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|Record driver || [[Robert Doornbos]] ...dvoort]], before plunging under a bridge. Another A1GP's track commentator John Watson believed that the bumpy is the consequence of the track is located i

...Car Cup. The race has throughout its history has been run by the [[British Racing & Sports Car Club]] (BRSCC), which was also responsible for the aforementio ...company, after its owner Roger Williams was approached to sponsor a motor racing event at the circuit. Roger talked about sponsoring a 6- or 24-hour event,

...ing|automobile racing]], held on a closed mixed-surface [[circuit (racing)|racing circuit]], with modified production or specially built road [[automobile|ca ...oming from the ranges of [[British autocross|autocross]] and [[autograss]] racing.

* [[Bernd Mayländer]] - Driver of the [[Safety car]] * [[Martin Whitmarsh]] - CEO of the McLaren Formula One team

...''1000km Spa''' is an [[Endurance racing|endurance race]] for [[Sports car racing|sports cars]] held at [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps]] in Belgium. | {{flagiconUnited Kingdom}} [[John Wyer|J.W. Automotive Engineering]]

People who have engaged in [[auto racing]]: * [[John Andretti]]

'''Circuito Permanente de Jerez''' is a 4,428 m (2.752-[[mile]]s) racing circuit located in the city of [[Jerez de la Frontera]], deep within the [[ ...ation, including a new chicane (the ''Senna'' curve) at the corner where [[Martin Donnelly]] had an appalling accident. Jerez also hosted the 1997 [[European

...racing]] course styled after those used in [[Europe]]an [[Grand Prix motor racing]]. The race is now considered one of the premier endurance races in the Uni [[Image:amdbr9.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Aston Martin DBR9 at dusk during the 2005 12 Hours of Sebring]]

| {{flagiconAUS}} [[Steve Martin|Martin]] | {{flagiconGBR}} [[John Reynolds (motorcycle racer)|Reynolds]]

The '''Spa 24 Hours''' is an [[endurance racing]] event held annually in [[Belgium]] at the [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps] ...h and a 1000km race is held at Spa, as the [[1000km Spa]] for [[sports car racing]] were introduced in 1966.

The '''Total 24 Hours of Spa''' is an [[endurance racing]] event held annually in [[Belgium]] at the [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps] ...h and a 1000km race is held at Spa, as the [[1000km Spa]] for [[sports car racing]] were introduced in 1966.

...both car and motorcycle races are held. Every year more than three hundred racing drivers and riders gather for the annual event. ...nthusiasts. The race continued as an amateur race until 1966, when Belgian driver Mauro Bianchi entered the race with a car by Renault Sport, mostly to promo

...om Kristensen 2008.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Eight-time Le Mans winner, Danish driver [[Tom Kristensen]]]] ...of Le Mans]]''' (''24 heures du Mans'') is the world's oldest [[Sports car racing|sports car]] [[endurance race]] and one of the most famous and influential

!No.!!Team!!Car!!Div.!!Tyre!!Driver ...Italy}} [[Nicola Tesini]]<br/>{{flagiconAustralia}} [[Kevin Bartlett (race driver)|Kevin Bartlett]]

The '''Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy)''' is a [[motorcycle racing]] event held on the [[Isle of Man]] since 1907. The race is run on public r Motor racing began on the Isle of Man in 1904 with the Gordon Bennett car trials.

...historical title, the '''24 Hours of Daytona''') is a 24-hour [[sports car racing|sports car]] [[endurance race]] held annually at [[Daytona International Sp ...us their first Formula One win at Monaco in 1960]] despite being a factory driver for [[Porsche]] at that time. Many [[Porsche 718]]s were driven by [[privat

...) [[Auto racing|racing driver]]. Twice World Champion, he was the dominant driver of his era. ...from the off. By 1958 Clark was racing for the local Border Reivers team, racing [[Jaguar D-Type]]s and [[Porsche]]s in national events, and winning 18 race

...k in 1962, the circuit hosted its first [[Formula One]] [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] the same year, as a non-Championship race. The following year ...p [[1962 Mexican Grand Prix]] (Ricardo's brother [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro]] would also lose his life behind the wheel years later).

