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|Nationality || {{flagiconItaly}} [[Italy|Italian]] |Years || {{F1|1977}}, {{F1|1981}}

|Nationality || {{flagiconItaly}} [[Italy|Italian]] |Years || {{F1|1975}} - {{F1|1977}}

|Nationality || {{flagiconItaly}} [[Italy|Italian]] |First race || [[1950 Monaco Grand Prix]]

|Nationality || {{flagiconItaly}} [[Italy|Italian]] |First race || [[1972 British Grand Prix]]

...orcycle racing|Grand Prix]] [[motorcycle]] [[road racing]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Champion]]. ...with the [[Harley Davidson]] team, winning two Grands Prix in 250cc (Grand Prix of Nations and Czechoslovakia) and finishing second in championship behind

|Years || [[1977 Formula One season|1977]]- [[1986 Formula One season|1986]] |First race || [[1977 French Grand Prix]]

|Nationality:|| {{flagiconItaly}} Italian |First race:||[[1974 South African Grand Prix]]

...="text-align:center;" | '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Motorcycle Grand Prix]] Career''' | {{flagiconItaly}} [[Italy|Italian]]

...="text-align:center;" | '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Motorcycle Grand Prix]] Career''' | {{flagiconItaly}} [[Italy|Italian]]

|Nationality || Italian {{flagiconItaly}} |Years || 1977 - 1993

...|| [[1961 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1961]] - [[1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1976]] ...{-}}500cc- [[1973 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1973]], [[1974 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1974]]

...in motorcycle [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Grand Prix history]]. Agostini was born in [[Lovere]], in [[Lombardy]], the son of a wealthy, Italian industrialist. His father originally didn't approve of his son's motorcycle

|First race || [[1978 South African Grand Prix]] |First win || [[1980 Brazilian Grand Prix]]

...="text-align:center;" | '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Motorcycle Grand Prix]] Career''' ! Grands Prix

|First race || [[1973 Monaco Grand Prix|1973]] [[Monaco Grand Prix]] |First win || [[1975 Dutch Grand Prix|1975]] [[Dutch Grand Prix]]

Debut = [[1979 Belgian Grand Prix]]| ...(The car's name is derived from the fact that the design was commenced in 1977).

...]] race at [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]] at the [[1955 Italian Grand Prix]]]] --> The following is a complete '''list of Grands Prix''' which have been a part of the [[Formula One#Distinction between Formula

...Image:Takuma Sato smiling.jpg|230px|Sato at the [[2005 United States Grand Prix]]]] |First race || [[2002 Australian Grand Prix]]

...otorcycle racing]] championship season since its inception in [[1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1949]]. == Alphabetical list of Grands Prix ==

...idelli_50cc_Grand_Prix.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''1971 Morbidelli 50cc Grand Prix, written on this 50 cc road racer it still mentions the "Morbidelli Woodwor '''Morbidelli''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[motorcycle]] manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in [[Pesaro]]

The '''Rome Grand Prix''' ('''''1925-1932:''' Premio Reale di Roma, '''1947-present:''' Gran Premi ...] races at the [[ACI Vallelunga Circuit]]. In 1954 and 1963 the Rome Grand Prix was run to [[Formula One]] rules, but neither event was included in the Wor

...="text-align:center;" | '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Motorcycle Grand Prix]] Career''' | {{flagiconItaly}} [[Italy|Italian]]

...06, following the dramatic and highly political [[2005 United States Grand Prix]] (see below). In extremely wet weather, such as that seen in the [[2007 European Grand Prix]], the F1 cars are unable to keep up with the [[Safety car|Safety Car]] in

...cing World Champions|World Champion]] [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] [[motorcycle]] [[road racing|road racer]]. ...and Prix motorcycle racing|Grands Prix]], bringing him the [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Championship]], a feat he repeated

...season|1973]]), [[Ensign (racing team)|Ensign]] ([[1977 Formula One season|1977]],[[1980 Formula One season|80]]), [[Shadow Racing Cars|Shadow]] ([[1978 Fo |First race || [[1970 Dutch Grand Prix|1970]] [[Dutch Grand Prix]]

...n [[Formula Two]] Championship driving a March, and five Formula One Grand Prix second places earned him the position of runner-up to [[Jackie Stewart]] in ...ia]], [[1973 Italian Grand Prix|Italy]] and the [[1973 United States Grand Prix|United States]].

