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• Formula 2
  ...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.
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• Colli
  Another family firm in [[Milan]], this one was formed by [[Giuseppe Colli]] in 1931 and included his four sons, Mario, ...the 1947 Villa d'Este a [[Fiat 500 barchetta]] with a Gilco chassis. Other people who worked with the company included [[Ermini]], [[De Sauge]], [[Dagrada]],
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• Benetton Formula
  ...la Ltd.''', commonly referred to simply as '''Benetton''', was a [[Formula One]] constructor that participated from 1986 to 2001. The team was owned by th ...e)|Alfa Romeo]] in 1984 and 1985 and finally [[Toleman]] in 1985. Benetton Formula Ltd. was formed at the end of 1985 when the [[Toleman]] team was sold to th
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• Brembo
  |Key people || Brembo brakes are also used by a variety of [[Formula One]] teams, including [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]].
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• Automobile racing
  ...e racing]], and can include [[motorboat racing]] and [[air racing]]. It is one of the world's most popular [[spectator sport]]s and perhaps the most thoro [[Image:formula_one_car.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A modern Formula One car]]
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• 1955 Le Mans disaster
  ...Le Mans]] when a race car crashed and flew into the crowd, killing over 80 people. Unlike many other races where the speed in curves is more important than ...ter, many major and minor races were cancelled in 1955, like the [[Formula One]] Grand Prix races in Germany and [[Switzerland]] - the latter country bann
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• Motor racing
  ...e racing]], and can include [[motorboat racing]] and [[air racing]]. It is one of the world's most popular [[spectator sport]]s and perhaps the most thoro [[Image:formula_one_car.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A modern Formula One car]]
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• Kart racing
  ...become a kart-specialised item with dedicated manufacturers, Vortex being one example. These can develop from about 16 hp to 30 hp (12 to 22 kW) for a si ...when RPMs increase, the belt moves higher and higher in the groove of the one pulley, and gradually making the gear ratio bigger.
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• Giotto Bizzarrini
  ...glielmo Marconi]] on his inventions, especially the radio, following which one of the Livorno Library sections was named The Bizzarrini Library. ...a Passo Corto'') were influenced by his ideas and technical solutions. For one of the most successful Ferrari racing series, the [[Ferrari 250]], Bizzarri
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• Monaco Grand Prix
  ...and glamour result in the race being considered "the jewel of the Formula One crown". ...s and tight corners, making it one of the most demanding tracks in Formula One. In spite of the relatively low average speeds, it is a dangerous place to
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• Race car
  | Caption || The start of a [[Formula One]] race in 2008 ...and it can further include [[motorboat racing]] and [[air racing]]. It is one of the world's most popular [[spectator sport]]s and perhaps the most thoro
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• Australian Grand Prix
  ...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 ...some of lost glory when leading Formula 1 drivers were hired to race in [[Formula Atlantic]] cars at [[Calder Park Raceway]]. The Atlantic era was dominated
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• Fiat Dino
  ...production numbers to [[homologate]] [[Alfredo Ferrari]]'s V6 engine for [[Formula 2]] racing. ...Fiat Dino Spider was introduced at Turin Motor Show 1966 and Coupe version one year later at Geneva Motorshow.
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• Formula One
  {{Formula One}} ...b|400px|[[Fernando Alonso]] qualifying in a [[Renault F1|Renault]] Formula One car at the [[2005 United States Grand Prix]]]]
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• Newton's Second Law
  ...natural state is at rest" to [[Two New Sciences|Galileo's discovery]] was one of the most profound and important discoveries in physics. ...but it serves as a basic axiom for Newton's mathematical model from which one could derive the motions of bodies from elementary causes: ''forces''.
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• Alain Prost
  ...the five victories that season that would make him France’s first Formula One world champion. © Schlegelmilch]] ...Formula One season|1980]]–[[1991 Formula One season|1991]], [[1993 Formula One season|1993]]
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• 2003 Formula One season
  The '''2003 Formula One season''' was the 54th [[FIA]] [[Formula One]] World Championship season. It commenced on [[March 9]], [[2003]], and end ...an Grand Prix, which saw a young Fernando Alonso winning his first Formula One race.
