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• Tourist Trophy
  ...per hour|mph]] (161 [[Kilometres per hour|km/h]]) lap, riding his [[Italy|Italian]] [[Gilera]]. Two years later, a new racing team, [[Honda]] of [[Japan]], p ...ng|Motorcycling World Championship]] and was the home of the British Grand Prix until 1976. The most successful rider was the late [[Joey Dunlop]] who won
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• Diatto
  ...tors. The [[Tipo]] 20 family (20, 20A and 20S) was released, and a [[Grand Prix]] car was developed using a [[supercharged]] 2-[[litre]] [[dohc]] eight [[c *Engine - 4 cylinder inline engine capacity 1995, Max 45CV to 2,700 rpm, overhead valves, a cam shaft in the head, Solex car
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• Mille Miglia
  ...later the [[Carrera Panamericana]], the ''MM'' made ''[[Gran Turismo]]'' (Grand Touring) sports cars like [[Alfa Romeo]], [[Ferrari]] (which debuted as a m ...in response to their home town of [[Brescia]] 'losing' the [[Italian Grand Prix]] to Monza. Together with a group of wealthy associates, they chose a race
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• Mario Andretti
  |First race ||[1968 Italian Grand Prix|1968]] [[Italian Grand Prix]] |First win ||[[1971 South African Grand Prix|1971]] [[South African Grand Prix]]
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• Ducati V-twin
  ...ine to appear after the [[Ducati Apollo]] was the 90°V twin, initial Grand Prix racing versions being 500 cc, and the production bikes were 750 cc. There w ...00 cc V twins were built to compete in Italian championship and Grand Prix events. Ducati felt that this would demonstrate the bike before a large aud
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• Juan Pablo Montoya
  |First race || [[2001 Australian Grand Prix]] |First win || [[2001 Italian Grand Prix]]
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• Ferrari
  '''Ferrari''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] manufacturer of racing cars and high-performance sports cars formed by [[ ...uce cars of his own; the Ferrari team first appeared on the European grand prix scene after the end of [[World War II]].
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• Zuri Metzgete
  ...st notable foreign winner in this period was [[Gino Bartali]] in 1946, the Italian beat arch rival [[Fausto Coppi]] in a contentious race, the two Italians ro ...he race started in Basel and finished in Zurich and was known as the Grand Prix Suisse.
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• List of Italians
  *[[Gian-Carlo Rota]], ([[1932]]-[[1999]]), Italian-born American mathematician and philosopher *[[Nikki Giovanni]], ([[1943]]) (half-Italian), poet and writer
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• List of Formula One drivers
  ...nt color="#505050">'''mid-gray'''</font>. Drivers who have entered a Grand Prix solely for the purpose of Friday testing (introduced in [[2003 Formula One This page is accurate up to and including the [[2007 Brazilian Grand Prix]] ([[October 21]], [[2007]])
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• Scuderia Ferrari
  Debut = [[1950 Italian Grand Prix|1950]] [[Italian Grand Prix]] | The team's numerous and ardent Italian fans have come to be known as ''[[tifosi]]''.
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• Stanguellini
  ...s located about 15 miles west of [[Bologna]]. Modena is famous for the the Italian Military Academy, a centuries old University, numerous churches and piazzas ...alership along the lines that later would be picked up by another great of Italian motorsports, [[Carlo Abarth]]. From 1935 onwards Stanguellini became synony
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• Ducati
  ...heda.bit?target=StrumentoMTA&isin=IT0001278081&lang=en DMH]) is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[motorcycle]] manufacturer located in [[Bologna, Italy]]. ...sold over 65% of its shares in Ducati. In December 2005 Ducati returned to Italian ownership with the sale of Texas Pacific's stake (minus one share) to Inves
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• Motorcycle speedway
  ...up]] whilst the highest overall scoring individual in the [[Speedway Grand Prix]] events is pronounced the Speedway world champion. ...ff which prevent rider and bike from crashing into the fans. In the Grands prix and [[Speedway Elite League|British]] and [[Poland|Polish elite]] leagues i
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• Alfa Romeo
  ...an advanced Grand Prix car was designed and built, the [[Alfa Romeo Grand Prix|GP1914]] which featured a four cylinder, double overhead camshafts, four va ...la Romeo]], who converted the factory to produce military hardware for the Italian and Allied war efforts. Munitions, aircraft engines and other components,
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• History of Formula One
  [[Formula One]] has its roots in the European [[Grand Prix motor racing]] (''q.v.'' for pre-1947 history) of the 1920s and 1930s. Howe ...anned. The first race under the new regulations was the [[1946 Turin Grand Prix]] held on [[1 September]], the race being won by [[Achille Varzi]] in an [[
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• 24 Hours of Le Mans
  ...own of [[Le Mans]], [[Sarthe]], [[France]]. Commonly known as the '''Grand Prix of Endurance''', it is organised by the [[Automobile Club de l'Ouest]] (ACO At a time when [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] racing was occurring throughout Europe, Le Mans was envisioned as a diffe
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• Indianapolis 500
  ...river at the wheel of an American car, European makers such as the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Fiat]] or [[France|French]] [[Peugeot]] companies soon developed their ...(183 in³) engine, inspired by the Peugeot [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] engine which had been serviced in his shop by [[Fred Offenhauser]] in 191
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• Alfa Romeo Alfetta
  ...|| [[Alfa Romeo 75]]<br>[[Alfa Romeo GTV & Spider|Alfa Romeo GTV (1995)]] ...a more balanced weight distribution, as used on the Alfetta 158/159 Grand Prix cars. The suspension relied on [[double wishbone]]s and [[torsion bar]]s at
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• Moto Guzzi
  The [[Italy|Italian]] [[motorcycle]] manufacturer '''Moto Guzzi''' (aka "Guzzi") has endured fr ...hanic serving in the [[Regia Aeronautica|Corpo Aeronautico Militare]] (the Italian Air Corp, ''CAM'') during the first World War: Carlo Guzzi (1889&ndash;1964
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