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2002 FIA Sportscar Championship Magny-Cours
The 2002 FIA Sportscar Championship Magny-Cours was the fourth race for the 2002 FIA Sportscar Championship season held at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac .... It took place on June 30, 2002. Official results Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Statistics * Pole Position - #8 Racing For Holland - 1:27.715 * Fastest Lap - #8 Racing For Holland - 1:29.780 * Distance - 403.750 km * Average Speed - 161.497 km/h External links Race results {{Sportscar Race Report , Year_of_race = 2002 , Sportscar_Series = FIA Sportscar Championship , Previous_race_in_season = 2002 FIA Sportscar Championship Brno , Next_race_in_season = 2002 FIA Sportscar Championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circuit De Nevers Magny-Cours (1992-2002)
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours is a motor racing circuit located in central France, near the towns of Magny-Cours and Nevers, some from Paris and from Lyon. It staged the Formula One French Grand Prix from 1991 (succeeding Circuit Paul Ricard) to 2008, and the 24-hour Bol d'Or motorcycle endurance events from 2000 to 2014 (succeeded by Circuit Paul Ricard). It hosted the French motorcycle Grand Prix in 1992, and the Superbike World Championship in 1991 and annually since 2003. Magny-Cours has hosted several additional international championships, like the World Sportscar Championship, World Touring Car Championship, FIA GT Championship, World Series by Renault and Formula 3 Euroseries. Also, the FFSA GT Championship has visited the circuit since 1997. A campus of the French engineering college Institut supérieur de l'automobile et des transports is also located on the circuit, as well as the museum Conservatoire de la monoplace française. History Commonly dubbed Magny-Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauro Baldi
Mauro Baldi (born 31 January 1954) is an Italian former Formula One and endurance driver who raced for the Arrows, Alfa Romeo and Spirit teams. He is one of only 9 drivers who won the Triple Crown in endurance racing. Biography Baldi started his career in rallying in 1972 and turned to circuit racing in 1975 with the Italian Renault 5 Cup. By 1980 he had become a top Formula 3 driver, winning the Monaco F3 Grand Prix and the 1981 European Formula 3 Championship with eight victories. In 1982 he signed to drive for Arrows before moving to Alfa Romeo in 1983, scoring a fifth place in Zandvoort. When Benetton became Alfa Romeo's team sponsor in 1984, Baldi lost his drive, and joined the underfunded Spirit team until 1985. After retiring from Formula One he went to enjoy a successful career in sports car racing, driving for the works Martini-Lancia team in 1984 and 1985. In 1986, he switched to a Porsche 956 from Richard Lloyd Racing's outfit, returning to a works drive in 1988 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nissan
, trade name, trading as Nissan Motor Corporation and often shortened to Nissan, is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automobile manufacturer headquartered in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan. The company sells its vehicles under the Nissan, Infiniti, and Datsun brands, with in-house performance tuning products (including cars) labelled Nismo. The company traces back to the beginnings of the 20th century, with the Nissan ''zaibatsu'', now called Nissan Group. Since 1999, Nissan has been part of the Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi Alliance (Mitsubishi joining in 2016), a partnership between Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors of Japan, with Renault of France. , Renault holds a 43.4% voting stake in Nissan, while Nissan holds a 15% non-voting stake in Renault. Since October 2016 Nissan has held a 34% controlling stake in Mitsubishi Motors. In 2013, Nissan was the sixth largest automaker in the world, after Toyota, General Motors, Volkswagen Group, Hyundai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pilbeam MP84
The Pilbeam MP84 is a sports prototype race car, designed, developed and built by British manufacturer Pilbeam, for sports car racing, conforming to the FIA's LMP675 A Le Mans Prototype (LMP) is the type of sports prototype race car used in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, FIA World Endurance Championship, IMSA SportsCar Championship, European Le Mans Series and Asian Le Mans Series. Le Mans Prototypes were create .../ SR2 class, and produced between 1999 and 2005. References {{reflist Sports prototypes Le Mans Prototypes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pilbeam Racing Designs
Pilbeam Racing Designs is a British company which designs and constructs racing cars, based in the Lincolnshire town of Bourne. The company was founded in 1975 by Mike Pilbeam. Early career Previously Pilbeam worked in Formula One for several teams, having latterly been Chief Designer for BRM (also based in Bourne), producing the P201. An early project was the BRM P67 from 1964. Pilbeam also worked on the Lotus 7X Clubman's car.See/ref> He designed the LEC Refrigeration Racing, LEC Formula One car for David Purley to race in 1977. Hillclimb cars Pilbeam cars have been exceptionally successful in hillclimbing, dominating the 1980s and early 1990s; they were the choice of 17 British Hill Climb Championship winners between 1977 and 1997, powering such drivers as Andy Priaulx and Roy Lane. Sports cars The company has also produced sportscars, initially working on the Pacific Racing BRM P301 project in 1997, then entering Le Mans in 2001 with a car of their own design; and has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Hignett (racing Driver)
