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|Nationality || {{flagiconItaly}} [[Italy|Italian]] |Years || {{F1|1952}} - {{F1|1953}}

...early post-war period. They participated in a single [[Formula One]] Grand Prix as a constructor in 1950. | [[1950 British Grand Prix|GBR]]

...mage:PETER HIRT Ferrari GP Switzerland 1953.jpg|250px|'''Peter Hirt at the 1953 Swiss GP''']] | Years || {{F1|1951}} - {{F1|1953}}

|Nationality || {{flagiconItaly}} [[Italy|Italian]] ...|| [[1953 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1953]] - [[1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1955]]

|Nationality || {{flagiconItaly}} Italian |Years || {{F1|1950}} - {{F1|1953}}

...ember 29]], [[1896]] - died [[October 13]], [[1981]], was a French [[Grand Prix motor racing]] driver who joined the new [[Formula One]] circuit at its inc ...h a [[Bugatti]] in 1926, making an immediate impact by winning the [[Grand Prix de Reims]]. Nicknamed "Phi-Phi," he teamed up with [[Luigi Chinetti]] to wi

...="text-align:center;" | '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Motorcycle Grand Prix]] Career''' | {{flagiconItaly}} [[Italy|Italian]]

...[[December 29]], [[1896]] - [[October 13]], [[1981]]) was a French [[Grand Prix motor racing]] driver who joined the new [[Formula One]] circuit at its inc ...h a [[Bugatti]] in 1926, making an immediate impact by winning the [[Grand Prix de Reims]]. Nicknamed "Phi-Phi," he teamed up with [[Luigi Chinetti]] to wi

|First race || [[1960 Argentine Grand Prix|1960]] [[Argentine Grand Prix]] |Last race || [[1960 Argentine Grand Prix|1960]] [[Argentine Grand Prix]]

...n|1957]] [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|500cc Grand Prix]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Champion]]. ...[[Gilera]]. Liberati scored his first points in the World Championship in 1953, and his first race victory came in 1956 in the 350cc class.

...cing season|1950]], he became the first Italian to win the [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|500cc World Championship]]. ...torcycle racing|Grand Prix motorcycle World Championship]] in [[1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1949]] aboard a [[Moto Morini]], in the 125cc clas

|First race || [[1952 Swiss Grand Prix|1952]] [[Swiss Grand Prix]] |First win || [[1956 Belgian Grand Prix|1956]] [[Belgian Grand Prix]]

|Nationality || {{flagiconITA}} [[Italy|Italian]] ...|| [[1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1949]] - [[1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1960]]

|Nationality:|| {{flagiconItaly}} Italian |First race:||[[1950 British Grand Prix|1950]] [[British Grand Prix]]

|Years || 1950 - 1951, 1953, 1955 - 1956, 1958 |First race || [[1950 British Grand Prix|1950]] [[British Grand Prix]]

|First race || [[1950 Monaco Grand Prix|1950]] [[Monaco Grand Prix]] |First win || [[1951 British Grand Prix|1951]] [[British Grand Prix]]

...poorly. His skills improved in 1947 and by 1948 he won the San Diego Grand Prix. He raced in an [[Offenhauser]] in 1949 and won several races. ...aps in the [[1952 Indianapolis 500]] before the oil pressure failed. His [[1953 Indianapolis 500]] ended after 170 laps, and his [[1954 Indianapolis 500]]

|Nationality || {{flagiconITA}} [[Italy|Italian]] |First race || [[1950 Italian Grand Prix]]

[[Italy|Italian]] '''Gioacchino Colombo''' was an [[automobile]] [[engine]] designer. He b ...i]] and created the [[Maserati 250F|250F]] [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] car. Two years later, Colombo headed to newly-restarted [[Bugatti]] to w

...], [[Switzerland]] which formerly hosted the [[Formula One]] [[Swiss Grand Prix]]. ...ns disaster|tragedy at Le Mans]]. Although there was a [[1982 Swiss Grand Prix]], it took place in [[Dijon]], [[France]]. On June 6, 2007 an amendment to

