19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1940s  1950s  1960s  - 1970s -  1980s  1990s  2000s
1976 1977 1978 - 1979 - 1980 1981 1982

Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins.

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Belgian Grand Prix is an automobile race, part of the Formula One World Championship.

The first national race of Belgium was held in 1925 at the Spa region's race course, an area of the country that had been associated with motor sport since the very early years of racing
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Category Single seaters
Country or region International
Inaugural season 1950^[1]
Drivers 22
Teams 11
Engine suppliers 6
Drivers' champion Fernando Alonso
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May 13 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

Events

• 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.

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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1940s  1950s  1960s  - 1970s -  1980s  1990s  2000s
1976 1977 1978 - 1979 - 1980 1981 1982

Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins.

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The Circuit Zolder, also known as Circuit Terlaemen, is an undulating 3.977 km (2.471-mile) motorsport race track in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium.

Built in 1963, Zolder hosted the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix on 10 separate occasions in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Jody David Scheckter (born January 29, 1950) is a South African former auto racing driver, the 1979 Formula One World Drivers Champion.

Career

Scheckter was born in East London, South Africa and educated at Selborne College.
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Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. Though the Scuderia and Ferrari Corse Clienti continue to manage the racing activities of numerous Ferrari customers and private teams, Ferrari's
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Jacques-Henri Laffite (born November 21, 1943) is a French former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1974 to 1986.

Career

Born in Paris, Laffite debuted in Formula One in 1974 for iso Marlboro, the team then directed by Frank Williams.
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Ligier is a French automobile maker created by former racing driver and rugby player Guy Ligier.

The firm entered the automobile business with the Ligier JS2,^[1]
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Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing. It supplies a wide range of motorsport series, including the World Rally Championship and until the end of 2006 Formula One.
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Didier Pironi (26 March 1952, Villescresnes, Val-de-Marne - 23 August 1987, Southampton, UK) was a racing driver from France. During his career he competed in 72 Formula One Grands Prix, mostly driving for Tyrrell and Ferrari, and won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1978 driving a
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The Tyrrell Racing Organisation was an auto racing team and Formula One constructor founded by Ken Tyrrell and started racing in 1958, but started building its own cars in 1960.
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Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing. It supplies a wide range of motorsport series, including the World Rally Championship and until the end of 2006 Formula One.
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Carlos Alberto Reutemann (born Santa Fe, Argentina April 12, 1942), nicknamed "Lole", is an Argentine former racing driver (who raced in Formula One from 1972 through 1982), and later a prominent politician in his native province of Santa Fe, for the Justicialist Party.
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Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at Hethel, Norfolk, England. The company designs and builds race and production automobiles of light weight and high handling characteristics.
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Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing. It supplies a wide range of motorsport series, including the World Rally Championship and until the end of 2006 Formula One.
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Riccardo Patrese (born April 17 1954) is an Italian former Formula One (F1) racing driver, from 1977 to 1993. He entered 257 Formula One Grands Prix and started 256 races, making him the most experienced F1 driver in history.
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Arrows Grand Prix International was a Formula One team active from 1977 to 2002. For a period of time, it was also known as Footwork.

Origins of the team

The Arrows Grand Prix International team was founded in 1977, by Italian financier Franco Ambrosio (A), Alan
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Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing. It supplies a wide range of motorsport series, including the World Rally Championship and until the end of 2006 Formula One.
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John Marshall "Wattie" Watson MBE (born May 4, 1946, Belfast) is a British former racing driver from Northern Ireland. He competed in Formula One over 12 years, winning five races. He is also a journalist and ex-sportscar racer.
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McLaren, founded in 1963 by New Zealander Bruce McLaren (1937–1970), is a Formula 1 team based in Woking, Surrey, UK. McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed in the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, Canadian-American Challenge Cup and 24
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Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing. It supplies a wide range of motorsport series, including the World Rally Championship and until the end of 2006 Formula One.
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Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve (Gilles Villeneuve pronounced [ʒil vilnœv]) (January 18, 1950 – May 8, 1982) was a Canadian Formula One racing driver.
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Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. Though the Scuderia and Ferrari Corse Clienti continue to manage the racing activities of numerous Ferrari customers and private teams, Ferrari's
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24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years 1972, 1972, 1973, 1972, 1999
Teams Ford, BMW Motorsport, BASF Cassetten Team GS Sport, Porsche
Best finish 1st (1986), 1987
Class wins 3 (1999)

Hans-Joachim "Strietzel" Stuck
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ATS was a German Formula One team, named after German alloy wheel brand Auto Technisches Spezialzubehör. The company is based in Bad Dürkheim near the Hockenheimring, its team was active in Formula One from 1977 to 1984.
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Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing. It supplies a wide range of motorsport series, including the World Rally Championship and until the end of 2006 Formula One.
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Emerson Fittipaldi (born December 12, 1946, São Paulo, Brazil) is a highly successful open-wheel racing series driver Brazilian, winning world championships in both Formula One and CART, and the Indianapolis 500 twice.
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Fittipaldi Automotive, sometimes called Copersucar after its first major sponsor, was the only Formula One motor racing team and constructor ever to be based in Brazil.
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