Räikkönen, long rumoured to be linked to a future Ferrari deal, instead sufficiently impressed McLaren, earning a race seat on Ron Dennis's team for 2002, replacing double-world champion (and fellow Finn) Mika Häkkinen. Kimi Räikkönen - 2002. Räikkönen scored a third-place podium finish in his first race with McLaren, the 2002 Australian Grand Prix. Although McLaren suffered many Mercedes engine failures in 2002, he still managed to score 24 points and four podiums, and held his own to teammate Davi ...

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Kimi Räikkönen, Kimi Räikkönen - Early career until 2000, Kimi Räikkönen - Sauber - his entry into F1 2001, Kimi Räikkönen - McLaren 2002-2006, Kimi Räikkönen - 2002, Kimi Räikkönen - 2003, Kimi Räikkönen - 2004, Kimi Räikkönen - 2005, Kimi Räikkönen - 2006, Kimi Räikkönen - 2007?, Kimi Räikkönen - Formula One results, Kimi Räikkönen - Grand Prix, Kimi Räikkönen - Championship qualifications, Kimi Räikkönen - Formula One Records

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This page refers to the year 1979. For the Smashing Pumpkins song, see 1979 (song). 1979 (MCMLXXIX) is a common year starting on Monday. 1979 - Events. 1979 energy crisis - occurred in the wake of the Iranian Revolution January 1 - United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the "International Year of the Child." Many musicians donate to the "Music for UNICEF" fund. January 1 - Sino-American relations: United States and ...

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See also: 2004 in sports, 2005 in baseball, other events of 2005, 2006 in sports, list of 'years in sports'. 2005 in sports - Athletics. Men's 100 metres - Asafa Powell of Jamaica sets a new world record of 9.77 at the Athens Olympic Stadium on June 14th. European Cup June 19 Men's overall standings - Germany Women's overall standings - Russia World Championships - Complete results see 2005 World Championships in Athletics IAAF Golden League - R ...

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This article is about the decade starting at the beginning of 2000 and ending at the end of 2009. For the century or millennium starting in 2001, see the links below. 2000s - The decade as a whole. The 2000s decade refers to the years from 2000 to 2009, inclusive. Informally, it can also include a few years at the end of the preceding decade or the beginning of the following decade. So far, the 2000s has been marked generally with an escalation of the social issues a ...

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October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 75 days remaining. October 17 - Events. 538 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost 70 years of exile and making the first Human Rights Declaration 1244 - Battle of La Forbie: Crusaders are defeated by Khwarezmians & Egyptians 1346 - Battle of Neville's Cross: King David II of S ...

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Men's Golf Grand Slam of golf results: May - The Masters - Fuzzy Zoeller June - US Open - Hale Irwin July 20 - British Open - Seve Ballesteros August - PGA Championship - David Graham PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Tom Watson - $462,636 Ryder Cup: United States won 17-11 over Europe in the first Ryder Cup to feature a side representing all Europe. Women's Golf US Women's Open - Jerilyn Britz LPGA Championship - Donna Caponi Nancy Lopez: leading money winner on ...

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1979 in sports, 1979 in sports - Auto Racing, 1979 in sports - Baseball, 1979 in sports - Basketball, 1979 in sports - Boxing, 1979 in sports - Cricket, 1979 in sports - Cycling, 1979 in sports - Field Hockey, 1979 in sports - Figure Skating, 1979 in sports - Football American, 1979 in sports - Football Australian Rules, 1979 in sports - Football Canadian, 1979 in sports - Football Soccer, 1979 in sports - Golf, 1979 in sports - Thoroughbred Horse Racing, 1979 in sports - Harness Racing, 1979 in sports - Ice Hockey, 1979 in sports - Skiing, 1979 in sports - Snooker, 1979 in sports - Tennis, 1979 in sports - General sporting events, 1979 in sports - Births, 1979 in sports - January-March, 1979 in sports - April-June, 1979 in sports - July-September, 1979 in sports - October-December, 1979 in sports - Deaths

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The 2004 San Marino Grand Prix marked the 10th anniversary of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna's fatal accidents in 1994. Qualifying gave BAR's Jenson Button his maiden career pole position, ahead of Michael Schumacher, Juan Pablo Montoya, Rubens Barrichello and Ralf Schumacher. Both Giancarlo Fisichella and Kimi Räikkönen failed to set a time in the session, leaving them at the back of the grid. Rain fell on the Imola circuit overnight, washing away much of the rubber that had been laid down over the weekend, theoretically handing the ...

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2004 San Marino Grand Prix, 2004 San Marino Grand Prix - Report, 2004 San Marino Grand Prix - Classification, 2004 San Marino Grand Prix - Notes

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The 2005 Australian Grand Prix was run under partly cloudly skies with temperatures around 20 ° C (68° F). The starting grid strongly reflected the results of a summer rainstorm which struck the Saturday qualifying session. Giancarlo Fisichella (who would earn a career-second pole) and other drivers who qualified before the storm had posted respectable lap times; anyone caught in the downpour would suffer a poor grid position. Several drivers, including reigning champion Michael Schumacher, would forego a timed lap on Sunday's qualifying s ...

