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  • |Successor:||Still in production ..."color: white; background: darkred;"|[[Fiat Punto#Mark 2, Revision B (2003-2005)|Mark 2b]]
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  • ...ss [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]''' (born [[September 17]], [[1929]] in [[London]]) is a British [[auto racing]] driver. ...win the Formula One Drivers' World Championship. He came second four times in a row from [[1955]] to [[1958]].
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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
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  • |Successor:||Still in production |Production:||[[2005]]—present
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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • 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).
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  • == 2005 FIA calendar== In 2005, the Championship visited the following countries:
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  • ...dromo Fernanda Pires da Silva) is a 4.36 km(2.709-[[mile|mi]]) race course in [[Portugal]], and the home of the [[Formula One]] [[Portuguese Grand Prix]] ...to two wheels after colliding with [[Gerhard Berger]] on the main straight in [[1991]].
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  • ...the course at [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]], which was built in 1922 in time for that year's race, and has been the location for most of the races ...ian Grand Prix was one of the inaugural [[Formula One]] championship races in 1950, and has been held every year since then. The only other championship
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  • ...demolition derby under way at the [[Greenwich, Ohio]] Firemen's Festival, 2005]] ...sport usually presented at [[county fair]]s and festivals. They originated in North America and quickly spread to other western nations.
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  • ...ico''' or '''Fisi''', is an [[Italy|Italian]] racing driver. He has driven in [[Formula One]] for [[Renault F1|Renault]] [[Sauber]], [[Jordan Grand Prix| ...ian [[Jarno Trulli]], and won his first race with the team in Australia in 2005. However, after that race it was his team-mate, the Spanish driver [[Fernan
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  • ...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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  • ...born 27 March 1971 in [[Dumfries]] and raised nearby in [[Twynholm]], both in [[Dumfries and Galloway]], [[Scotland]]) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] fo ...left|Coulthard's [[Formula 3000]] car that he drove for [[Pacific Racing]] in the [[1993 International Formula 3000 season|1993 season]]]]
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  • ...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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  • ...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
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  • |Record year || [[1986 in sport|1986]] '''Brands Hatch''' is a [[motor racing]] circuit in [[Kent]], [[England]]. The name of the circuit is thought to derive from "d
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  • ...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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  • ...]] the Canadian Grand Prix moved to its current home on [[Île Notre-Dame]] in [[Montreal]]. ...event on the planet, behind the first place [[Super Bowl XXXIX]] and the [[2005 UEFA Champions League Final|UEFA Champions League Final]].
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  • ...[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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  • ...Wisconsin]]. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the [[Sports Car Club of America|SCCA]] [[Speed World Challenge Series]], [ ...lex hosts two series of karting events. It hosts weekly events on Tuesdays in the summer. It also hosts approximately six Saturday events during the summ
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  • ...percross-0118.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Supercross riders from the 2006 series in Anaheim]] ...om the sport of [[Motocross]]. While Motocross and Supercross are similar in many respects, there are significant differences as well. For example, the
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  • ...ula Three]] and [[Formula 3000]], the team was one of the least successful in Formula One history. The tiny team never had appropriate human, financial o ...ing 1990. From 1987 to 1991, the Coloni team made 82 attempts to take part in a Formula One race but only qualified 14 times. On the five occasions when
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  • | Founded || 2005 ...nd races (collectively known as ''A1GP World Cup of Motorsport'') are held in the traditional Formula One off season, the northern hemisphere winter.
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  • ...) is a [[Formula One]] race currently held at the [[Circuit de Catalunya]] in [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]], as part of the annual Formula One championship se The first Spanish [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] in [[1913]] was not actually run to the Grand Prix formula of the day, but to
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  • 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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  • ...'''Rodríguez Brothers Racetrack'''") is a 4.421-km (2.747-mile) race track in [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]], named for the famous racing drivers [[Ricardo ...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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  • |Current year || 2005 ...the [[Rhine]] valley, the circuit is completely flat, without any changes in elevation.
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  • ...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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  • ...cing until 1924. After the 1923 success of the new [[24 hours of Le Mans]] in France, the [[SPA 24 Hours]], a similar 24 hour endurance race, was run at ...t drivers today say that the Spa course is the most challenging race track in the world.
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  • | 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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  • |Current year || 2005 ...une 26]], [[1906]] under the auspices of the [[Automobile Club de France]] in [[Sarthe]], with a starting field of 32 automobiles.
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  • |Previous || [[2005 GP2 Series season|2005]] ...rcuit de Valencia|Valencia]], [[Spain]] on [[April 8]], [[2006]] and ended in [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]], [[Italy]] on [[September 10]], [[2006]
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  • |Last season || 2005 ...l Stoddart]] sold his remaining interest in the Minardi team at the end of 2005. Scuderia Toro Rosso is the sister team of [[Red Bull Racing]], with the ai
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  • ...n [[American Championship Car Racing]] for many decades, primarily for use in the [[Indianapolis 500]] auto race. Such racing has been sanctioned by the ...PG IndyCar World Series''', the '''CART FedEx Championship Series''', and, in the organization's second to last year, the '''Bridgestone Presents The Cha
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  • | Current = 2005 ...jpg|thumb|230px|[[Fernando Alonso]] won the drivers' championship at the [[2005 Brazilian Grand Prix]].]]
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  • ...[[Triple Crown of Motorsport]]). The history, spectacle and glamour result in the race being considered "the jewel of the Formula One crown". ...tight corners, making it one of the most demanding tracks in Formula One. In spite of the relatively low average speeds, it is a dangerous place to race
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  • ...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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  • |Last season || 2005 ...o Australian businessman [[Paul Stoddart]], who sold it to [[Red Bull]] in 2005. The team is now known as [[Scuderia Toro Rosso]], [[Italian language|Itali
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  • |Last season || 2005 ...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
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  • ...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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  • |Caption || Mika Salo in 2007 ...[Formula One]] driver. His best ranking was 10th in the world championship in 1999.
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  • ...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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  • ...he Cosworth V8 powering the Williams going up to an astonishing 20,000 rpm in qualifying trim. ...nd well over 1,000 hp (750 kW). Even with the restrictions the V10s in the 2005 season were reputed to develop 960 hp (715 kW). The new 2.4L V8 engines are
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  • ...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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  • |Last season || 2005 ...Company|Wrigley's]] [[Chevrolet Impala]] for [[Earnhardt Ganassi Racing]] in the [[Sprint Cup Series]].
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  • |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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  • |Production:||[[2005]]-present |Successor:||Still in production
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  • ...mborghini S.p.A.]] and designed by [[Luc Donckerwolke]]. It was introduced in [[2002]] as the successor to the [[Lamborghini Diablo|Diablo]]. The [[car b ...ersion called the '''Murciélago roadster''' was introduced in 2004 for the 2005 model year. The roadster features similar performance to the coupe with a m
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  • Next = 2005 ...ld Drivers' Champions|drivers' championship]]. [[Rubens Barrichello]] came in a solid second place, winning two of the last four races. [[Jenson Button]]
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