...Germany|German]] [[auto racing]] driver. Despite many successes in [[Grand Prix motor racing]] for [[Auto Union]] in the early [[1930s]], during the era of ...mbs, and making his first appearance in a circuit race (the [[German Grand Prix]]) that year as well. In [[1931]], Austro-Daimler left racing, and Stuck ev

|Nationality || {{flagiconItaly}} [[Italy|Italian]] |First race || [[1950 Monaco Grand Prix]]

...s a British multi-time world champion [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] [[motorcycle]] [[road racing|road racer]]. ...inence after winning the 1949 Senior Clubmans TT and the Senior Manx Grand Prix and was to become the very first post-war motorcycling 'superstar', popular

...]] race at [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]] at the [[1955 Italian Grand Prix]]]] --> The following is a complete '''list of Grands Prix''' which have been a part of the [[Formula One#Distinction between Formula

|Nationality:||{{flagiconITA}} Italian |First race:||[[1950 British Grand Prix|1950]] [[British Grand Prix]]

...otorcycle racing]] championship season since its inception in [[1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1949]]. == Alphabetical list of Grands Prix ==

! colspan=2 |'''Maserati A6GCM wins at [[Monza]] 1953''' ...talian manufacturer [[Maserati]]. Only 12 cars were built between 1951 and 1953.

...high-speed racetracks, capturing his first win in the 1937 [[Tripoli Grand Prix]] at the Mellaha Lake course in [[Libya]] which was then the fastest racetr ...|European Championship]]. He clocked the fastest lap at the [[French Grand Prix]] and was leading the field but engine trouble knocked him out of the race.

|Years:||1950 - 1951, 1953 - 1958 |First race:||[[1950 British Grand Prix]] [[British Grand Prix]]

! colspan=2 |'''[[San Marino]] Grand Prix''' ...Imola track was used for the [[1980 Italian Grand Prix|51st Italian Grand Prix]].

! colspan=2 |'''{{flagiconMorocco}} [[Morocco|Moroccan]] Grand Prix''' | First race || Casablanca Grand Prix

The '''Rome Grand Prix''' ('''''1925-1932:''' Premio Reale di Roma, '''1947-present:''' Gran Premi ...] races at the [[ACI Vallelunga Circuit]]. In 1954 and 1963 the Rome Grand Prix was run to [[Formula One]] rules, but neither event was included in the Wor

| Nationality || {{flagiconItaly}} Italian | First race || [[1950 Monaco Grand Prix|1950]] [[Monaco Grand Prix]]

|Nationality || {{flagiconItaly}} [[Italy|Italian]] |First race || [[1950 Italian Grand Prix]]

! colspan=2 |'''[[Italy|Italian]] Grand Prix''' ...running events on the [[motor racing]] calendar. The first Italian [[Grand Prix motor racing]] championship took place on [[September 4]], [[1921]] at [[Br

...Ascari]] in [[1952 Formula One season|1952]] and [[1953 Formula One season|1953]]. [[Germany|German]] driver [[Michael Schumacher]] has won the most Driver |align="center"| [[1950 Italian Grand Prix|Race 7]] of 7

...ve drivers have died in this fashion, 24 during a World Championship Grand Prix race weekend, 8 during Indianapolis 500 World Championship events, 9 during | 15 May 1953

...lid #999;" |[[Image:Maserati A6G 2000 Zagato white vl TCE.jpg|280px]]<br>''1953 A6G 2000 bodied by [[Zagato]]'' |colspan=2|[[Image:vd33.jpg|280px]]<br>''1953 A6G 2000 Spider bodied by [[Frua]]'' [http://www.velocetoday.com <small>Sou

| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] || {{flagiconITA}} [[Italy|Italian]] || {{flagiconITA}} [[Maranello]], [[Italy]] | [[Scuderia Toro Rosso|Toro Rosso]] || {{flagiconITA}} [[Italy|Italian]] || {{flagiconITA}} [[Faenza]], [[Italy]]

! colspan=2 |'''[[Europe]]an Grand Prix''' ...n'' Grand Prix. The first race to be so named was the [[1923 Italian Grand Prix]], held at [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]] and won by [[Carlo Salamano]

|Nationality:|| {{flagiconItaly}} Italian |First race:||[[1950 Monaco Grand Prix|1950]] [[Monaco Grand Prix]]

|[[1950 Formula One season|1950]]–[[1953 Formula One season|1953]] |In the [[1954 British Grand Prix]], seven drivers set the same fastest lap time, and each received 0.143 of

! colspan=2 |'''{{flagiconUK}} [[United Kingdom|British]] Grand Prix''' ...e the oldest continuously staged [[Formula One]] world championship Grands Prix.