...ve drivers have died in this fashion, 24 during a World Championship Grand Prix race weekend, 8 during Indianapolis 500 World Championship events, 9 during | [[1954 German Grand Prix]]

! colspan=2 |'''[[Europe]]an Grand Prix''' ...n'' Grand Prix. The first race to be so named was the [[1923 Italian Grand Prix]], held at [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]] and won by [[Carlo Salamano]

! colspan=2 |'''[[Italy|Italian]] Grand Prix''' ...running events on the [[motor racing]] calendar. The first Italian [[Grand Prix motor racing]] championship took place on [[September 4]], [[1921]] at [[Br

|Events || [[Formula One]] (tests), [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|MotoGP]], [[F3]] ...by [[Scuderia Ferrari]]. The first race of the [[A1GP]] [[2008-09 A1 Grand Prix season|2008/09 season]] was originally planned to be held at the Mugello ci

The first World Drivers' Champion was [[Italy|Italian]] [[Nino Farina]], the first World Constructors' Champion was [[Vanwall]]. |align="center"| [[1950 Italian Grand Prix|Race 7]] of 7

| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] || {{flagiconITA}} [[Italy|Italian]] || {{flagiconITA}} [[Maranello]], [[Italy]] | [[Scuderia Toro Rosso|Toro Rosso]] || {{flagiconITA}} [[Italy|Italian]] || {{flagiconITA}} [[Faenza]], [[Italy]]

===Grand Prix racing=== ...eo P2]] won the [[European Grand Prix]] at [[Spa]] and the [[Italian Grand Prix]] at [[Monza]], and hence incorporated the laurel wreath in their logo.

...Formula|Benetton]], [[WilliamsF1|Williams]], [[Ligier]] and [[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan]] | First race || [[1983 Belgian Grand Prix|1983]] [[Belgian Grand Prix]]

...romoted out of Ferrari to be head of all FIAT racing activities, and in [[1977]] he advanced to become a senior manager of FIAT. ...ged the entry of the [[Azzurra]] yacht in the [[America's Cup]], the first Italian [[yacht]] to enter the event. In [[1985]], he became manager of the committ

''This page is accurate up to and including the [[2008 Brazilian Grand Prix]] ([[November 2]], [[2008]]).'' ...r records#Grand Chelem* (Led entire race from pole and scored fastest lap)|Grand Chelem]]

...brilliance alternated with disappointing performances. He earned 12 Grand Prix wins and six pole positions, but he was at times overshadowed by more force ...iss]]-[[Germany|German]] grandfather, an Argentinian father and an [[Italy|Italian]] mother, Reutemann was the first successful Argentinian Formula One driver

! colspan=2 |'''{{flagiconUK}} [[United Kingdom|British]] Grand Prix''' ...e the oldest continuously staged [[Formula One]] world championship Grands Prix.

...ips || 3 ([[1975 Formula One season|1975]], [[1977 Formula One season|1977]], [[1984 Formula One season|1984]]) | First race || [[1971 Austrian Grand Prix]]

...Karthikeyan.jpg|thumb|220px|Karthikeyan at the [[2005 United States Grand Prix]]]] ...[India]]) is a [[Formula One]] driver for [[2005]] with the [[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan]] team. He is often given the title of "The Fastest Indian in the Wo

| Debut || [[1950 British Grand Prix]] | Last race || [[1985 Australian Grand Prix]]|

'''Aprilia''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[motorcycle]] company, which in recent times bought the historical [[Mot In 1977 [[Ivan Alborghetti]] from Milan, Italy won the Italian 125 and 250 cc motorcross championships on Aprilias. In 1978 Alborghetti cl

|First race || [[1963 Monaco Grand Prix|1963]] [[Monaco Grand Prix]] |Last race || [[1976 Canadian Grand Prix|1976]] [[Canadian Grand Prix]]

...ituation persisted for two years, when Group 2 and Group 4 (for modified [[Grand tourer]] cars) were made the principal classes. Still, real touring cars li ...3 oil crisis]], the following two seasons had few entrants. It was only in 1977 that the situation was normalized with the return of factory teams. Rules n

...tely established in the [[Interwar period|1920s and 1930s era]] of [[Grand Prix motor racing]], when blue Bugatti and red Alfa Romeo dominated many races. ...anished soon from the cars of private teams, while the Rosso Corsa used by Italian manufacturers like Ferrari is in continuous use to the present day.

