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...obile|FIA]] and used to compete in the outright class of the [[World Rally Championship]] (WRC). Technical regulations mandate that World Rally Cars must be built upon a production car with a minimum of 2500 units, base

...x|Jordan]] team. He is often given the title of "The Fastest Indian in the World". ...son, and in the same year, he also competed in the Formula Vauxhall Junior championship in [[Great Britain]]. This gave him valuable experience in [[Europe|Europea

...racing, taking pole, and finishing fourth overall. With 1986 came another championship in FF2000, this time the European title. ...], at that time one of the biggest teams in F3000. In a closely contested season, Blundell managed a very respectable sixth place in the final standings.

...Prix motorcycle racing season|2004]], [[2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|2005]]) |Last season || 2006

! colspan=2 |'''World Rally Championship''' | Current season || 2009 World Rally Championship season

...1925]] Alfa Romeo won the first [[Grand Prix motor racing|World Grand Prix Championship]]. Over 4 rounds the [[Alfa Romeo P2]] won the [[European Grand Prix]] at ...team [[Scuderia Ferrari]]. P3s then won six of the final 11 events of the season including the final 2 major Grands Prix in Italy and Spain.

...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 ...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 streets of M

...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 ...ed until [[1919]] when the name "Liberty Sweepstakes" was used following [[World War I]] in [[1919]] only. The race went back to "International Sweepstakes

Newman served in the [[United States Navy|Navy]] in [[World War II]] in the [[Pacific Theater of Operations|Pacific theater]]. He was s ...Woodward]], in the feature films ''[[The Long, Hot Summer]]'' (1958), ''[[Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!]]'', (1958), ''[[From the Terrace]]'' (1960), ''[[Pa

...hafts, four valves per cylinder and twin ignition. However, the onset of [[World War I]] halted automobile production at ALFA for three years. ...lfa Romeo P2|P2 Grand Prix car]], which won Alfa Romeo the inaugural world championship for Grand Prix cars in 1925. For Alfa road cars Jano developed a series of

...bbels]] and [[Adolf Hitler]]. Max was born in London early in the [[Second World War]], in April 1940. In May, Sir Oswald, who had campaigned for a negotiat ...Alf Mosley, the [[coachbuilder]].' And I thought to myself, 'I've found a world where they don't know about Oswald Mosley.' And it has always been a bit li

...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

For the 1965 season, the development and racing of the Ford GT40 was given to [[Carroll Shelby] ...ars with engines that displaced over 5.0 L were banned from the World championship and from Le Mans, which was the end for the Big Block Ford (Mk II and Mk IV