''This page is accurate up to and including the [[2008 Brazilian Grand Prix]] ([[November 2]], [[2008]]).'' ...r records#Grand Chelem* (Led entire race from pole and scored fastest lap)|Grand Chelem]]

...RM]] and [[Lotus Cars|Lotus]]. [[Ferrari]] and [[Porsche]] soon made Grand Prix RMR attempts with less initial success. The mid-engined layout was brought

...produced. The 158 and its derivative, the 159, took 47 wins from 54 Grands Prix entered. It was originally developed for the pre-World War II [[voiturette] ...th 1.5&nbsp;litre engines, standing in the same relation to the top 'Grand Prix' formula (usually for 3&nbsp;litre engines) as the [[GP2 series]] does to F

This page is accurate up to and including the [[2007 Brazilian Grand Prix]] ([[October 21]], [[2007]]). ...]{{•}} [[#Grand Chelem* (Led entire race from pole and scored fastest lap)|Grand Chelem]]

! colspan=2 |'''Pescara Grand Prix''' ...y of vehicle class regulations and durations. In F1 1957 the Pescara Grand Prix formed a round of the [[Formula One]] World Championship, a race which stil

! colspan=2 |{{flagiconFrance}} '''French Grand Prix''' The '''French Grand Prix''' (''Grand Prix de France'') was a race held as part of [[Fédération Internationale de l'

[[Image:GPItaly.jpg|thumb|left|250px|'''Grand Prix of Italy''']] '''Grand Prix motor racing''' has its roots in organized automobile racing that began in

...n [[aeronautical engineering]] from the [[University of Pisa]] in Italy in 1953. He joined Alfa Romeo, moving on to Ferrari when Alfa's competition departm ...ally the company produced a [[V6]] turbo design, used briefly by the small Italian [[Minardi]] team. When the banning of turbos from Formula One was announced

was an Italian racing car driver, engineer and designer. Nardi himself raced the ''monoposto'' (one-seater, or [[Grand Prix|GP]] type), in [[Coppa d'Oro delle Dolomiti]] hillclimb, winning in 1947 an

....jpg|thumb|250px|Jackie Stewart speaking at the [[2005 United States Grand Prix]]]] ...n. 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 natural that J

...ght regulation. "Formulas" limiting engine capacity had been used in Grand Prix racing on a regular basis since after [[World War I]]. The engine formulae ===1947&ndash;1953===

| Death date || August 11, 1953 | Spouse || Carolina Perina 1917-1953

...lor:#fff; border-bottom:1px solid #999;" |[[Image:1957 Maserati 250F Grand Prix Recreation.JPG|280px|Recreation of a 1957 Maserati 250F]] | Debut || [[1954 Argentine Grand Prix ]], J.M. Fangio, 1st

The '''MM''' (''Mario Mazzetti'') was an Italian [[motorcycle]] company located in [[Bologna]] that opened [[1924]] and clos * Italian Serie A Bicycle Motor [[1926]] and [[1927]]

| Nationality || {{flagiconItaly|1861}} [[Italy|Italian]] <small>(to 1946)</small><br />{{flagiconUSA}} [[United States|American]] | Years || 24hLM 1932 - 1935, 24hLM 1937 - 1939, 24hLM 1949 - 1953

'''Moto Morini''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] maker of [[motorcycle]]s. It was founded by [[Alfonso Morini]] in [[Bolog ...1927 when his MM 125 took six world records at [[Monza]], during the Grand Prix of Nations. (These records were not bettered for twenty years.) In 1933 he

