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• Nigel Mansell
  ...of the [[1984 Dallas Grand Prix]]. The 1984 Grand Prix was the hottest on record, and after 2 hours of driving in 104°F (about 40°C) conditions Mansell fa ...his wife, Roseanne. Unperturbed by Piquet's mind games, Mansell went on to record five Grand Prix wins in 1986 and also played part in one of the closest fin
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• Bugatti
  ...an [[Italy|Italian]] entrepreneur, acquired the legendary Bugatti name and established '''Bugatti Automobili SpA'''. The new company built a factory designed by t ...ugatti Veyron 16.4]], is now in production, and has been tested at a world-record [[252]] MPH!
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• History
  ...7th centuries, driven by unsettled conditions at home, Greek colonies were established in [[Sicily]] and the southern part of the Italian peninsula. During the Ea ...Italian population grew as well: Three census were ordered by Augustus, to record the presence of male citizens in Italia. They were 4,063,000 in 28 BC, 4,23
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• 007 (disambiguation)
  ...due to the fact that Ian was the younger brother of [[Peter Fleming]], an established travel writer who also put in a good word for Ian. ...y Fleming are usually dark — lacking [[fantasy]] or gadgets. Instead, they established the formula of unique villains, outlandish plots, and voluptuous women who
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• James Bond
  ...due to the fact that Ian was the younger brother of [[Peter Fleming]], an established travel writer who also put in a good word for Ian. ...y Fleming are usually dark — lacking [[fantasy]] or gadgets. Instead, they established the formula of unique villains, outlandish plots, and voluptuous women who
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• History of Formula One
  ...k his fifth championship in the [[1957 Formula One season|1957 season]], a record which would not be beaten for 46 years. ...969 also saw a brief resurgence of interest in [[four wheel drive]] with a record of four such cars on field at the British Grand Prix. [[Johnny Servoz-Gavin
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• Motorcycle speedway
  ...four laps, each 260 to 400 metres long. For example, [[Leigh Adams]] set a record time of 59 seconds on a 342-metre track, which gives the average speed of 8 ...ins their last recorded CMA (or assessed CMA if they have never previously established one) until they have competed in six home and six away matches. A new CMA i
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• James Bond music
  ...old has left his own mark in the music of James Bond. In this case, he has established what can be called the "suspense motif", which is a descending, repetitive Other major composers and record-producers include [[George Martin]], [[Bill Conti]], [[Michael Kamen]], [[M
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• Bologna
  ...of Bologna are a record for Italy. Artists working in this age in Bologna established the [[Bolognese School (painting)|Bolognese School]] that includes [[Anniba
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• Champcars
  In 1905 the '''[[American Automobile Association]] (AAA)''' established the national driving championship and became the first sanctioning body for ...year, [[Gil de Ferran]] of Penske Racing set the world closed-course speed record for a car race at [[California Speedway]] in his Marlboro Team Penske Honda
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• Scuderia Ferrari
  Ferrari managed numerous established drivers (notably [[Tazio Nuvolari]], [[Giuseppe Campari]], [[Achille Varzi] ...led to the banning of team orders. Schumacher matched Juan Manuel Fangio's record of 5 world championships, set back in the 1950s.
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• 2006 Formula One season
  [[Renault F1|Renault]] and [[Fernando Alonso]] established early leads in the Constructors' and Drivers' Championship respectively. Th ...o finished second to secure his second successive championship, adding the record of the youngest man to secure back-to-back titles to his ever-increasing li
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• Le Mans 24 hours races
  ...nto the top three coming from 32nd during the night and establishing a lap record at 131.375 mph (211.4 km/h). Just before 05:30 Phil brought the l ...Linge]]; the roadster was equipped with three 35 mm movie cameras to record the race for Steve Mac Queen's movie "Le Mans".
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• Bicycle
  ...e banned from bike races in 1934 after [[Marcel Berthet]] set a new [[hour record]] in his ''Velodyne streamliner'' (49.992 km on Nov 18, 1933). [[Track bicy ...the [[environmental movement]]; the other drawing on the traditions of the established bicycle lobby.
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• Vienna
  ...(electronic) music scene with independent labels, cult-status underground record stores, a vibrant club scene, multitudes of street performers and a governm ...ntürme), both of which are Romanesque. The main two-aisled Gothic nave was established by Habsburg Duke Rudolf IV in 1359, and then quickly added onto. The 448-ft
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