! colspan=2 |{{flagiconFrance}} '''French Grand Prix''' The '''French Grand Prix''' (''Grand Prix de France'') was a race held as part of [[Fédération Internationale de l'

'''Cagiva''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] motorcycle manufacturer. It was founded in [[1950]] by Giovanni Castiglio ...nd Prix on a Cagiva (the [[C594]]) and finishing third in the [[1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1994]] world championship.

...et" Ron Haslam''' is a British former [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] [[motorcycle]] [[road racing|road racer]] who has been racing for over 30 ==Motorcycle Grand Prix==

|First race || [[1967 Italian Grand Prix|1967]] [[Italian Grand Prix]] |First win || [[1968 French Grand Prix|1968]] [[French Grand Prix]]

...[[Alessandro de Tomaso]]; after the death of Courage at the [[Dutch Grand Prix]], his relationship with de Tomaso was over by the end of the year. In [[19 ...dshire]], [[United Kingdom]] and announced the formation of Williams Grand Prix Engineering; this same team and partnership still competes in [[Formula One

This page is accurate up to and including the [[2007 Brazilian Grand Prix]] ([[October 21]], [[2007]]). ...]{{•}} [[#Grand Chelem* (Led entire race from pole and scored fastest lap)|Grand Chelem]]

! colspan=2 |{{flagiconCanada}} '''[[Canada|Canadian]] Grand Prix<br>''Grand Prix du Canada''<br>''' | Circuit || [[Mosport Park]] 1961-1977<br/>[[Mont-Tremblant]] 1968-1970<br/>[[Circuit Île Notre-Dame]] 1978-1981<

...t very advanced racing car in 1914, named as [[Alfa Romeo Grand Prix|Grand Prix]]. In 1920 [[Giuseppe Campari]] won race at [[Mugello]] with [[A.L.F.A 40/6 ===Grand Prix racing===

...ght regulation. "Formulas" limiting engine capacity had been used in Grand Prix racing on a regular basis since after [[World War I]]. The engine formulae ...es were still held in those years. The Indianapolis 500 used pre-war Grand Prix regulations, with 4.5&nbsp;L atmospheric and 3.0&nbsp;L supercharged engine

|Years:||[[1977 Formula One season|1977]] - [[1982 Formula One season|1982]] |First race:||[[1977 British Grand Prix]]

'''Moto Morini''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] maker of [[motorcycle]]s. It was founded by [[Alfonso Morini]] in [[Bolog ...1927 when his MM 125 took six world records at [[Monza]], during the Grand Prix of Nations. (These records were not bettered for twenty years.) In 1933 he

...tely established in the [[Interwar period|1920s and 1930s era]] of [[Grand Prix motor racing]], when blue Bugatti and red Alfa Romeo dominated many races. ...anished soon from the cars of private teams, while the Rosso Corsa used by Italian manufacturers like Ferrari is in continuous use to the present day.

...Ferrari, [[Ludovico Scarfiotti]] also won a race, the [[1966 Italian Grand Prix]] at Monza which helped Ferrari finish second in the Constructors Champions ...es suffered career-ending injuries weeks later at the [[1967 Belgian Grand Prix]]. A fatal crash, another bad crash, no GP win and only 5th in the Construc

! colspan=2 |'''[[Monaco]] Grand Prix – [[F1]]''' The '''Monaco Grand Prix''' (''Grand Prix de Monaco'') is a [[Formula One]] race held each year on the [[Circuit de M

...n the race tracks. The firm designed and produced models incorporating the Italian word "Ala" (wing) in its names, such as "Ala Verde", "Ala Blu" and "Ala d'O ...f [[Harley-Davidson]] by [[American Machine and Foundry|AMF]] in 1978, the Italian operations of the firm were sold to the Castiglioni brothers, founders of t

[[Image:Lisboa.jpg|thumb|right|380px|Macau Grand Prix]] The '''Macau Grand Prix''' is a motor-racing event held annually in November in the streets of [[Ma