...derably less than the cost of an MV Agusta. Rather they compete with other Italian models such as [[Ducati]] sports bikes the [[Ducati 996|996]], 998, 999, an ===Grand Prix racing===

...thumb|right|250px|'''[[Tazio Nuvolari]] next to the 1950 Cisitalia [[Grand Prix]], the lack of money would not allow the stunning car to be completed.''']] ...]] sports and racing cars like [[Ferrari]] and [Maserati], other wealthy [[Italian]] industrialists with a passion for motor sport yearned to build their own

|Registered on Italian license plates of Vicenza SVI 20371¡¨ ...ced 1st OA (pictured on pages 201/202 of the book "Ferrari Automobili 1947-1953", authored by Corrado Millanta, Luigi Orsini and Franco Zagari) (pictured p

...ianapolis 500-Mile Race]]<br>'''[[Formula One]]''' - [[United States Grand Prix]]<br>'''[[NASCAR]] [[Nextel Cup]]''' - [[Allstate 400 at The Brickyard]] ...[[United States Grand Prix|U.S. Grand Prix]] in [[2006 United States Grand Prix|2006]] for the fifth time, [[Formula One]] driver [[Michael Schumacher]] ho

''(Loosely translated from Italian)'' '''Gilera''' is one of the Antichi Marchi Italian's still producing [[motorcycles]], founded by[[Giuseppe Gilera]] in 1909 op

! colspan=2 |'''[[Monaco]] Grand Prix – [[F1]]''' The '''Monaco Grand Prix''' (''Grand Prix de Monaco'') is a [[Formula One]] race held each year on the [[Circuit de M

...t of the ''[[Italian Rally Championship|Campionato Italiano Rally]]'', the Italian national rally championship. ...[[Mille Miglia]] had been established yet. [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] races were still isolated events, not a series like today's F1.

...5-1945 Pasquale Ermini named "Pasquino" was one of the most representative Italian, sports car manufactures of '40 and '50 years.(the cause of his premature d ...countryman: Emilio Materassi, which had purchased all TALBOT for the Grand Prix of 1926.

...Alfa Romeo (6C2500 units), Fiat (1100) and Lancia (Aurelia) as well as non-Italian units (Crosley 750's). Bodies were constructed by various carrozzeria, incl '''Ufficine Nardi''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[automobile]] and [[racing car]] maker, named for their creator.

...later the [[Carrera Panamericana]], the ''MM'' made ''[[Gran Turismo]]'' (Grand Touring) sports cars like [[Alfa Romeo]], [[Ferrari]] (which debuted as a m ...in response to their home town of [[Brescia]] 'losing' the [[Italian Grand Prix]] to Monza. Together with a group of wealthy associates, they chose a race

...per hour|mph]] (161 [[Kilometres per hour|km/h]]) lap, riding his [[Italy|Italian]] [[Gilera]]. Two years later, a new racing team, [[Honda]] of [[Japan]], p ...ng|Motorcycling World Championship]] and was the home of the British Grand Prix until 1976. The most successful rider was the late [[Joey Dunlop]] who won

'''Ferrari''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] manufacturer of racing cars and high-performance sports cars formed by [[ ...uce cars of his own; the Ferrari team first appeared on the European grand prix scene after the end of [[World War II]].

...1px solid #999;" |[[File:Nigelcropped.jpg|280px|[[1991 United States Grand Prix]]]] | First race || [[1980 Austrian Grand Prix]]

...he rules for voiturette racing permitted 1.5 L supercharged engines; Grand Prix cars were permitted 3.0 L supercharged or 4.5 L "normally aspirated" (unsup === Official beginnings (post war–1953) ===

...a [[Renault F1|Renault]] Formula One car at the [[2005 United States Grand Prix]]]] ...ts of a series of races, known as [[List of Formula One Grands Prix|Grands Prix]], held on purpose-built [[List of Formula One circuits|circuits]] or close

...year, against low-key opposition but achieved little thereafter. At the [[Italian GP]] in September OSCA entered two works cars for Franco Rol but the car wa ...der]] engine. The company enjoyed some success in 1960 with victory in the Italian [[Formula Junior]] series but in 1962 the aging [[Maserati]] brothers sold