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• Gilles Villeneuve
  |Years:||[[1977 Formula One season|1977]] - [[1982 Formula One season|1982]] |Championships:||0 (2nd in [[1979 Formula One season|1979]])
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• Damon Hill
  |Years || [[1992 Formula One season|1992]] - [[1999 Formula One season|1999]] |Championships || 1 ([[1996 Formula One season|1996]])
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• ATS
  ...]]'s [[Count Giovanni Volpi]], a road-going [[sports car]] and a [[Formula One]] car. ...ents, the [[Ferrari]] 'defectors' worked together on a [[sportscar]] and [[Formula 1]] racer that would directly challenge their former employer. Shortly afte
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• Watkins Glen International
  * [[Formula Libre]] * [[Formula One]]
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• ASA
  ...was a problem. With a limited budget stretched by [[Formula 1]] racing, [[Formula 2]], [[GT]] [[sports car]] world championship pursuit and regular road car ...the Porsche having much less displacement (1032cc vs Porsche 1600cc). If one were to go racing, rallying or hill climbing in a 1000cc car, losses to Por
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• List of racing drivers
  {{Formula One}} People who have engaged in [[auto racing]]:
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• Nigel Mansell
  ...Formula One season|1992]], [[1994 Formula One season|1994]]–[[1995 Formula One season|1995]] | Championships || 1 ([[1992 Formula One season|1992]])
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• Targa Florio
  Always one of the toughest competitions in Europe, the first Targa Florio covered 277 By the mid-1920s, the Targa Florio had become one of Europe's most important races, as neither the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] no
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• Max Mosley
  ...and car users worldwide. The FIA is also the governing body for [[Formula One]] and other international [[auto racing|motorsports]]. ...nationale du Sport Automobile]] (FISA), the then governing body of Formula One. Mosley was elected president of FISA in 1991 and became president of the F
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• 2005 Formula One season
  The '''2005 Formula One season''' was the 56th [[FIA]] [[Formula One]] World Championship season. It commenced on [[March 6]], [[2005]], and saw ...te a late charge from [[Kimi Räikkönen]], Alonso won the [[list of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|world championship]] by finishing third in the [[2
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• Italdesign
  | Key people || Giorgetto Giugiaro <small>([[Entrepreneur|Founder]])</small> < Theirs was an innovative formula for the automobile industry: creation of a services company for the large,
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• Zagato
  |Key people||UgoZagato<small>([[Entrepreneur|Founder]])</small><br/>AndreaZagato<small> ...were produced officially in small series, the company also built exclusive one-offs and prototypes for other illustrious marques, such as [[Ford Motor Com
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• Milwaukee Mile
  ...n is as the oldest operating motor speedway in the world, hosting at least one auto race every year since [[1903]]. The track holds the distinction of bei The track started out as a one-mile private horse racing track on or before 1876. In 1891, the site was pu
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• Engine displacement
  [[Image:Displacement.gif|thumb|350px|[[Displacement]], One complete cycle of a four cylinder, four stroke engine. The volume displaced ...the total [[volume]] of air/fuel mixture an [[engine]] can draw in during one complete engine cycle; it is normally stated in [[cubic centimetre]]s, [[li
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• Siata
  ...port (1937) which was a spider with a rocket-like body and a 636cc engine. One of these, with a body by [[Zagato]] and driven [[by Piero Dusio]] (later to ...1100 TV.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''1954 Siata 1100 TV. The Siata 1100 TV is one of a small series of only 11 cars that were ever produced. The overall body
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• Torque
  ...ewton]]s applied two [[metre]]s from the fulcrum exerts the same torque as one newton applied six metres from the fulcrum. This assumes the force is in a ===Moment arm formula===
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• MV Agusta
  |Key people || Claudio Castiglioni, [[President]] ...tuto Ayrton Senna, his charity foundation in Brazil for children and young people. 300 models of each were made in the early 2000's.
