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Formula One, abbreviated to F1, is the highest class of
open-wheeledauto racing defined by the
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body. The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must conform. The F1 world championship season consists of a series of races, known as
Grands Prix, held usually on purpose-built
circuits, and in a few cases on closed city streets. The most famous Grand Prix is the
Monaco Grand Prix in
Monte Carlo. The results of each race are combined to determine two annual Championships, one for
drivers and one for
constructors.
Michael Schumacher holds the record for the most Grand Prix victories, having won 91 times.
Alain Prost, is second with 51 wins, and
Ayrton Senna is third, with 41 wins. Michael Schumacher holds the distinction of having the longest time between his first win and his last. He won his first Grand Prix in
1992 at the
Belgian Grand Prix, and his last in
2006 at the
Chinese Grand Prix, a gap that spans 14 years, 1 month and 1 day. The youngest winner of a Grand Prix is
Sebastian Vettel, who was 21 years, 73 days old when he won the
2008 Italian Grand Prix.
Luigi Fagioli is the oldest winner of a Formula One Grand Prix; he was 53 years and 22 days old when he won the
1951 French Grand Prix.
Wikipedia is a place for facts. You do not go around making major changes to articles based on opinions. If your opinion is backed up by say, popular support, then that's another thing altogether. But if I tell you, "F1 stands for Falafel 1," I am 100% wrong, and not matter what I say, my opinion on the matter is irrelevant. Readro's suggestion that F1 be separated from the world championship is NOT an idea that is mirrored by any other source. It his idea and his idea alone. This is not a place for rewriting history. So he can whine and whine and list justifications, but his opinion his nonetheless irrelevant because it is not a widely accepted opinion. It's not an insult, it's a fact.
Eightball (
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16:21, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
How would you have me source popular support? If you don't recognize that virtually everyone views "Formula One" as being synonymous with the world championship, you are just deluded.
Eightball (
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22:11, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
Of course it's an opinion, but it's an opinion that is widely held. Your opinion is one held by like six editors on Wikipedia, which is why it doesn't matter.
Eightball (
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22:30, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
You're the one trying to change shit here, it's up to you to find proof that I am wrong, and you absolutely have not done so. The idea that Formula One is distinctly separate from the World Championship is not set in stone, it is an opinion, and is opinion disproven by the observation that when people say "Formula One," they are not referring to 1948 British non-championship races. If you want to ignore that, fine, but you'd be hard pressed to find actual evidence to the contrary. So nice try with the nail in the coffin, but I think the hammer hit your thumb on that one.
Eightball (
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22:43, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
If you honestly, HONESTLY think that the common usage of the term "Formula One" reflects any race using a car meeting the Formula One regulations...I can't even continue this sentence because you'd quote WP:CIVIL again. F1 is synonymous with the World Championship. I'm sorry you fail to see that.
Eightball (
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23:10, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
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Hamilton, the eventual
Drivers' Champion, led the Championship going into the race, and started from
pole position alongside Räikkönen. Second in the Drivers' Championship, Massa began from third, next to
Fernando Alonso of
Renault. The first three drivers retained their positions into the first corner, but Alonso was passed by Hamilton's McLaren teammate
Heikki Kovalainen. However, Alonso was able to regain the place midway through the first lap. Over the course of the race, Hamilton extended a considerable lead over the two Ferraris. Massa passed Räikkönen with seven laps remaining, to improve his chances of surpassing Hamilton's
points tally at
the final race in Brazil.
The result extended Ferrari's lead over McLaren in the
Constructors' Championship from seven to 11 points. Third-placed in the Drivers' Championship,
Robert Kubica's sixth place at the Grand Prix eliminated his hopes of winning the Championship, and reduced his lead over fourth-placed Räikkönen to six points.
I do not know how to have a conversation with The359 so excuse me I'm breaking half a dozen rules here.
I have commented that an article on the 1977 World Sportscar Championship is dreadful. Maybe "dreadful" was the wrong word but the article does not exhibit the knowledge of the subject matter that would be expected of an encyclopedia, free or otherwise. I am happy to help an interested editor improve the article if there is a forum for doing that but I do not have the time to make the extensive edits and additional material required. I can be contacted at [email protected] if you would prefer offline discussion.
Allen Brown (
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13:11, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
Brawn GP
But is a good reference, so, leave the number as 'TBA' or '18 or 19' and the logic is Rubens to have 18 due more points than Jenson in 2008. If you can upload images, make this with these image to be Brawn's car image:
http://brawngp.co.uk/images/gallery/bgp001-32.jpg
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Below is the F1 Picture for last month (found
here) which is decided on every 25th-27th of each month. The picture has to be one uploaded that month and only from the current season.
