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The first Formula 1 race took place on May 13, 1950 at the Silverstone track in British Northamptonshire. The competition had the status of the European Grand Prix, but the winner also received the British Grand Prix trophy, named after the host country. In the first race, the drivers completed 70 laps, and it lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes. The winner was Giuseppe Farina. 2 His compatriot Luigi Faggioli came in second place, while Briton Reg Parnell took the bronze. All three places on the podium were taken by the Alfa Romeo team with the pre-war "158" model.

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Ken Miles is a British motorsport and racing engineer. Born on November 1, 1918 in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England. I started as a motorcyclist. Participated in the Second World War. After the war, he continued his racing career in sports cars. In 1952, he moved to the United States, where in 1953 he won 14 consecutive races at the Sports Car Club of America. He performed on cars based on MG Cars and Porsche. In 1963, he became the chief test pilot of Shelby American. He participated in the improvement of the sporty Ford GT40, which was created in order to beat Ferrari in endurance racing competitions. In 1966, he won the 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring auto marathons with Lloyd Raby. He died on August 17, 1966, in an accident while continuing tests to improve the Ford GT40 on the American Riverside Highway. During his career, he took part in 265 competitions, won 86 victories.

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Soichiro Honda is a Japanese entrepreneur, founder of Honda Motor Co., Ltd.. In 1948, he began manufacturing motorcycles and engines as president of the Honda Motor Corporation, which has become the world's leading motorcycle manufacturer. In the 1960s, despite a headwind from the Ministry of Industry, Honda started producing cars. Honda resigned as president of the company in 1973, but for some time he participated in its activities as a consultant. Until his death on August 5, 1991, he was engaged in testing new models of motorcycles and cars. After the 1990 Formula 1 season, he received a gold medal from the International Motorsport Federation (FISA) for his outstanding contribution to the development of motor racing.

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Walter Owen Bentley is a British automotive engineer and entrepreneur whose name has become synonymous with luxury and high—performance cars. Born on September 16, 1888 in London, England, he subsequently shaped the automotive industry through his passion for technology, commitment to innovation, and relentless pursuit of speed and reliability. Bentley's contribution to the automotive world has spanned decades, leaving an indelible mark on both race tracks and the luxury car market.

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Bruce Leslie McLaren New Zealand racing driver, Formula 1 driver. Founder of the McLaren racing team, one of the most successful in Formula 1. McLaren achieved his first successes in Formula 1 in the early 60s, driving for Cooper, and at the end of 1965 he founded his own racing team. McLaren built not only Formula 1 cars, but also sports prototypes for overseas series, and Bruce became the Can-Am champion twice, in 1967 and 1969. In 1966, Bruce won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, riding in the same crew with Chris Eamon at the wheel of a Ford GT40 On June 2, 1970, Bruce tragically died while testing a new McLaren M8D car. Before the Woodcote turn at the Goodwood track in England, the rear of the car skidded at high speed. Having lost aerodynamic downforce, the car turned sharply, flew off the track and hit the guardrails. The pilot died instantly.

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Joe Girard (real name Joseph Semuel Gerard) is an American car dealer. Recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most successful dealer, he sold at least 13,000 cars from a Chevrolet dealer between 1963 and 1978. The world record was set in 1973, while Joe was working as a car and truck sales manager at Merollis Chevrolet in East Point, Michigan. He was able to sell 1,425 cars that year, which until recently was considered an official world record. After Joe left the automotive business, he became involved in developing a sales course and public speaking. He traveled to American cities for a long time, giving motivational lectures to sales departments of various companies.

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Christian von Koenigsegg is the founder of the Swedish company Koenigsegg Automotive AB, which specializes in the production of sports cars. Born on July 2, 1972 in Stockholm. In 1994, Christian founded Koenigsegg Automotive AB with an initial capital of 60 million kroner. The company's first car was the Koenigsegg CC. In 2002, Koenigsegg launched its first production car, the Koenigsegg CC8S. This car was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the fastest production car (the car's speed reached 388 km/h). Since 2009, Christian has been the co-founder and president of the Koenigsegg Group consortium.

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Carroll Hall Shelby is an American racing driver and car designer. He is best known as the creator of special versions of the Ford Mustang — GT350 and GT500. Since 1962, Shelby American Inc., a company founded by him, has been engaged in tuning and preparing special versions of road and sports cars, primarily the Ford brand. He competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans (1954-1960), Targa Florio (1955), and the Formula 1 World Championship (1958-1959). Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1959. After retiring from racing in October 1959 for health reasons, he opened a driving school and Shelby-American Company.

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BMW (Swiss Motor Werke AG) appeared in 1913 on the outskirts of Munich, as a result of the merger of two mini-companies founded by Karl Rapp and Gustav Otto. The second is the son of the famous inventor of the internal combustion engine, Nikolaus August Otto. At the beginning of the First World War, BMW received many orders for the production of aircraft engines, after which the founders decided to reunite into one aircraft engine company. After that, an aircraft engine plant appeared in Munich, registered in 1917 under the name Bayerische Motoren Werke ("Bavarian Engine Plants"), that is, in the abbreviation BMW. A little later, this date was called the birth date of BMW, and Carl and Gustav were named its founders.

