.html | title = The Formula One Archives | accessdate = 2007-08-13}}</ref> ...ummuseum.org/Chaparral/Chaparralhome.html] His son, Jim Hall, Jr., resides in California and operates the [[Jim Hall Kart Racing School]].
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  • ...[[A1 Grand Prix]], [[World Touring Car Championship|WTCC]], [[Superleague Formula]] ...blica. Its length is 4.182 km (2.599 mi). It was the home of the [[Formula One]] [[Portuguese Grand Prix]] from 1984 to 1996.
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  • | Events = '''[[FIA]] [[Formula One]]'''<br>[[Spanish Grand Prix]]<br>[[GP2 Series|GP2]], Spanish [[Grand toure | Record_team = {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Scuderia Ferrari]] <!-- in 2007, so any time from before then -->
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  • ...1600, [[Formula Ford]] 2000, [[Formula Vauxhall Lotus]], [[Formula 3]], [[Formula 3000]] and [[Champ Car]]. ...often cars were damaged) and started "networking" with young drivers early in their careers so that they would be favourably disposed towards Reynard lat
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  • '''Formula Holden''' was an Australian [[open wheel racing]] category. ...n ex-[[Formula 3000]] chassis, a large number of which were sourced from [[Formula Nippon|Japan]] but also included cars from other sources and a few specific
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  • |Length = 4400 mm (173.2 in) |Width = 2000 mm (78.7 in)
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  • ...or many years it formed the premier non-championship [[Formula One]] event in Britain, alongside the [[Race of Champions (Brands Hatch)|Race of Champions ...from that of an extinct event formerly held at the [[Brooklands]] circuit in the early 1930s. The first Silverstone event was noteworthy as it was the f
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  • ...range of activities mainly related to aeronautics and weaponry which from 1994 was a subsidiary of '''Lagardère Group''' and which now operates under tha ...Automobiles produced racing cars and sports cars, and was very successful in racing.
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  • ...Walkinshaw Racing''', also known simply as TWR, was a racing team founded in 1976 by touring car racer [[Tom Walkinshaw]]. ...t, won the title in both 1980 and 1981. Walkinshaw himself also took a win in the [[Spa 24 Hours]].
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  • ...istillery that produces Martini vermouth. Martini's sponship program began in 1968. The race cars are marked with the distinctive dark blue, light blue a ...g was then formed to enter two [[Porsche 907]] in several sports car races in 1969.
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  • | Image = [[Image:Albert Lake Park Street Circuit in Melborne, Australia.png]] ...ts = '''[[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] [[Formula One]]'''<br>[[Australian Grand Prix]]
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  • ...a Swiss constructor of racing cars for [[sportscar racing]] and [[Formula One]]. The company, previously independent, is now owned by [[BMW]] and is know ...uber]] built [[sports car]]s. After using turbocharged Mercedes V8 engines in the 1980s, his team became the official factory team of Mercedes-Benz, revi
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  • '''''Autosport''''' is a weekly magazine covering [[motorsport]], published in the United Kingdom every Thursday by Haymarket Consumer Media. It was first ...11-22}}</ref> Another cartoonist to have a regular appearance from 1970 to 1994,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazellebookservices.co.uk/Marketing/Publishe
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  • | Record_class = [[Formula One]] | Layout2 = Previous layout (1981-1994)
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  • | Record_class = [[Formula One|F1]] | Record_class2 = [[Australian Formula 3]]
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  • ...nd Prix|Italian]] Grands Prix are the oldest continuously staged [[Formula One]] World Championship Grands Prix. ...s title was an honorary designation given each year to one grand prix race in Europe.
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  • :''For other meanings, see [[Formula One Grand Prix]].'' ...nship races|FIA World Championship]] since its inception in [[1950 Formula One season|1950]].
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  • ...ormula One]], [[sports car]], and [[CART]] racing driver. He was a Formula One presenter for the British broadcaster ITV until the end of the 2008 season. ...ng pole, and finishing fourth overall. With 1986 came another championship in FF2000, this time the European title.
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  • ...he [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] [[Formula One|Formula One World Championship]] organized by [[Porsche AG]]. ...s and the [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway|United States]] have been included in the calendar as well.
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  • ...], was educated at Brighton College, flew Lysanders with the Fleet Air Arm in World War II and ran a garage. == Formula One career ==
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  • {{Formula One}} ...[[Alberto Ascari]], in [[1952 Formula One season|1952]] and [[1953 Formula One season|1953]].
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  • ...[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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  • ...as been the venue for many title-deciding races, with 12 [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|World Champions]] being crowned over the 24 Japane ...eedway]]. After a second race at Fuji in 2008, the race returns to Suzuka in 2009.
