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...8080; color:#fff; border-bottom:1px solid #999;" |[[Image:Sebastian Vettel 2008 test 2.jpg|250px|]] | Category || [[Formula One]]

Category = [[Formula One]] | ...ns)<br> [[Aldo Costa]]<br>(Technical Director)<br> [[Gilles Simon (Formula One)|Gilles Simon]]<br>(Chief Engineer)|

| Last held || 2008 | Current year || 2008

|Events || [[Formula One]] (tests), [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|MotoGP]], [[F3]] ...be cancelled due to the delay in building the new chassis for the new race cars.

...mber 5, 2008, however, it was announced that the race would be held as the season finale on November 1, two weeks before the initially planned date, as the 1 The race was [[Formula One]]'s first ever day-night race, starting at 17:00 [[local time]]. Floodligh

{{Formula One}} ...''Bold''' entries indicate the record-holder is still competing in Formula One.

...nts || [[Can-Am]]<br>[[Champ Car World Series]]<br>[[Formula One]]<br>[[American Le Mans Series]]<br>[[Atlantic Championship]] ...high in the two [[Canadian Grand Prix]] events staged here. Of the forty cars entered those two races, only 16 reached the checkered flag.

|Category || [[Formula One]] ...bastian Vettel]]<br>2008: 14. {{flagiconFrance}} [[Sébastien Bourdais]]<br>2008: 15. {{flagiconGermany}} [[Sebastian Vettel]]

...z]], [[Auto Union]], and [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] teams all sent three cars and the event drew a very large crowd. However, politics and the ensuing [[ ...ie Ecclestone]], the [[1986 Hungarian Grand Prix]] was the first [[Formula One]] race to take place behind the [[Iron Curtain]]. Held at the twisty [[Hung

{{F1 season | | Previous = 2008

|Last season || 2005 ...ver [[Gerhard Berger]]. It made its racing debut in the [[2006 Formula One season]], after [[Paul Stoddart]] sold his remaining interest in the Minardi team

| Last held || 2008 | Current year || 2008

|Record class || [[FIA]] [[Formula One]] ...ll as improved safety all around. The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (as of 2008) has been the only venue for the Mexican Grand Prix.

Built in a public park in 1962, the circuit hosted its first [[Formula One]] [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] the same year, as a non-Championsh ...ión Interamericana de Entretenimiento, S.A. de C.V. or CIE, through OCESA, one of CIE's subsidiaries. CIE also organizes the [[NASCAR]] and Desafío Coron

...]] automobile racer and the only American-born driver to win the [[Formula One]] World Drivers' Championship. Hill was described as a "thoughtful, gentle ...to racing, working as a mechanic on other drivers' cars. Hill began racing cars at an early age, going to [[England]] as a [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]] trainee

...ri]] will be consulted on the design and manufacture for all A1 Grand Prix cars. =="Powered by Ferrari" car (2008-09 onwards)==

|Last race || [[2008 Australian Grand Prix]] |Last season || 2007

{{Formula One}} ...uture of the sport, and disagreements about the direction in which Formula One should progress.

...alian Grand Prix-3.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Bruno Senna]] drives a Dallara F304 [[Formula Three]] Car during a support race at the [[2006 Australian Grand Prix]]]] ...[[motor racing]] series, being most notable for its near-[[monopoly]] in [[Formula 3]] since 1993. Dallara also is the chassis used by almost all teams in the

...3000]] in 1985, but in 2009 the [[Formula Two]] name returns. The 2009 FIA Formula Two Championship will begin at Valencia on the 31 May. Visit the official F ...ed for a path to reach this peak. For much of the history of Formula One, Formula Two has represented the penultimate step on the motorsport ladder.

{{Formula One}} ...rcial)|sponsor]]s becoming more important with the rising costs in Formula One, many teams wanted to be able to display the logos of their sponsors as cle

...Prix motorcycle racing season|1952]] - [[1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1960]] ...d Prix motorcycle racing season|1959]],[[1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1960]]

...Drivers' Champions|World Champion]]. He is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport. == Formula One/World Championship career ==

| Category = [[Formula One]] ...Formula One World Champions|World Champion]] [[Fernando Alonso]] and {{F1|2008}} championship runner up [[Felipe Massa]].

...la One season|1975]], [[1977 Formula One season|1977]], [[1984 Formula One season|1984]]) ...d run two airlines and was manager of the [[Jaguar Racing|Jaguar]] Formula One racing team for two years.

