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...was famous for setting three [[land speed record]]s and the [[water speed record]]. He was the first person to hold both the land and water speed records si ==World War I==

...F1 testing]]; [[Spanish Formula Three|F3]]; [[GP2 Series|GP2]];[[Superbike World Championship|SBK]] |Record time || 1:30.936

...[[Superbike World Championship|SBK]]; [[European Le Mans Series|ELMS]]; [[World Sportscar Championship|WSC]]; [[Italia Superturismo Championship|ISC]]; [[E |Record time ||

|Events || [[MotoGP]]; [[Superbike World Championship|SBK]]; [[Formula Renault]]; [[FIA Sportscar Championship|FIA S |Record time || 1:33.918

...(1 minute 46.5 seconds, 11.9 seconds faster than the old record lap) set a record that stood for 18 years! ...] general [[Walther von Brauchitsch]]). He entered the German Army after [[World War I]], but after a serious accident he was invalided out in [[1928]].

This is a history of the world's fastest [[mass production|mass produced]], [[Street-legal vehicle|street- ...o proper testing conditions. Until then, it is the [[Bugatti Veyron]], the world's fastest street-legal car, with an officially registered top-speed of 408.

...the world speed record on [[Land Speed Record|land]] and on [[Water speed record|water]] at various times during the [[1920s]] and [[1930s]] using vehicles ==Land speed record==

|Events || [[Superbike World Championship|SBK]], [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|MotoGP]], [[Deutsche Tou |Record time || 1:56.884|

The '''motorcycle land speed record''' is the fastest speed achieved by a [[motorcycle]] on land. It is standar ...e|FIM]] record was not set until 1920. There was controversy over the 1930 record, when [[Osborn Engineering Company|OEC]] claimed to be fastest, on the basi

| Record time || | Record driver ||

|Record time || 1.24.2215 |Record driver || Simon Wills

|Record time || 1'58"758 |Record driver || [[Valentino Rossi]]

[[Image:ThrustSSC.jpg|thumb|250px|right|ThrustSSC, which holds the land speed record]] ==[[Land speed record|Land vehicles]]==

| Events || [[MotoGP]], [[Superbike World Championship|SBK]] | Record time || 1:56.528 - MotoGP Track Record

|Record time || 1.10.8251 |Record driver || [[Marcos Ambrose]]

...Supersport]] and [[Superstock]] classes, and success in these gave him his World Supersport break with [[Castrol]] [[Honda]]. ...second Ten Kate entry for [[Karl Muggeridge]], but Chris has continued to record victories, and took his first pole at [[Assen]] in [[Netherlands|Holland]],

|Record Time || 5 hours and 12 minutes<br>by [[Dean Woods]] in 1990 ...ace started in [[1895]] and is [[Australia]]'s oldest one day race and the world's second oldest one day race, after the [[Liège-Bastogne-Liège]] Classic.

...rider to finish every race in a points scoring position. He set a new lap record at [[Donington Park]] National circuit, and was awarded ‘Superteen of the ...]] place Chaz with Team Matteoni Racing to compete in the 125cc Grand Prix World Championship riding a kit [[Aprilia]]. Davies became the youngest rider eve

...car designed by Aurelio Lampredi. For 1952, the [[FIA]] announced that the World Championship would be run to [[Formula 2]] specification after the withdraw ...ce he was absent from as well. The following season, Ascari won his second world championship, and Ferrari won all but the final race, which was won by [[Ju

...[[1916]], was a [[France|French]] [[Grand Prix motor racing]] driver and [[World War I]] fighter pilot. ...[[Italy|Italian]], [[Ettore Bugatti]]. This was the first motorcar in the world to have an engine with four camshafts and four valves per cylinder. Boillot

...nd quickly reached notoriety and fame. In September 1906, he established a record speed at [[Asnières-sur-Seine]] in a motorcycle called the Aero-Motociclet

...who won five [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|500cc World Championships]], behind only [[Giacomo Agostini]]. He is considered to be o ...then until [[1998]] he dominated the class, winning five consecutive 500cc World Championships. In [[1997]], his most successful year, Doohan won 12 out of

...urope's first permanent [[drag racing]] venue. It was built on a disused [[World War II|WW2]] American Air base, [[RAF Podington]], which was once home to t ...jet car (santapod's resident) fireforce 2 piloted by Martin Hill broke the record in easter 2005.

|Record time || 1'18.029 min. 185.608 km/h. |Record driver || [[Ayrton Senna]]

...covered at an average speed of 295.24 km/h (185.45 mph), breaking the old record by 12 km/h (7.5 mph). Production of the W12 Coupe was considered but is cur

| Record time || 1:20.613 | Record driver || [[Max Papis]]

|Record time || 2:39.7, 164.108 km/h |Record driver || [[Juan Manuel Fangio]]

...Road racing|road racer]] became known for his short, yet brilliant, post-[[World War II]] [[Isle of Man TT]] career that came to notice with his second plac ...mph (146 km/h) in a time of 2 hrs. 43 mins. 1 sec. while setting a new lap record of 94.79 mph (151.17 km/h).

|Record time || 1'16.44 min. 160.328 km/h. |Record driver || [[Gilles Villeneuve]]

...e leader in victories in motorcycle [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Grand Prix history]]. ...ht a season-long battle with [[Honda]]'s [[Jim Redman]] for the 1965 350cc world championship. He seemed to have the title won when he led the final round i

...ar his son Gianluca has disputed many competitions and still holds the lap record in several [[Italian]] circuit.

|Record time || 1'45.108 |Record driver || [[Kimi Räikkönen]]

...tired [[motorcycle]] road racer and touring car racer. His success on the world motorcycle racing circuit earned him the nickname ''The Wollongong Whiz''. ...mpionship and finishing second on debut at [[Amaroo Park]]. He went on to record his first win a few weeks later at [[Oran Park Raceway]].

...d racing|road racer]] who has been racing for over 30 years, winning three World titles, four British championships and ridden in almost 110 GPs. ==Career record==

|Record time || 1'13.622 |Record driver || [[Rubens Barrichello]]

It is the Legnano of the golden years: 6 world titles (Binda alone wins 3 of them), 15 editions of the [[Giro d'Italia]], ...t recollection by the Legnano fans is that of Fausto Coppi setting the new record of the hour at the [[Vigorelli]] arena in [[Milan]], under enemy bombings.

|Record time || 1'19.880 |Record driver || [[Luca Badoer]]

...Helens, Merseyside|St. Helens]], [[Lancashire]]) was a British multi-time world champion [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] [[motorcycle]] [[road ...1950s, winning [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|six world championships]] and five [[Isle of Man TT]] races. Duke came to prominence

...urenwagen Masters|DTM]]; [[Le Mans Series|1000km]]; [[Grand tourer|GT]]; [[World Touring Car Championship|WTCC]] |Record time || 1:24.770

...ous aggressiveness and will to win, which netted him 59 victories and four World Superbike Championships. Fogarty broke the lap record at the [[Isle of Man TT]] in [[1992 in sports|1992]]. His lap at 18 minute

...er 1937 but just ten weeks later Bernd Snr was killed during a world speed record attempt on the [[Autobahn]] between [[Frankfurt]] and [[Darmstadt]], on Jan ...gainst [[Rudolf Caracciola]], the Mercedes driver went first and set a new record of 268mph. Rosemeyer went out next in his Auto Union Streamliner but the wi

|Record time || 1'58"758 |Record drive || [[Valentino Rossi]]

...organisation that runs recumbent races, including the human-powered speed record. ...d [[Australia]]. It is part of the [[Summer Olympic Games]], and there are world championships as well as circuits of professional events in many areas.

|Record time || 1'15.377 |Record driver || [[Michael Schumacher]]

...ars, and construction was halted in 1913 for the same reason. During the [[World War I|Great War]], [[Russia]]n [[prisoner of war|prisoners]] were employed ...the banked version, in 1937, using streamlined cars as in their high speed record attempts. [[Hermann Lang]]'s average race speed of about 260 km/h was not b

...ars, and construction was halted in 1913 for the same reason. During the [[World War I|Great War]], [[Russia]]n [[prisoner of war|prisoners]] were employed ...the banked version, in 1937, using streamlined cars as in their high speed record attempts. [[Hermann Lang]]'s average race speed of about 260 km/h was not b

...]] and the [[2001]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Champion]] in the 250cc class. ...terally dominated the 250cc championship. He won no less than 11 races - a record - and easily won the title.