...ed [[marque]]s of [[automobile]] and the one of the most exclusive [[Italy|Italian]]/French/German car producers of all time. The company is legendary for pr ...n early [[Grand Prix motor racing]], winning the first ever [[Monaco Grand Prix]]. The company's success culminated with driver [[Jean-Pierre Wimille]] win

|Date of birth || 11/26/1977 ...[[2006 Giro d'Italia|2006 edition]] of the Italian [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]] whilst riding for [[Team CSC]]. However, in 2007 Basso admitted he w

...t of the ''[[Italian Rally Championship|Campionato Italiano Rally]]'', the Italian national rally championship. ...[[Mille Miglia]] had been established yet. [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] races were still isolated events, not a series like today's F1.

...per hour|mph]] (161 [[Kilometres per hour|km/h]]) lap, riding his [[Italy|Italian]] [[Gilera]]. Two years later, a new racing team, [[Honda]] of [[Japan]], p ...ider was the late [[Joey Dunlop]] who won 26 times in various classes from 1977 to 2000.

...an Racing Team|NART]] in American blue and white colors to protest against Italian racing authorities. Over the years, rosso corsa has been combined with whit ...This is Lorenzo Bandini driving the Ferrari 312 at the 1966 German Grand Prix.

| [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] 750 kg 1935 - 3165&nbsp;cc, bored out for German Grand Prix

|First race ||[1968 Italian Grand Prix|1968]] [[Italian Grand Prix]] |First win ||[[1971 South African Grand Prix|1971]] [[South African Grand Prix]]

|First race || [[1984 Brazilian Grand Prix|1984]] [[Brazilian Grand Prix]] |First win || [[1985 Portuguese Grand Prix|1985]] [[Portuguese Grand Prix]]

...'' and '''Alfa Romeo Spider''' are two automobiles produced by the [[Italy|Italian]] manufacturer [[Alfa Romeo]] since 1995. The GTV is a four-seater coupe, |'''Alfetta GTV 2.6 V8'''||1977||20

...250px|Monte Carlo, May 1985|Alain Prost pictured ahead of his Monaco Grand Prix win. It was one of the five victories that season that would make him Franc |First race || [[1980 Argentine Grand Prix]]

...later the [[Carrera Panamericana]], the ''MM'' made ''[[Gran Turismo]]'' (Grand Touring) sports cars like [[Alfa Romeo]], [[Ferrari]] (which debuted as a m ...in response to their home town of [[Brescia]] 'losing' the [[Italian Grand Prix]] to Monza. Together with a group of wealthy associates, they chose a race

...he rules for voiturette racing permitted 1.5 L supercharged engines; Grand Prix cars were permitted 3.0 L supercharged or 4.5 L "normally aspirated" (unsup ...dified in 1948 by [[FIA]] as a smaller and cheaper complement to the Grand Prix cars of the era.

...h and ended on 21 October after seventeen [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grands Prix]]. It was won by [[Ferrari]] driver [[Kimi Räikkönen]] by one point at th ...igning a [[memorandum of understanding]] (MoU) at the [[2006 Spanish Grand Prix]].

...1px solid #999;" |[[File:Nigelcropped.jpg|280px|[[1991 United States Grand Prix]]]] | First race || [[1980 Austrian Grand Prix]]

...Ford Motor Company|Ford]]''' <small>({{F1|1995}})</small><br />Forti Grand Prix <small>({{F1|1996}})</small> |Debut || [[1995 Brazilian Grand Prix]]

...was initially announced as the same as for 2005, with the [[Belgian Grand Prix]] scheduled for [[September 17]]. However, on [[February 8]], the [[FIA]] a ...and FIA President [[Max Mosley]] and the Grand Prix was back on the Grand Prix calendar for the [[2007 Formula One season|2007 season]].

