Brands Hatch

Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in Kent, England. The name of the circuit is thought to derive from "de Brondehach" - a Gaelic term, "Bron" meaning "wooded slope" and "hach" meaning "entrance to the forest". Brands Hatch - Origins. Originally used as a military training ground, the field belonging to Brands Hatch farm was first used as a circuit by a group of cyclists led by Ron Argent. Using the natural contours of the land, many cyclists from around London practiced, raced and ran time trials on th ...

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• Brands Hatch - Origins
• Brands Hatch - Upgrades
• Brands Hatch - Hosting Grands Prix
• Brands Hatch - Recent years
• Brands Hatch - Current Events

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The 2.65 mile Grand Prix circuit was constructed in 1959, and the track hosted its first major motor racing event in August 1960, the non-championship Silver City Trophy Formula One race, won by Jack Brabham. Soon after, the track was sold to Grovewood Securities, and John Webb put in charge of Motor Racing Developments, to manage the circuit. The new ownership saw successful negotiations with the RAC to hold the British Grand Prix jointly with Silverstone, alternating years. On July 11, 1964, Brands Hatch held its first Formula One World Ch ...

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Brands Hatch, Brands Hatch - Origins, Brands Hatch - Upgrades, Brands Hatch - Hosting Grands Prix, Brands Hatch - Recent years, Brands Hatch - Current Events

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Chris Amon (born 20 July 1943 in Bulls, New Zealand) was a Formula 1 (F1) racing driver active in the 1960s and 1970s and widely regarded to be one of the best drivers never to win a championship Grand Prix (GP). His reputation for bad luck was such that fellow driver Mario Andretti once joked that "if he became an undertaker, people would stop dying". Chris Amon - Early life. Chris Amon was the only child of wealthy sheep-owner Ngaio Amon. On leaving school, he was able to persuade his father to bu ...

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• Chris Amon - Early life
• Chris Amon - Racing career
• Chris Amon - 1960s
• Chris Amon - 1970s
• Chris Amon - Retirement
• Chris Amon - Legacy
• Chris Amon - Formula 1 results

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Barry Sheene MBE (September 11, 1950 - March 10, 2003) was a legendary British motorcycle racer, winning several British and World Championships. He became the British 125 cc champion aged just 20, and finished second in the World Championships for that class a year later. A spectacular crash at Daytona in 1975 threatened to end his career, breaking his left thigh, right arm, collarbone and two ribs, yet he recovered and was racing again shortly afterwards. In 1976 he won five Grands Prix, bringing him the World C ...

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A1 Grand Prix, often shortened to A1GP or simply A1, also known as the World Cup of Motorsport, is an international motor racing series, unique in the field of motorsport in that drivers compete for their country instead of a private team or constructor. The concept was forwarded by Sheikh Maktoum Hasher Maktoum Al Maktoum, a member of the Royal Family of Dubai, in 2004. The series was confirmed and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile and began operations in 2005. The first ever A1 ...

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• A1 Grand Prix - Cars
• A1 Grand Prix - Competing countries
• A1 Grand Prix - Venues
• A1 Grand Prix - Format
• A1 Grand Prix - Qualifying
• A1 Grand Prix - Race day
• A1 Grand Prix - Scoring
• A1 Grand Prix - Current season
• A1 Grand Prix - Management team

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Will Power (born March 1, 1981) is a motorsport driver from Australia. During 2005 he has been competing in the World Series by Renault for the Carlin Motorsport team, where he has proven very competitive. In addition to driving in the WSR, Power is also one of the featured drivers for the Australian team in the A1 Grand Prix series. Power raced in the series opener at Brands Hatch and piloted Austr ...

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Despite winning the 1000km Nürburgring, the 908 was anything but convincing in 1968. The older and smaller 2200cc 907 had started the season with dominating wins and later delivered better results than Porsche's first serious attempt in the top prototype category, as old Ford GT40 were winning several races on the faster tracks. As sports cars with up to 5000cc were still allowed if at least 25 of them were produced, Porsche decided to go one step further and build the required 25 cars of the 5000cc sports car category - the new Porsche 917. This risky investment should take about a year, though, and the 908 was supposed ...

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Porsche 908, Porsche 908 - 1968, Porsche 908 - 1969, Porsche 908 - 1970 - 1971, Porsche 908 - 1972 - 1982, Porsche 908 - Versions, Porsche 908 - 908 LH Coupé '68, Porsche 908 - 908/2 Spyder '69, Porsche 908 - 908/3 Spyder '70/'71, Porsche 908 - 908/3 Spyder Turbo '75 - '81, Porsche 908 - Weblinks

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In 1994, Senna finally left the ailing McLaren team for the top team at the end of 1993 Williams-Renault. After the banning of active suspension the Williams started the season trying to close the gap to Benetton. Senna failed to finish his first two races, despite taking two superb pole positions against the Benetton at both events. On May 1 1994, he took part in his third race for the team, the San Marino GP. Senna took pole position yet ...