...e wheels. From 1936 Bordone improved on the engines and went on to achieve record times with them. When he started making [[motorcycles]] in 1938 he changed Production was interrupted by World War II. The first years after the war is unknown, but in 1957 there was a 6

After [[World War II]], the name of the race was changed because of its [[Fascist]] conne ...p. The layout holds the record as the longest circuit to ever to host a F1 World Championship, with the [[Nürburgring]] coming second. By the early 1960s,

|Record time || 1'19.071 |Record driver || [[Michael Schumacher]]

...|| '''[[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] [[Superbike World Championship]]'''<br> |Record time || 2:18.128

...he Propellent, mounted on a "[[Fiat]] AS.1" airplane was awarded the world record height for air touring, by [[Renato Donati]] reaching 8334 meters on [[Dece ...935WP.jpg|left|thumb|Bonmartini (claudicante for the fall in an attempt to record) with Taruffi.]]

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|Record time || 1'19.664 |Record driver || [[Michael Schumacher]]

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...o Leon and another 21 minutes off the Leon to [[Durango, Durango|Durango]] record. In the process he climbed from 12th to 3rd position. ...in April 1954. His time of 10 hours, 24 minutes, 37 seconds, established a record for an event which opened Italy's sports car racing season. It was 14 years

...ight|[[ThrustSSC]], driven by [[Andy Green]], holds the current land speed record]] ...ord|motorcycle]]s fall into another, separate, class. The current absolute record holder is ''[[ThrustSSC]]'', a twin [[turbofan]]-powered car which achieved

...erbilt Cup]] in the [[United States]] and twice setting a new [[land speed record]] in 1904 and 1905. Racing success raised the image of the Darracq marque s ...ued other interests including running the Casino at [[Deauville]]. After [[World War I]], he chose to retire to the [[French Riviera]] where he invested wit

|Record time || 1'32.238 |Record driver || [[Michael Schumacher]]

...1000km Monza]]; [[Superbike racing|SBK]]; [[GP2]]; [[Formula Three|F3]]; [[World Touring Car Championship|WTCC]] |Record time || 1:21.046

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...bustion engine]] set the third record a few months later, just beating the record of ''Serpollet''. <br>

[[Image:957b.jpg|thumb|350px|World of Outlaws drivers make a Four Abreast lap at the Knoxville Raceway]] ...on some tracks. This speed often also makes it very dangerous. The safety record of sprint car racing in recent years has been greatly improved by the use o

The 1921 PBP, following close on [[World War I]], was small, with only 43 professionals and 65 touriste-routiers. It ...akaway was neutralized just outside Paris. Opperman's finishing time was a record 49 hours 21 minutes, despite constant rain. His diet included 12 pounds of

...nazzi]], [[Dorino Serafini]] and [[Mario Mazzetti]] with the MM 175, world record in 1933''']] ...c. Both had some success in competitions. In 1933 the 175 cc won the world record in the mile run on miles, while the 250 cc won the [[Circuito del Lario]] i

...drove over 5,000 miles at Indianapolis without leading a lap, an all-time record. ==World Championship career summary==

...competitive machinery, in which his solid finisheing ensured that his 100% record of top 10 championship finishes continued. ...a team for 2004, but was unsuccessful, and was moved to Yamaha's returning World Superbike squad for 2005. Despite less support than [[Noriyuki Haga]] and [

...ounder and is today one of the most successful sports car companies in the world. ...full season of experience with their new car, though, and also taken the [[World Sportscar Championship]] where Ferrari was only 4th.

|Record time || 1.18,704 - 239,911 km/h |Record driver || [[Rubens Barrichello]]

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| Competition || UCI Road World Cup<br />UCI ProTour ...ran from [[1989]]-[[2004]]) and is now a round of the [[UCI ProTour]], the World Cup's successor.

...s mainly known for aircraft and motorcycle manufacturing. After the end of World War II, the company changed its name to ''Società Commerciale Aeronautica' ...g the war. ''Tonti'' designed a 50 cc motorcycle that broke the land speed record for that displacement class. The bikes produced by ''Aermacchi'' were quite

|Record time || 1'13.041 |Record driver || [[Ayrton Senna]]

...everything angular? I am going to pursue Galileo Galilei's philosophy: my world is also round.'' &mdash;&nbsp;Luigi Colani ;1959: The world's first monocoque sports car: [[BMW]] 700

...eed Hill Climb|Shelsley Walsh]], in [[Worcestershire]], [[England]] is the world's oldest continuously-staged motorsport event still staged on its original ...7 km gravel course in 2'56". Despite several attempts in the 70s, Stuck's record was never beaten. In recent decades, the course was widened in order to be

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...ation]]<br>[[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]]<br>[[World Tourism Organization]]<br>[[UN Environment Programme]] ...[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] also certify [[land speed record]] attempts.

[[Image:957b.jpg|thumb|right|350px|'''World of Outlaws drivers honor the fans with a Four Abreast lap at the Knoxville ...on some tracks. This speed often also makes it very dangerous. The safety record of sprint car racing in recent years has been greatly improved by the use o

...lian Junior Formula a little later. He participated in one [[Formula One]] World Championship Grand Prix, the [[1961 Italian Grand Prix]] on [[September 10] ==Complete Formula One World Championship results==

...zil]]) is a highly successful [[open-wheel]] racing series driver, winning world championships in both [[Formula One]] and [[Champcars|CART]]. ...] by 16 points. At 25 he was then the youngest champion in F1 history (his record was eventually topped by 24 year-old [[Fernando Alonso]]). It appeared he m

And this determination, together with the enthusiasm and passion for the world of motorcycles and engines in general, has been handed down to the new gene ...world tour in 1957 (five continents, 42 countries in 13 months), the three world records with the Cyclecar in Monza in 1969.

...6 times, the [[Tour de France]] 5 times, the Vuelta a España once and the World Championships 8 times. In 1981, Giovanni won the Vuelta and Giro d'Italia c ...and helped pro riders to the podium of the most important races around the world.