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Karl Benz is an outstanding German engineer and inventor. He became a pioneer of the automotive industry, the result of his work is the world's first car powered by a gasoline engine. The legal successor of his small company was the reputable company Daimler-Benz AG.

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I wish you all a Happy New Year 🌲 🍾 🎄 🎉 🎁

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Giorgetto Giugiaro ItalDesign Studio, founded by this master of automotive style, is the second Italian company (along with Pininfarina), which continues to prove year after year that Italians are the main experts in automotive beauty. In 1999, the American organization Global Automotive Elections Foundation named Giorgetto Giugiaro the automotive designer of the century.

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Ferdinand Porsche Even if Porsche had not created a single sports car, his name would still be listed among the most important figures in the global automotive industry. It was his design bureau that developed the "people's car" in the 30s, which later became the most popular model in history, which was released in an edition of 21.5 million copies without revision of the basic design. This is, of course, about the Volkswagen Käfer. 30 years later, the Beetle was already super-successful by that time, when the Porsche 911, one of the most coveted cars in the world from 1963 to the present day, went into production.

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Kiichiro Toyoda In 1929, a 35-year-old Japanese man, the son of a successful industrialist, traveled to Europe and the United States to get acquainted with the global automotive industry, and the following year founded his own design bureau based on a factory for the production of looms. The name of the founder is transformed into the Toyota brand. For a long time, things were difficult, and Mr. Toyoda, unfortunately, did not live to see the true triumph of his company. In the 50s, after the death of the founder, Toyota began supplying its cars to the United States, and subsequently succeeded in this strategically important market. In the 21st century, Toyota will become the largest automaker in the world, taking this title away from GM, which held it for 76 years.

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The story of the life and career of Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna. I recommend it to all motorsport fans

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If you have a stunningly beautiful car in front of you, then chances are good that you are looking at a Pininfarina product. The modern Ferrari F12 Berlinetta and the classic Ferrari 250 from the 50s share the style created in this design studio. This company has hundreds of outstanding developments on its account, and not only expensive sports cars are among them. For example, the Peugeot 1007 and Hyundai Matrix are also her brainchild. Giovanni Battista Farina, the founder of the body building and design company, nicknamed Pinin, was awarded the French Legion of Honor, became a knight of the Order of Labor of the Italian Republic and a member of the Royal Society of Arts in London as an "Honorary Royal Industrial Designer."

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Colin Chapman's name is usually remembered in connection with the formula successes of his Lotus Team racing team. But the sporting achievements of his cars are only the tip of the iceberg, the visible part of his achievements. He was among the first to realize that heavy frame structures of cars, leaf springs and much more are a dead—end branch of development. He was the first to make a car with a monocoque body type — this is a load-bearing body in which the outer shell is the main element that accepts loads (all Formula 1 cars have monococks to this day). He was the first to come up with the idea of putting the same MacPherson struts on the rear suspension as in front, and was also the main ideologist of reducing the weight of the car for the sake of speed, as well as "jewelry" chassis settings. Although Lotus has always produced cars in small editions, its influence in the automotive industry is very great to this day: many manufacturers turn to Lotus to conduct finishing tests of their sports cars.

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We are used to judging cars from the point of view of technology or design, but often the history of the automotive industry is written not by engineers and designers, but by managers. Among the cohort of iconic managers who influenced the entire course of automotive history, the place of honor is occupied by the Lido Anthony Iacocca, nicknamed Lee From 1946 to 1978, he worked at Ford, rising from a simple engineer to president of the corporation. After being fired (not without scandalous circumstances), Lee continued his career as the head of Chrysler, which was then on the verge of bankruptcy It is difficult to overestimate the achievements of Mr. Iacocchi in both companies: it was during the years of his reign that the Ford Mustang appeared, and thanks to him, Chrysler got out of debt. The managerial talents of this manager have made him one of the world's top celebrities in the business world. His autobiographical works have become the reference books of entrepreneurs and top managers all over the world.

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The first Rolls-Royce car in the world was released on April 1, 1904. It was a prototype Royce 10hp driven by Henry Royce. By December 25, 1904, when the Paris Motor Show closed, where the debut of the new product took place, four Rolls-Royce 10 hp Type A models had already been released at a price of 395 pounds for each. The first Rolls-Royce received a 2-cylinder engine with a volume of 1809 cm3 with two valves per cylinder. Its power was 12 hp (9 kW)/1000 rpm. The body was attached to a steel ladder-type frame.

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The 2024 Formula 1 season has come to an end - according to its results, Max Verstappen became a four—time world champion, and the McLaren team took the constructors' Cup for the first time since 1998. And if Verstappen de facto got the championship title in Las Vegas (in that race, Max secured an unattainable margin in terms of points by the end of the year), then the struggle between McLaren and Ferrari in the team standings lasted literally until the last race.

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