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Argentine Grand Prix: Information from Answers.com (476 words) |
 | The Argentine Grand Prix was a round of the Formula One championship, held intermittently from 1953 to 1998. |
 | Argentine president Juan PerĂ³n was the driving force behind the creation of the circuit, after seeing the success of the country's own Juan Manuel Fangio. |
 | The Grand Prix remained in Argentina through 1981, its demise in 1982 brought on by the Falklands War and by Reutemann's retirement. |
| GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Races > 1978 Results > Argentine GP (657 words) |
 | Nilsson signed to drive for the new Arrows team but during the off season it became clear that he was suffering from cancer and would not be fit enough to drive in 1978. |
 | Hector Rebaque concluded a deal to run a Lotus 78 while Williams Grand Prix Engineering hired Alan Jones and Patrick Head produced the FW06. |
 | The field was completed by Brett Lunger in the BS Fabrications McLaren M23 and the new Theodore TR1, which had been designed for Teddy Yip by Ron Tauranac. |