...polis 500-Mile Race]] four times (1979, 1984, 1988, 1991), and the current record-holder for [[pole position]]s in the race with six (1979, 1982, 1986, 1988, ...ngine. Mears used the new car to win the Indy 500. A year later, he took a record-setting fifth pole position at Indy, but retired from the race with mechani

|Record time:||1'45.108 |Record driver:||[[Kimi Räikkönen]]

...as the first three-time win. He never won the Indy 500, but he achieved a record 10 top-four placings.

|Record time || 1'14.30 min. 211.203 km/h |Record driver || [[Jody Scheckter]]

...deria Jolly Club but failed to qualify, and this was his only attempt at a World Championship [[Formula One]] event. He returned in 1963 for two more Formul ==Complete Formula One World Championship results==

|Record || from January 1968 - May 1973 |Record || from September 1967 - May 1989

...th the various production categories of racing, such as [[Superbike racing|World Superbike]], that feature modified versions of motorcycles available to the ...makes. The 350cc class vanished in the 1980s. Sidecars were dropped from World Championship events in the 1990s, reducing the field to 125s, 250s, and 500

...lved in cycle racing. He moved on to motor cycles and designed and built a record breaking lightweight engine. In 1907 he set up a small workshop in Paris wi ...ntil then standards had been set by the police, or by the track promoters. World championships were held annually, except during wars, for 100 years, often

| Cons champ || 1 <small>([[1972 World Sportscar Championship season|1972 WSC]])</small> ...ent of a new engine would have been necessary. Thus, Porsche did not enter world championship sports car races after 1971 and sold the 908s to customers who

...e Campagnolo's highest grade groups, Record (current production) and Super Record (made up to 1985), were universally regarded as being unbeatable, some of t ...f alloy automobile wheels for exotic cars, as well as what is probably the world's most prestigious wine bottle opener.

After the first world war, Gilera centimeter [[cc]] piston displacement produces motion from 500 ...shed the new World-wide Record of the hour (to 274,181 Km/h, [[established record]] in [[1937]]) and conquered the bay one in the European Championship of [[

...g in a garage, training as a repairman. After service in the army during [[World War I]], he began racing motorcycles before turning to automobile competiti ...chini_Maserati_1929.jpg|thumb|200px|right|'''Borzacchini in his land speed record Maserati V4 in 1929''']]

[[Image:millerbalsamo.jpg|thumb|right|300px|'''1932 Miller Balsamo 175cc Record Breaker''']] During the [[Second World War]], Miller-Balsamo apparently produced in those years a 98 cc and 200 c

...Formula One World Drivers' Champions|Drivers']] and [[List of Formula One World Constructors' Champions|Constructors']] Championships since [[1950 Formula ...e of Prost's other results. This resulted in the anomaly that Prost took a record number of points, yet was not champion. The current system was introduced f

...manufacturers of [[engines]] and [[motorcycles]]. At the end of the Second World War the production intensifies and Alpino starts spreading rapidly, thanks ...rld record in miles on a flying start, with a speed of 92.180km/h, and the World of Kilometers at a speed of 129km/h. Other records are achieved with an Alp

|Record time || 1'28.954 |Record driver || [[Michael Schumacher]]

...for the brand. Although not greatly successful in competition, there is a record of a Ganna JAP finishing second in a race at the [[Circuito delle Prealpi V ...ng until 1942, when production was temporarily shut down due to the Second World War. After the war Ganna was forced to switch to light models with 125 - an

...r scored 10 more victories, a record in a season and was world champion in record time, winning the championship at the 11th race of the season in [[France]] and contributed to 2 drivers' and constructors' world championships.

...[[Taree]] in [[Australia]] in [[1969]]. He has won the [[Superbike racing|World Superbike]] championship, as well as the [[British Superbike]] series. ...rider [[Colin Edwards]], and he started 2002 in dominant form breaking the record (at the time) for most race wins in a season, but Edwards thanks to his con

...919 at [[Daytona Beach, Florida]], he drove a [[Packard]] to a world speed record of 149.875 mph over a measured mile. International competition began follow

...g the day and finishing at night. For many years Sebring was part of the [[World Sportscar Championship]]. ...ries have been achieved by the [[Audi R8 Race Car|Audi R8]], one less than record seven wins of the [[Porsche 935]].

...|| [[V8 Supercar]]<br>[[Australian Grand Prix]]<br>[[Superbike World Championship]]<br>[[Castrol 6 Hour]] | Record time || 1:01.6718

...was Nazzaro's greatest year. He won the three most important races in the world; the [[Targa Florio]] in a Fiat 28-40hp, the Kaiserpreis Kaiser's Cup in Ge ...193kph for 2.75 miles and briefly exceeded 200kph, the first driver in the world to do so.

...ng it the oldest of the Italian classic races and one of the oldest in the World. The event is organised by the RCS media group which owns the Italian sport ...the race when he won in 1999 at a speed of 45.75 kilometres per hour. The record for the most wins in Milano-Torino stands to the Italian [[Costante Girarde

|Record time || 1:16.788 |Record driver || [[Nigel Mansell]]

...r]]s for teams that finished outside the top four of the previous season's World Constructors' Championship are allowed to take part in Friday's free practi As of 2007 only 11 teams are entered for the Formula One world championship, each entering two cars for a total of 22 cars, while the regu

...d is regarded as the greatest driver never to win the Formula One Drivers' World Championship. He came second four times in a row from [[1955]] to [[1958]]. ...ar to Moss's four. It was sufficient to make Mike Hawthorn Britain's first World Champion.

...nce]]) is a race car driver and three-time defending [[Champ Car|Champ Car World Series]] champion. ...s|Lola]], beating his own teammate Junqueira by 28 points. His outstanding record also included podium finishes in 10 out of 14 events and qualifying results

...h Touring Car Championship|BTCC]]; [[Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters|DTM]]; [[World Touring Car Championship|WTCC]] |Record time || 1:09.593

...lu|great epidemic]] while serving with the [[United States Army]] during [[World War I]]. Following his mother's remarriage to [[United Kingdom|British]] ag ...rations at [[Brooklands]] Racing Circuit achieving a speed of 138.7 mph, a record for 5 litre class cars.

...s in 125cc world championships. Among the titles from this period are some world speed records still unbeaten. ...this venture soon published Motori Minarelli’s production levels past the record levels of the boom years in the 70s.

...[[Scuderia Ferrari]] have each won their respective World Championships a record number of times.]] ...river ('''World Drivers' Championship''' or '''WDC''') and constructor ('''World Constructors' Championship''' or '''WCC'''), as determined by a pointscorin

|Caption || Gabriele Tarquini in 2006, as a [[World Touring Car Championship|WTCC]] driver ...ing on [[May 3]], [[1987]]. He scored 1 championship point, and holds the record for the most failed attempts to pre-qualify, mainly because he was a regula

| Record driver || Helio Castroneves | Record time || 1:07.722

...nd one of the designers and developers of the aforementioned RC10, set the record with a heavily modified [[RC10|Associated RC10L3]] [[touring car]] at Irwin

...ggles of a simple farming life, as well as surviving the hardships of both World Wars, greatly effected an influenced the life of Giovanni Pinarello and his ...the professional world of cycling. He was part of the professional cycling world until 1953, with five wins to his mention. With the end of this cycling car

...France carpet making family. His father, Roger, broke the Wright Brothers record for the longest flight in 1909. It was not until 1931 that Raymond started ..." at [[Miramas]] and the [[Grand Prix de Tunisie]] until the outbreak of [[World War II]], where he played an active part in the French Resistance movement.