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Hamilton maintained his startline advantage and led until he made his first pit stop on lap 18. As other cars made their pit stops, Hamilton regained the lead on lap 22. On lap 36
Timo Glock crashed, and the race was neutralized by the deployment of the
safety car. Hamilton, on a two-stop strategy, did not stop to get more fuel during this period, while all the cars around him did. Thus when he did eventually stop on lap 50, he rejoined the race in fifth. In the closing stages of the race, Hamilton overtook first his team-mate
Heikki Kovalainen, then Massa, and finally Piquet, to take the lead again on lap 60, which he maintained to win the race.
The victory was Hamilton's second consecutive win, having won the preceding
British Grand Prix at
Silverstone. The win put him ahead of his two main rivals in the
Drivers' Championship,
Kimi Räikkönen (who finished sixth) and Massa of Ferrari, who were on equal points with him before the race. After the race he was four points ahead of Räikkönen, and seven ahead of Massa. In the
Constructors' Championship, McLaren drew closer to the two teams ahead of them,
BMW Sauber and Ferrari. Ferrari still led by 15 points from McLaren, and 12 from BMW, whose drivers –
Nick Heidfeld and
Robert Kubica – finished fourth and seventh respectively.
† After the race, Trulli was originally given a 25-second penalty for passing Lewis Hamilton (4th, +2.914) under yellow flags.
[1] However, due to misleading the stewards, Hamilton was disqualified and Trulli's penalty was overturned.
[2]
* Timo Glock (1:26.975, 6th) and Trulli (1:27.127, 8th) were both disqualified from qualifying and sent to the back of the grid, as their Toyotas' rear wing elements were in breach of the rules.
The race was red flagged on lap 33 and the results were taken from lap 31.
* Sebastian Vettel (3rd, 1:35.518) got a 10 place grid penalty for his collision with Kubica at the previous Grand Prix.
[3]
^ Rubens Barrichello (4th, 1:35.651) got a 5 place grid penalty for a gearbox change.
[4]
However I'm afraid he is actually my CLOSE relitive and I am a lot more knowlageable about Peter and the Bentley Speed 8.
I do not appreciate how you removed the Cars - 'Race car of the year' award given by
Autosport. I feel as if you are somewhat envying the fact Peter has designed an award winning and race winning Le Mans car, whilest you are just editing wikipedia articles on race cars?
Also you are trying to describe the picture I took of Peter at Le Mans 2003 as 'copywrighted'? This made me chuckle as it clearly shows your envy towards Peter's success.
thanks for the message The359 I wish to expand the page but am not sure about the deletion notice and how to appeal. I am also just finding my way round Wiki. Thank you. —Preceding
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13:20, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
2010 Formula One season Prospective new entrants
No point in hiding it either, as any team that does get an entry will be added to the main chart, and not a separate chart. Iknow this bu it will make it easyer to add it to the main table --Wrcf1 21:18, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
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The race began with Kubica in
pole position alongside Massa;
Lewis Hamilton, the eventual
Drivers' Champion, started from third, alongside Räikkönen. Kubica was passed by Massa into the first corner, and then by Räikkönen on the third lap. The Ferraris dominated at the front of the race, leading to their one-two finish. Hamilton had a slow start after almost
stalling on the grid, and dropped back to ninth. The McLaren driver ran into the back of
Fernando Alonso's
Renault a lap later, breaking off the McLaren's
front wing and dropping Hamilton to the back of the field.
Kubica's strong finish promoted BMW Sauber to the lead in the
Constructors' Championship, after BMW driver
Nick Heidfeld finished fourth. Ferrari and McLaren trailed, one and two
points behind, respectively. Räikkönen took the lead in the Drivers' Championship, with 19 points, three points ahead of Heidfeld and five ahead of Hamilton, Kubica and Kovalainen, with 15 races remaining in the season.
I keep noticing you altering the new corrections i keep making, thus making the page inaccurate in some areas (PK Carsport, etc). Please email me so we can discuss how to go about altering this: [email protected]. All i would like is for this page to be up to date and accurate.
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Massa claimed pole, with teammate Räikkönen fourth, the two Ferrari cars sandwiching the McLarens of
Heikki Kovalainen and Hamilton. At the first corner Räikkönen clipped Kovalainen's rear tyre and gave him a puncture. The safety car was deployed on the first lap, after a collision, but only remained out for one lap. During the course of the race, Hamilton, intending to make one more pit stop than both Ferrari drivers, was faster than Massa due to carrying a lighter fuel load and overtook him on lap 24. After Hamilton had made his third pit stop, he rejoined in second behind Massa but in front of the Championship leader, Räikkönen. Massa won the race, with Hamilton 3.779 seconds behind, and Räikkönen a further half-second behind. The two
BMW Sauber cars of
Robert Kubica and
Nick Heidfeld took fourth and fifth.
