Eagle - - -Name given to the Formula One cars developed by Dan Gurney's All-American Racers team and raced by him between 1966 and 1969. Powered by Coventry Climax and Weslake engines, Gurney's Eagle scored one victory, in the 1967 Belgian Grand Prix.
East London - - -Indian Ocean resort city and home to the first three SOUTH AFRICAN GRANDS PRIX, in 1962-63 and 1965.
Ecclestone, Bernie - - -Head of the Formula One Constructors' Association (FOCA), Until recently Vice President of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) in charge of promotional affairs (to appease the EU he has left this post), former owner of the Brabham team. Head of F1TV, the company producing digital tv broadcasts of all F1 races.Owner of 25% of SLEC, the company which markets F1. He the man responsible for taking Formula One from a specialist sport to the world's biggest spectator sport
Electronic sensors - - -Devices affixed to various parts of an F1 racing car that report information back to team engineers and mechanics during a race. See TELEMETRY.
Elf-Antar - - -French-based lubricants company that has supplied and sponsored Formula One racing for many years.
Epperly - - -Make of car driven to victory at the Indianapolis 500 in 1957 (Sam Hanks) and 1958 (Jimmy Bryan). As with all winners in the 11 Indy races that formed part of the World Championship, it was powered by an Offenhauser 4.5-litre, four-cylinder engine.
Estoril - - -Town to the west of Lisbon, site of the PORTUGUESE GRAND PRIX, 1984-1996. The 1997 Portuguese Grand Prix was struck from the Formula One calendar when a governmental jurisdictional dispute arose over FIA track improvement demands. The 4.360-km track's tight turns and chicanes earned the enmity of many F1 drivers and led to the original request for improvements.
European Grand Prix - - -The name of an extra Grand Prix race which was run occasionally during the regular F1 season - Brands Hatch (1983, 1985), Nurburgring (1984), Donington Park (1993), Jerez (1994, 1997). see also PACFIC GRAND PRIX. It is now a permanent fixture at the Nurburgring so that Germany has two races.
Event organiser - - -The organiser of an FIA-sanctioned event consists of a body approved and recommended by its ASN in accordance with the 1998 Concorde Agreement.