Stewart became [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|world champion]] in 1969 driving a Cosworth-powered Matra MS80. Up until Septembe Stewart went on to win the Formula One world championship in 1971 and 1973 with Tyrrell cars. In the 1972 season he miss

...ord speed with a performance of 170,840km/h that was added to the previous record that was set the year before. ...that '''Prester-Jonghi''' could finally surf in calm waters, but then came World War II . During the [[Nazism|Nazi]] occupation of France, the brothers were

...t shocking speeds, almost totally unhindered until the mid-eighties. The [[World Rally Championship]] now visits nearly all continents, taking its stylish s [[Image:Subaru_Monte-Carlo_2005.jpg|thumb|300px|Subaru Impreza during [[World Rally Championship|WRC]] Monte-Carlo Rally 2005]]

...pecailly on the oval tracks he had never previously raced on. He set a lap record when taking pole position for the Chicago oval race which he won. He was co ...came the youngest ever winner of a major open-wheeler race anywhere in the world. The victory was even more remarkable because the CART field at the time wa

|Record time || 1'18.739 |Record driver || [[Michael Schumacher]]

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...uazzoni 50cc completely careened conquest on the circuit of Monza 30 world record. ...ission), with that a lot of pilots, among which the future champion of the world [[Pier White Paolo]], honor will be done, above all in the competitions in

...[Cadillac Eldorado]], with front wheel drive introduced in 1967, holds the record for the largest engine in a front wheel drive production vehicle, at 8.2&nb ...t [[Bonneville Salt Flats]] in [[Utah]] in 1987, going 202mph (325km/h), a record for a front wheel drive vehicle.

...stinction between Formula One and World Championship races|FIA Formula One World Championship race]] since [[1950 Formula One season|1950]], yet failed to [ The record is held by [[Claudio Langes]], who failed to qualify (or even pre-qualify)

...common in Italy but has only recently become popular in other parts of the world. Restaurants in the [[United States]], the [[United Kingdom]], [[Australia] ...hat she not only wrote the song, "I Can Do Better" (appearing on her third record, [[The Best Damn Thing]]), while intoxicated after consuming half a bottle

.... As seen here, it bears the image of William K. Vanderbilt II driving his record-setting Mercedes at Ormond Beach in 1904. The trophy today can be found at .... The race was canceled after the United States joined the [[Allies]] in [[World War I]] in 1917. Some of the drivers who participated in the Vanderbilt Cup

...'' was the first race festival since [[1939]] due to the interruption of [[World War II]]. With the restart of racing the [[AutoCycle Union|ACU]] decided to ...e, and it would be another three years before Harold L. Daniell's 1938 lap record was broken. [[Supercharger]]s were banned for motorcycle racing from 1946,

...r fuel is scarce and expensive. Many microcar designs flourished in post-[[World War II]] [[Europe]], particularly in [[Germany]], where former military air Microcars built in Europe after [[World War I]] were often motorcycle based and referred to as "cycle cars".

...at the age of 24 years and 59 days, thus breaking [[Emerson Fittipaldi]]'s record of being the youngest F1 champion, and ending [[Michael Schumacher]]'s run ...econd, and by his mid teens he was the [[World Junior Karting Championship|world junior karting champion]] in [[1996]].

...] department store fortune and was then one of the wealthiest women in the world. The marriage, Barbara Hutton's second of seven, did not last and the child In 1948, at age 12, Reventlow was introduced to the world of [[Grand Prix motor racing]] when his mother married [[Igor Troubetzkoy|P

...David Michaels also races validity [[World Championships sportprototipi | World]] as the disputed [[Circuit Sebring | Sebring]] 16 [[in March]] [[1955]].

Many famous Speedway riders such as 1976 world champion [[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]] started their rac The fastest recorded oval lap record is held by UK's Kelvin Tatum MBE at Rastede (1000 m Grass/Sand surface) in

...and the event drew a very large crowd. However, politics and the ensuing [[World War II|war]] meant the end of [[Grand Prix motor racing]] in the country fo ...rand Prix wins at the Hungaroring, in the drive which also secured his 4th World Title.

|Record time:||1'29.468 |Record driver:||[[Michael Schumacher]]

...t shocking speeds, almost totally unhindered until the mid-eighties. The [[World Rally Championship]] now visits nearly all continents, taking its stylish s [[Image:Subaru_Monte-Carlo_2005.jpg|thumb|300px|Subaru Impreza during [[World Rally Championship|WRC]] Monte-Carlo Rally 2005]]

...ckyard,<br>The Greatest Race Course in the World,<br>Racing Capital of the World''' ...tator capacity of over 400,000, it is the largest sporting facility in the world, and generally recognized as among the most famous and prestigious in [[mot

...([[June 18]], [[1936]] - [[October 4]], [[1992]]) was the 1967 Formula One World Champion, whilst driving for the Brabham team. Hulme, later went on to race ...for Brabham - Denny finally got the call he'd been waiting for, making his World Championship debut in 1965 at the famed Monza circuit in Italy. Later that

...ned F3000 to concentrate on sports cars. That same year, he set a new lap record and earned pole position at the prestigious [[Le Mans 24 Hours]] race - the ...aren for Blundell, this time, in a race seat. Teamed with future two-time world champion [[Mika Häkkinen]], Blundell recorded five points finishes and onc

..., and it attracts esteemed riders from across [[Australia]] and around the world. In [[2005]], the Tour Down Under was promoted by the [[Union Cycliste Inte Stuart O'Grady (Australia) holds the record as the only rider to have won the Tour Down Under twice (in 1999 and again

...e]], the astronomical basis for [[civil time]]. [[Time zone]]s around the world are expressed as positive and negative offsets from UT. UTC differs by an i UTC is the time system used for many Internet and World Wide Web standards. In particular, the Network Time Protocol is designed as

...ionwide Series]]'''<br>[[Stater Brothers 300]]<br>[[Ameriquest 300|Camping World 300]] presented by RVs.com<br>'''NASCAR [[Craftsman Truck Series]]'''<br>[[ |Record time || 241.426 [[miles per hour]]

...nd of the [[Formula One]] World Championship, a race which still holds the record as having the longest circuit length ever used for a Championship event. ...yout holds the record as the longest circuit to ever to host a Formula One World Championship event, with the [[Nürburgring]] Nordschleife coming second at

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...llion for a passenger. In August 2006 an '''F4 1000 R''' was used to set a record for the ''fastest production class 1000 cc'' motorcycle of over 185.882 mp ...was over 314 km/h, which was achieved at mile marker number 4. The speed record is determined by averaging the speed of the entire length of the course.{{c

...ssure at key moments in his career. In [[1981]], he finished second in the World Driver's Championship by one point when he was overtaken in the last race o ...stria|Austrian]] Formula One driver [[Jochen Rindt]] (that year's eventual World Champion) on the first lap of his first race at [[Hockenheim]], but carried

...ciplines, he took them. He was the 1988 World Sports Car Champion, with a record points haul, and won the 1990 [[24 hours of Le Mans|Le Mans 24 hour]] Race ...crash during a practice session. Then Tyrrell were disqualified from the world championship for [[1984]] due to a technical infringement. For the next tw

...since. After surpassing Fangio's long standing record for total number of World Championship titles, [[Michael Schumacher]] said - ''"Fangio is on a level ...and he was Argentine National Champion in 1940 and 1941. The outbreak of [[World War II]] halted his rise, and he could not begin racing in [[Europe]] until

...l obeying road traffic laws (not to be confused with car rallies such as [[World Rally Championship|WRC]]). ''Main article'' [[Motorcycle land speed record]]

...only two drivers to contest the majority of the season without scoring any World Championship points. ==GP2 Series Record==

...Grand Prix is famously known as one of the most demanding circuits in the world. Many current or former [[Formula One]] drivers have participated in the ev ...manufacturers, has officially become the final two races of the [[FIA]] [[World Touring Car Championship]] (WTCC).

