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44 unusual facts about Formula One


1964 News of the World Trophy

The 1st News of the World Trophy, previously known as the Glover Trophy, was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 30 March 1964 at Goodwood Circuit, England.

2008 1000 km of Spa

This race marked the first international victory for Canadian Jacques Villeneuve since the Formula One Luxembourg Grand Prix in 1997.

André Milhoux

He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, the 1956 German Grand Prix on 5 August 1956, however he had to retire after 15 laps due to an engine failure.

Aston Martin DBR3

The second difference between the two was that instead of the standard front suspension from DBR1, DBR3 used a new wishbone suspension that was being developed for the DBR4 Formula One car at the same time.

Banco Nacional

The Nacional brand is better known as main sponsor of Ayrton Senna during most of his racing career in Formula One (1985-1994).

Belleville washer

Belleville washers are seen on Formula One cars, as they provide extremely detailed tuning ability.

Bhanurangsi Savangwongse

His most famous son is the Formula One racer, Prince Birabongse Bhanutej Bhanubandh, better known as Prince Bira.

Bobby Deerfield

Formula One auto racer Bobby Deerfield is a calculating, control-obsessed loner who has become used to winning the checkered flag on the track.

Carlos Menditeguy

He entered 11 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, achieving one podium, and scoring a total of nine championship points.

Castello Cavalcanti

In a quiet Italian village in 1955, American Formula One driver Jed Cavalcanti (Jason Schwartzman), who is struggling in last place in a race through the countryside, crashes his car in the middle of the public square.

CD-adapco

Nearly 75% of the points won during the 2005 Formula One season were awarded to drivers of cars that were designed with STAR-CD.

Csaba Csere

He specialized in stories about technical issues and first-person experiences in competition machines ranging from NASCAR stock cars to Formula One cars.

Desmond Titterington

He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, on July 14, 1956.

Dysthanasia

The term was used frequently in the investigation into the death of Formula One driver Ayrton Senna in 1994.

FC Echichens

The football club is famous for having 7-time World Formula One Champion Michael Schumacher in their squad.

Grand Prix du Comminges

After World War II, the creation of Formula One saw the Grand Prix du Comminges modified to a Formula Two event but, with the top drivers no longer competing, economics dictated cancellation after the 1952 race.

Henry Pelham Lee

In 1917, Lee's engine company became Coventry Climax Engines, a company which, in the 1960s, produced championship Formula One and Two racing engines.

Hiroshi Fushida

He unsuccessfully entered two Formula One Grands Prix with Maki, the first in The Netherlands in 1975 where a blown engine prevented him from starting, and the second at the British GP the same year, where he failed to qualify.

IZOD IndyCar World Championships

Starting in 1981, Formula One scheduled a race on laid out in the parking lot of the Caesars Palace hotel.

Jack Atley

In 2004, he returned to Australia, after working on the Formula One circuit as a photographer for English based photo agency, LAT Photo.

James Moy

James Moy (born 21 July 1977 in Kettering, Northamptonshire) is a British award-winning photographer, specialising in motorsport and motor racing, and is one of the leading Formula One Grand Prix photographers.

Jari Porttila

He focuses usually on skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined, Formula One, and ice hockey, but is able to commentate on almost everything in sports.

Jonathan Legard

Jonathan Legard (born July 1961 in Cardiff, Wales), is a sports journalist, best known as the lead commentator for the BBC's Formula One TV coverage in 2009 and 2010.

Jun Sena

Her stage name, Jun Sena, is a combination of ideas from her parents: Sena comes from Ayrton Senna, her father's favourite Formula One racing driver.

KLIA Expressway

During Formula One Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix championship every year it become as a main route to Sepang F1 Circuit from Kuala Lumpur.

Luigi Fagioli

With his health somewhat improved, following the end of World War II, 52-year-old Luigi Fagioli joined Alfa-Romeo's 1950 Formula One team, earning five podium finishes in six races en route to finishing a remarkable third overall in the first ever FIA World Championship.

Mariam Bukamal

April 2009 Presented a program in English about Sebastien Buemi of the Torro Rosso team, Formula One driver, and three-day live coverage of the Bahrain grand prix (Formula One).

Mercedes-Benz 500K

When the car collection of Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone was auctioned in October 2007 it included five pre-war Mercedes, and his 500K Special Cabriolet fetched almost £700,000 (US$1.45 million).

Mercedes-Benz W125

In Formula One racing itself, the figure was not exceeded until the early 1980s, with the appearance of turbo-charged engines in Formula One.

