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Fernando Alonso qualifying in a Renault Formula One car at the 2005 United States Grand Prix. In 2005, Formula One saw Ferrari and BAR rapidly fade out of sight, as the works Renault team dominated the early part of the season, and Fernando Alonso forged a clear championship lead. In the latter part of the season, McLaren was significantly the ...
In 1912 Ford opened a factory to build Model Ts in Manchester, to circumvent the import tariffs that, up to that point, had increased the effective price of foreign cars. Under the RAC's formula the Model T was a 22 'tax horsepower' car, making it more expensive to run than its British-built rivals on sale for the same price.
Connaught Engineering, often referred to simply as Connaught, was a Formula One, Formula Two and other sports car divisions constructor from the United Kingdom. [1] Their cars participated in 18 Grands Prix, entering a total of 52 races with their A, B, and C Type Formula 2 and Formula 1 Grand Prix Cars. They achieved 1 podium and scored 17 ...
An event study is a statistical method to assess the impact of an event (also referred to as a "treatment"). [1] Early prominent uses of event studies occurred in the field of finance. [1] For example, the announcement of a merger between two business entities can be analyzed to see whether investors believe the merger will create or destroy value.
The March 701 is a Formula One racing car model, designed by Robin Herd with Peter Wright, and built by March Engineering.The 701 was March's first Formula One design – following their one-off March 693P Formula Three prototype of 1969 – and was designed and built in only three months. [3]
For the 721G, a conventional Formula 2 chassis from the March 722 was adapted for Formula 1. Suspension and brakes were from the customer version of the 721, and the powerplant was again the Cosworth DFV V8 engine. In 1972, March had built three Formula 1 model within a year. Ronnie Peterson took third place with the G-Type at the German Grand ...
The old 2.5 L formula had been retained for International Formula racing, but this did not achieve much success until the introduction of the Tasman Series in Australia and New Zealand during the winter season, leaving the 1.5 L cars as the fastest single seaters in Europe during this time. The power range was between 150 hp (112 kW) and 225 hp ...
The win came just two years after Honda started producing road cars, and was the first of 89 victories for Honda-powered Formula One cars. An evolution of the company's first car to enter Formula One, the previous year's RA271 , the RA272 was noted for its technically advanced 1.5-litre V12 engine , designated the RA272E, which was the most ...