what is Grand Prix?

Heading to Grand Prix to a new circuit is always a special test for the entire Formula team. For them, the United States Grand Prix will be among the most remarkable and exciting competitions for the year.

[Mark]

Really?

[inimitablestoo]

Is this one of the stories from Autosport's new Swedish site, translated into Swedish and then back into English, and losing a little more with every translation? :s

[call_me_andrew]

The question isn't WHAT is Grand Prix but WHEN is Grand Prix.

[Robinho]

Who is Grand Prix?

[Nem14]

I saw Grand Prix.

[CNR]

I have a Grand Prix

[Knock-on]

If you were a GP, which would you be.

I think I'd be Spa. Old, unfashionable, in need of a good facelift but a bloody good ride :D

[Mark]

You are a Grand Prix.

[Knock-on]

You are a Grand Prix.

Monumental :D

[pino]

We got many Grand Prix in here :p :

[Tazio]

I'm Lotus!! :D



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLCW7qhrc3k

[Nem14]

Cheers! • To Grand Prix.

[TheFamousEccles]

I'm Grand Prix, and so is my Wife!

[Tazio]

Can we do her family style? :) Boy I bet she is pretty, and not afraid of a 1200cc? Come out here and we'll go to Mexico if it's worth it.
Any Gurlz that remotely resemble preferenced female please PM me

[Big Ben]

Is there a Grand Prix for who figures this out?

[schmenke]

If you were a GP, which would you be.

I think I'd be Spa. Old, unfashionable, in need of a good facelift but a bloody good ride :D

San Marino :wave:

Once grand and renowned, but now hardly mentioned.
Outdated, and rarely used anymore. Barely functional and full of kinks.

:D :mark:

[Tazio]

Can we do her family style? :) Boy I bet she is pretty, and not afraid of a 1200cc? Come out here and we'll go to Mexico if it's worth it.
Any Gurlz that remotely resemble preferenced female please PM meAny chance of moving this one to the "Drunken Posting" thread. :arrowed: :o :o

[steveaki13]

I will be honest and say I have no idea whats going on. :confused: :o

[Knock-on]

Having no idea what is going on in this thread is not only an advantage, but demonstrates you know fr more thn the rest of us :laugh:

[CNR]

I will be honest and say I have no idea whats going on. :confused: :o
you need to look in to f1 history History of Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Formula_One)
In 1950, as an answer to the Motorcycle World Championships (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing) introduced in 1949, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Internationale_de_l%27Automob ile)) organized the first ever official World Championship for Drivers using the Formula One rules. The organization of the championship, to be held across six of the 'major' Grands Prix of Europe

[D-Type]

Wikipedia has finally got it more or less right as it now (18 Jan 2013) says:

Formula One was first defined in 1946 by the Commission Sportive Internationale (CSI) of the FIA, forerunner of FISA, as the premier single seater racing category in worldwide motorsport to become effective in 1948. It was initially known variously as Formula A, Formula I or Formula 1 with the corresponding "Voiturette" formula being titled Formula B, Formula II or Formula 2. When the 500c formula was internationally recognised as Formula 3 in 1950 it was never titled as "Formula C" so the three International Formulae were "officially" titled Formula 1, Formula 2 and Formula 3.
Not in 1950 with the introduction of the World Drivers' Championship as the owner of the "Formula 1" brand would have us believe.

[call_me_andrew]

I'm a Grand Pricks.

[Donney]

How Grand is the Prix, anyway?

[kfzmeister]

As one of the Germans around here, i declare being a Grosser Preis.

[zako85]

The posted seems to be a spam bot in the making. I have seen many times random semi-relevant gibberish posted on other forums in the past, later followed by pure spam posts. I guess the idea is to gain "credibility" in order to con others later into clicking on a real spam message.

[TheFamousEccles]

A "Spam Prix" - a race to claim the greatest amount of spam and mail is you can in a 90min period?

[Knock-on]

Grand Spam?

[Tazio]

Spam Spree!

[Jag_Warrior]

It's not real. You can't touch it. It's a state of mind.

Uh oh! Move back. Watch your feet. Don't trip me! Look out now! Woo! :bounce:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyEE0qpfeig

[Tazio]

[quote="Jag_Warrior"]It's not real. You can't touch it. It's a state of mind.

Uh oh! Move back. Watch your feet. Don't trip me! Look out now! Woo! :bounce: /[quote]



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIEVqFB4WUo

[Tazio]

dblpst


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCQVnSOFqfM

[Tazio]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h2YLWNzJ6U

[Mark]

The OP is a Giant Prix.

[Knock-on]

Panis? What's he done now??? :D

[Don Capps]

In 1950, as an answer to the Motorcycle World Championships introduced in 1949, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) organized the first ever official World Championship for Drivers using the Formula One rules. The organization of the championship, to be held across six of the 'major' Grands Prix of Europe

Actually, this is not correct, given it was not until the 1961 season that the regulations for the WDC stipulated that the championship events had to be run using the International Racing Formula 1. From 1950 to 1960, as the 1952 and 1953 seasons, and the Indianapolis events from 1954 to 1960 clearly demonstrate, the events in the world championship did not have to conform to the formula 1 in place. Until the 1981 season, the regulations for formula 1 and the WDC were separate and distinct from one another.

[inimitablestoo]

Of course, the first Grand Prix for cars was actually as far back as 1906. Officially, anyway. The term was taken from horse racing, and I've no idea how long that's been going. Presumably not long after somebody invented the horse.

[Mark]

Of course, the first Grand Prix for cars was actually as far back as 1906. Officially, anyway. The term was taken from horse racing, and I've no idea how long that's been going. Presumably not long after somebody invented the horse.

Appparently the romans were fond of it.