Mieke Buchan

SPORTS - Throughout her career Buchan has covered events including the Olympic Games, the US Open, and French Open tennis tournaments (for Tennis Channel), Australian Open Tennis (for Triple M) World Cup Soccer (SBS), the Super Bowl, Formula One, the Red Bull Air Race World Championship (Fox Sports America), the Crown Australian Poker Championship (Aussie Millions), Melbourne Cup Carnival.

Monisha Kaltenborn

At this stage, Kaiser was a co-owner of the Sauber Formula One team (along with founder and team principal, Peter Sauber and Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz), and Kaltenborn was employed to take charge of the team's corporate and legal affairs.

Monsanto Forest Park

The Monsanto Park Circuit, a 5.44 km (3.38 mi) race track, hosted the 1959 Formula One Portuguese Grand Prix.

New Miami, Ohio

One of Armco's best-known products may be the crash barriers installed around many auto-racing tracks, particularly in Formula One.

Nilai Komuter station

For the former, tents and additional ticket counters are usually prepared in anticipation of an increased influx of passengers during the Malaysian leg of the Formula One tournament.

Renault Grand Prix

Michelin tyres were also used hundred years later for Renault's 2006 World Championship winning Formula One car, the Renault R26.

Samuel Di Carmine

On 1 July 2008 English Championship side Queens Park Rangers, owned by Italian Formula One mogul and businessman Flavio Briatore, signed Di Carmine on loan for the 2008–2009 season.

Speedway World Championship

Gradually, it became apparent that the single-night event was getting obsolete, and a Grand Prix series similar to that used in Formula One and MotoGP was implemented in 1995 - while the system with qualifiers and a final was now used to qualify riders for the next Grand Prix series.

Stratford St. Mary

Stratford St. Mary is a village hosting a small handful of business like The Bricklayer's Pub, The Swan Inn, Anchor Inn, Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust, Carefore Homes, The Access Group, Formula One Autocentres Ltd, Naycol Scrap Metal Ltd, SITA UK, East Anglia Services, Hall Farm, The Anchor Inn and ABC Preschool.

Suresh Kalmadi

Mr Kalmadi, asf the Indian Olympic Association, signed an agreement to bring the Formula One Grand Prix to India in 2007.

TBWA Worldwide

It hosted a game where users could leave objects on a race track to stop the then Formula One leader, Lewis Hamilton, from winning the last grand prix of the year in Brazil.

Tochigi Prefecture

The track also hosts many other race events including Formula One and motorcycle races as well as festivals and fireworks events.

Tom Rubython

Tom Rubython is a British journalist, entrepreneur and publisher with an interest in business topics and Formula One racing.

Tradin' Paint

In 2003, Tradin' Paint was the name of a one-hour special program where 4-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion Jeff Gordon and former CART champion and Formula One driver Juan Pablo Montoya traded race cars and drove around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Formula One race course.

Zeltweg

The Zeltweg Airfield was used as a racing circuit in the 1960s and hosted the Formula One Grand Prix in 1964.


1965 Italian Grand Prix

The 1965 Italian Grand Prix (formally the XXXVI Gran Premio d'Italia) was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on September 12, 1965.

1982 Austrian Grand Prix

The 1982 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One World Championship race held on 15 August 1982 at the Österreichring in Spielberg, Styria, Austria.

1983 European Grand Prix

Kenny Acheson (RAM-Ford), Corrado Fabi (Osella-Alfa Romeo) and Jacques Laffite (Williams-Ford) all failed to qualify while the Theodore-Ford of Johnny Cecotto was withdrawn before the start of the weekend.

1990 British Formula Three season

The 1990 British Formula Three season was the 40th British Formula Three Championship, won by future Formula One champion Mika Häkkinen driving for West Surrey Racing.

2001 European Grand Prix

The 2001 European Grand Prix (formally the XLV Warsteiner Grand Prix of Europe) was a Formula One motor race on June 24, 2001 held at Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany.

2003 European Grand Prix

The 2003 European Grand Prix (formally the Allianz Grand Prix of Europe) was a Formula One motor race held on June 29, 2003 at the Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany.

2003 German Grand Prix

The 2003 German Grand Prix (formally the Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland) was a Formula One motor race held on August 3, 2003 at the Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany.

2005 German Grand Prix

The 2005 German Grand Prix (formally the LXVII Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland) was a Formula One motor race, held on July 24, 2005 at the Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Germany.

Alta Car and Engineering Company

Once again they were built to order, and supplied to Geoffrey Crossley and Joe Kelly respectively.

