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• ...'''Autódromo Internacional do Algarve''' is a 4.692mi race circuit located in [[Portimão]], [[Portugal]]. With a total cost of €195 million (approxima ...ber 2008 and the circuit was homologated by both the [[FIM]] on 11 October 2008 and the [[FIA]] two days later.
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• Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
  | Pole team || [[McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz in motorsport|Mercedes]] | Third team || [[Brawn GP]]-[[Mercedes-Benz in motorsport|Mercedes]]
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• Mugello Circuit
  ...''' ({{lang|it|''Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello''}}) is a race track in the [[Mugello region]] of [[Italy]] near [[Florence]]. Its length is 5.245 ...21 September 2008. However, the race had to be cancelled due to the delay in building the new chassis for the new race cars.
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• Scandinavian Raceway
  The '''Scandinavian Raceway''' is a 2.505-[[mile]] race circuit in Anderstorp ([[Gislaved Municipality]]), [[Sweden]]. ...was built on [[marshlands]] in 1968 and became an extremely popular venue in the 1970s, just as Swede [[Ronnie Peterson]] was at the height of his caree
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• Circuit Mont-Tremblant
  | Architect || [[Alan Wilson (motorsport)|Alan Wilson]] (2000 redesign) ..., Quebec|Saint-Jovite]] was often included in the name but was amalgamated in 2000.
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• List of A1 Grand Prix circuits
  ...circuits''' which have hosted a [[A1 Grand Prix|A1 Grand Prix World Cup of Motorsport]] race since [[2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season|2005-06]]. In total, 17 different circuits have hosted [[A1 Grand Prix]] rounds. The firs
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• Kyalami
  ...la One]] races and has hosted the [[South African Grand Prix]] many times. In recent years, the area surrounding the circuit has developed into a residen ...n the part of the promoter). Kyalami is currently under new management and 2008 will see the 50th Anniversary of the 9 hour revival being held at Kyalami w
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• Suzuka 8 Hours
  ...oad Race)'' is an endurance motorcycle race held at the [[Suzuka Circuit]] in [[Japan]] each year. As the name implies, the race runs for eight hours co The race began in 1978 as a race for prototype [[Isle of Man TT|Tourist Trophy]] Formula One
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• Rally
  ! colspan=2 |[[WRC]] Rally Germany / Deutschland 2008 ...closely related to road cars, draws massive spectator interest, especially in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[Oceania]].
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• Miller Motorsports Park
  |Architect || [[Alan Wilson (motorsport)|Alan Wilson]] ...cycle racing|motorcycle]] and [[Kart racing|kart]] racing facility located in [[Tooele, Utah]].
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• Giancarlo Fisichella
  |Last race || [[2008 Australian Grand Prix]] ...rix|Jordan]], [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]] and [[Minardi]]. On 10 January 2008 he was confirmed as driver for the new [[Force India]] Team.
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• Scuderia Toro Rosso
  ...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
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• David Coulthard
  | Years || {{F1|1994}}–{{F1|2008}} | Last race || [[2008 Brazilian Grand Prix]]
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• Fiat Grande Punto
  |Successor:||Still in production ...he [[Italy|Italian]] manufacturer [[Fiat]] since [[1994]]. It is currently in its third generation.
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• Oran Park Raceway
  | Record team || [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 92D ...to racing|motor racing]] circuit at [[Narellan, New South Wales|Narellan]] in southwestern [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]. Most of the circuit is visible from
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• Canadian Grand Prix
  | Last held || 2008 | Current year || 2008
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• Buddy Lazier
  | Video || '''Buddy Lazier's winning pass in the 1997 Charlotte 300K''' ...iver. He won the 1996 [[Indianapolis 500]] and has finished in the Top Ten in that race six times. Both his father [[Bob Lazier]] and brother [[Jaques La
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• Future of Formula One
  ...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
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• French Grand Prix
  ...une 26]], [[1906]] under the auspices of the [[Automobile Club de France]] in [[Sarthe]], with a starting field of 32 automobiles. ...F-GP1912.jpg|thumb|left|Georges Boillot winning the 1912 French Grand Prix in Dieppe, France]]
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• 24 Hours Nürburgring
  ...ring''' is a [[touring car racing|touring car]] and GT [[Endurance racing (motorsport)|endurance racing]] event on the [[Nurburgring#Nordschleife_map|Nürburgrin ...a real race, unlike the earlier endurance contests that covered 12h, 24h (in 1961 and 1967), 36h, 84h and even 96h, like the [[Marathon de la Route]]. T
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• 1000km Nürburgring
  ...[Endurance racing]] and [[Sports car racing]] event on the [[Nürburgring]] in Germany, organized by the [[ADAC]] since 1953. ...the race was not held in the following two years. It became quite popular in the 1960s and 1970s though, and even more so after [[Formula One]] decided
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• Champcars
  ...n [[American Championship Car Racing]] for many decades, primarily for use in the [[Indianapolis 500]] auto race. Such racing has been sanctioned by the ...Ford'''. The series merged into the [[IndyCar Series]] before its planned 2008 season.
