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GRAND PRIX MOTOR RACING DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORY | FORMULA ONE RECORDS AND RACING SPEED ACES | THE BLUEBIRD ELECTRIC ... (14761 words) |
 | This was true of the Le Mans circuit of the 1906 Grand Prix, as well as the Targa Florio (run on 93 miles of Sicilian roads), the German Kaiserpreis circuit (75 miles long), and the French circuit at Dieppe (a mere 48 miles), used for the 1907 Grand Prix. |
| The 1933 Monaco Grand Prix was the first time in the history of the sport that the grid was deciding by timed qualifying rather than the luck of a draw. |
| The Grand Prix of Argentina was noteworthy as Moss, driving a Cooper, used one less pitstop and had to conserve his tires in the later stages of the race, just crossing the line with the canvas showing. |
| Solitude-Rennen 1964 - A Festival of Racing - Formula 1 Grand Prix (1828 words) |
| Almost the whole world's elite of Grand Prix drivers came to Solitude, as did the factory teams of Lotus, BRM, Brabham and Ferrari with their actual new constructions, among those the brand new Ferrari V8 racing car. |
| Before Solitude Grand Prix the ruling World Champion Jim Clark had won already three WC-races for Team Lotus and lead by 30 points from BRM factory driver Graham Hill with 26. |
| In the remaining two laps Clark extended his lead up to ten seconds and in superior style won the Solitude Grand Prix 1964 in front of John Surtees, who with the new Ferrari was quite a match for Clark. |
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