...a [[Renault F1|Renault]] Formula One car at the [[2005 United States Grand Prix]]]] ...ts of a series of races, known as [[List of Formula One Grands Prix|Grands Prix]], held on purpose-built [[List of Formula One circuits|circuits]] or close

Debut = [[1950 Italian Grand Prix|1950]] [[Italian Grand Prix]] | Cons_champ = 14 ([[1961]], [[1964]], [[1975]], [[1976]], [[1977]], [[1979]], [[1982]], [[1983]], [[1999]], [[2000]], [[2001]], [[2002]], [[

...nt color="#505050">'''mid-gray'''</font>. Drivers who have entered a Grand Prix solely for the purpose of Friday testing (introduced in [[2003 Formula One This page is accurate up to and including the [[2007 Brazilian Grand Prix]] ([[October 21]], [[2007]])

...st notable foreign winner in this period was [[Gino Bartali]] in 1946, the Italian beat arch rival [[Fausto Coppi]] in a contentious race, the two Italians ro ...he race started in Basel and finished in Zurich and was known as the Grand Prix Suisse.

'''Ferrari''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] manufacturer of racing cars and high-performance sports cars formed by [[ ...uce cars of his own; the Ferrari team first appeared on the European grand prix scene after the end of [[World War II]].

*[[Gian-Carlo Rota]], ([[1932]]-[[1999]]), Italian-born American mathematician and philosopher *[[Nikki Giovanni]], ([[1943]]) (half-Italian), poet and writer

'''Officine Meccaniche''' (OM) was an [[Italy|Italian]] car and truck manufacturing company, founded in [[1899]] in [[Milan]] as ...ational recognition came later, with a victory in the 1925 [[Tripoli Grand Prix]], followed by success in Spain and a fourth-place tie for the two-car team

...an advanced Grand Prix car was designed and built, the [[Alfa Romeo Grand Prix|GP1914]] which featured a four cylinder, double overhead camshafts, four va ...la Romeo]], who converted the factory to produce military hardware for the Italian and Allied war efforts. Munitions, aircraft engines and other components,

| Debut || [[1963 Belgian Grand Prix]] | Last race || [[1964 Italian Grand Prix]]

...up]] whilst the highest overall scoring individual in the [[Speedway Grand Prix]] events is pronounced the Speedway world champion. ...ff which prevent rider and bike from crashing into the fans. In the Grands prix and [[Speedway Elite League|British]] and [[Poland|Polish elite]] leagues i

[[Formula One]] has its roots in the European [[Grand Prix motor racing]] (''q.v.'' for pre-1947 history) of the 1920s and 1930s. Howe ...anned. The first race under the new regulations was the [[1946 Turin Grand Prix]] held on [[1 September]], the race being won by [[Achille Varzi]] in an [[

The city is at the centre of the third-largest Italian industrial area, concentrating on mechanical and automotive [[engineering]] ...cities of Lombardy, but has never recovered from [[List of battles of the Italian Wars#Brescia|its sack by the French]]. It subsequently shared the fortunes

The [[Italy|Italian]] [[motorcycle]] manufacturer '''Moto Guzzi''' (aka "Guzzi") has endured fr ...hanic serving in the [[Regia Aeronautica|Corpo Aeronautico Militare]] (the Italian Air Corp, ''CAM'') during the first World War: Carlo Guzzi (1889&ndash;1964

...looked after legal and commercial issues for the company between 1969 and 1977. In the late 1970s, Mosley became the official legal adviser to the [[Formu ...'' Mosley, recalling March's first F1 race, the [[1970 South African Grand Prix]]''

...a more balanced weight distribution, as used on the Alfetta 158/159 Grand Prix cars. The suspension relied on [[double wishbone]]s and [[torsion bar]]s at ...ial escort car, when, in 1978, he was first kidnapped, then killed, by the Italian Terrorist left-wing organization The Red Brigades.

...river at the wheel of an American car, European makers such as the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Fiat]] or [[France|French]] [[Peugeot]] companies soon developed their ...(183 in³) engine, inspired by the Peugeot [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] engine which had been serviced in his shop by [[Fred Offenhauser]] in 191

...major and minor races were cancelled in 1955, like the [[Formula_One|Grand Prix]] races in Germany and [[Switzerland]] - the latter country banned circuit ...[Ferrari]] had dominated since the late 1950s, Ford first tried to buy the Italian company. A deal had been all but agreed on when [[Enzo Ferrari]] called the

...[Ferrari]] had dominated since the late 1950s, Ford first tried to buy the Italian company. A deal had been all but agreed on when [[Enzo Ferrari]] called the ...d [[Brian Redman]] was still out after a crash in the [[1968 Belgian Grand Prix]] at Spa.