In the week running up to the grand prix, the
Super Aguri team had withdrawn from Formula One, due to financial problems, leaving the sport with only ten teams. Massa's victory was his third consecutive pole position and victory in
Turkey, having also won the race from pole in
2006 and
2007. This was also
Rubens Barrichello's 257th Grand Prix start, breaking
Riccardo Patrese's previous record of 256. Due to the race result, Räikkönen's lead in the
Drivers' Championship was lowered to seven points. Massa rose to second from fourth, whilst Hamilton dropped to third, both drivers tying on 28 points but separated by Massa's two wins thus far to Hamilton's one. In the
Constructors' Championship, Ferrari increased their lead to 22 points ahead of BMW Sauber, with McLaren a further two points behind in third.
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Conditions were wet at the start of the race. Massa maintained his lead into the first corner, but his teammate
Kimi Räikkönen was passed for second by Hamilton, who had started in third position on the
grid. Hamilton suffered a punctured
tyre on lap six, forcing him to make a
pit stop from which he re-entered the race in fifth place. As the track dried and his rivals made their own pit stops Hamilton became the race leader, a position he held until the end of the race. Kubica's strategy allowed him to pass Massa during their second pit stops, after the latter's Ferrari was forced to change from wet to dry tyres. Räikkönen dropped back from fifth position to ninth after colliding with
Adrian Sutil's
Force India late in the race. Sutil had started from 18th on the grid and was in fourth position before the incident, which allowed
Red Bull driver
Mark Webber to finish fourth, ahead of
Toro Rosso driver
Sebastian Vettel in fifth.
The race was Hamilton's second win of the season, his first in Monaco, and the result meant that he led the Drivers' Championship, seven
points ahead of Räikkönen and eight ahead of Massa. Ferrari maintained their lead in the
Constructors' Championship, 16 points ahead of McLaren and 17 ahead of BMW Sauber, with 12 races of the season remaining.
you really spend a lot of time aggravating the community dont you? do you make actual contributions or do you just tweak everything exerting ownership over things you know little about? i guess thats the problem with an encyclopedia made by volunteers. people like you who have nothing valuable to do in life except sit around and pick fights and act like you are gods gift to knowledge. you must feel really good about yourself, have you read your talk page lately? might be time to take up another hobby instead of hiding behind your computer, or maybe you get off on it? probably. —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
65.119.252.161 (
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17:22, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
2010 F1 season
Hi, just wondering what was wrong with my edit. I followed the format used on the 2009 season article and my addition was referenced from a RS.
Mjroots (
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08:29, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
The above user is continually attempting to add
Romain Grosjean to
2009 Formula One season, and although he is giving refs they are only merely suggesting that Piquet has been told that he has been replaced by Grosjean. They are far from satisfactory. I have spoken to him on his talk page about it and I noticed that you have had previous problems with this user, warning him that he will be blocked if he disrupts again. I will let you take it from here if you wish to. You may also like to look at the speculative drivers table at the bottom of his userpage. Thanks -
mspete93[talk]18:55, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
Peter Elleray
Hi, if I took a picture of Peter from my camera and uploaded it to his article with my permission to release it into public domain. Would you remove it like last time? Thanks. —Preceding
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00:55, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
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Räikkönen and Massa both made a clean start.
Renault's
Fernando Alonso, who started third, was overtaken by Trulli and
BMW Sauber driver
Robert Kubica. The front three of Räikkönen, Massa and Trulli maintained their positions through the first round of
pit stops. On lap 30, Räikkönen led Massa by six and a half seconds, and Trulli by 30 seconds. Just before half distance, Räikkönen's right exhaust pipe broke, which caused the engine to lose power. Massa, in second place, began lapping quicker than Räikkönen, and he caught and passed him on lap 39. Massa maintained his lead through the second round of pit stops, and won the race; Räikkönen finished almost 18 seconds behind. Trulli fended off
McLaren's
Heikki Kovalainen, who challenged him in the latter stages, to take third.
Massa's win promoted him into the lead of the
Drivers' Championship for the first time in his career, overtaking Kubica. Kubica was second, two points behind Massa, while Räikkönen was third. In the
Constructors' Championship, Ferrari increased their lead to 17 points ahead of BMW Sauber, McLaren a further 16 points behind in third.
Despite qualifying tenth, Massa missed the race due to suffering an accident in the second part of qualifying. He suffered a cut on his forehead, a bone damage of his skull and a brain concussion.
[7]
Sorry, but I deleted his personal attack. Thanks for your suggestion, but please look at what he said previously to determine a clue.(
Zaxby (
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05:00, 4 August 2009 (UTC))
Re: If it looks like a supercharger...
