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• Zeltweg Airfield
  {{Motorsport venue ...itary airfield in Styria, Austria near Zeltweg. It is the main airfield of the Austrian Air Force.
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• Autosport
  ...nal Trophy meeting of that year. It is often referred to as the 'Bible' of motorsport. ...Jim Bamber is one of its other regular contributors, with his cartoons of motorsport news topics.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jim Bamber |url=http://www.jimbamber.co.
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• 1948 Grand Prix Season
  The '''1948 Grand Prix season''' was the third post-war year for [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix racing]]. | [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]]
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• Spa 1000 km
  ...[[Sports car racing|sports cars]] held at [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps]] in Belgium. ...14&nbsp;km track over public roads, the race was shortened to 762&nbsp;km in 1974 and discontinued after 1975.
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• Knockhill
  ...situated just north of Edinburgh, and is the venue of the Scottish leg of the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) as well as many other racing events ...sport, so landowners did not create tracks; there was no motorsport due to the lack of tracks.
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• British Racing Drivers' Club
  ...Benjafield]], one of an informal group of British racing drivers known as the "[[Bentley Boys]]". ...me of its inauguration, its 25 members had devised a set of objectives for the club:
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• Formula racing
  ...eplaced [[International Formula 3000|Formula 3000]] (which had itself been the effective replacement for Formula Two). ...mula: the open formula that allows a choice of chassis and/or engines; and the control or "spec" formula that relies on a single supplier for chassis and
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• 1996 French Grand Prix
  Results from the '''1996 French Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] race, held at [[Circuit | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Damon Hill]]
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• World Sportscar Championship
  ...scar Championship''' was the world series run for [[sports car racing]] by the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] from 1953 to 1992. ...e Formula One World Championship, one of the two major world championships in circuit motor racing.
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• 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans
  ...e, and took place on June 20 and 21 1959. It was also the fourth round of the [[World Sportscar Championship]]. | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[David Brown (entrepreneur)|David Brown]] Racing Dept.
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• Lada
  ...models have not enjoyed the same success as the Riva. Its headquarters are in Togliattigrad (Samara Oblast or province). ...d in Brazil remain operational, and used cars still command high prices in the used car market.
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• Porsche Supercup
  ...ate=2007-03-05}}</ref> is the international motor racing series supporting the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] [[Formula One|Formula O ...nd the [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway|United States]] have been included in the calendar as well.
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• Shanghai International Circuit
  {{Motorsport venue ...ading near Shanghai in the People's Republic of China. It was the venue of the inaugural [[Formula One]] [[Chinese Grand Prix]] on 26 September 2004.
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• Prodrive
  ...[[Subaru]] and [[Aston Martin]]. Its Automotive Technology division based in Warwick provides road car design and engineering consultation for various c ...ps best known for its involvement in the [[World Rally Championship]] with the Subaru World Rally Team.
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• 1997 Brazilian Grand Prix
  ...] near [[Interlagos]], Brazil on March 30, 1997. It was the second race of the [[1997 Formula One Season]]. ...r any money for the team. After the race the team officially resigned from the championship.
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• Autocross
  ...out the sport as practiced in the United States. For similar competitions in other countries, see [[Autocross (disambiguation)]].}} ...to 70 seconds in length. In addition to being a national-level motorsport in its own right, autocrossing is a good way to learn skills that transfer to
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• Cooper Car Company
  ...name lives on in the [[Mini Cooper]] production cars that are still built in England but are now owned and marketed by [[BMW]]. ...orcycle engine, they believed it was more convenient to have the engine in the back, driving a chain.
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• BMW V12 LMR
  ...sportscar project and quickly replace the V12 LM with a new car for 1999, the V12 LMR. ...r wing. A total of four new chassis were built by WilliamsF1 in the United Kingdom.