Sam Hignett (1885 – 1933) was an English footballer who played for Liverpool between 1906 and 1908. Playing at right-half, he made one appearance for the reds, against Sunderland Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ... on 12 October 1907. He is listed in some sources as being named Alan Hignett. See also * Alan Hignett, who also played one game for Liverpool in the 1960s. References * External linksProfile at LFCHistory.net 1885 births 1933 deaths Liverpool F.C. players English Football League players English men's footballers Men's association football wing halves Place of birth missing {{England-footy-defender-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stack (racing Driver) , (1906–1972) American aerospace engineer, won two Collier trophies
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John Stack may refer to: * John K. Stack Jr. (1884–1935), Michigan Auditor General * John M. Stack (1852–1927), American politician * John F. Stack (1950–2022), American professor of politics, international relations, and law * John Stack (politician) (1845–1897), Irish nationalist politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for North Kerry 1885–1892 * John Stack (rower) (1924–1997), American rower, gold medallist at the 1948 Summer Olympics * John Stack (engineer) John Stack (1906–1972) was an aerospace engineer. He won the Collier trophy, in 1947 and 1951. Life Stack was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, and graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He worked at Langley Research Center from 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Jota
Jota Sport is a British sports car racing team. Founded as Team Jota by Sam Hignett and John Stack, Jota Sport is part of the Jota Group which is owned by Sam Hignett and David Clark. The team is based in Tunbridge Wells in England. Jota Sport has finished on the overall podium of 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans with two Oreca ORECA (Organisation Exploitation Compétition Automobiles) is a French racing team and race car constructor, founded in 1973 and run by Hugues de Chaunac, former team manager of F1 team AGS. Oreca has had success in many areas of motorsport. ... in an alliance with Jackie Chan DC Racing. In 2018/2019 Jota competed, in partnership with Arden International, RP Motorsport, Jackie Chan DC Racing and Aston Martin in the FIA World Endurance Championship with two ORECA 07 LMP2 and in the GT World Challenge Europe with Mclaren 720S GT3 cars. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfa Romeo In Motorsport
During its history, Alfa Romeo has competed successfully in many different categories of motorsport, including Grand Prix motor racing, Formula One, sportscar racing, touring car racing and Rallying, rallies. They have competed both as a constructor and an engine supplier, via works entries (usually under the name Alfa Corse or Autodelta) and private entries. The first racing car was made in 1913, three years after the foundation of A.L.F.A., the ALFA 40/60 HP, 40/60 HP had 6-litre straight-4 engine. Alfa Romeo quickly gained a good name in motorsport and gave a sporty image to the whole marque. Pre-war Early history Alfa Romeo started motor racing almost immediately after it was founded. A.L.F.A. ventured into motor racing in 1911, with drivers Franchini and Ronzoni competing in the Targa Florio with two ALFA 24 HP, 24 HP models. The marque's first success came in 1913 when Nino Franchini finished second in the Parma-Poggio Berceto race with a ALFA 40/60 HP, 40/60 HP. Giuseppe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucchini SR2-99
Lucchini is an Italian surname. It may refer to: ;People * Alessia Lucchini (born 1978), Italian former synchronized swimmer * Antonio Maria Lucchini, Italian librettist * Aurelio Lucchini, Uruguayan architectural historian * Florian Lucchini, French football player * Franco Lucchini, Italian World War II pilot * Giovanni Francesco Lucchini, Italian architect * Giuseppe Lucchini, Italian businessman * Italia Lucchini (1918 – unknown), Italian sprinter * Jake Lucchini (born 1995), Canadian ice hockey player * Leo Oswald Lucchini (1927–1991), Canadian ice hockey player * Luigi Lucchini, Italian businessman * Stefano Lucchini, Italian football player * Vincenzo Lucchini (1925–1984), Swiss former sports shooter ;Companies * Gruppo Lucchini, an Italian steel company * Lucchini Engineering, an Italian sports car constructor and racing team * Lucchini RS, an Italian company ; Fictional characters * Francesca Lucchini in the cast of ''Strike Witches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucchini Engineering
Lucchini Engineering is an Italian sports car constructor and racing team. Founded by Giorgio Lucchini in Porto Mantovano in 1980, the company has built a wide variety of open-cockpit prototypes for use in hillclimbs as well as Le Mans Prototypes for endurance racing. Besides racing their own cars, their chassis have been sold to various privateer teams over the years. Lucchini has had some success over the years, including winning the FIA Sportscar Championship's team and constructor championships in the SR2-class two years in a row (2002 and 2003). They have also won various European, Italian, and French hillclimb championships. Currently Lucchini sells the CN4 hillclimb car and the LMP2/08 LMP2-class prototype which runs in the Le Mans Series The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernesto Saccomanno
Ernesto, form of the name Ernest in several Romance languages, may refer to: * ''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975 ** ''Ernesto'' (film), a 1979 Italian drama loosely based on the novel * Hurricane Ernesto (other), several hurricanes or People *Ernesto Abella, Filipino businessman, politician, and writer * Ernesto Aguero (born 1969), Cuban weightlifter *Ernesto Alonso (1917–2007), Mexican actor, director, cinematographer, and producer * Ernesto Amantegui Phumipha (born 1990), Thai footballer *Ernesto Basile (1857–1932), Italian architect * Ernesto Cesàro (1859–1906), Italian mathematician * Ernesto De Curtis (1875–1937), Italian composer * Ernesto Farías (born 1980), Argentine footballer *Ernesto Figueiredo (born 1937), also known as "Ernesto", Portuguese footballer * Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (1928–1967), also known as "El Che" or "Che Guevara" * Ernesto Geisel (1908-1996), Brazil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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