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Ayrton Senna, Ayrton Senna - Early life, Ayrton Senna - Into Formula One, Ayrton Senna - The Lotus Years, Ayrton Senna - McLaren career, Ayrton Senna - Wet weather driving, Ayrton Senna - Character, Ayrton Senna - Death, Ayrton Senna - Legacy

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On May 23 and 24, 2005, A1 Team Great Britain held a "shoot-out" evaluation test to select their driver(s) for the 2005-06 season. The drivers used an Arden Motorsport Formula 3000 car for the test, which was held at the Brands Hatch circuit in England. Ralph Firman and Robbie Kerr drove the car on the first day, both completing over 60 laps each in dry conditions. The following day, Alex Lloyd and James Rossiter were faced with wet conditions, and both drove 20 laps before Kerr was put back in the car for a further 20 laps so that the team ...

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A1 Team Great Britain, A1 Team Great Britain - Management, A1 Team Great Britain - Drivers, A1 Team Great Britain - Race performances

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Chris Amon - 1960s. For the 1963 F1 season the Parnell team were using year-old Lola cars powered by year-old Climax V8 engines. Amon was teamed with the very-experienced Maurice Trintignant for the first race of the season at Monaco and his Grand Prix career started with what was to become typical bad luck: Trintignant's Climax developed a misfire, so he took over Amon's car. At the Belgian GP Amon was partnered by Lucien Bianchi and started ahead of him from fifteenth position. After nine laps, h ...

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Chris Amon, Chris Amon - Early life, Chris Amon - Racing career, Chris Amon - 1960s, Chris Amon - 1970s, Chris Amon - Retirement, Chris Amon - Legacy, Chris Amon - Formula 1 results

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Each A1 Grand Prix race meeting takes place over a three-day period. Day one (Friday) involves a practice session with each team familiarising themselves with the track. Day two (Saturday) involves a second practice session and and the qualifying sessions. Day three (Sunday) comprises two races, with points awarded for both. A1 Grand Prix - Qualifying. Qualifying takes place from 14:00 to 16:00 local time, and consists of four 15 minute sessions. During each session, each team is allowed only three laps, a ...

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A1 Grand Prix, A1 Grand Prix - Cars, A1 Grand Prix - Competing countries, A1 Grand Prix - Venues, A1 Grand Prix - Format, A1 Grand Prix - Qualifying, A1 Grand Prix - Race day, A1 Grand Prix - Scoring, A1 Grand Prix - Current season, A1 Grand Prix - Management team

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Currently, the cars used are 2.0 L saloons, based on models from a variety of manufacturers, using technical regulations similar to the World Touring Car Championship. There are strict limits to the modifications which can be made to the cars, which are intended to reduce the cost of runing a competitive team, which had become prohibitive in the final years of the Supertouring rules. The teams are a mixture of works teams from manufacturers (currently Vauxhall and SEAT) and independent teams ...

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British Touring Car Championship, British Touring Car Championship - Type of cars, British Touring Car Championship - Race Calendar, British Touring Car Championship - 2006 Season, British Touring Car Championship - 2005 Season, British Touring Car Championship - Race Format, British Touring Car Championship - Points system, British Touring Car Championship - Television Coverage, British Touring Car Championship - Previous champions

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The concept originated during 1963 with drawings by Ron Hickman, director of Lotus Engineering (Designer of the original Lotus Elan, as well as the Black and Decker Workmate), for a bid on the Ford GT40 project. That contract ended up going to Lola instead, so Colin Chapman chose to use Hickman's aerodynamic design (with a still ultra low for today drag coefficient of .29) as the basis for a production model to succeed the ageless Lotus 7: the Europa. < ...

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Lotus Europa, Lotus Europa - History, Lotus Europa - Series 1, Lotus Europa - Type 47, Lotus Europa - Series 2, Lotus Europa - Twin Cam and TC Special, Lotus Europa - Europas for the New Millennium, Lotus Europa - Europa S - 2006

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In 1990, a wealthy Japanese businessman, Tomonori Tsurumaki, built an extravagant (and remote) race track called Nippon Autopolis with the idea of hosting a Formula One race. In 1992, plans were made to have an Asian Grand Prix in 1993 to replace the Mexican Grand Prix on the schedule. However, these plans failed to materialize. Instead, Bernie Ecclestone added a race at Donington Park to the schedule, which brought back the European Grand Prix moniker. The race was the brainchild of Tom Wheatcroft, who had been trying to bring F1 to the tra ...

