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...illegal, as such driving is prohibited by many traffic regulations. Speeds in an illegal street race can reach easily over 100 miles per hour and due to Most common form of street racing in the US is a [[drag race]] of [[automotive tuning|modified]] stock cars happ

|Location || {{flagiconJapan}} [[Shizuoka Prefecture]], [[Japan]] ...t, replacing the [[Suzuka Circuit]] as host to the [[Japanese Grand Prix]] in the [[2007 Formula One season]].[http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns16383.html]

...World Champions|World Champion]]. His penchant for consistently finishing in the points earned him the nickname "Steady Eddie". ...1981 and 1982. He also won the AMA 250cc road racing National Championship in 1980 and 1981 for Kawasaki.

...peted or plan to compete in the [[A1 Grand Prix|A1 Grand Prix World Cup of Motorsport]]. ...-08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands|Round 1]]. 27 teams got involved in, at least one [[A1 Grand Prix]] race.

...nd more recently, the [[Dodge Neon SRT-4]]. The name for any sport compact in a hatchback form is a "hot hatch". ...compact is usually designed with a practical design philosophy and profit in mind. This philosophy has led to several compromises when it comes to perfo

...ace)'' is an endurance motorcycle race held at the [[Suzuka Circuit]] in [[Japan]] each year. As the name implies, the race runs for eight hours consecutiv The race began in 1978 as a race for prototype [[Isle of Man TT|Tourist Trophy]] Formula One

'''Oversteer''' is a phenomenon that can occur in an [[automobile]] which is attempting to turn. The car is said to overstee ...control. The driving technique called [[opposite lock]] is meant to cope in this circumstance.

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==Japan== *[[Taupo Motorsport Park]] - [[Taupo]]

In [[1985]], the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]] (FIA) created ...It has been observed [[Bernie Ecclestone]] had purchased a job-lot of DFVs in 1984, with no obvious use for them at the time).

...p]], which was held annually in 1900-1905, and were definitely established in the [[Interwar period|1920s and 1930s era]] of [[Grand Prix motor racing]], ...Benz and Audi used silver paint when they returned to international racing in the 1990s.

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...[Cooper Tire & Rubber Company|Cooper Avon]]). The following teams competed in the 2005-06 championship: |[[Lauda Motorsport Management]]

|Caption || Mika Salo in 2007 ...[Formula One]] driver. His best ranking was 10th in the world championship in 1999.

...allying|rally]] car during the 1970s and early 1980s. It started a new era in rallying as it was the first car designed from scratch for this kind of com ...cept car called '''Stratos Zero''' first shown at the [[Turin Motor Show]] in 1970. The body was wedge-shaped, and unusually short and wide, providing ma

...pe of [[formula racing]]. It was replaced by [[Formula 3000]] in 1985, but in 2009 the [[Formula Two]] name returns. The 2009 FIA Formula Two Championshi ...y of Formula One, Formula Two has represented the penultimate step on the motorsport ladder.

...ainty about the future of the sport, and disagreements about the direction in which Formula One should progress. ...in which [[Michael Schumacher]] won the World Championship for five years in a row. The massive commercial interests of car companies and team sponsors

...nd races (collectively known as ''A1GP World Cup of Motorsport'') are held in the traditional Formula One off season, the northern hemisphere winter. ...am, Sigma Autosport, was later brought in as the General Franchise Manager in 2005. AutosportRacing.com later received articles about Mr Cherry's job at

...p's ''Tipo'' [[Automobile platform|platform]], the 155 was somewhat larger in dimension than the [[Alfa Romeo 75|75]] but evolved its styling from that o ...yout on a car from this sporting marque — the 155 was considered not in the tradition of Alfa's sporting saloons.{{Fact|date=June 2008}}

...Formula One season]], after [[Paul Stoddart]] sold his remaining interest in the Minardi team at the end of 2005. Scuderia Toro Rosso is the sister team ...e end of 2006. The team principal is [[Franz Tost]], formerly of [[BMW]]'s motorsport division. Its latest car, the [[STR2|STR2]] is nearly identical to the Red

*[[Mallala Motorsport Park]], [[South Australia]] There are 35 racing circuits in Brazil's history. 13 of them are active.