...cording to ''[[Guinness World Records]]'', the Pan-American Highway is the world's longest "motorable road". However, because of the [[Darién Gap]], it is ...ted States and the Panama Canal). Both of these sections were built during World War II as a means of supply of remote areas without danger of attack by [[U

'''[[Garelli]]''' came into the world of cycling in 1953 with the [[Mosquito 38A]], a new 38.5 cc engine to mount ...age of 30 km/h. Garelli at that time announced that they had already had a record with over 400,000 identical Mosquito's in circulating.

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* First start: Jan. 29, 2000 ([[Walt Disney World Speedway]]) * Scored a league-record five wins and tied [[Buddy Lazier]] for most career victories with eight.

Shortly after the 2nd world war he opens his own workshop in space reclaimed in the cloisters of the ex ...d in all of Europe, that the English importer invited the Ancillotti to a "Record Day. It took place on runways of an old military airport of the RAF at Elvi

...y|Italian-born]] [[racecar driver]], who emigrated to the [[USA]] during [[World War II]] and became an American citizen. Following the outbreak of [[World War II]] in Europe, Chinetti initially went to the United States of America

...on]], [[United States Automobile Club|USAC]], [[NASCAR]], CART/[[Champ Car World Series]]), and the [[Indy Racing League]]. There have also been many races ...iam Jones of Chicago won a five lap speed contest, and set the first track record with a 72 second, 50 mph lap. There were 24-hour endurance races in 1907 an

...desire to win, and a complex character who fascinated Formula One fans the world over, his death in 1994 is still mourned, particularly in Brazil. ...South American Kart Championship]], and was runner up several times in the World Championship but never won.

...ace series the most significant motor-cycle road-racing competition in the world. ...). Record holders include the late [[David Jefferies]] who set a then lap record of 127.29 mph (204.81 km/h) in 2002. This was surpassed by [[John McGuinne

and [[Politecnico di Torino]], achieving a record low [[drag coefficient]] of 0.47. ...a [[Carrozzeria Touring]] convertible, the army's ''Torpedo militare'' ([[World War II]]), a [[Luigi Bagani]]-built [[barchetta]] bodied by [[Riva di Merat

...enio Pontieri. He continues his studies, but at the outbreak of the Second World War he volunteers to be assigned to a more destructive unit, the Genio Guas *Fiat-Abarth 750 Record Bertone

...e racing|motorcycle racer]] and multiple [[Grand Prix motorcycles|MotoGP]] World Champion. ...of back-to-back championships by winning the [[2004]] and [[2005]] MotoGP World Championship after leaving Honda to join [[Yamaha Motor Corporation|Yamaha]

...Riva sometimes the task gave a risk to build, as for instance the 'Nibbio' record car from 1935. On basis of a [[Gilco]]-[[Cattaneo]] chassis on the order o ...petitions Columbus gaining brand recognition in the international sporting world.

...e racetrack in [[Montlhéry]] in the process setting a new world land speed record for women. Capitalizing on her fame, the following year she toured the [[Un ...cle and a month later, racing in Europe came to a halt with the onset of [[World War II]]. In 1943, in the middle of the [[Germany|German]] occupation of Fr

...''Belgian Grand Prix''' is an automobile race, part of the [[Formula One]] World Championship. ...rs today say that the Spa course is the most challenging race track in the world.

...mula One season|1984]] delivered two lacklustre seasons resulting in eight world championship points and a single visit to the podium at his [[Italian Grand ...it would seem [[Rubens Barrichello]] is the likely man to break Patrese's record, assuming he races the full season in 2007.

...cles, and at the age of sixteen, opened a workshop. This was just before [[World War I]] broke out. During the war he was with the 8th Motorcycles Unit, sta ...ords were not bettered for twenty years.) In 1933 he set a new world speed record for 175&nbsp;cc motorcycles of 162&nbsp;km/h.

...ad to withdraw from competition, however Nuvolari had by then driven a lap record. The next race was the [[Tripoli Grand Prix]]. The new [[312]] (3-litre, 12 One of the cars was sold to USA after World War II and Louis Durant drove it to 6th place in 1946 Indianapolis 500, nex

...ototype]] Motorcycles developed by [[Ducati]] to compete in the [[MotoGP]] World Championship. GPx indicates the version of the bike, where x corresponds to ...002, giving priority to four-stroke machinery and turning the 500 class of World Road Racing into the [[MotoGP]] Championship. This convinced Ducati to make

...Schumacher. He would also set the record for shortest time in which the [[World Drivers Championship]] had been clinched, securing the title with a win at ...the [[2002]] [[FIA]] [[Formula One]] [[List of Formula One World Champions|World Championship]].

...a new pet project put into the pipelines, something that could remind the world of the company's capabilities as a manufacturer as well as provide both a c ...test production car, with a top speed of 324&nbsp;km/h (201&nbsp;mph); the record was broken by the [[RUF (automobile)|RUF]] [[RUF CTR|CTR "Yellowbird"]], ow

...[Cadillac Eldorado]], with front wheel drive introduced in 1967, holds the record for the largest engine in a front wheel drive production vehicle, at 8.2 L Acceleration-wise, the [[Dodge SRT-4]] holds the world record for the quickest and fastest front wheel drive production vehicle.

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...], since [[1950 Formula One season|1950]]. '''Bold''' entries indicate the record-holder is still competing in Formula One. ...ns before first title]]{{·}} [[List of Formula One driver records#Youngest world drivers championship winners|Youngest]]

...part of the [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] [[Endurance World Championship]] for motorcycles and with the exception of 2005, due to the h ...x motorcycle racing|MotoGP]] and Superbike racing factions from around the world. It is not uncommon for a rider to have the 8 Hours race written into thei

...ate Racing|Ten Kate]] [[Honda]], who also won the {{SBK|2004}} [[Superbike World Championship]] on a [[Ducati Motor Holding|Ducati]]. Toseland is currently ===World Supersport 1998-1999===

..., whose results determine two annual [[List of Formula One World Champions|World Championships]], one for drivers and one for [[#Drivers and constructors|co ...rrently in production and the [[sport]] is among the most expensive in the world. As such, its economic impact is significant, and its financial and politic

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...hampionship Racing League]], the [[Indy Racing League]], and the Champ Car World Series (CCWS). ...anization's second to last year, the '''Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered By Ford'''. The series merged into the [[IndyCar Series]] b

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...iver [[Jacques Villeneuve]] over the course of the year, although the 1997 world champion was often the quicker of the two by the end of 2005. For 2006 he r ==Racing record==

...as it would equal [[Ayrton Senna]]'s record at Monaco for most wins, that record standing at six wins. ...GP de Monaco 2006 (IMG 6131).JPG|thumb|right|[[Nick Heidfeld]] scored one World Championship point by finishing in eighth position.]]

