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  • Newcomers to the high-octane world of grand-prix racing would do well to remember the words of former Ferrari driver Eddie Irvine, who once quipped that the easiest way to become a millionaire in F1 is to start as a billionaire.

    Rev Up for the New Racing Season Christian Sylt 2010

  • As aerodynamics and engineering became the dominant factors in the sport, so the spectacle of grand-prix racing slowly diminished.

    Rev Up for the New Racing Season Christian Sylt 2010

  • Newcomers to the high-octane world of grand-prix racing would do well to remember the words of former Ferrari driver Eddie Irvine, who once quipped that the easiest way to become a millionaire in F1 is to start as a billionaire.

    Rev Up for the New Racing Season Christian Sylt 2010

  • As aerodynamics and engineering became the dominant factors in the sport, so the spectacle of grand-prix racing slowly diminished.

    Rev Up for the New Racing Season Christian Sylt 2010

  • As aerodynamics and engineering became the dominant factors in the sport, so the spectacle of grand-prix racing slowly diminished.

    Rev Up for the New Racing Season Christian Sylt 2010

  • Newcomers to the high-octane world of grand-prix racing would do well to remember the words of former Ferrari driver Eddie Irvine, who once quipped that the easiest way to become a millionaire in F1 is to start as a billionaire.

    Rev Up for the New Racing Season Christian Sylt 2010

  • Motor enthusiasts will be able to head to Ferrari Land, a Ferrari-themed park, which will include a Formula One grand-prix race track, a twin rollercoaster ride that allows competitors to race against each other and the only Ferrari driving school in the world outside the automaker's base in Maranello, Italy.

    Dubai's Next Big Niche: 2008

  • Now, Toyota is pinning its hopes on fully implementing its vaunted consensus-management style, which is out of step with the rest of the world of grand-prix racing, to breathe life into its half-billion-dollar-a-year F1 team.

    Will Toyota's Way Win on the Track? 2008

  • When the opportunity came to partner with a race car driver around a grand-prix track at 150 miles an hour in a supercharged, ground-hugging, open to the elements hell-on-wheels speedster in Austin, Texas, I said "sure."

    Lea Lane: Race at 150 mph? Sure. 2008

  • The campaign hiccupped for two days while he cajoled his friendly neighbourhood printer into replacement leaflet and poster production at grand-prix speed and near I30 to-cost prices, but by late Tuesday afternoon the indefatigable witches, Faith, Marge and Lavender, had turned the empty shop into a fully working office complete Nvitll teapot and mobile phone.

    Penalty Francis, Dick 1997

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