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• Williams F1
  ...nk Williams|Sir Frank Williams]] and [[Patrick Head]]. The team was formed in [[1977 Formula One season|1977]] after two earlier and, compared with Willi ...]]. This stood as a record until [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] surpassed it in [[2000 Formula One season|2000]].
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• Stirling Moss
  ...information). Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.</ref> ...ember 1929 in London) is a former racing driver from England. His success in a variety of categories placed him among the world's elite &ndash; he is of
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• The Stig
  ...[[Jeremy Clarkson]], [[Richard Hammond]], and [[James May]] as a presenter in the end credits. ...g a lap time in the "Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car" feature on the show. In addition, The Stig carries out other driving and personal appearance duties
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• Automobile layout
  ...Many different combinations of engine location and driven wheels are found in practice, and the location of each is dependent on the application the vehi ...used in cars today is the front-engine, front-wheel drive, with the engine in front of the front axle, driving the front wheels. This layout is typically
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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. ...008 it was the first time the Championship had been won by English drivers in consecutive seasons, and the first time since [[Graham Hill]] (1968) and [[
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• Lola
  ...versifying into one of the oldest and largest manufacturers of racing cars in the world. ...ng boat manufacturer Lola Aylings. Lola was acquired by [[Martin Birrane]] in 1998 after the unsuccessful Lola MasterCard attempt at [[Formula 1]].
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• Japanese Grand Prix
  | Fastest_lap_driver = {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Mark Webber]] The '''Japanese Grand Prix''' (日本グランプリ, Nihon-guranpuri) is a race in the calendar of the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] [[F
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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. | {{flagicon|Germany}} Team [[BMW Motorsport]]
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• Holden Special Vehicles
  ...bile]] manufacturer [[Holden]]. Based in Clayton, Victoria and established in 1987, HSV modifies [[Holden]] products such as the [[Holden Commodore|Commo ...s operation run by [[Peter Brock]], after Holden severed its ties with HDT in February 1987 following the "Energy Polarizer" and "HDT Director" controver
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• V8 engine
  ...)|cylinder]]s mounted on the [[crankcase]] in two banks of four cylinders, in most cases set at a right angle to each other but sometimes at a narrower a ...kshaft with heavy counterweights to eliminate the vibrations. This results in an engine which is smoother than a [[V6 engine|V6]], while being considerab
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• Rallying
  ...ng not on a [[Race track|circuit]], but instead in a point-to-point format in which participants and their co-drivers drive between set control points ([ ...d of Motor Racing 1894–1908" page 1. Royal Automobile Club 1909, reprinted in facsimile 1949.</ref>
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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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• Mark Webber
  Nationality = {{flagicon|Australia}} Australian | | Team(s) = [[Mercedes-AMG|AMG]]-[[Mercedes-Benz in motorsport|Mercedes]]
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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 ...ers have in many cases been very similar to the cars that were raced, both in engineering and styling. It is this close association with the 'exotic' nat
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• Citroën DS
  ...'' (also known as '''Déesse''', or ''Goddess'', after the punning initials in French) was an [[automobile]] produced by the French manufacturer [[Citroë ...d very unusual in 1955, public tastes appear to have caught up with the DS in the post-[[Ford Taurus]]/[[Audi 100]] era.
  31 KB (4,913 words) - 09:44, 12 December 2010
• 1994 Formula One season
  ...San Marino Grand Prix|San Marino Grand Prix]]. Forty-six drivers competed in the 1994 World Championship, including fourteen rookies and numerous pay dr The big news in the paddock after the 1993 season was the retirement of defending World Cha
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• Monaco Grand Prix
  ...ory, the spectacle of the event, and the glamour associated with it result in the race being considered the jewel of the Formula One crown.<ref>[http://w ...evation 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 an
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• 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans
  | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Graham Hill]]<br>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Derek Jolly]] [[Category:1959 in motorsport|Le Mans]]
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• NASCAR
  ...exhibition races in Suzuka City, Japan, Motegi City, Japan, and Melbourne, Australia.<ref name="race-ref-exhibition">{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference. ...g to its southern roots, all but a handful of NASCAR teams are still based in North Carolina, especially near Charlotte.
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• Renault F1
  ...s]]. For the team which debuted in 2010 and which will use Renault engines in 2011 [[Lotus Racing]].'' | Director = [[James Allison (motorsport)|James Allison]]
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