...ting series production Lamborghini ever built and the new benchmark in the world of open-top luxury super sports cars. The new Aventador LP700-4 Roadster boasts record performance. It accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in only 3 seconds flat and h

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...ly|Italian]] [[tenor]] and one of the most popular vocal performers in the world of [[opera]] and across multiple musical genres. Known for his televised co ...hese performances, Pavarotti brought hits previously confined to the opera world to a much wider audience; Pavarotti further spread his influence with appea

...ed to be one of the most important and prestigious automobile races in the world alongside the [[Indianapolis 500]] and the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] (with wh ...ship]] and was included in the first Formula One [[1950 Formula One season|World Championship in 1950]]. The race is held on a narrow course laid out in the

...f the three [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]], and is part of the [[UCI World Ranking]] calendar. The most recent winner (2009) is [[Denis Menchov]]. Along with the Tour de France and the [[World Cycling Championship]], the Giro d'Italia makes up the [[Triple Crown of Cy

..., [[1980]], [[1991]], [[1992]], [[1998]] and [[2002]]), and also holds the record for the most starts (34 as of [[2005]]) by an individual at this event. [[L ...e during the late 1980s. In 1987, the race was a round of the short-lived World Touring Car Championship, and competitors in that championship raced agains

...o try to win the event, which they did from 1913 to 1919. However, after [[World War I]], the native drivers and manufacturers regained their dominance of t ...in both naturally-aspirated and supercharged form, and winning a likewise record-holding 18 consecutive years between 1947 and 1964.

...eeds. Scheckter took the pole early in the season in South Africa, but the World Champion failed to qualify later in the year in Canada. After only managing ...ent of a new engine would have been necessary. Thus, Porsche did not enter world championship sports car races after 1971 and sold the 908s to customers, wh

...in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin for a minimum of three years. The current SCCA record holder is Jerry Hansen with 27 titles. Hansen is the father of TLC and Spik ...lly]] is a national performance [[Rallying|Rally]] series similar to the [[World Rally Championship]]. At the end of the 2004 season SCCA dropped ProRally a

...nzio]] and other coastal areas that were occupied by American troops in [[World War II]]. Italy has successfully participated in the Olympics since the se ...no, Anzio and other coastal areas that were occupied by American troops in World War II. Italy has successfully participated in the Olympics since the secon

...oSud Formula Junior. Around the corner would be detours into the wonderful world of kart racing, which ironically, turned out to be the real training class ...ts from the great Piero Taruffi, top Formula 1 driver, clever engineer and record man.

...h improved the handling immensely. Villeneuve and [[Didier Pironi]] posted record times in testing with the 126C2 and the start of the season was promising w ...Arnoux]] scored four wins between them and were both in contention for the world championship throughout [[1983]] but late unreliability cost them both, but

...at the [[1996 European Grand Prix|Nürburgring]] where he held off reigning world champion [[Michael Schumacher]]. He finished the [[season (sport)|season]] ...einz-Harald Frentzen]]. In just his second season in Formula One he became world champion by claiming 7 wins, 10 poles, 8 podiums, and 81 points. He clinche

...with the various production categories of racing, such as the [[Superbike World Championship]], that feature modified versions of road-going motorcycles av A World Championship for motorcycle racing was first organized by the [[Fédératio

...ogen-powered vehicles were produced in [[Germany]] before the end of the [[World War II]] prompted by the acute shortage of oil. {{verify source}} ...hydrogen fuel cell electric cars. A BMW hydrogen car (H2R) broke the speed record for hydrogen cars at 300&nbsp;km/h (186 mi/h), making automotive history. [

...er up to [[Alain Prost]] in the [[1985 Formula One season|1985 Formula One World Championship]], as well as winning the [[1997 24 Hours of Le Mans]] and [[2 ...ith the [[Minardi]] team. He scored Minardi's only F2 victory, at [[Misano World Circuit|Misano]], during the [[1981 European Formula Two season|1981 season

...ted, industrial, he was sentenced and said the failure of the WTO in time''record''of weeks. ...d and the bureaucracy, the loss of valuable technical files, followed by [[World War II]], Bruzzese asked of every opportunity to start over. During his imp

Sam entered the Navy during [[World War II]], while George moved to [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]. Sa ...y Barris' workshop. In 2004, [[Bob Gale]], co-writer of the films, went on record at the De Lorean Car Show stating that Barris had no part in the design or

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...and of using the team as a way of gaining access to, and a drive for, 2003 World Champions [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], who supplied re-badged engines to t ...ide Alonso throughout the season enabled [[Renault F1|Renault]] to win the World Constructors' Championship ahead of [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], the team

...designer for [[Carozzeria]] [[Zagato]], and found himself plunged into the world of [[racing]]. [[Coachbuilder]]s focused almost all their production on ra Marques [[Monaco]] ( The Luxury and Supercar Show) as a world

Beginning in the late 1970s, the demand for fuel economy from around the world led the race to adopt a fuel economy formula known as [[Group C]] in which Although the 24 Hours of Le Mans was part of the [[World Sportscar Championship]] for most of its existence, it has regularly had ru

...n had won five [[karting]] championships. [[1982 Formula One season|1982]] World Champion [[Keke Rosberg]] helped Häkkinen by arranging him sponsorship tha ...ion. He went on to score a podium finish fifteen seconds behind his triple world champion team-mate during the next weekend at [[1993 Japanese Grand Prix|Su

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...eason. Schumacher is the only German to have won the [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|drivers' championship]]. ...ite what Jordan believed was a binding contract. Schumacher went on to win world championships in 1994 and 1995 with the Anglo-Italian team before joining t

...ican Grand Prix Jacky finished second and became runner-up in the driver's world championship. He then decided to leave Brabham to return to Ferrari because In later years, Ickx won a record 6 times at the 24h race at Le Mans, becoming known as "Monsieur Le Mans". I

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...m''Jürgen Alzen Motorsport'' was only one lap down and have beaten the old record, too. They used a conventional gear box and a privately built 3.8L 500PS en ...laudia Hürtgen]] (2005 VLN champion), [[Marc Hennerici]] (2005 privateer [[World Touring Car Championship|WTCC]] champion), [[Johannes Stuck]] (son of [[Han

..., on two occasions. In this era [[Lex Davison]] won the race four times, a record that would last until [[2004 Australian Grand Prix|2004]] when it was equal ...n been stated as being one of, if not, the greatest street circuits in the world. Whenever the teams came to Adelaide they enjoyed the party atmosphere.{{Fa

After World War II, Stanguellini operations were revived in 1946. Vittorio Stanguellini ...Sebring]] in 1957. By then Stanguellini had become a household name in the world of international motorsports. Those who visited [[Modena]] in those days we

...ributed to their final World Championship tally (see [[List of Formula One World Championship pointscoring systems|list of pointscoring systems]] for more i | Titles || CART IndyCar World Series champion, CART Rookie of the Year

Unlike modern day [[World Rally Championship|rallying]] where cars are released at one minute interva Similar to modern day [[World Rally Championship|rally]]ing, cars were started one by one, every minute.

...ports cars]] in the world. The original Bugatti failed with the advent of World War II, but has been resurrected twice, most recently under the [[Volkswage ...ricately laced patterns. He regarded his arch competitor, Bentley, as "the world's fastest trucks" for turning their attentions more towards durability. Bug

...in 1906, it used to be the oldest [[sports car racing]] event, part of the World Championship until 1973. While also a whole tour (''giro'') of the island w In 1953, the [[FIA]] [[World Sportscar Championship]] was introduced. The Targa became part of it in 195

...ed among its many famous professors [[Galileo Galilei]]. To this day it is world renowned for being at the forefront of medicine. ...unication network of water and stone casts light and shadows unique in the world upon a city already singular for its art, history and culture.