...nt color="#505050">'''mid-gray'''</font>. Drivers who have entered a Grand Prix solely for the purpose of Friday testing (introduced in [[2003 Formula One This page is accurate up to and including the [[2007 Brazilian Grand Prix]] ([[October 21]], [[2007]])

|Caption || Schumacher before the [[2005 United States Grand Prix]]. |First race || [[1991 Belgian Grand Prix]]

...sa''' ([[January 3]], [[1905]] - [[March 31]], [[1996]]) was an [[Italians|Italian]] car designer. His work covered a large range from [[minicar]]s to [[sport ...sion was [[Tranquillo Zerbi]], designer of [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] cars for Fiat. In 1933 when work commenced on the Fiat 500, the director

...st notable foreign winner in this period was [[Gino Bartali]] in 1946, the Italian beat arch rival [[Fausto Coppi]] in a contentious race, the two Italians ro ...he race started in Basel and finished in Zurich and was known as the Grand Prix Suisse.

*[[Gian-Carlo Rota]], ([[1932]]-[[1999]]), Italian-born American mathematician and philosopher *[[Nikki Giovanni]], ([[1943]]) (half-Italian), poet and writer

In [[1953]], management decided to split the operation into two separate entities, Du ...by vertical shaft and bevel gears. This bike came to dominate its class in Italian racing. In [[1956]] there was a [[dohc]] 125&nbsp;cc version of the Gran Sp

'''Jonghi''' is a Italian-French [[company]] thata produced [[motorcycle]]s from [[1930]] to [[1957]] ...dente'' model made by "Nagase & Ray", was released just before the ''Grand Prix of Nations'' in [[Rome]] in [[1932]] which was led by [[Louis Jeannin]]. Un

Debut = [[1950 Italian Grand Prix|1950]] [[Italian Grand Prix]] | Drivers_champ = 14 ([[1952]], [[1953]], [[1956]], [[1958]], [[1961]], [[1964]], [[1975]], [[1977]], [[1979]], [[

...return to its roots in racing with much success, winning its first [[Grand Prix World Championship]] in 1925. ...d flag in eight Mille Miglias during the 1930s as well as the German Grand Prix in 1935 against the formidable ''Mercedes-Benz'' and Auto Union entries. Al

...s located about 15 miles west of [[Bologna]]. Modena is famous for the the Italian Military Academy, a centuries old University, numerous churches and piazzas ...esco by his father Vittorio, along the lines of the [[Maserati]] F1 car of 1953. It was powered by a [[Ducati 98]]. In the background is the Fiat Zero with

1953 Bartali <br /> | Major wins || '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]'''

...own of [[Le Mans]], [[Sarthe]], [[France]]. Commonly known as the '''Grand Prix of Endurance''', it is organised by the [[Automobile Club de l'Ouest]] (ACO At a time when [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] racing was occurring throughout Europe, Le Mans was envisioned as a diffe

...heda.bit?target=StrumentoMTA&isin=IT0001278081&lang=en DMH]) is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[motorcycle]] manufacturer located in [[Bologna, Italy]]. ...sold over 65% of its shares in Ducati. In December 2005 Ducati returned to Italian ownership with the sale of Texas Pacific's stake (minus one share) to Inves

...bscure sub-plot to the ever-changing soap opera that forms the panorama of Italian motorcycling. ...e of the birth of the [[Fiat 500]] car, which brought the post-war boom in Italian [[motorcycling]] to an abrupt end.

[[Formula One]] has its roots in the European [[Grand Prix motor racing]] (''q.v.'' for pre-1947 history) of the 1920s and 1930s. Howe ...anned. The first race under the new regulations was the [[1946 Turin Grand Prix]] held on [[1 September]], the race being won by [[Achille Varzi]] in an [[

The [[Italy|Italian]] [[motorcycle]] manufacturer '''Moto Guzzi''' (aka "Guzzi") has endured fr ...hanic serving in the [[Regia Aeronautica|Corpo Aeronautico Militare]] (the Italian Air Corp, ''CAM'') during the first World War: Carlo Guzzi (1889&ndash;1964