...rari]] in the Italian sports car business. The Italian company was founded in 1963 by businessman [[Ferruccio Lamborghini]] (April 28, 1916 February 20, ...process, he discovered that the design shared components with the clutches in the tractors manufactured by his own company. Encouraged by his discovery,

...ed {{IPA|/ˈki.mi ˈmɑ.ti.ɑs ˈræik.kø.nen/}}) (born [[October 17]], [[1979]] in [[Espoo]], [[Finland]]) is a race car driver, currently driving for [[Scude ...r promise from his team boss. Heading to [[Team McLaren|McLaren Mercedes]] in [[2002 Formula One season|2002]] he was nicknamed ''Iceman'' and began to b

...ans]] and [[2001 12 Hours of Sebring]] sports car races. Alboreto competed in [[Formula One]] from {{f1|1981}} until {{f1|1994}}, racing for a number of ...ean Formula Three Championship|European Formula Three]] Championship crown in 1980 paved the way for the Italian's entrance into Formula One with the [[T

...hird, securing ten podium finishes and one [[pole position]]. Along with [[Japan|Japanese]] team mate [[Takuma Sato]], [[British American Racing|BAR]] impre ...nd [[Toyota F1|Toyota]] were excluded from the race due to an irregularity in the brake ducts. That meant the [[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan]] team was the

...tsworld Communicators]], who also produce the daily event highlights shown in 186 countries. ...ip season|1973]]. The [[World Rally Car]] is the current car specification in the series. It evolved from [[Group A]] cars which replaced the banned [[Gr

...nsor (commercial)|sponsor]]s becoming more important with the rising costs in Formula One, many teams wanted to be able to display the logos of their spo ...ver the years however, like the red color of Ferrari, which has its origin in a shade of red known as [[rosso corsa]] being the national racing color of

...ia Speedway''') is a two-mile, low-banked, D-shaped oval [[superspeedway]] in [[Fontana, California]], similar to its "sister track" [[Michigan Internati ...ornia did not host a [[NASCAR]] race until California Speedway was opened. In addition to NASCAR, the raceway has also hosted open-wheel events from both

|Championships:||0 (2nd in [[1979 Formula One season|1979]]) ...ort career at the highest level. In 1979 he finished second by four points in the championship to teammate [[Jody Scheckter]].

[[Image:Felipe Massa 2008 2.jpg|thumb|[[Felipe Massa]], runner-up in 2008 by a single point.]] ...iver to do so. He was also the first British champion since [[Damon Hill]] in [[1996 Formula One Season|1996]].

...th [[Michael Schumacher]] finishing second and [[Mika Häkkinen]] finishing in third place. Villeneuve once again took pole position in [[1997 Brazilian Grand Prix|Brazil]], and once again he was off at the firs

...Company|Wrigley's]] [[Chevrolet Impala]] for [[Earnhardt Ganassi Racing]] in the [[Sprint Cup Series]]. ...with [[Jacques Villeneuve]]) who has won two legs of the [[Triple Crown of Motorsport]].

2001 was a year of beginnings and ends in Formula One. ...pions were taking to the grid for the very first time at the season opener in [[2001 Australian Grand Prix|Melbourne]]. Exciting Colombian talent and two

...echnologies in motor racing. In 2008, stories about his sex life appeared in the British press. Despite the controversy, Mosley retained his position. ...e briefly worked for the [[British Conservative Party|Conservative Party]] in the early 1980s.

...[Michael Schumacher]] of [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]] for the second year in a row, beating [[Damon Hill]] of [[WilliamsF1]] by 33 points. Benetton won ...four races. Benetton and Williams drivers dominated the field, victorious in all but one race.

...ula One constructors|Formula One constructors]] and [[Bernie Ecclestone]]. In particular, [[Mercedes-Benz]], [[BMW]], and [[Honda]] (collectively the [[G ...ll as the first Grand Prix to have a driver of [[Afro-Caribbean]] ancestry in the field.

...ill''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (born [[17 September]] [[1960]] in [[London]]) is a retired [[United Kingdom|British]] racing driver and the 1 ...aces, Hill ascended another tier of open wheel racing by joining Mooncraft in the International [[Formula 3000]] championship, where, although often comp

...information). Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored. ...e [[Champ Car|CART]] title in his debut season, making him the only person in history to hold both titles simultaneously. During the early nineties, Mans

[[File:Sebastian Vettel 2010 Japan.jpg|thumb|[[Sebastian Vettel]], the 2010 World Champion]] [[File:Fernando Alonso 2010 Malaysia.jpg|thumb|[[Fernando Alonso]] came in second behind Vettel by four points]]

...limited to automobiles built after World War II. Many odd vehicles emerged in the early days of the automobile industry. There is [[#Pre-War|a section]] ...riginal vehicle manufacturer and offered for commercial sale to the public in new condition - cars modified by either professional tuners or individuals

...nship]] and [[NASCAR]] (the other being [[Dan Gurney]]). He also won races in [[midget car racing|midget cars]], [[sprint car racing|sprint cars]], and [ ...and, along with [[Juan Pablo Montoya]], the only driver to have won a race in the [[NASCAR]] [[Sprint Cup Series]], Formula One, and an Indianapolis 500.

...al championships existed in [[South Africa]] and the [[United Kingdom|UK]] in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]]. ...erunner of FISA, as the premier single seater racing category in worldwide motorsport. It was initially known as Formula A, but the name Formula One was widely u