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2005 Australian Grand Prix, 2005 Australian Grand Prix - Summary, 2005 Australian Grand Prix - Classification, 2005 Australian Grand Prix - Notes

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Michael Schumacher took a huge step toward his record-breaking sixth drivers championship by winning the 2003 United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis by 18.258 seconds over pole-sitter Kimi Räikkönen before another huge American crowd. After the race, Räikkönen remained in mathematical contention for the championship with one race to go; however, the title hopes of Williams driver Juan Pablo Montoya were taken away when he was penalized for an incident on Lap ...

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2003 United States Grand Prix, 2003 United States Grand Prix - Summary, 2003 United States Grand Prix - Classification, 2003 United States Grand Prix - Notes

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The following teams and drivers competed in the 2003 FIA Formula One World Championship. 2003 Formula One season - Driver changes. There were several driver lineup changes prior to and during the 2003 season. Prior to the season commencing, the following lineup changes occurred: Toyota announced midway through the 2002 season that both drivers (Mika Salo and Allan McNish) would be replaced. Consequently Olivier Panis left the BAR team to drive for Toyota, and Cristiano da Matta was sign ...

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2003 Formula One season, 2003 Formula One season - Season summary, 2003 Formula One season - Drivers and constructors, 2003 Formula One season - Driver changes, 2003 Formula One season - Team changes, 2003 Formula One season - Season review, 2003 Formula One season - 2003 Constructors Championship final standings, 2003 Formula One season - 2003 Drivers Championship final standings

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Some new teams are expected to join the grid in the coming seasons. Future of Formula One - MF1 Racing. MF1 Racing intends to run the first Russian driver in F1 history. The team is owned by the Midland Group. In 2005, Midland bought Jordan Grand Prix. The move was in order to avoid paying the large deposit required to enter Formula One, and Midland apparently still want to build their team from scratch. The team continued to be known as Jordan in 2005, but the team will change name to MF1 Racing for 2006. < ...

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Future of Formula One, Future of Formula One - The thinking behind rule changes, Future of Formula One - Safety, Future of Formula One - Cost-cutting, Future of Formula One - Excitement, Future of Formula One - Technical regulations, Future of Formula One - Changes for 2005, Future of Formula One - Changes for 2006, Future of Formula One - Qualifying, Future of Formula One - Politics, Future of Formula One - Future proposals, Future of Formula One - FIA proposals, Future of Formula One - Teams' proposals, Future of Formula One - Fans' proposals, Future of Formula One - Circuit design, Future of Formula One - Grands Prix, Future of Formula One - Proposed new teams, Future of Formula One - MF1 Racing, Future of Formula One - Scuderia Toro Rosso, Future of Formula One - Super Aguri F1, Future of Formula One - Team Dubai, Future of Formula One - Direxiv, Future of Formula One - Team Eddie Irvine

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By 1994, the last death in Formula 1 was nearly a decade past, that of Elio de Angelis during testing in 1986. There had been several horrifying accidents (for example Nelson Piquet and Gerhard Berger at Imola, or Martin Donnelly in Spain), but no fatalities. The speed of Formula 1 cars had continuously risen over 8 years, despite turbocharged engines being made illegal and reducing the width of tyres and eventually removing driver aids. There was an "air of invincibility" in Formula 1, a ...

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History of Formula One, History of Formula One - The early years, History of Formula One - The rear engine revolution, History of Formula One - Technology emerges, History of Formula One - Sponsorship arrives, History of Formula One - Ferrari and McLaren at the top, History of Formula One - The turbo F1 era, History of Formula One - Domination of McLaren and Williams, History of Formula One - Safety rules and regulations, History of Formula One - Schumacher and Ferrari dominance, History of Formula One - After the Ferrari dominance, History of Formula One - The 2006 season

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Finnish extensively employs regular agglutination. It has a smaller core vocabulary than, for example, English, and uses derivative suffixes to a greater extent. As an example, take the word kirja "a book", from which one can form derivatives kirjain "a letter" (of the alphabet), kirje "a piece of correspondence, a letter", kirjasto "a library", kirjailija "an author", kirjallisuus "literature", kirjoittaa "to write", kirjoittaja "a writer", kirjallinen "something in written form", kirjata "to write down, register, re ...

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Finnish language, Finnish language - History, Finnish language - Agricola's work, Finnish language - Classification, Finnish language - Geographic distribution, Finnish language - Official status, Finnish language - Dialects, Finnish language - Western dialects, Finnish language - Eastern dialects, Finnish language - Formal and informal Finnish, Finnish language - Examples, Finnish language - Phonology, Finnish language - Grammar, Finnish language - Lexicon, Finnish language - Borrowing, Finnish language - Neologisms, Finnish language - Finnish loans to other languages, Finnish language - Orthography, Finnish language - Basic greetings, Finnish language - Important words, Finnish language - Bibliography, Finnish language - English books, Finnish language - Finnish books

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The Formula One series has its roots in the European Grand Prix motor racing (q.v. for pre-1947 history) of the 1920s and 1930s. A number of Grand Prix racing organisations laid out rules for a World Championship before World War II, but due to the suspension of racing during the war, the World Drivers Championship was not formalised until 1947, and was first run in 1950. A championship for constructors followed in 1958. Non-championship Formula One races were held for many years, but due to the rising cost of competition, the last of ...