Your 2007 reference cites a 5.4L supercharged V8, not a 5.0L V8. And as you can see [
on page 2 here] the picture you linked was not a picture of the engine found in the 2009 Matech-Ford GT3. The intake manifold in the Matech PDF is a naturally aspirated intake manifold originally developed for FR500GT, which was a 550 HP N/A 5.0L Cammer built by Roush-Yates for GT3. The original version used (as seen [
here]) was the Daytona Prototype magnesium manifold, the final version seen in the pic is an all new carbon fiber design. The FIA site still lists a 5.4 supercharged V8, but as seen at Matech's site this is incorrect as it now uses a N/A 5.0L.
Also note both Ford Racing and RoushYates list a part number for this engine: M-6007-MRGT
As seen [
here
And [
here
The FIA website lists the GT3 bore and stroke at 90.18mm and 105.71mm respectively, this works out to 5402cc (5.4L). The 5.0L engine has a bore of 94mm and a stroke of 90mm. No race spec 5.0L is supercharged, the thin cylinder walls prohibit it in racing environments.
TheBalance (
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00:22, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
This trumps all. Car and Driver tested a "prototype" FR500GT3
here. The article contains quotes from Dan Davis, director of Ford Racing Technology, and clearly states the 550HP 5.0L Cammer used in the FR500GT3 is to be naturally aspirated.
Quote: "He [Dan Davis] knows it will be a Ford V-8, naturally aspirated, 550 horsepower, but the rest, he says, may be negotiable."
TheBalance (
talk)
00:33, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
Actually it does. According to The 2007 season Matech-Ford GT3 ran a supercharged 5.4 4V. We know that the Matech-Ford GT3 runs a 5.0L Cammer these days. The engine program of the Ford GT3 and FR500GT3 are intertwined.
hereTheBalance (
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00:43, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
As you know the various sources conflict, it's to be expected in competitive racing where no one wants to give up their edge. But I'm telling you that I know for a fact that no 5.0L Cammer sees a supercharger in race duty. The Cammer employs a 94mm bore diameter on 100mm bore spacing, the resulting thin cylinder wall doesn't lend itself to boost under extreme conditions as seen in FIA.
Note the team bios on fiagt3.com. Look at the Jaguar engine description, which is supercharged:
One last source
here. Note the description: "Used in the FR500C/GT/GT3/GT4 Competition Mustangs" and "Designed for minimal weight while retaining strength and durability for naturally aspirated engine combinations". Not sure what else to say, but the 5.0L Cammers are N/A engines.
TheBalance (
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01:18, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
Yes, I understand the word nonsense thank you sir. The one that you titled...doesn't belong...was a mistake and I've fixed it...no need to nag me about it...its done and over with.(
Zaxby (
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03:55, 17 August 2009 (UTC))
That is because he removed it...duh...im going to put it back again. No, you listed one mistake, which i have admitted to and fixed and you continue to whine and pout. Stop wasting my time.(
Zaxby (
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04:01, 17 August 2009 (UTC))
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to
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68.80.42.196 (
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01:00, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Immaturity
You show ignorance once again. You should not remove warnings from talk pages while under investigation at AIAV! Another reason why you should pay attention to your own editing instead of whining and pouting.(
Zaxby (
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05:00, 21 August 2009 (UTC))
Several championships have had non-points races, and most Wikipedia articles on them do cover them. For example, the
2008 IndyCar Series season includes information about the 2008 Long Beach Grand Prix (points-paying, other car regulations) and the 2008 Surfers Paradise Indy 300 (non points-paying, IndyCar regulations). That's the case with the 1999 USRRC as well, isn't it? --
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21:57, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
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The Brabham BT46 was a
Formula Oneracing car, designed by
Gordon Murray for the
Brabham team, owned by
Bernie Ecclestone, for the
1978 Formula One season. The car featured several radical design elements, the most obvious of which was the use of flat panel heat exchangers on the bodywork of the car to replace conventional water and oil
radiators. The concept did not work in practice and was removed before the car’s race debut, never to be seen again. The cars, powered by a
flat-12Alfa Romeo engine, raced competitively with modified nose-mounted radiators for most of the year, driven by
Niki Lauda and
John Watson, winning one race in this form and scoring sufficient points for the team to finish third in the constructors championship.
The "B" variant of the car, also known as the "fan car", was introduced at the
1978 Swedish Grand Prix as a counter to the dominant ground effect
Lotus 79. The BT46B generated an immense level of
downforce by means of a fan, claimed to be for increased cooling, but which also extracted air from beneath the car. The car only raced once in this configuration in the Formula One World Championship—when Niki Lauda won the 1978 Swedish Grand Prix at
Anderstorp. The car was withdrawn before it could race again and the concept was declared illegal by the
FIA. The BT46B therefore preserves a 100% winning record.