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• Radical
  ...rs are road legal, they also build some purpose-built racing cars, such as the SR9 [[Le Mans prototype]]. ...ts. The cars were intended to run in the [[750 Motor Club]]'s races under the [[Sports 2000]] category, with co-founder Hyde driving.
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• McLaren MP4-25
  ...le sponsor [[Vodafone]]'s headquarters in [[Newbury, Berkshire]], [[United Kingdom]] on January 29, 2010. ...lts legend 2|key]]) (results in '''bold''' indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
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• Driving
  '''Driving''' is the controlled operation of a land [[vehicle]], such as a [[automobile|car]], [ ...e legally considered '''drivers''' and are required to obey the [[rules of the road]].
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• Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
  {{Motorsport venue ...rother [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro]] also lost his life behind the wheel years later).
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• Ginetta Cars
  ...ded in 1958 by the four Walklett brothers (Bob, Ivor, Trevers and Douglas) in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. ...eached 120 mph with a 1500 cc engine. The series III version of 1966 added the then popular pop up headlights.
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• Alfa Romeo 155
  |Weight = '''Weight - you get the point''' The '''Alfa Romeo 155''' is a [[compact executive car]] produced by the Italian automaker [[Alfa Romeo]] between 1992 and 1998.
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• List of 24 Hours of Le Mans winners
  ...sports car]] [[endurance race]] and one of the most famous and influential in motorsports history. ...all editions since 1923 are listed here, with the exception of 1936, where the race was not run due to worker strikes, and 1940 to 1948, due to World War
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• Honda CRX
  ...'''Honda CRX''', originally launched as the '''Honda Ballade Sports CRX''' in Japan, was a ...a Civic CRX'''. The name "CRX" and what it stands for is widely disputed, the more popular meaning is "Civic Renaissance Model X", although some believe
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• List of Mitsubishi engines
  *The first (digit) signifies the number of [[Cylinder (engine)|cylinders]]; "2"&nbsp;=&nbsp;[[straight-2]], ...ies were introduced using the letter "A" to denote that all the engines in the family had an [[alloy]] [[cylinder head]]. Their latest engines, however, d
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• Grand Prix Masters
  ...took place on 11-13 November, but the series folded after a 2 race season in 2006. ! Age in 2005/2006
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• Touring car racing
  ...ing]] competitions in heavily-modified street cars. It is notably popular in Britain, Germany, Scandinavia, and Australia. ...e racing close (sometimes by a "lead trophy" where winning a race requires the winner's car to be heavier for subsequent races).
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• Honda F1 Racing
  ...ent from the remains of Honda F1 marks Mercedes' return to Formula 1 since the 1950's. ...Jack Brabham's team. Honda competed as a constructor in 47 Grands Prix in the 1960s.
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• Alta Car and Engineering Company
  ...so supplied engines to a small number of other constructors, most noteably the [[Connaught|Connaught]] and [[Hersham and Walton Motors|HWM]] teams. ...en twin overhead [[camshafts]], which he designed himself. It was offered in normal or [[supercharger|supercharged]] form giving 49 or 76[[Horsepower|bh
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• Ultima
  ...riginal Ultima cars were launched in 1983, and featured the V6 engine from the Renault 30. These cars were primarily racing cars, with Lee Noble campaigni ...der|Spyder]], as well as the original [[Ultima Mk. 1]] and its successors, the [[Ultima Mk. 2]] and [[Ultima Mk. 3]].
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• Spanish Grand Prix
  | Fastest_lap_driver = {{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Lewis Hamilton]] ...ently held at the [[Circuit de Catalunya]] in Barcelona, Spain, as part of the annual Formula One championship season.
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• Formula Three
  ...is regarded as a key investment in a young driver's future career. Success in F3 can lead directly to more senior formulae such as [[FIA Formula Two Cham ...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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• List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions
  ...]]. The first driver to win multiple Championships was [[Alberto Ascari]], in [[1952 Formula One season|1952]] and [[1953 Formula One season|1953]]. ...s in [[2002 Formula One season|2002]], when [[Michael Schumacher]] secured the title with six races remaining.
