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  • proper noun The highest class of motor racing sanctioned by the FIA.

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Examples

  • On the same day, the Sunday Times reported that Sir Stuart Rose, the former chief executive of Marks and Spencer, is the candidate favoured by CVC Capital Partners, the private equity group that owns Formula One's commercial rights, to take over from Bernie Ecclestone when the 81-year-old ringmaster finally calls it a day.

    Wales must keep faith with Gary Speed's youthful legacy | Richard Williams 2011

  • LONDON—In a chic Kensington house near Harrods department store, the former head of the Formula One racing circuit has set up a small business with a big mission: to extract payback from News Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch .

    For Murdoch Foes, Sweet Schadenfreude Jeanne Whalen 2011

  • The longest track currently used in Formula One, at 7km, it was twice as long back in 1967.

    Bernie Ecclestone's Formula One architect is off on the wrong track 2010

  • Tobacco firm's continued sponsorship is worth $100 million to Formula One racing team.

    Ferrari Finds Smoke Without Fire Richard Gillis 2010

  • The world's largest automaker, Toyota, is pulling out of Formula One racing.

    Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories 2010

  • Having made his Formula One debut as BMW's reserve driver in 2006, Vettel became the youngest driver in history to win a world championship grand prix two years later when, at the wheel of a Toro Rosso, he mastered difficult conditions on a rainy weekend at Monza.

    Sebastian Vettel continues to mix the brilliant and best forgotten Richard Williams at Spa-Francorchamps 2010

  • Tobacco firm's continued sponsorship is worth $100 million to Formula One racing team.

    Ferrari Finds Smoke Without Fire Richard Gillis 2010

  • The world's largest automaker, Toyota, is pulling out of Formula One racing.

    Top 5 Sports Stories 2010

  • The other soccer club owner hammered in the press the past year is Bernard Ecclestone, the president and chief executive of Formula One motor racing.

    Soccer's Billionaires 2010

  • The other soccer club owner hammered in the press the past year is Bernard Ecclestone, the president and chief executive of Formula One motor racing.

    Soccer's Billionaires 2010

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