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...oratio Nelson Jackson]] in his 2-seat [[Winton automobile|Winton]] touring car, "The Vermont", drives across America]] [[Image:Studebaker1920.jpg|thumb|250px|1920 [[Studebaker Big Six]] '''touring car''' with its top down. The folded top behind passengers was known as the "fa

...cuit, sponsored, legal form of [[street racing]] performed by professional drivers. ==Characteristics of a touring car==

...mula|Benetton]] and later for [[Scuderia Italia]]. He scored a total of 3 championship points. ...volution]] and the [[Italian Superturismo Championship|Italian Touring car championship]] in 1994 and 1995 driving for [[Audi]].

Sir '''John Young Stewart''', Order of the British Empire (born 11 June 1939 in Milton, Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire), ...ocal reputation. He drove for [[Ecurie Ecosse]] and competed in the [[1953 British Grand Prix]], until he went off at Copse Corner in the wet. It was only nat

...intscoring systems]] for more information). Number without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored. |First race || [[1950 British Grand Prix]]

...pionship|BTCC]]; [[Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters|DTM]]; [[World Touring Car Championship|WTCC]] ...Clark|Clark Curve]], whose off-camber, uphill approach tends to carry the car towards the outside. After the Clark Curve comes the pit straight, and anot

|Body Styles:||[[FF layout|FF]] [[mid-size car|mid-size]] sedan The '''Alfa Romeo 155''' is a [[compact executive car]] produced under the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Alfa Romeo]] [[marque]] between 19

...he name [[Alfa Corse]] or Autodelta) and private entries. The first racing car was made in [[1913]], three years after the foundation of A.L.F.A., the [[A ...ately after it was founded. [[Giuseppe Merosi]] built very advanced racing car in 1914, named as [[Alfa Romeo Grand Prix|Grand Prix]]. In 1920 [[Giuseppe

...]], [[1986]]. He won 1 race, achieved 9 podiums, and scored a total of 65 championship points. After joining [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]] for 1988 he immediatel ...s right hand, Nannini was able to carve out a successful career in touring car racing with [[Alfa Romeo]] in the 1990s. A number of strong victories remin

...t over the line was [[Émile Levassor]] but he was disqualified because his car was not a required four-seater. [[Image:formula_one_car.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A modern Formula One car]]

...t over the line was [[Émile Levassor]] but he was disqualified because his car was not a required four-seater. [[Image:formula_one_car.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A modern Formula One car]]

...the final preparatory step for drivers hoping to enter the [[Formula One]] championship. [[Formula Two]] had become too expensive, and was dominated by works-run ...ted with a straight-six short-stroke BMW. This was converted into a sports car, however.

...gural season of the [[Grand Prix Masters]] formula for retired Formula One drivers. ...quiet Italian drew good notices for his attitude and skill in such a poor car (notably qualifying 16th for the [[1987 Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco Grand Prix

...Alboreto]]. In 1981 he moved to [[Formula 2]] and was again second in the championship, this time behind [[Geoff Lees]]. The 1981 24 Hours of Le Mans started at 1 ...geot was traveling at some 350 km/h. A suspension piece had failed and the car hit the guard-rail losing the entire rear end. Boutsen was untouched, but t

...t over the line was [[Émile Levassor]] but he was disqualified because his car was not a required four-seater. [[Image:formula_one_car.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A modern Formula One car]]

...made it, to some, the best looking car in its class. For any, this is the car with the 'hidden' rear door handles which are now commonplace. The 156 was a highly developed front-wheel drive car (the station wagon offered all-wheel drive in left-hand drive markets) with

...the [[Carrera Panamericana]], the ''MM'' made ''[[Gran Turismo]]'' (Grand Touring) sports cars like [[Alfa Romeo]], [[Ferrari]] (which debuted as a marque in ==Car numbering==

|Car number || 21 ...[[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]] in the [[International Touring Car Championship]] series.

...g the [[1997 24 Hours of Le Mans]] and [[2001 12 Hours of Sebring]] sports car races. Alboreto competed in [[Formula One]] from {{f1|1981}} until {{f1|199 ...] and a [[FIA European Formula Three Championship|European Formula Three]] Championship crown in 1980 paved the way for the Italian's entrance into Formula One wit

| Nationality || {{flagiconUK}} [[United Kingdom|British]] ...ords#Career points|all-time scorers list]], being the top [[United Kingdom|British]] scorer. He has won thirteen grands prix, including two at [[Monaco Grand

...th [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] [[Formula One]] World Championship season. It commenced on [[March 9]], [[1997]], and ended on [[October 26]] [[Image:Portrait 1997.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The 24 drivers line up for the pre-season photograph, at the [[1997 Australian Grand Prix]

|Nationality || {{flagiconUK}} [[United Kingdom|British]] ...ntscoring systems]] for more information). Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

|Layout & Class:||[[FF layout|FF]] [[Mid-size car]] ...a Romeo 156''' (known internally as the type 932) is a [[compact executive car]] introduced by [[Italy|Italian]] automaker [[Alfa Romeo]] at the 1997 [[Fr

...amon Hill]] of [[WilliamsF1]] by 33 points. Benetton won the Constructor's Championship, beating Williams by a comfortable 29 points. ...cher winning nine races and Hill winning four races. Benetton and Williams drivers dominated the field, victorious in all but one race.

...ver 25 km, it allows the participation of more than 200 cars, and over 700 drivers. ...of Le Mans]]. The ADAC had held its first [[1000 km Nürburgring]] [[sports car racing]] event in 1953. As the [[1000 km Spa]] had been introduced in 1966,

...kkönen]], the [[2007 Formula One season|2007]] [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|world champion]], finished the season ranked 3rd.]] ...o win the title and the first black driver to do so. He was also the first British champion since [[Damon Hill]] in [[1996 Formula One Season|1996]].

...d in [[2002]] as the successor to the [[Lamborghini Diablo|Diablo]]. The [[car body style|body style]] is a two door, two seat [[coupé]]. To celebrate La Lamborghini have announced two more powerful models, the XTR, a track-only car with a 700 bhp version of the V12, and the LP640 with 640 bhp. Although the

...sored drivers and manufactured racecars; the company went into independent car production in 1946, eventually became '''Ferrari [[Joint stock company|S.p. ...s headquartered in Modena. Ferrari prepared and successfully raced various drivers in [[Alfa Romeo]] cars until 1938, when he was officially hired by Alfa as

|Car number || 4 ...(born [[September 20]], [[1975]], in [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]]) is a [[race car driver]] in [[NASCAR]] and a former [[Formula One]] and [[CART]] driver. He

...Japan.jpg|thumb|[[Mark Webber]], Vettel's teammate, finished third in the championship]] ...i Grand Prix|Abu Dhabi]] where three other drivers could also have won the championship; Vettel's Red Bull Racing team mate [[Mark Webber]], [[Scuderia Ferrari|Fer

|Car number || 5 ...an to have won the [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|drivers' championship]].

...11 [[Targa Florio]] with two 24 HP models. In 1914, an advanced Grand Prix car was designed and built, the [[Alfa Romeo Grand Prix|GP1914]] which featured ...Romeo with the [[Alfa Romeo 20/30 HP|Torpedo 20-30 HP]] becoming the first car to be badged as such.Their first success came in 1920 when [[Giuseppe Campa

| Nationality || {{flagiconUK}} British ...t association that represents the interests of motoring organisations and car users worldwide. The FIA is also the governing body for [[Formula One]] and