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  • Image = Current configuration (2003-present) [[Image:Monte Carlo Formula 1 track map.png]] | Events = '''[[FIA]] [[Formula One]]'''<br>[[Monaco Grand Prix]]|
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  • ...acing]] driver and the founder of the [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]] [[Formula One]] constructor. ...name="Setright1"/> [[Formula 3]]. In 1958, he advanced to [[Formula Two]] in a [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]]-[[Coventry Climax|Climax]], joining [[Cecil
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  • Caption = In 2008, as the chairman of [[Formula Nippon]] | ...ing just outside Okazaki, Japan. He began driving cars in his early teens in the family's garden with his older brother giving him tips, careful that th
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  • ...s. Lotus is one of but a handful of British performance car builders still in business after the industrial decline of the 1970s. Chapman died of a heart ...tus 6 kits were sold through 1956. It was with the [[Lotus Seven|Lotus 7]] in 1957 that things really took off, and indeed [[Caterham Cars]] still manufa
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  • ...1995, and adopted the term "Super Tourer" from 1995.<ref>Automobile Year, 1994/95, page 175</ref> ...sts, and the withdrawal of [[works team]]s caused the category to collapse in the late 1990s. The cars looked like regular production road cars, while ex
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  • | Events = '''[[FIA]] [[Formula One]]'''<br>[[British Grand Prix]]<br>'''FIM MotoGP'''<br>British Grand Prix<br | Record_class = [[Formula One|F1]]
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  • ...] had 6 liter straight-4 engine. [[Alfa Romeo]] quickly gained a good name in motorsport and gave a sporty image to the whole marque. ...40/60 HP|40-60HP]], whilst [[Enzo Ferrari]] was second in [[Targa Florio]] in the same year. A year later Giuseppe Campari won at Mugello again. [[Ugo Si
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  • A '''V10 engine''' is a [[V engine]] with 10 [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]]s in two banks of five with a distinct exhaust note. ...ment. The engine is also used by [[Bristol Cars|Bristol]], in tuned form, in their two-seat [[Bristol Fighter|Fighter]] [[coupe]], where it can produce
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  • ...s part of [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]]'s annual [[Formula One]] automobile racing championships. ...un on 26 June 1906 under the auspices of the [[Automobile Club de France]] in Sarthe, with a starting field of 32 automobiles.
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  • ...15, 1991 in both Versailles and in front of the Grande Arche at La Défense in Paris, France exactly 110 years after [[Ettore Bugatti]]'s birth. ...a bore of 81&nbsp;mm (3.2&nbsp;in) and a stroke of 56.6&nbsp;mm (2.2&nbsp;in) and was capable of 553&nbsp;PS (542&nbsp;hp/407&nbsp;kW) at 8000&nbsp;rpm.
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  • ...to actuate the [[poppet valve|valves]]. Lifters or ''[[tappet]]s'' reside in the engine block between the camshaft and pushrods. ...er head assembly, while in an I-head engine the camshaft (rarely more than one) is part of the main engine block assembly.
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  • '''Group C''' was a category of [[motorsport]], introduced by the [[FIA]] in 1982 for [[sports car racing]], along with ''[[Group A]]'' for [[touring ca ...orts car racing series around the globe. The final year for the class came in 1993.
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  • ...versifying 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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  • |Events = '''[[FIA]] [[Formula One]]'''<br>[[Italian Grand Prix]]<br> [[1000 km Monza]], [[World Touring Car C ...taly, north of Milan. It is one of the most historic motor racing circuits in the world.
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  • | Years = {{24hLM|1994}}-{{24hLM|2000}} ...ifting (motorsport)|drifting]] in non-drifting racing events, and his role in popularizing drifting as a [[motorsport]]. He is also known for [[Touge|tou
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  • |Image = '''place image here in 300 pixels''' |Marque/Constructor = [[Ferrari]]<br><br>[[Dallara]] (Series One)<br> [[Michelotto]] (Series Two)
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  • ...mpionship|F2]], [[GP2 Series|GP2]], [[A1 Grand Prix]], or even a [[Formula One]] [[third driver|test]] or race seat. ...only post war class to run that day. The race was won by [[Eric Brandon]] in his [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]] Prototype (T2).
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  • :''For the Formula One race, see [[United States Grand Prix West]].'' ...he premier circuit in the [[Champ Car]] from 1996, and was the first event in the World Series each year from 2004. The 2008 race was the last race for C
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  • ...am Lotus was active and competitive in [[Formula One]] racing from 1958 to 1994. Since the 1960s the company has occupied a modern factory and road test fa ...tens of thousands of successful racing and road cars and won the [[Formula One]] World Championship seven times.
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