...he cinema was later used by [[Mussolini]] as a form of propaganda during [[World War II]]. The blockbuster film [[The Passion of the Christ]] was recently ...ncorporates multiple regional styles of folk music as well as a burgeoning record industry that supports a wide variety of [[rock and roll|rock]], [[pop musi

Until the end of [[War World II]] Malaguti had to stop production while [[Italy]] was invaded and later ...expanded and lost millions in building its distribution empire across the world, including the U.S. It was common knowledge within the industry that Malagu

In 1912 a Fiat Chiribiri broke the world speed record for the timed kilometer from a flying start. This car, with a 7,000 cc eng

...nship. In 1975 Mark Donohue drove this car to a closed course world speed record of 221 mph (356 km/h) at the [[Talladega Superspeedway]]. It did over 250

...ently driving for [[Scuderia Ferrari]]. He is the reigning [[Formula One]] World Drivers' Champion. ...ecame the highest paid driver in the sport, securing his first Formula One World Drivers' Championship from [[Lewis Hamilton]] and [[Fernando Alonso]] in a

...s been held annually since 1903, interrupted only by [[World War I]] and [[World War II]]. The most recent Tour was the [[2005 Tour de France]]. ...and competitors must have an invitation to enter the race. It is also the world's largest annual pro sporting event, measured in the number of viewers.

...n the 1900 [[Exposition Universelle (1900)|''Exposition Universelle'']] ([[World's Fair]]) using peanut oil (see [[biodiesel]]). ...ypes of racing where these drawbacks are less severe, such as [[land speed record]] racing. [http://www.cumminsracing.com/ Diesel engined dragsters] even exi

...[[Lancia Delta Integrale]], winner of the [[World Rally Championships]] a record six times. [[1996]] brought in a 1.8 L 16V engine (not available in the UK,

...[[Lancia Delta Integrale]], winner of the [[World Rally Championships]] a record six times. [[1996]] brought in a 1.8 L 16V engine (not available in the UK,

...man]] racing driver, and the younger brother of seven-time [[Formula One]] World Champion [[Michael Schumacher]]. His own [[Formula One]] career spanned 11 ...lliamsF1|Williams]] team and scored three podium finishes and sixth in the World Drivers Championship with the underpowered, obsolete [[Supertec]] engine. A

...teur competition in 1896, making it one of the oldest cycling races in the world, it was organised by the magazine Paris-Velo, who described that first edi The record for the most victories in Paris-Tours stands at three, jointly held by four

...world "[[MIlle Miglia]]". Round of [[World Championships sportprototipi | "World Championship Sports"]]. ...auser of 1625 cc [[engine capacity]] held for a year and half of the track record of Thompson in class up to 2000 cc

...five victories that season that would make him France’s first Formula One world champion. © Schlegelmilch]] ...ne World Drivers' Championship titles. From 1987 until 2001 Prost held the record for most [[History of Formula One|Grand Prix]] victories. Schumacher surpas

...uble Formula One world champion, [[Graham Hill]], and is the only son of a world champion to win the title. ...e taking eight victories and the world championship in 1996. He went on to record the [[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan]] team's first ever win at the [[1998 Belgia

...ndividual in the [[Speedway Grand Prix]] events is pronounced the Speedway world champion. ...n small dirt tracks had been practised in America since before the [[First World War]]. A rider by the name of Don Johns was known to have done this before

...ree "[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]" of Europe and part of the [[UCI World Ranking]] calendar. The record for most wins is held jointly by [[Switzerland]]'s [[Tony Rominger]], who w

...ng driver and three-time [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|F1 World Champion]]. He has founded and run two airlines and was manager of the [[Ja ...won four out of the next five races in the new [[Ferrari 312T]]. His first World Championship was confirmed with a fifth win at the last race of the year, t

...man Republic]] and [[Roman Empire|Empire]] that dominated this part of the world for many centuries came an Italy whose people would make immesurable contri ..., and that power was subdivided into deities that acted continually on the world of man and could, by human action or inaction, be dissuaded against or pers

...t and helicopters, little specific information has surfaced in the outside world; what has been seen indicates a general similarity to Wankel designs by [[N In the racing world, [[Mazda#automobile racing|Mazda]] has had substantial success with two-rot

...7 season, and [[Sebastian Bourdais]], the four-time winner of the Champcar World Series. ...inting, with poor reliability and driver errors leading to a low finishing record. Following the [[2007 European Grand Prix|European Grand Prix]], Speed was

...on foreign chassis. Perhaps more than any other country, Italians were the world’s courtiers, their special designs graced chassis from almost every indus ...plete cars existed) won its class at Le Mans at record speed, the motoring world took note."

...the next race, the [[1964 Dutch Grand Prix|Dutch GP]], he scored his first World Championship points. The rest of his season, however, was blighted by mecha ...966 Amon continued to race for McLaren in CanAm, but, with an unimpressive record of only two points from twenty Grand Prix starts, he failed to secure a ful

...One season| Formula One World Champion]] [[Nigel Mansell]] in [[1993 CART World Series season|1993]]. He has also equalled [[Graham Hill]]'s feat of being ...in that respect [[Mario Andretti]]'s caliber of success (except for the F1 World Championship); And shares honors as well with [[Dan Gurney]] in being IndyC

...er 14]] after seventeen races. [[Michael Schumacher]] won the title with a record margin of 58 points, after achieving nine victories and five second places. ...di]]’s [[Fernando Alonso]] and [[Sauber]]’s [[Kimi Raikkonen]], two future world champions were taking to the grid for the very first time at the season ope

...the late 1980s by Claudio Zampolli (an Italian [[Ferrari]] dealer) and the record producer [[Giorgio Moroder]]. ...timistic constructor, Claudio Zampolli, who had no idea that the financial world was about to go bang - and take his project with it.

...ings), Cosmoprof (beauty culture, considered the most important in all the World), Lineapelle, etc. Bologna and its metropolitan area has important industri ...hments, and the renovation of older ones. The 96 convents of Bologna are a record for Italy. Artists working in this age in Bologna established the [[Bologne

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...competition period; it was thus the first actual Ferrari car, but due to [[World War II]] it saw little competition. In 1943 the Ferrari factory moved to Ma ...ri team first appeared on the European grand prix scene after the end of [[World War II]].

...season|2002 season]], and a period in which [[Michael Schumacher]] won the World Championship for five years in a row. The massive commercial interests of c ...individual laps, but will all enter the track at the same time, trying to record the fastest timed lap. Two 15 minute sessions will each see the five slowes

In 1993, Coulthard became test driver for the world champion [[Formula One]] team [[WilliamsF1|Williams-Renault]] and played an ...British driver ever with 535 points, beating [[Nigel Mansell]]'s previous record of 482 points. At the [[2006 Spanish Grand Prix]] he also became the 8th me

...oni Machiavelli di Modena]] drove them in the [[1940]] [[Mille Miglia]], [[World War II]] put a temporary end to racing and the 815s saw no more competition Rules for a Grand Prix World Championship had been laid out before the war but it took several years aft

...output of the engines, the top speed of these cars is less than that of [[World War II]] vintage [[Mercedes-Benz]] and [[Auto Union]] [[Silver Arrows]] rac ...]] following their takeover of BAR at the end of 2005, set an FIA ratified record of 400 km/h on a one way run on 21 July 2006 at [[Bonneville Salt Flats]].