{{Formula One}} ...rance as far back as 1894. It quickly evolved from a simple road race from one town to the next, to endurance tests for car and driver. Innovation and the

...''. The series merged into the [[IndyCar Series]] before its planned 2008 season. ...Ecclestone]] had forced on [[Formula 1]] with his creation of the Formula One Constructors Association. The White Paper called for the owners to form CAR

...number of distinct [[auto racing]] competitions in heavily-modified street cars. It is notably popular in [[United Kingdom|Britain]], [[Germany]], [[Scand ...and tires. Aerodynamic aids are usually added to the front and rear of the cars. Regulations are usually designed to limit costs by banning some of the mo

...1GP World Cup of Motorsport'') are held in the traditional Formula One off season, the northern hemisphere winter. === First season ===

...1928 at various venues in Australia, before it became part of the Formula One championship in [[1985 Australian Grand Prix|1985]]. The race was held at t ...g the [[Portuguese Grand Prix]] in that respect. As the final round of the season, the Grand Prix hosted a handful of memorable Grand Prix, most notably the

|Last season || 2005 ...founded in [[1979]] by [[Giancarlo Minardi]]. It competed in the [[Formula One]] World Championship from [[1985]] until [[2005]] with little success, neve

...ri_2004.jpg|thumb|215px|[[Michael Schumacher]] driving a modern '''Formula One car''' at the [[2004 United States Grand Prix]]]] ...ique to the championship. The current Formula One regulations specify that cars must be constructed by the racing teams themselves.

|Last season || 2005 ..., currently driving for [[Scuderia Ferrari]]. He is the reigning [[Formula One]] World Drivers' Champion.

{{F1 season | | Current = 2008

| Current season || 2009 World Rally Championship season | Inaugural2 || [[1973 World Rally Championship season|1973]]

* [[Formula Libre]] * [[Formula One]]

{{F1 season | | Next = 2008

|Last season || 2005 ...[Colombia]]) is a [[race car driver]] in [[NASCAR]] and a former [[Formula One]] and [[CART]] driver. He has enjoyed great success, most famously in top [

|Current season || 2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |Inaugural || [[1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1949]]

...g division has recently devoted its attention and funding to its [[Formula One]] team, '''Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro'''. ...is [[Jean Todt]], and its technical director is [[Ross Brawn]]. Ferrari is one of five F1 teams currently using [[Bridgestone]] tyres (the other 6 using [

...ula One season|1992]], [[1994 Formula One season|1994]]–[[1995 Formula One season|1995]] | Championships || 1 ([[1992 Formula One season|1992]])

...]]'s [[Count Giovanni Volpi]], a road-going [[sports car]] and a [[Formula One]] car. ...Ultimately, only 12 [[chassis]] were built, including just eight complete cars, with the company constantly struggling with inadequate working capital. Vo

...he notion of a tractor manufacturer criticizing the design of his precious cars, and let Lamborghini know as much, quoted as having said "the problem is no ..., which set a precedent for mid-engined two-seater high performance sports cars. The Miura was joined two years later by a four-seat grand tourer, the [[La

...onsidered not in the tradition of Alfa's sporting saloons.{{Fact|date=June 2008}} ...n was the "Silverstone" edition released in the UK which was known as the "Formula" in [[Europe]]: this was released as a homologation exercise to allow Alfa

...c and F4 1000 cc "[[Ayrton Senna]]" editions in memory of the late Formula One Champion of the same name (who was an avid Ducati and MV Agusta collector) ...ighly praised as one of the best handling motorcycles ever created and the 2008 F4 312R model is known to be the world's fastest production motorcycle. Cla

{{F1 season | ...mula One season''' was the 57th [[FIA]] [[Formula One]] World Championship season. It began on [[March 12]], [[2006]] included 18 races, and ended on [[Octob

...and car users worldwide. The FIA is also the governing body for [[Formula One]] and other international [[auto racing|motorsports]]. ...ted increased safety and the use of green technologies in motor racing. In 2008, stories about his sex life appeared in the British press. Despite the con

...won races in [[midget car racing|midget cars]], [[sprint car racing|sprint cars]], and [[drag racing]]. ...ies]], Formula One, and an Indianapolis 500. No American has won a Formula One race since Andretti's victory at the [[1978 Dutch Grand Prix]]. Andretti ha

|Last season || 2006 ...le season. Schumacher is the only German to have won the [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|drivers' championship]].

{{Formula One}} ...p has always been the main focus of the category, non-championship Formula One races were held for many years. Due to the rising cost of competition, the

...the Italian market. Merosi would go on to design a series of new A.L.F.A. cars with more powerful engines ([[A.L.F.A 40/60 HP|40-60 HP]]). A.L.F.A. also v !style="background:darkorange" align="center" valign="middle" | Cars

{{F1 season | ...y-year history. Vettel's victory in the championship came after a dramatic season finale at [[2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix|Abu Dhabi]] where three other drivers

...d]] (production in Thailand started March 2002 and lasted couple of years, cars were targeted for Asia Pacific markets). Between 1997 and 2005, 680,000 exa ...g profile made it, to some, the best looking car in its class. The car was one of the first saloons to feature hidden rear door handles and prominent fron