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European Grand Prix, European Grand Prix - Historical, European Grand Prix - First Modern Incarnation, European Grand Prix - Second Modern Incarnation, European Grand Prix - Winners of the European Grands Prix

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The ETCC, as it was known, was started in 1963 by Willy Stenger, who created the series at the behest of the FIA. It allowed a variety of touring cars of different sizes and displacements to race together, from the small Fiat 600 and Mini to the large Jaguar Mark 2, Mercedes-Benz 300SE and Chevrolet Camaro. In 1963 races or hillclimbing events at Nürburgring, Mont Ventoux, Brands Hatch, Mallory Park, Zolder, Zandvoort, Timmelsjoch and even in a park in Budapest counted tow ...

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European Touring Car Championship, European Touring Car Championship - ETCC 1963-1988, European Touring Car Championship - ETCC 2000-2004

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Bernie Ecclestone - Early life. Ecclestone was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, and shortly thereafter moved near London, leaving school at age 16 to work at the local gasworks and pursue his hobby, motorcycles. Immediately after the end of World War II, Ecclestone went in to business trading in spare parts for motorcycles, and formed the Compton & Ecclestone motorcycle dealership with Fred Compton. His first racing experience came with 500cc Formula 3 Series; he drove at a very few events, and gave up in 1951 after an accident at the Brands Hatch circuit when his ...

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Bernie Ecclestone, Bernie Ecclestone - Motorsports career, Bernie Ecclestone - Early life, Bernie Ecclestone - Team ownership, Bernie Ecclestone - FISA-FOCA war, Bernie Ecclestone - Recent activity, Bernie Ecclestone - Labour Party scandal, Bernie Ecclestone - Personal details

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Hesketh rented a Surtees TS9 for the non-championship Race of Champions at Brands Hatch, with Hunt finishing 3rd. This success led to the purchase of a March 731, with Hesketh also signing junior March designer Harvey Postlethwaite to modify the chassis, working from Hesketh's Easton Neston estate. The car made its first appearance at the 1973 Monaco Grand Prix, where Hunt ran 6th before the engine failed. He would score a point at the team's next entry, the French Grand Prix, improve to 4th for the British Grand Prix, then 3rd for the Dutch Grand Prix. He then took ...

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Hesketh, Hesketh - Success with James Hunt in Formula One, Hesketh - The post-Hunt era

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Their turbocharged 1.4 L engine from the Capri was later enlarged and used in the World Endurance Championship from 1982 onwards in the Ford C100. The Zakspeed-prepared machine was run by the works Ford Germany team with Klaus Ludwig, Manfred Winkelhock and Marc Surer at the wheel, but the car was a midfielder at best, although Jonathan Palmer and Desire Wilson score a 4th place overall the 1000 Km of Brands Hatch in 1982. Ford Germany removed their support and one car was sold to privateers, while the other chassis were evolved by Zaks ...

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Zakspeed, Zakspeed - 1973 to 1981: Saloon and sports car racing, Zakspeed - 1982 to 1989: Endurance cars and F1, Zakspeed - 1990s and beyond: Return to sports and touring cars

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1967 saw the ultimate mid-engined 330 P, the 330 P4. With a 3-valve cylinder head added to the P3's fuel injection system, output was up to 450 hp (335 kW). Only four were ever made. Due to its great fame and good looks, more than a hundred P4 replicas of various design have been built since. The 330 P4 electrified the racing world when three of the four crossed the finish line together (in first, second, and third place) in the 1967 24 Hours of Daytona and became a symbol of victory over arch-enemy Ford GT40. Surprisingly the 330 P4 had poor aerodynamics even in comparison with its rivals, but its se ...

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Ferrari P, Ferrari P - 250 P, Ferrari P - 250 LM, Ferrari P - 330 P, Ferrari P - 330 P2, Ferrari P - 330 P3, Ferrari P - 330 P4, Ferrari P - Controversy around chassis no. 0846, Ferrari P - 412 P, Ferrari P - 312 P, Ferrari P - 512 S and 512 M, Ferrari P - 312 PB, Ferrari P - 333 SP

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2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations Great Britain - Practice. The 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Great Britain at Brands Hatch had a rough start, even before it began. During the first two practice sesions, held on Friday September 23, there were no less than eight red flags due to on track incidents. In the first session, Team India's Karun Chandhok crashed into Jos Verstappen at a hairpin, sending him airborne damaging his car to such an extent that he was unable to set a time in the second session. Rain marred ...

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2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations Great Britain, 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations Great Britain - Report, 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations Great Britain - Practice, 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations Great Britain - Qualifying, 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations Great Britain - Sprint race, 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations Great Britain - Main race, 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations Great Britain - Results, 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations Great Britain - Qualification, 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations Great Britain - Sprint Race Results, 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations Great Britain - Main Race Results, 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations Great Britain - Total Points

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