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• De Tomaso
  |Key people || [[Alejandro de Tomaso]] ...ally, De Tomaso produced various prototypes and racing cars, including a [[Formula 1]] car for [[Frank Williams]]'s team in 1970.
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• Mario Andretti
  ...tory of the sport. He is one of only two drivers to win races in [[Formula One]], [[American Championship Car Racing|IndyCar]], [[World Sportscar Champion ...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
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• Michael Schumacher
  ...le season. Schumacher is the only German to have won the [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|drivers' championship]]. ...e team's season-best grid position of seventh. The race-winning [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]] team signed him before the next race, despite what Jordan believ
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• History of Formula One
  {{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
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• Bizzarrini
  |Key people || [[Giotto Bizzarrini]], founder ...glielmo Marconi]] on his inventions, especially the radio, following which one of the Livorno Library sections was named The Bizzarrini Library.
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• Indianapolis 500
  .... The event lends its name to the "[[IndyCar]]" class of [[formula racing|formula]], or [[open wheel car|open-wheel]], race cars that have competed in it. It ...a smattering of small events before the promoters decided to focus on just one major event and it was paved with 3.2 million bricks urged by principal [[C
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• For Your Eyes Only (film)
  ...In reality, Cossey appears only fleetingly and is only clearly visible in one or two shots. ...er, contradicts the fact that his Bond kills at least two, possibly three, people in cold blood in an earlier film, ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy W
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• World Rally Championship
  ...e first official world champion, edging out Finland's [[Hannu Mikkola]] by one point. [[Fiat]] took the manufacters' title with the [[Fiat 131 Abarth]] in ...ontinued the success of the Japanese constructors. [[Subaru]]'s [[Scottish people|Scotsman]] [[Colin McRae]] won the drivers' world championship in [[1995 Wo
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• Die Another Day
  ...e use of [[computer-generated imagery|CGI]] special effects detracted from one of the major appeals of the older films — that the [[stunt]]s, however pr ...Berry]] had been elevated to co-star status with Pierce Brosnan, At least one of the film's posters gives Berry equal billing with Brosnan. In addition,
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• Four-wheel-drive
  ...re included in the broader [[sport utility vehicle]] category. While many people associate the term with [[off-road vehicle]]s, powering all four wheels pro A [[differential (mechanics)|differential]] allows one input shaft to drive two output shafts with different speeds. The different
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• Casino Royale (1967 film)
  Such an agent is found in "Coop" (played by one-time Bond-film candidate [[Terence Cooper]]). He seduces Miss Moneypenny a ...is kidnapped, and Tremble chases the kidnappers in a [[lotus cars|Lotus]] Formula Three.
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• Alfa Romeo 159
  ...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 ...may find the design restrictive in overall room. The 156 is a car for four people, rather than five, although later models did add a full centre seatbelt in
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• Le Mans 24 hours races
  [[Ferrari]] had 10 cars start the 1958 Le Mans with only two finishing but one, a TR 58 (250TR) was the winner driven by [[Phil Hill]] and Oliver Gendebie Rover and the BRM Formula 1 team joined forces to produce a [[gas turbine]] powered [[coupé]], drive
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• 007 (disambiguation)
  ...y films have been made as well as two that were independently produced and one [[United States|American]] television adaptation of Fleming's first novel u ...the consummate [[womaniser]], drinker, and heavy [[cigarette]] smoker, at one point reaching 70 cigarettes a day. On average, however, Bond smokes 60 a d
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• James Bond
  ...y films have been made as well as two that were independently produced and one [[United States|American]] television adaptation of Fleming's first novel u ...the consummate [[womaniser]], drinker, and heavy [[cigarette]] smoker, at one point reaching 70 cigarettes a day. On average, however, Bond smokes 60 a d
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• Moto Guzzi
  |Key people || Daniele Bandiera <span style="font-variant:small-caps">[[ceo]]</span><br ...st European manufacturer in continuous motorcycle production. Guzzi is now one of seven brands owned by [[Piaggio|Piaggio & Co. SpA]], Europe's largest mo
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