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• VR6 engine
  ...ustry]] concern, [[Volkswagen Group]] in the late 1980s, and evolutions of the original variant are still produced by them today. ...each other by an angle of either 10.6&nbsp;degrees (°) or 15° - instead of the more common 45°, 60°, or 90° as found on conventional Vee engines.
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• Race car
  ...nineteenth century and is now one of the world's most popular, and perhaps the most thoroughly commercialized, spectator sports. === The start===
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• Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft
  ...stroyed by fire, and again to Berlin in 1922. Other factories were located in Marienfelde (near Berlin) and Sindelfingen (next to Stuttgart). ...on contract by Wilhelm Maybach for [[Emil Jellinek]], it began to produce the ''[[Mercedes|Mercedes]]'' model of 1902, after which automobile production
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• Lola
  ...sifying into one of the oldest and largest manufacturers of racing cars in the world. ...cturer Lola Aylings. Lola was acquired by [[Martin Birrane]] in 1998 after the unsuccessful Lola MasterCard attempt at [[Formula 1]].
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• List of Formula One constructors
  ...rs|Formula One constructors]]''' which have competed or plan to compete in the [[Formula One#Distinction between Formula One and World Championship races| ...f this preparation role and active involvement in the running of the race, the term "team" has become commonly applied to an entrant organisation.
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• French Grand Prix
  The '''French Grand Prix''' ('''''1906-1967:''' Grand Prix de l'ACF, '''1968-20 ...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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• Monaco Grand Prix
  ...lamour 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. ...ogmen (divers) are employed to rescue any drivers who happen to crash into the harbour.
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• Sports car racing
  ...ces emphasise endurance (races are typically anywhere from 2.5 to 24 hours in length), reliability and strategy over pure speed. Longer races usually inv ...ring and styling. It is this close association with the 'exotic' nature of the cars that serves as a useful distinction between sports car racing and tour
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• Renault F1
  ...s]]. For the team which debuted in 2010 and which will use Renault engines in 2011 [[Lotus Racing]].'' ...icon|France}} Viry-Châtillon, France <br/> {{flagicon|UK}} Enstone, United Kingdom
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• Drag racing
  ...lobe. By 2009, there were hundreds of [[dragstrip]]s in operation, mainly in developed countries. ...<ref>Medley's character, 'Stroker' McGurk, displayed a 'chute in a cartoon in ''Hot Rod''. ''Rod Action'', 2/85, p.32.</ref>
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• International Motor Sports Association
  ...rmer employee of [[SCCA]] (Sports Car Club of America), and his wife Peggy in 1969 with help from [[William France Sr.|Bill France, Sr.]] of [[NASCAR]]. ...erica]] (SCCA) staff member. Allen offered Bishop a management position on the SCCA Contest Board, which Bishop quickly accepted. Bishop moved to Westpor
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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 Marc ...iver to do so. He was also the first British champion since [[Damon Hill]] in [[1996 Formula One Season|1996]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au
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• 2009 Formula One season
  ...Prix on 29 March 2009. It ended on 1 November 2009 with the inaugural race in Abu Dhabi. ...e Championship had been won by English drivers in consecutive seasons, and the first time since [[Graham Hill]] (1968) and [[Jackie Stewart]] (1969) that
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• Bernie Ecclestone
  ...ix. Ecclestone himself attempted to compete in two Grand Prix races during the 1958 season but failed to qualify for either of them. He is also the co-owner of Queens Park Rangers Football Club.
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• Citroën DS
  ...Citroën sold nearly 1.5 million D-series during its 20 years of production.The DS is well-known for its futuristic, aerodynamic body design, and for its i ...ery unusual in 1955, public tastes appear to have caught up with the DS in the post-[[Ford Taurus]]/[[Audi 100]] era.
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