...was cancelled only in [[1936]] (economy) and from [[1940]] to [[1948]] ([[World War 2]]). At the end of the season, having won World Championships in [[Formula One]] and [[Sports car racing|Sports Cars]], Mer

...hat was big and powerful and able to carry heavy loads. So, when the First World War began, Caproni produce a line of heavy bombers which were considered ve ...st time during a 1941 flight to [[Milano]] [[Guidonia]]. The end of Second World War had seen a wide range of production facilities badly affected by the bo

The Flaminia's engine was an evolution of the world's first [[V6]], which was introduced in the [[Lancia Aurelia|Aurelia]]. It ...it (and also renew the dated presidential fleet). The cars were built in a record time of 6 months to a detailed specification, with the assistance of [[Gene

...Stewart grew up racing [[Kart|go karts]], highly successfully, winning the world karting championship in [[1987]]. He raced three-quarter midgets for a han ...positions at [[Short track motor racing|short track]]s, and tied a rookie record with three victories. He finished his first year an unprecedented 4th in p

*[[Nino Benvenuti]] (born [[1938]]), world champion boxer *[[Joe Calzaghe]] (born [[1972]], world supermiddleweight champion boxer

...te would have gained additional victories. Despite this, he also holds the record for most consecutive wins, with 7. After his winning streak ended, another

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...stellung|Frankfurt Motor Show]] in 1979. The Delta is best known for its [[World Rally Championship]] career in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when it domi ...[[Miki Biasion]] ([[1988 World Rally Championship season|1988]] and [[1989 World Rally Championship season|1989]]).

...ne regulations]] for a summary of the technical rule changes. Although the world championship has always been the main focus of the category, non-championsh ==World Championship==

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...ille Miglia]], driving a [[Fiat 508|Fiat Balilla]] "Coppa d'oro". During [[World War II]], faced with shortages of fuel for civilian use, Bandini adapted hi ...[12 Hours of Sebring]] (the first [[sports car racing|World Sports Car]] [[World Sportscar Championship|Championship event)]], after coming in third in the

...is reason unable to get along with each other, as well as with the outside world. This perhaps explains why many of the businesses created: they made and un ...alizing in gasoline engines, to join leading figures from the aristocratic world of [[Turin]], as Emmanuel Bricherasio Cesare Goria Gatti, Pietro Fenoglio a

...ment in 1939. In addition to the two seater sports cars it was used in the world's first genuine [[Open wheel car|single-seat]] Grand Prix racing car, the [ ...n crankcase and four plated steel two cylinder blocks, which won the first World Championship ever in 1925. Albeit it was a straight-8, the 8C designation w

Indeed, the team's finishing record was good for rookies at 50% (excluding the non-classifications), helping Di ...ifier, [[David Coulthard]]. The only positives were the decent reliability record &ndash; with the cars completing 59.1% of the total 1995 race distance; and

...|road cycling]]. It was run first in [[1896]] and has stopped only for two world wars. It was created by two Roubaix textile manufacturers, [[Theo Vienne|Th ...f the North''. The term was used to describe the route of the race after [[World War I]]. Organisers and journalists set off from Paris in [[1919]] to see h

...ng area of an American supermarket. On prequalification day of Phoenix the world saw Coloni's "new" model C3B which wore a white, red and green livery. With ...eason, he employed [[Naoki Hattori]]: a Japanese driver with a very decent record in other formulae but with no experience in Formula One. The results did no

...races in [[Formula One]], [[American Championship Car Racing|IndyCar]], [[World Sportscar Championship]] and [[NASCAR]] (the other being [[Dan Gurney]]). H ...9 Indianapolis 500|1969]]), [[Daytona 500]] (1967) and the [[Formula One]] World Championship, and, along with [[Juan Pablo Montoya]], the only driver to ha

...nto the top three coming from 32nd during the night and establishing a lap record at 131.375&nbsp;mph (211.4&nbsp;km/h). Just before 05:30 Phil brought the l ...hus, cars with engines that displaced over 5.0&nbsp;L were banned from the World championship and from Le Mans, which was the end for the Big Block Ford (Mk

...ing and the Director of Naval Intelligence, Admiral Godfrey, took during [[World War II]] en route to the United States. While there they went to the [[Esto ...o Fear]]'', but later entries became formulaic dramas where Bond saves the world from [[apocalypse|apocalyptic]] madmen. Inevitably, Bond's nemesis tries to

...me in 1952, and becoming a firm favorite among racing clubmen due to their record for reliable performance. ...ue to its vicious power deliver, sheer size, and holding the title of the "World's Fastest Production Motorcycle".[[Image:82_laverda_jota.jpg|233px|thumb|ri

...eming and the Director of Naval Intelligence, Admiral Godfrey, took during World War II en route to the United States. While there they went to the [[Estori ...o Fear]]'', but later entries became formulaic dramas where Bond saves the world from [[apocalypse|apocalyptic]] madmen. Inevitably, Bond's nemesis tries to

...lari remained at Auto Union until Grand Prix racing was put on hiatus by [[World War II]]. The only major European Grand Prix he never won was the [[Czechos ...f 23. His motorcycling career was postponed, however, by the outbreak of [[World War I]] and Nuvolari served as a driver in the Italian army. Once the war h

|World gross:|| ...]''. This is an acknowledged gamble for the series, as many previous "real world" Bond films such as ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' and ''[[Licence to

|Preceded by:||[[The World Is Not Enough]] ...20 companies paying $70 million had their products featured in the film, a record at the time, although ''[[USA Today]]'' reports that number to be as high a

...e]], a [[cryptology]] device used by the [[Nazi Germany|German]]s during [[World War Two]]). * Assistant director [[Kit Lambert]], later became a record producer and manager for the rock band [[The Who]].

...ed assassin, a man who has to navigate a morally complex and often cynical world while attempting to hold onto his deep beliefs of what is right and wrong". ...more now, and with the Internet they’re more aware of what the rest of the world is like. In a way the most interesting place for a James Bond movie to go i

...road cyclist. He was the most renowned Italian cyclist before the [[Second World War]], having won the [[Giro d'Italia]] twice (in 1936 and 1937) and the [[ ...ore who had started racing since he stopped (''see below for Bartali's war record''). He was so worried that he spent an evening memorising two dozen riders

...ver]]. Although clumsily heavy, the vehicle proved a powerful sprinter and record-breaker in the hands of its owner E.W. Hart. Due to its unusual status the ...itain and Ireland|British]] and [[United States|American]] armies during [[World War I]].

...e largest group being in England. Their use also spread to the rest of the world, chiefly because of the extent of the [[British Empire]]. In 1895 [[Annie Londonderry]] became the first woman to bicycle around the world.

...wever, this was never used and Easton and Conti were subsequently asked to record an entirely new theme. Blondie eventually released their song on the [[1982 ...r (film)|Moonraker]]'' — the latter film literally taking Bond out of this world — it was decided that the James Bond series needed to return to reality.

...n relegated to the role of children's toys. However, in other parts of the world, such as China, India, and European countries such as Germany, Denmark, and ...ers have moved much of their production to Asia. Some sixty percent of the world's bicycles are now being made in China. Despite this shift in production, a

...m, called F1-Trac. Reportedly tuned using inputs from 7-time [[Formula 1]] World Champion [[Michael Schumacher]], the system will supposedly allow a compete ...with the 550 Maranello, introduced in 1996, the 575M Maranello has held a record V12 production output of 5,700 units. The price of the Ferrari 599 GTB is a

...of [[Austria]], and the Historic City Centre was inscribed on the [[UNESCO World Heritage List]]. ...(electronic) music scene with independent labels, cult-status underground record stores, a vibrant club scene, multitudes of street performers and a governm