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• ...'''Rodríguez Brothers Racetrack'''") is a 4.421-km (2.747-mile) race track in [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]], named for the famous racing drivers [[Ricardo ...ll as improved safety all around. The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (as of 2008) has been the only venue for the Mexican Grand Prix.
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• Phil Hill
  ...ship. Hill was described as a "thoughtful, gentle man" and once said, "I'm in the wrong business. I don't want to beat anybody, I don't want to be the bi ...tions. He and Gendebien would go on to win the famous endurance race again in [[1961 24 Hours of Le Mans|1961]] and [[1962 24 Hours of Le Mans|1962]].
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• Touring car racing
  ...ing]] competitions in heavily-modified street cars. It is notably popular in [[United Kingdom|Britain]], [[Germany]], [[Scandinavia]], and [[Australia]] ...om production cars, whereas some current touring car series are also raced in [[silhouette racing car]]s. Touring cars race exclusively on [[road racing
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• Auto Club Speedway
  ...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
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• Hungarian Grand Prix
  ...ensuing [[World War II|war]] meant the end of [[Grand Prix motor racing]] in the country for fifty years. ...ar [[Budapest]], the race has been a mainstay of the racing calendar. Run in the heat of a central European summer, it also holds the distinction of bei
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• Dallara
  ...rmula 3]] since 1993. Dallara also is the chassis used by almost all teams in the [[Indy Racing League]] and all teams of [[GP2 Series]]. ...ampionship ever since. Dallara had a brief involvement in [[Formula 3000]] in the mid 1980s.
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• Fiat Punto
  |Successor:||Still in production ...]] and [[Volkswagen Polo]] also helped the Punto become an instant success in the European marketplace.
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• 2008 Formula One season
  | Current = 2008 ...Hamilton 2008 Singapore GP 1.jpg|thumb|[[Lewis Hamilton]], champion of the 2008 Formula One season.]]
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• European Hill Climb Championship
  In 2005, the Championship visited the following countries: * 2008 EBM Miroslav Jakes CZ
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• Alfa Romeo 155
  ...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 ...onsidered not in the tradition of Alfa's sporting saloons.{{Fact|date=June 2008}}
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• Austrian Grand Prix
  The first event, in [[1964]], was held at a [[race track]] on the [[Zeltweg Airfield]]. The rac ...o located near [[Zeltweg]]). These events were moderately successful, but in [[1987]], this track was also deemed too dangerous, by FIA standards, where
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• A1 Grand Prix
  ...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
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• Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
  ...Brothers Racetrack'''") is a 4.421 km (2.747 [[mile|mi]]) race track in [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]], named for the famous Rodríguez brothers. ...spectator overcrowding caused unsafe conditions. When the track re-opened in 1986, the circuit boasted a new pit complex, as well as improved safety all
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• ...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
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• Formula 2
  ...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.
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• Race car
  ...; color:#fff; border-bottom:1px solid #999;" |[[Image:Lap 1, Turn 1 Canada 2008.jpg|250px]] | Caption || The start of a [[Formula One]] race in 2008
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• Juan Pablo Montoya
  ...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]].
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• Alberto Ascari
  ...orld Champion]]. He is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport. ...is earlier years; it was after he entered the prestigious [[Mille Miglia]] in a Ferrari sports car that he eventually started racing on four wheels regul
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• World Rally Championship
  ...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
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• Formula One sponsorship liveries
  ...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
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• Lamborghini
  ...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,
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• Enduro
  ...onship is run, is a time-card enduro, whereby a number of stages are raced in a [[time trial]] against the clock. ...ns exactly per the defined schedule, with early or late arrivals resulting in penalties to the riders' scores. This sort of event is not technically a R
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• John Surtees
  |Video || John Surtees driving a [[Ferrari]] in the 1964 Grand Prix ...ohn Surtees''', [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (born 11 February 1934 in [[Tatsfield]], [[Surrey]]) is a former [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand
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• Niki Lauda
  | Video || '''Lauder in an Brabham-[[Alfa Romeo]] BT46 at [[Zolder]]''' '''Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda''' (born February 22, 1949 in [[Vienna]]) is an [[Austria]]n [[aviator]], [[entrepreneur]], former [[Form
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• Max Mosley
  ...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.
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• Australian Grand Prix
  ...t|thumb|Promotional poster for the first Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide in 1985. Melbourne is now the host of this event.]] ...rix demonstration event melbourne.JPG|thumb|220px|Demonstration event held in Melbourne just before the start of the 2005 Grand Prix]]
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• Grand Prix motor racing
  ...ix motor racing''' has its roots in organized automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. It quickly evolved from a simple road race from ...ve to the United States. Beginning in 1910, he would become a major figure in American racing and the designer of a car for General Motors that bears his
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• 2007 Formula One season
  | Next = 2008 ...and technical grounds. They had threatened to boycott Formula One from the 2008 season onwards and instead stage their own rival series, before signing a [
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