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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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• Ducati
  ...ty-four-hour race at the [[Montjuic circuit]] for three consecutive years, 1956 to 1958. ...testing the [[Ducati Desmosedici|Desmosedici GP7]], Ducati's 2007 [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|MotoGP]] race bike. The GP7 complies with new regulations
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• Stanguellini
  ...ries, notably when Vincenzo Auricchio in a Stanguellini 1100 won the Grand Prix of Pescara ahead of Cortese. Similarly at [[Florence]] the Stanguellini aga ...al problems. A lack of sponsorship funding made further competing with the British teams impossible.{{-}}
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• Dante Giacosa
  ...sion was [[Tranquillo Zerbi]], designer of [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] cars for Fiat. In 1933 when work commenced on the Fiat 500, the director ...ir last rear-engined saloon car the "126", a four-seat car the size of a [[British Motor Corporation|BMC]] [[Mini]] on the wheelbase of the "500". The engine
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• Max Mosley
  | Nationality || {{flagiconUK}} British ...gies in motor racing. In 2008, stories about his sex life appeared in the British press. Despite the controversy, Mosley retained his position.
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• Champcars
  ...became the first sanctioning body for auto racing in the United States. In 1956, the '''[[United States Automobile Club]] (USAC)''' was founded to take ove British driver [[Nigel Mansell]], the 1992 F1 Driver's Champion, switched to CART i
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• Indianapolis 500
  ...(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 ...8 its first success at the race. The following year, [[1966]], saw another British win, this time [[Graham Hill]] in a [[Lola]]-Ford.
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• Le Mans 24 Hours
  ...[[1923]] and has since been run annually in June, with the exceptions of [[1956]] (July) and [[1968]] (in September, due to nationwide political turmoils i ...major and minor races were cancelled in 1955, like the [[Formula_One|Grand Prix]] races in Germany and [[Switzerland]] - the latter country banned circuit
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