|Record driver || [[Nigel Mansell]] |Record team2 || [[Chip Ganassi Racing]]

[[André Guilbert]] was the first driver to die in June 1925 during the race's third year, although this was due to ! Driver

The '''FIA GT Championship''' is a [[sports car racing]] series organized by the [[Stéphane Ratel Organisations]] (SRO) at the be ...and GT2, or '''Series Grand Touring Cars'''. Each category has an annual driver champion, team champion, and manufacturer champion. Both categories are ba

| Record driver || Helio Castroneves ...ing track (used for both [[auto racing]] and [[Motorcycle sport|motorcycle racing]]) originally built in 1957 near [[Monterey, California|Monterey]], [[Calif

This is a '''list of driver records''' in the [[Formula One#Distinction between Formula One and World C !style="background:darkred"|'''Driver records'''

...won several championships in [[open wheel racing|open wheel]] [[Indy Car]] racing. ...''The Hustler'', Newman reprised his role of "Fast" Eddie Felson in the [[Martin Scorsese]]-directed ''[[The Color of Money]]'' (1986), for which he won the

...] containing closed public roads that are meant not only to test a car and driver's ability to be quick, but also to last over a 24-hour period. ...reliable but also fuel-efficient vehicles, since the nature of [[endurance racing]] requires as little time to be spent in the pits as possible.

...ngs. An entrant is the person or corporate entity that registers a car and driver for a race, and is then responsible for preparing and maintaining that car ...entity (e.g. [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], [[Toyota F1|Toyota]], [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] etc.) then the make is simply the name of that one constructor

| Most wins driver || [[Lex Davidson]] (4); [[Michael Schumacher]] (4) | Pole driver || [[Kimi Räikkönen]]

...so the [[list of Formula One drivers who never qualified for a race]]. The driver who has entered the most World Championship races is [[Riccardo Patrese]], Up until [[1990 Formula One season|1990]], not all points scored by a driver contributed to their final World Championship tally (''see [[List of Formul

...r]] [[1960]] in [[London]]) is a retired [[United Kingdom|British]] racing driver and the 1996 [[Formula One]] World Champion. He is the son of the late doub ...rmula 3, where he won four races, Hill ascended another tier of open wheel racing by joining Mooncraft in the International [[Formula 3000]] championship, wh

...the late 1960s, replacing the previously used [[list of international auto racing colors|national colors]]. With [[sponsor (commercial)|sponsor]]s becoming m ...s its origin in a shade of red known as [[rosso corsa]] being the national racing color of Italy. At certain events where tobacco sponsorships are prohibited

...ours of Le Mans''' (''24 heures du Mans'') is the most famous [[Sports car racing|sports car]] [[endurance race]]. It is held at ''[[Circuit de la Sarthe]]'' ...g the car that has covered the greatest distance in 24 hours of continuous racing. This rule appears obvious, but the [[1966]] race saw a surprise winner. Fo

[[image:DB5-2a.jpg|right|thumb|350px|[[Aston Martin DB5]] the most famous James Bond car]] ...to calculate the stunt and specified 1460.06 kg for the weight of car and driver, the exact angles and the 15.86 m distance between the ramps, as well as th

==1955 The worst accident in racing history== ...50TR) was the winner driven by [[Phil Hill]] and Oliver Gendebien. [[Aston Martin]] finished 2nd. and 3rd went to a [[Porsche]] RS/K with only 1600cc, an ama

...AT mechanicals. The year 1937 saw the birth of the Squadra Stanguellini, a racing team that was composed of [[Baravelli]] and [[Zanella]] with [[Fiat 500]]'s ...fino saw its one and only moment of glory when driven by Walt Hangsen as a driver for team Cunningham it won the pole position at [[Daytona]] in 1962, but re

*[[John Cabot|Giovanni Caboto]] *[[Alberto Ascari]] ([[1918]]-[[1955]]), race car driver

[[Formula One]] has its roots in the European [[Grand Prix motor racing]] (''q.v.'' for pre-1947 history) of the 1920s and 1930s. However, the foun ...tionale (CSI) of the FIA, forerunner of FISA, as the premier single seater racing category in worldwide motorsport. It was initially known as Formula A, but