Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Danny Ray Kent (born 25 November 1993) is an English motorcycle racer, best known for winning the 2015 Moto3 World Championship. In doing so he became Great Britain's first Grand Prix solo motorcycle world champion since Barry Sheene in 1977, [1] as well as the first British lightweight class champion since Dave Simmonds in 1969.
James Simon Wallis Hunt (29 August 1947 – 15 June 1993) was a British racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 1973 to 1979.Nicknamed "the Shunt", [a] Hunt won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1976 with McLaren, and won 10 Grands Prix across seven seasons.
At Grand Prix venues, Ecclestone used a grey mobile home, known as "Bernie's bus", as his headquarters. [88] In 2005, Ecclestone sold his £9 million yacht Va Bene to his friend Eric Clapton . Terry Lovell published a biography of Ecclestone, Bernie's Game: Inside the Formula One World of Bernie Ecclestone in March 2003 after legal issues had ...
The outright lap record for the Grand Prix configuration is 1:09.593, set by Nigel Mansell in his Williams-Honda at the circuit's last Formula One Grand Prix in July 1986, [45] although changes to the circuit over winter of 2002 for the 2003 season means that the lap record in its current configuration was set by Adam Carroll for Team Ireland ...
The first World Championship Grand Prix was held in 1950 at Silverstone; since then 77 circuits in total have hosted a Grand Prix.A lot of classic (older) circuits have hosted Grands Prix using different configurations throughout their history: Nürburgring, Spa-Francorchamps, Monza, etc. Taking Nürburgring as an example, the first World Championship race there used the 22.835 km (14.189 mi ...
Kent Farrington (born December 28, 1980) ... Farrington's first Grand Prix win was at Saugerties in 2004 with the horse Madison. In 2005, ...
The 1976 British Grand Prix (formally the John Player Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 18 July 1976 at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, England, United Kingdom. The 76-lap race was the ninth round of the 1976 Formula One season. [4] British driver James Hunt was involved in a first corner crash that brought out the red flags ...
Sports Car Grand Prix at Watkins Glen: 200 mi (320 km) Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course: Watkins Glen, New York: June 26 6 Pacific North West Grand Prix 250 km (160 mi) Pacific Raceways: Kent, Washington: July 30 7 Buckeye Cup: 200 mi (320 km) Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course: Lexington, Ohio: August 28 8 Road America 500: 500 mi (800 km) Road America