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Formula One, Formula One - History, Formula One - Formative years, Formula One - Rise in popularity, Formula One - Modern F1, Formula One - Racing and strategy, Formula One - Drivers and constructors, Formula One - Grands Prix, Formula One - Circuits, Formula One - The future of Formula One, Formula One - Venue changes, Formula One - Rule changes, Formula One - Small teams, Formula One - Notes

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Main article: Economy of Finland Finland and Globalization List of Finnish companies Alma Media Finnair Hesburger Nokia Nordea Stora-Enso UPM-Kymmene YLE List of Finnish newspapers Suomen Pankki Tourism in Finland ...

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List of Finland-related topics, List of Finland-related topics - The main article, List of Finland-related topics - Administrative regions, List of Finland-related topics - Communications, List of Finland-related topics - Culture, List of Finland-related topics - Demography and languages, List of Finland-related topics - Economy, List of Finland-related topics - Education and Science, List of Finland-related topics - Environment, List of Finland-related topics - Geography, List of Finland-related topics - History, List of Finland-related topics - Lists, List of Finland-related topics - Politics, List of Finland-related topics - Religion, List of Finland-related topics - Sport, List of Finland-related topics - Other pages

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The 2005 Bahrain Grand Prix was only the second Formula One grand prix held in the Middle East, bringing the challenges of high temperatures and dusty conditions. The race was held the day after Pope John Paul II died, with several teams and drivers offering their respects. The circuit had been modified slightly from 2004, with turn 4 in particular being widened on the exit. First qualifying on Saturday resulted in few surprises — for the first few drivers, the circuit was still somewhat sandy, providing poor grip, while the later runners performed well, with Fernando Alonso t ...

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2005 Bahrain Grand Prix, 2005 Bahrain Grand Prix - Summary, 2005 Bahrain Grand Prix - Classification, 2005 Bahrain Grand Prix - Notes

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Mercedes-Benz has been successful in motor racing throughout their history. The Mercedes Simplex of the early 1900s was the first purpose built race car, much lower than the usual designs that were similar to horse carriages; it dominated racing for years. In 1914, just before the beginning of the war, Mercedes won the French Grand Prix, which was a blow to the French at that time. Benz raced an aerodynamically shaped Tropfenwagen in the 1920s before both companies united. In the 1930s, with their mighty Silver Arrows, they dom ...

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Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz - History, Mercedes-Benz - Motorsport, Mercedes-Benz - McLaren, Mercedes-Benz - 2005 season, Mercedes-Benz - Trivia, Mercedes-Benz - Nomenclature, Mercedes-Benz - Significant models produced, Mercedes-Benz - Buses, Mercedes-Benz - Vans, Mercedes-Benz - Trucks

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After World War II, racing recommenced in the 1950s and the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring again became the popular venue for the German Grand Prix as part of the Formula One World Championship (with the exception of 1959 when it was held on the AVUS in Berlin). It featured a new generation of F1 Ringmeisters, with racers like Alberto Ascari, Juan Manuel Fangio, Stirling Moss, John Surtees, Jackie Stewart and Jacky Ickx. In 1953, the ADAC 1000km Nürburgring race was introduced, an Endurance race and Sports car racing event that counted towards the ...

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Nürburgring, Nürburgring - Early history, Nürburgring - Post-war, Nürburgring - Racing today, Nürburgring - Public access, Nürburgring - Commercial aspects, Nürburgring - Map

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The 2005 European Grand Prix was the seventh race of the 2005 Formula One season, and was the second of a series of 6 races held within 8 weeks. The race saw the return of the B.A.R.-Honda team, who were suspended for two races following the San Marino Grand Prix, due to a fuel tank irregularity. However, due to the 2005 engine regulations, they had to use engines from the San Marino race, which had been untouched for 5 weeks. Red Bull Racing decided that Vitantonio Liuzzi would retain his race seat for one round, before Christian Klien woul ...

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2005 European Grand Prix, 2005 European Grand Prix - Summary, 2005 European Grand Prix - Classification, 2005 European Grand Prix - Qualifying, 2005 European Grand Prix - Race, 2005 European Grand Prix - Notes

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2005 Turkish Grand Prix - Qualifying. Takuma Sato was found guilty of blocking Mark Webber (Sato was unaware of Webber approaching as he had been reported to have no radio contact with the BAR Honda team) and was relegated to the back of the grid, behind Michael Schumacher who had a spin at Turn 9 and had his V10 engine changed following qualification. Robert Doornbos' brakes caught fire due to an incorrect brake pipe fitting. ...

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2005 Turkish Grand Prix, 2005 Turkish Grand Prix - Summary, 2005 Turkish Grand Prix - Classification, 2005 Turkish Grand Prix - Qualifying, 2005 Turkish Grand Prix - Race, 2005 Turkish Grand Prix - Notes

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