Always Tomorrow: The Portrait of an American Business

In 2012, Red Bull Racing used a sample from the film's dialog in the promotional debut video for their RB8 Formula One race car.

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

The phrase "Grand Prix Priest" refers to Horan's previous protest, in which he ran onto the track at the Silverstone Circuit during the Formula One 2003 British Grand Prix, intentionally running directly into the path of oncoming cars.

Automobili Turismo e Sport

Chiti and Bizzarrini built, with sponsorship from the Scuderia Serenissima's Count Giovanni Volpi, a road-going sports car and a Formula One car.

Belgrade Grand Prix

The Belgrade Grand Prix is a former grand prix from the Grand Prix motor racing era - precursor to Formula One.

BRM P261

The BRM P261, also known as the BRM P61 Mark II, is a Formula One motor racing car, designed and built by the British Racing Motors team in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England.

Cacá Bueno

His father, Galvão Bueno is a Brazilian sports commentator, very famous in Brazil as the host of the Formula One races, National football team matches and key Brazilian football matches, and friend with Brazilian sport stars.

Diran Noubar

In 2009, Diran followed Portuguese ex-F1 and current WTCC driver Tiago Monteiro around the world for a whole year, shooting an extraordinary movie titled "Tiago Monteiro, The Man In Every Shot".

Formula Rossa

Ferrari Formula One drivers, Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso rode the Formula Rossa on November 11, 2010, 3 days before the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Grand Prix of Indianapolis

The race will be contested on a new, modified layout of the circuit previously used for the Formula One United States Grand Prix as well as the Moto GP motorcycle event.

Harry Stiller

He is particularly well known for being the person responsible for starting Alan Jones in Formula One in 1975 alongside James Hunt in the Hesketh F1 team.

Juan Sánchez Vidal

Eventually, his hobby led him to meet some airline personalities, some of them famous celebrities, like Niki Lauda, Formula One champion and owner of Lauda Air.

Lella Lombardi

Born in Frugarolo, Piedmont, she participated in 17 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 20 July 1974.

Maserati A6GCM

The same model raced in Formula One races and in Formula Two, in races which counted for the World Championship as well as in non-championship events, as it was often the case in the early 1950s.

Matra MS620

Fitted with a 1.9-litre version of the BRM Formula One V8 engine, four cars were built, but were mostly used as developmental cars.

Michel Boeri

In 24 June 2009, when the Formula One Teams Association and the FIA did a deal to solve their differences about the F1 championship, Michel Boeri replaced Max Mosley in his capacity relation with F1, a rumor that was later denied by Max Mosley.

Milk and Cereal

The original video spawned several recreations, including one by two students from the University of California, one featuring the puppet Yoda from Star Wars, another by a single high school student named Riley Harmon, who "cloned" himself in post-production to simulate the duet, and one by former Formula One driver Scott Speed along with his friend and fellow race driver Colin Fleming.

Mo Nunn

He ran the Ensign Formula One team in the late 1970s and early 80s, and later worked for Chip Ganassi's highly successful Champ Car team, before founding Mo Nunn Racing for the 2000 season.

Nivelles-Baulers

Built in 1971, the circuit hosted two rounds of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix in 1972 and 1974 during the time when the race was supposed to alternate between Walloon and Flemish circuits.

Offshore powerboat racing

One of the benefits of sponsoring an offshore powerboat team, as stated by team owner and driver Bjørn Rune Gjelsten, is that in Formula One motor racing, 1 million will only allow a small space, whereas in offshore powerboating, this covers the whole of the boat.

Rad Racer

At the car selection screen, the player can pick one of two cars: a Ferrari 328 or an F1 racing machine, similar in appearance to the 1987 Camel-sponsored Honda/Lotus 99T Formula One car.

Rodney Nuckey

He entered two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 2 August 1953, although his place in the 1954 British Grand Prix was ultimately taken by Eric Brandon.

San Marino Grand Prix

The San Marino Grand Prix (Italian: GP di San Marino) was a Formula One championship race which was run at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in the town of Imola, near the Apennine mountains in Italy, between 1981 and 2006.

Spirit 201

The Spirit 201 was a Formula One/Formula Two racing car designed by John Baldwin and Spirit Racing co-founder Gordon Coppuck which was raced in European Formula Two from 1982 to 1984 and in Formula One in 1983.

Ulrich Bez

While at Porsche, he led Vehicle Research and Development and motor sport programmes in Formula One and World Endurance Championship in Indianapolis and Le Mans.