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• History of the automobile
  ''Also see'' [[History of steam road vehicles]] ...and in 1801 [[Richard Trevithick]] was running a full-sized vehicle on the road in [[Camborne]].
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• Michael Schumacher
  ...in Monaco after a controversial accident with Juan Pablo Montoya under the safety car period. He clinched a record [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champ ...Liuzzi from Scuderia Toro Rosso had a spin off at the first corner and the safety car had to come out to assist the marshals as the car was on the racing lin
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• Lamborghini Sesto Elemento
  ...trated format. The instruments provide information primarily on engine and road speed, as well as all parameters relating to engine condition. Only three p ...ques for decades - and regularly provide clear evidence of their collision safety. The monocoque in the Sesto Elemento, however, is made using innovative For
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• Grand Prix motorcycles
  ...as the [[Superbike World Championship]], that feature modified versions of road-going motorcycles available to the public. ...are owned by [[Dorna Sports]]. Teams are represented by the International Road Racing Teams Association (IRTA) and manufacturers by the Motorcycle Sport M
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• European Car of the Year
  Nominees are judged on the following criteria: design, comfort, safety, economy, handling, performance, functionality, environmental requirements, ....2 unit all the way up to the swift 1.8 GSi — and soon afterwards the road-burning 2.0 GTE 8v and 16v versions. Its wide range guaranteed the Kadett/A
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• Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
  ...opened in 1986, the circuit boasted a new pit complex, as well as improved safety all around. The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (as of 2006) has been the o ...kstretch. The oval is raced in anti-clockwise direction, as opposed to the road course.
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• List of automotive superlatives
  The list will also be limited to production road cars that meet the following conditions: ...2|F102]] (a two-stroke V6) ''(about 100 produced for testing, 13 fitted to road cars)''[http://www.dyna.co.za/cars/specs.htm]
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• Drifting (motorsport)
  ...es off the sealed road onto dirt, or whatever low-grip surface borders the road, to maintain or gain drift angle. Also colloquially called "Dirt Turbo". ...a [[road racing]] car. [[roll cage|Roll cages]] are sometimes employed for safety, and to improve the torsional rigidity of the car's frame, but are compulso
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• ...in a first lap collision, but continued driving there until running out of road and lifting his kart back on the race track. His mechanic thought Räikkön ...here a "punctured or damaged tyre" could be changed for "clear and genuine safety reasons" and there was no precedent for whether the stewards would consider
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• Auto rickshaw
  Safety is a major concern regarding auto rickshaws. Their flimsy chassis makes the ...e demand of a technologically updated and a least pollutant vehicle on the road. The new auto rickshaw slated to be launched in early 2006, is supposed to
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• Lamborghini
  ...borghini Jarama|Jarama]], which was designed to take into account new U.S. safety and emissions legislation. 1970 also saw the introduction of the [[Lamborgh ...agazine said, "With the 5.2 litre V-12, the LM002 can pass anything on the road—except a gas station".
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• 24 Hours Nürburgring
  ...0 EUR in advance for fuel. Typical entries range from second hand standard road cars to [[European Touring Car Championship]] vehicles and GT3 [[sports car ...de the track muddy. At 16:51, the race was started after two laps behind a safety car. Veteran Klaus Ludwig at the wheel of the [[Aston Martin DBRS9]] which
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• Paris-Roubaix
  | Discipline || Road '''Paris-Roubaix''' is a one-day professional [[Road bicycle racing|bicycle road race]] in northern [[France]] from [[Compiègne]] to [[Roubaix]], near the
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• Formula One car
  ...se of very soft compounds (to ensure that the tyre surface conforms to the road surface as closely as possible). However, since 2006, tire changes have bee In an effort to reduce speeds and increase driver safety, the FIA has continuously introduced new rules for F1 constructors since th
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• 2010 Formula One season
  ...he safety car as it emerged from the pit lane but after it had crossed the safety car control line. It took the race stewards twenty minutes to pass verdict ...ain in [[2010 Hungarian Grand Prix|Hungary]] after Vettel broke an obscure safety car rule and was issued with a drive-through penalty that demoted him to th
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• Fiat X1/9
  ...ndling, and was amongst the first cars to meet the abandoned late 60s U.S. safety regulations. ''Unlisted Author.'' (1977), ''Motor'', February 26 1977:<div ...ited States|U.S.]] market, additional emission control equipment and large safety bumpers were added, which sapped performance even more &mdash; an increase
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• ...opened in 1986, the circuit boasted a new pit complex, as well as improved safety all around. The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (as of 2008) has been the o ...retch. The oval is raced in counter-clockwise direction, as opposed to the road course.
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• Alfa Romeo
  ...osi continued as head designer, and the company continued to produce solid road cars as well as successful race cars (including the 40-60 HP and the [[Alfa ...eo the inaugural world championship for Grand Prix cars in 1925. For Alfa road cars Jano developed a series of small-to-medium-displacement 4, 6, and 8 cy
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• Mario Andretti
  ...1984). He was also one of only three drivers to win races on [[Road racing|road courses]], paved [[oval track|oval]]s, and [[dirt track racing|dirt tracks] ...ints. He won three 1974 USAC stock car races on road courses, and won four road course races in 1975.
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